This is interesting, but let me quote another story:

] A coordinated online strike against Internet servers
] by terrorists, dubbed "electronic jihad," may or may
] not strike this week, security experts said. One
] security researcher in Moscow warned that Thursday
] would be the day in question.

A coordinated arial strike against corn silos by blue aliens, dubbed "Centauri Bebop," may or may not strike this week, SETI experts said. One SETI researcher in Arkansas warned that Thursday would be the day in question...

Electronic Jihad predicted on the 26th

"Yellow wakes me up in the morning.
Yellow gets me on the bike every day.
Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice.
Yellow makes me suffer.
YELLOW IS THE REASON I'M HERE."

I am glad that these have gotten so much support and attention because it is a really important message. But on the flip side I hope other people remember the meaning and not just that it's the cool thing to do right now. If you're interested in the background check out this site or the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

LiveSTRONG bracelet

] Who's fatter and more bloated? Alain or Vince Neil?

Damnit! They are doing Nashville but not Atlanta?! Wassup with that?

MINISTRY - EViL DoER tOUr

These guys are of the "I'm so far left I think the Taliban were in the right and should still be in power" side of the fence. I usually hate those guys. Then again, those guys usually think disabling a bus is an act of speech.

In this case I found them entertaining. These signs are cool. I guess its because I have respect for real acts of speech. Particularly when they are subversive, without being coercive.

FREEWAYBLOGGER.com - Free Speech: Use It or Lose It

] Two passenger aircraft have crashed within minutes of
] each other in Russia and a bomb has exploded on a street
] in Moscow.
]
] No connection between the incidents, apart from timing
] and the fact that both flights originated in Moscow, is
] certain.

Some interesting links from this page. Nice to see a news site that actually "does" hypertext.

Possible terrorist incidents in Russia

Provides features such as:
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* Post Frequency - graphs the frequency of your posts over time.
* Comment Count - graphs the number of comments left by users in your journal, and also how many comments you've left them.

LiveJournal Archiver and Analyzer

] "To me, that's treason. I call it treason against rock 'n'
] roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock
] should never be in bed with politics," says the
] 56-year-old Cooper, who begins a 15-city Canadian tour on
] Aug. 20 in Thunder Bay, Ont.
]
] "If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your
] information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron
] than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're
] morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very
] rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."

Alice Cooper is a republican.

Alice slams anti-Bush rockers

] This is what the Earth looks like at night.

[ These pictures are increasingly easy to locate, but still always impress me. Very cool. -k]

APOD: 2004 August 22 - Earth at Night

An amazing origami dragon.

Yahoo! News - World Photos - AP

] Amazing photos of cool-looking Chinese cop dressed in
] black shooting a kidnapper who was sitting on a
] windowsill. The kidnapper, who probably died from two
] slugs to the head, fell five stories to the ground.

Boing Boing: Chinese cop on window ledge shoots kidnapper in head