Insurgents everywhere

Iraqi bombings increase More than 30 died and 50 injured when a car bomb detonated at the funeral of a Kurdish official in the village of Tal Afar, northern Iraq, Sunday.  At least six other car bombs exploded around  Baghdad…

Roast your own

I just got the Fresh Roast Plus coffee roaster from Sweet Maria’s. It’s $82.50, inexpensive for a coffee roaster, and comes with 4 lbs. of unroasted beans. Roasting with it is a snap. Just put in the beans, and turn it…

Adam Curry to do Sirius podcasting show

 Podcaster Adam Curry has announced that he’s working with Sirius Satellite Radio to take his show to the subscription satellite radio service. His show will feature a selection of popular podcasts. Curry, best known from his days at MTV, was…

There’s a sea change happening in California prisons

"Treating alcoholism by building more prisons is like treating cancer by building more graveyards", Donald Kurth M.D., President, Calif. Society of Addiction Medicine. Most of the people in prison are there, directly or indirectly, because of drugs and alcohol. Today…

NYC again tries to ban mass protests in Central Park

ANSWER and National Council of Arab Americans sueNew York City’s free speech battle and its national impact;City’s attempt to stealthily enact new regulations restricting protest exposed. In New York, the City is now trying a new tactic – they are attempting…

Even Bush’s allies don’t believe him

Premier Silvio Berlusconi indicated he would speak to US President George W. Bush about the death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, reports said Saturday, a day after the Italian government announced it was not signing off on a…