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- HOPE: scheduled keynote by Julian Assange of Wikileaks
- EU drug cops baffled by new wave of "designer narcotics" brewed in China, sold online
- '70s motor-boat ad celebrates "your johnson" (video)
- New tactic for "narcoterrorists" in Juarez, MX: car bombs
- Alleged GQ Photoshop Disaster features Lindsay Lohan's Mighty Morphin' belly button
| HOPE: scheduled keynote by Julian Assange of Wikileaks Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:19 PM PDT  Announcers at The Next HOPE are introducing Julian Assange as the keynote speaker, as I type this blog post. Despite earlier reports of federal agents at the hacker con hoping to detain and question the Wikileaks founder, he is rumored to be present in NYC—though I wouldn't bet my PGP key on it. False rumors and disinfo flow at hacker gatherings as freely as do the caffeinated beverages. Keynote to be streamed here, whoever delivers it, and from wherever they happen to be speaking. IMAGE: a packed crowd in the room where the presentation will take place (photo: PDP7). UPDATE: Jake Appelbaum will apparently be delivering the keynote in Assange's place. UPDATE 2: Here's Jake's talk in MP3. Announced during the session, blog.wikileaks.org has been launched, and several APIs will soon be released. The first blog entry details some architectural and security updates. (thanks, Quinn) |
| EU drug cops baffled by new wave of "designer narcotics" brewed in China, sold online Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:31 AM PDT "With catchy nicknames like Meow Meow, Spice and NRG-1, the drugs are often sold online as 'legal highs.' They typically come in powder form and can be snorted, licked or packed into tablets and create highs that mimic drugs ranging from cocaine to ecstasy, which some narcotics experts say has become less available amid a world-wide effort to blunt production." WSJ on "designer drugs" cooked up in China and sold in Europe. Some 24 new strains were identified last year. Sellers sometimes try to evade liability by marketing the drugs as "plant food," "bath salts" or "pond cleaner."   |
| '70s motor-boat ad celebrates "your johnson" (video) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:01 AM PDT You, your friends, and your johnson. (thanks, Matty Granger) |
| New tactic for "narcoterrorists" in Juarez, MX: car bombs Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:11 AM PDT Police in Juarez, Mexico were killed this week by a car bomb rigged up with an improvised explosive device. More video and photos in this Spanish language report. Decapitation, torture, disappearance, and executions are nothing new in Mexico's drug war, but this is. Said a source in this Al Jazeera item, "This has raised the bar to a level of violence that Mexico has not seen yet. It is reminiscent of Colombia ... What we're seeing now is what the military is running into in Iraq and Afghanistan." (thanks, Jorge Spinosa)   |
| Alleged GQ Photoshop Disaster features Lindsay Lohan's Mighty Morphin' belly button Posted: 17 Jul 2010 09:03 AM PDT Following in BoingBoing's noble tradition of bringing truth and justice to sloppy Photoshop jobs in fashion magazines, our reader Nicole posts this truthy exposé and says,
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The current issue of the German GQ Magazine features Lindsay Lohan and a magically moving belly button. On the cover shot she has no navel, then in the spread her belly button moves from an abnormally high position to a somewhat natural one. In the end she just looks like a plastic barbie doll. Oh, and I don't show it in | You are subscribed to email updates from Boing Boing To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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