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January 18, 2007

Antiques dealer files a million dollar lawsuit ... against the homeless... Good luck collecting on that...
Bill Moyers Speaks on Media Conglomerates' Threat to Democracy "The lobby representing the broadcast, cable, and newspapers industries was extremely powerful, with an iron grip on lawmakers and regulators alike. Both parties bowed to their will when the Republican Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That monstrous assault on democracy, with malignant consequences for journalism, was nothing but a welfare giveaway to the largest, richest, and most powerful media conglomerations in the world. Goliaths, whose handful of owners controlled, commodified, and monetized everyone and everything in sight." video, audio links here via Ol' Bluey
Death on the High Seas. Fascinating article about mysterious deaths and missing persons on holiday cruises.
1918 flu recovered from frozen Arctic corpse kills monkeys in the lab. WE'RE DOOMED. more inside
Pictaps - make your own dancing man. Click on paint to start. (flash) more inside
Why you procrastinate.