Soviet cars Mace in the face at Air and Space More on secret U.S. memo that made it legal to kill a citizen The New Yorker cover: Steve Jobs, knockin' on heaven's door House bill would impose U.S. drug policy worldwide Daily Show: Sarah Palin pulled "Nigerian prince" scam on donors Intrepid junkbot from Tinkerbots Polling the Occupation: What #occupywallstreet really wants Elderly couple of 62 years plays piano Occupy Caturday Doggy AT-AT Soviet cars
By Cory Doctorow on Oct 09, 2011 12:21 pm On the always-excellent How To Be a Retronaut, a gallery of the dreadful automobiles of the Soviet Bloc from the 1960s and 70s.
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 09, 2011 12:22 am [Video link, from "Stop the Machine," aka October 2011, the anti-war group that attempted to occupy the National Air and Space Museum today in Washington, DC. Shot by Nathan Schneider.] A group of protesters in the nation's capital tried to force their way into the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday. Security guards responded ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 09, 2011 12:01 am From the New York Times, more on a secret legal memo from 2010 that paved the way for the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen in Yemen: The secret document provided the justification for acting despite an executive order banning assassinations, a federal law against murder, protections in the Bill of Rights and various ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 08, 2011 10:45 pm The cover of the October 17, 2011, issue of The New Yorker.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Oct 08, 2011 06:21 pm Radley Balko says: "I have a piece up at Huffington Post looking at a new House bill that would make it a federal crime to plan or advise any activity in another country that would violate U.S. drug laws, even the activity is legal in the county where it's planned to happen. The law would ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 08, 2011 05:38 pm Jon Stewart looks at Sarah Palin's fundraising tour across America through which she solicited donations from people who might support her presidential bid, all the while coyly refusing to say whether she was intending to run. Subsequently, it became clear that Palin continued to solicit money long after she'd decided not to run -- Stewart ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 08, 2011 04:33 pm Dan Jones (AKA Tinkerbots) was kind enough to add this charming fellow to the Boing Boing Flickr pool. There's plenty more where that came from.
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Oct 08, 2011 04:20 pm "There has been a lot said about the lack of vision, lack of specific demands, and a disparity of beliefs and goals among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the media in the past several weeks," writes health care equity research analyst David Maris in a guest post on Forbes.com. Instead of adding to that ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 08, 2011 03:50 pm From YouTube user havelah's video description: An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. Theyve been married for 62 years and hell be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, its all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Oct 08, 2011 02:25 pm Photo by zoestercoaster, taken at an "Occupy Dallas / Occupy Wall Street" demonstration in Dallas, TX, and contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.
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By Cory Doctorow on Oct 08, 2011 01:30 pm Laika the dog is seriously styling in this AT-AT costume, created by Katie Mello. (via Super Punch)
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