For a real profile in courage, a really powerful story by the woman (16 min video) who deterred a sick man that wanted to murder a school full of children. Antoinette Tuff, this amazingly courageous woman who happened to be working the desk that morning, got the gunman to open up, put his guns down, make some phone calls and then lie down on the ground and rest awhile. Stunning. She says she owes it all to God and techniques the minister at her church encouraged parishioners to use to console those who were grieving and sick.
Watch an underwater sinkhole swallow up a bunch of trees in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, south of Baton Rouge, yesterday: 3 min video on youtube.
twitterfeeds re-enact the bloody summer of 1863 in Kansas, with a high-point of yesterday's sesquicentennial of Quantrill's Raid, in Lawrence, KS. All the different characters really make it lifelike.
the guardian repeats experts who say the asphyxiant in yesterday's 'gas attack' in Syria is possibly sarin. Gives evidence.
War! What is it good for? Excellent article by Andrew Bacevich with this timely reminder tied to our surveillance state. The Wall Street Journal says the NSA snoops on 75% of US internet traffic wth the ability to read emails and phone traffic. The Washington Post says PRISM works because it looks at so much moving traffic. But if business avoids US internet, it's effectiveness goes away. Released FISA Court documents show Chief Judge Bates knew NSA practice and abuses were unconstitutional. Much else here. Meet ICON, the newest member of your family. The one that knows more than you do. How much does the NSA spend to do all this? That's classified too.
New York City Council votes to overrule Mayor Bloomberg, thus bringing greater oversight and restrictions to stop-and-frisk policies and laws. This was done to curb the NYPD's ongoing practices resulting in racial profiling.
David Dayen goes after the lawyers of finance.
more maps for the visually inclined
West Papuan's seek greater freedoms from Indonesia, 29 min video
releases by Sly Stone and Bob Dylan show new sides to old favorites
UPDATE: At Ft Hood, TX, Major Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 and wounding 32 in the Military Court Jury Trial, Friday. Sentencing will begin next week. Hasan has said he seeks the death penalty.
Afghani view on Staff Sgt Robert Bales in 5 min audio, from theworld.org. He's the one who killed 16 civilians, says he can't remember it. Faces the death penalty if convicted.
What a world! Bradley (nee) Chelsea Manning, sentenced to 35 years, is eligible for appeal and possible parole in 10 years, wants to be thought of as a woman, from now on.
UPDATE II: Here's another one of those videos of Andy Warhol eating a hamburger, 5 min video.
Here's the live video cam that's at Warhol's gravesite in Pittsburgh. People come and share their respects. I've seen Campbell Soup cans there. I've been told a Frank Zappa fan took and attached one of those floating metallic pillows in the shape of a heart that said 'Get Well Soon'. There are internet forums where people talk about what they see on the live webcam there...
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