http://www.icantthink.com/ Doing our part to promote whirled peas. en-us Copyright 2007 Thu, 25 May 2006 20:07:38 -0500 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:41:57 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NBC reports today that as many as 19 U.S. Marines deployed in Iraq are under investigation for killing an innocent Iraqi civilian and then trying to cover-up the crime: As many as seven Marines are accused of dragging an innocent... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2006/05/marines_accused.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2006/05/marines_accused.php Politics Thu, 25 May 2006 20:07:38 -0500 We are at war with Eastasia. We have alway been at war with Eastasia. Eurasia are our allies. Eurasia have always been our allies. Ignorance is strength.... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2006/02/state_of_the_un_1.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2006/02/state_of_the_un_1.php Politics Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:39:42 -0500 The U.S. government today declared it's full unilateral support against genocide thoughout the world. After years of being criticized for looking the other way during crises in Uganda, Kurdistan, Yugoslavia, Darfur, and various other oppressed nations, the U.S. has announced... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/03/us_declares_war.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/03/us_declares_war.php Politics Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:18:01 -0500 Don't you feel so much safer now?... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/03/happy_iraq_inva.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/03/happy_iraq_inva.php Politics Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:34:12 -0500 I was stunned reading Hunter S Thompson killed himself last weekend. The man was a literary god to me and it is hard to believe his body of work is finished. The man was without a doubt the most honest... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/02/dr_hunter_s_tho.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/02/dr_hunter_s_tho.php Random Thoughts Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:39:46 -0500 Terrorists and insurgents are afraid of Democracy Keep this in mind the next time you are approached by a terrorist or insurgent, or find yourself under terrorist attack. Simply reach into your pocket and pull out a nice sized wad... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/02/things_i_learne.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2005/02/things_i_learne.php Politics Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:55:54 -0500 NASA has released an excellent new open-source project called WorldWind which allows the user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, using high-resolution LandSat imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data to create a... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/nasas_worldwind.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/nasas_worldwind.php Technology Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:52:18 -0500 According to a report by 60 Minutes, the Department of Defense has chronically undercounted the true number of casualties in the Iraq conflict by only including those soldiers injured in conflict. By the official count there have been 1228 killed... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/dod_underreport.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/dod_underreport.php Politics Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:29:29 -0500 While surfing the internets in my pajamas, as we bloggers often do, I ran across an interesting piece by Jim Lobe highlighting quotations from J. William Fulbright's 1966 book "The Arrogance of Power". In 1964 Fulbright was the Chairman of... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/william_fulbrig.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/william_fulbrig.php Politics Sun, 21 Nov 2004 01:24:39 -0500 According to the U.K. Guardian, the U.S. Pentagon has begun discussions of possible military action against Iran. Pentagon strategists have begun to "war game" possible scenarios including possible strikes on leadership, political and security targets. While it is possible that... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/us_increases_rh.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/us_increases_rh.php Politics Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:10:20 -0500 From the Department of Irony comes this latest entry in the browser wars: apparently, Microsoft's Windows Marketplace is extolling the virtues of none other than Mozilla's Firefox. Et tu, Brute? (Click the image for a closer look.)... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/microsoft_loves.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/microsoft_loves.php Technology Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:17:32 -0500 A week has passed since the start of hostilities in Fallujah. A week of incredible devastation aimed at a city which was no threat to us before the start of the war, and was no threat to us during the... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/images_of_fallu.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/images_of_fallu.php Random Thoughts Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:14:05 -0500 Yesterday's resignation of John Ashcroft and some guy named Evans (he was the Secretary of Commercials, or something) almost made me downright joyful. Could it really be true? Did Bush really mean it when he said "We'll put out an... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/goodbye_ashcrof.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/goodbye_ashcrof.php Politics Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:13:42 -0500 With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/we_do_what_were.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/we_do_what_were.php Politics Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:38:34 -0500 Dave Pentecost has an excellent video short he put together documenting election day in Cleveland, Ohio. 3 MB stream 20MB stream 59 MB stream - via boingboing... http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/video_the_vote.php http://www.icantthink.com/archives/2004/11/video_the_vote.php Politics Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:06:39 -0500