Den "Fänger im Roggen" setzte man bei vielen amerikanischen Bibliotheken und öffentlichen Einrichtungen gleich nach seinem Erscheinen 1951 auf den Index: Den 255mal geäußerten Fluch "Goddam" wollte man ebenso wenig tolerieren wie das 44mal erwähnte "Fuck". Dabei hatten die Moralapostel offenbar völlig übersehen, dass sich Holden Caulfield gerade über all die idiotischen Schmierfinken aufregte, die "Fuck" in New York an jede zweite Ecke geschmiert hatten.
Elaine Supkis on EATR: ENERGETICALLY AUTONOMOUS TACTICAL ROBOT. This is a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II Project (DARPA Contract W31P4Q-08-C-0292a). Supkis blog-entry is based on a presentation of the project made 9 April, 2009, by Dr. Robert Finkelstein President, Robotic Technology Inc. of Robotic Technology Inc. EATR provides ability to occupy territory and perform missions with sensors or weapons without fatigue and stress. "And will the Wookies and other peasant populations stop these assassin machines which exist mainly to kill civilians? Tune in for ‘The Empire Strikes Out In Afghanistan’." -- A illustration of how science and technology is misused in Western civilisation. How perverted Christianity creates "Superman" in its image, after its likeness.
"Phil Radford was arrested with six other Greenpeace activists who unfurled a giant banner from a construction crane in Washington D.C. near a state-department meeting of ministers from the largest greenhouse-gas emitting nations. Inside the Major Economies Forum, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was giving a speech in which she said “climate change is a clear and present danger” to the world". Related to Wellinghoff's statement.
"The GLOBEMASTER US Military Aviation Database is a web based service providing information about the active aircraft operating units and air bases of the US forces around the world."
Roundtable with points of view from Kate Hudson, Aaron Voldman, historian Lawrence S. Wittner (coeditor of the forthcoming book Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future), and others. Focus is on RRW.
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Frauenverbände in den USA laufen derzeit Sturm gegen das geplante Konjunkturpaket von Barack Obama. Ihrer Ansicht nach fördert es typische Männerberufe – das weibliche Geschlecht hat demgegenüber das Nachsehen. Und auch unter anderen Gesichtspunkten seien Frauen die Verlierer der Krise.
(CNSNews.com) – Anyone who posts comments on the White House’s Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter pages will have their statements captured and permanently archived by the federal government, according to a plan that the White House is now seeking a contractor to carry out
Brief overview of the history of this California-based newspaper and Internet publisher, whose holdings include the Sacramento Bee (founded in 1857), the Fresno Bee, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and the Knight-Ridder company (acquired in 2006). Includes links to additional material on Pulitzer prizes won by newspapers now with the McClatchy Company, a list of member newspapers, and news about the company and its operations.