Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 3:55:05 pm
The tech note for today is a new feature in the comment posting form: there's now a button labeled "Upload Image." It opens a popup window in which you can upload an image file from your computer to LGF, using the standard HTML two-step file uploading form. You then get ...

Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:04:16 pm
In Syria today, government forces opened fire on a funeral procession and on a sit-in demonstration: Syrian Forces Open Fire on Demonstrators in Two Cities. In Dara’a, the security forces fired to disperse a funeral march for some of the 37 people killed in protests across the country a day ...

Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:53:48 pm
Here's a report at UN Dispatch on what today's slaughter of UN workers in Afghanistan means: This Attack is Different. Foreigners committed to assisting in the rebuilding of Afghanistan have long accepted the possibility that they might die at the hands of warring parties, but this degree of violence from ...

Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:09:16 pm
Uh oh. [5:48 p.m. ET, 7:48 a.m. Tokyo] A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactors, an official with Japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN Sunday. A meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core, with a potential for widespread radiation release. ...

Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:04:48 pm
I'd just like to say that I stand in solidarity with the workers and students of Wisconsin tonight, and against the right wing's war on employee unions.

Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:31:43 am
Major clashes in Iran between protesters and government forces: Iranian police have fired tear gas at opposition supporters participating in a rally in the centre of the capital, Tehran, called in solidarity with the popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. A BBC producer, who was affected by the gas, said there ...

Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:10:49 am
This is the scene in Cairo as enormous crowds continue to demonstrate in Tahrir Square, despite the violence and intimidation by Mubarak's thugs.

Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:00:47 am
In Egypt today, Hosni Mubarak is living on borrowed time, looting and violence continue to spread, and the Muslim Brotherhood is beginning to make its move.

Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:13:44 pm
The Mubarak regime has instituted nighttime curfews in major cities, but as you can see from this Associated Press video, demonstrators are ignoring them. The possibility of Mubarak fleeing the country is starting to look more real, as reports come in that he doesn't have the support of the military. UPDATE ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:06:56 pm
In an unprecedented move, Egypt has shut down all international Internet connections. Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:52:32 pm
The FBI has served more than 40 search warrants in the investigation of the cyberattacks against several major financial institutions. 'Anonymous' is finding out how un-anonymous they really are. The F.B.I. investigation is part of a larger international inquiry into a loose confederation of hackers calling itself “Anonymous” that coordinated the ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:32:09 pm
A new study by Danish scientists, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides more evidence that a common talking point of the anti-choice religious right wing is false: abortion and mental problems are not related. Women do not suffer mental health problems such as depression or post-traumatic stress ...

Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:52:41 am
Former feckless International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei is making a play to assume power in Egypt, and on his arrival today in Cairo he was mobbed by reporters -- but not supporters. Cairo - Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Cairo Thursday, talking of 'change' as the ...

Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:37:54 am
It didn't get much notice, but Tea Party "libertarian" Rand Paul (R-AquaBuddha) released his personal federal budget yesterday; I have to give him some credit for being specific about what he would cut, unlike most Republicans, but this budget is a real hoot. Congressman Paul proposes to cut spending by more ...

Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:45:27 am
An apparent suicide bombing in the international arrivals hall of Moscow's busiest airport has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100: Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia's Domodedovo airport. Video

Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:54:45 pm
Psycho hate preacher Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, infamous for "International Burn a Koran Day," has been banned from entering the UK. He's all yours, Gainesville. A Home Office spokesperson said the government "opposes extremism in all its forms". He said: "Numerous comments made by Pastor ...

Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:04:22 pm
International Space Station commander Scott Kelly is Gabrielle Giffords' brother-in-law, and today he made a statement on the shooting in Arizona. As I look out the window, I see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. Unfortunately, it is not. These days, we are constantly reminded of the ...

Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:26:27 pm
I'm about as socially liberal as it gets, but this ... is just very, very wrong. UPDATE at 1/5/11 7:11:05 pm: Apparently, not everyone at Vogue magazine was OK with this: Rumor: Was Carine Roitfeld Fired From Vogue? The last straw came this month when LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault allegedly ...

Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:38:03 am
New York's The Jewish Week includes Pamela "Shrieking Harpy" Geller in their list of Seven Who Made A Difference In 2010, and not in a good way. Pamela Geller, by contrast, has been described as one of the most “outraged and outrageous” personalities influencing public policy in the U.S. Her website, ...

Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:09:47 pm
The Smoking Gun has details on an FBI affidavit detailing part of their criminal investigation of 'Operation Payback', leading to a raid on a Texas business called Tailor Made Services. DECEMBER 29--As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, ...

Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:46:19 am
One of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks described a meeting between US representatives and Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, considered one of Zimbabwe's brightest hopes for democratic reforms. Well, he was considered one of Zimbabwe's hopes for democracy, until Wikileaks destroyed that hope. Chris Albon reports at the Atlantic: How ...

Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 5:28:19 pm
Creationist-friendly officials in Kentucky are moving forward with plans to grant tax breaks to the ridiculous "Ark Encounter" theme park, thereby ensuring the state's status as a laughingstock for the entire world, for many years to come. The six-member board voted unanimously to approve the incentives for the Kentucky Speedway ...

Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:27:47 am
An international group of researchers has made a fascinating discovery in the Denisova cave in southern Siberia: a previously unknown human-like creature that coexisted with Neanderthals and homo sapiens in Eurasia, and interbred with us. Click to enlarge Video More at Spiegel Online: The Denisovan Code: Researchers Decipher DNA of Mysterious Human Ancestor. ...

Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:25:31 pm
The software used by the pro-Wikileaks group "Anonymous" to attack Visa.com and other websites is known as "Low Orbit Ion Cannon" or LOIC; it was originally a stress-testing program designed to test how websites perform under high traffic loads. LOIC has since morphed into a DDOS attack tool that can ...

Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:06:28 pm
Pamela "Shrieking Harpy" Geller is hyping her new hilariously insane piece for the Breitbart site Big Government, and it's a real hoot. This time she puts on her international political analyst's bikini, and digs beneath the surface of the Wikileaks controversy in her inimitably incoherent style: Pamela Geller, Big Government: Wikileaks: ...