links for 2006-07-03

Via Wikipedia, I see that the French Parliament's coat of arms still includes the fasces. This is kind of suprising to me, given that the fasces (an axe-like weapon with a bundle of rods as a handle) was the symbol behind (and the derivation of the word)

Patrick Fitzgerald guards news of what he's investigating as fiercely as mama grizzlies protect their cubs. So his disclosure that federal prosecutors are aggressively probing "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ad

Dylan and Alicia Keys?

the right wingnuts want the media to function as Pravda did for the old Soviet regime — echoing only what the State has sanctioned as "news for the masses." What does the left wing want? We want them to do their jobs, tell the truth, and report the fact

Mr. Penraat saved 406 Jews in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands by forging false documents and taking them to safety.

In fact, there appears to be no relevant basis for differentiating between the two reports; while the Times noted quoted experts raising legal and privacy concerns that the Journal omitted, the Times and Journal articles revealed nearly identical details

Greek Orthodox Church in Athens are threatened by the realisation that Apollo-loving pagans are among us again. Better parties too.

"come on, you legal beagles, people have threatened to sue me for saying a lot less in a less public forum. It seems to me this dickhead [link to his page at Glenn's site] is advocating murder."

"And they really believe -- or at least they are telling their readers -- that the article in the weekend NYT Travel Section is in retaliation for criticisms of the Times, is designed to tell Al Qaeda where they can find Cheney and Rumsfeld so that they c

First of all, that editorial wasn't kidding when they said there's a separation between the news and the editorial pages at The Wall Street Journal.

They say you should wait one year before you look at your dissertation again. I spent the first year scrambling for a job in a panic so I don't think I was ready to look at it any time soon, although I did research adapting it for publication.

"In brief, the theory being transmitted among those whose dental work is tuned to the proper secret frequency is this: stung by calls for the arrest and execution of Times editors and reporters for publishing details of the finance watchdog program, these

When exactly did the NSA start monitoring domestic telecommunications traffic, after September 11--or before?

"Researchers are exploring a novel premise: that the "pixel noise" present in most digital photos can be used as a digital fingerprint that links each picture to the camera that took it"

Execute ls -lo, and you will see that the "uchg" flag is set on the share point, indicating that it is immutable

ahh, in my voluminous free time, I need to learn to be a lawyer too