] Diebold Inc., criticized last year for selling voting
] machines while its chairman raised money for Republican
] political candidates, has banned its senior executives
] from making such donations.

It appears someone has gotten the message.

Diebold Stops Top Executives From Making Political Donations - from TBO.com

] Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of
] your house. Share a single broadband Internet connection
] and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive
] cables. Create an instant wireless network on the go.
] Extend the range of your current wireless network. How
] many devices do you need to do all this? Just one.
]
] Presenting AirPort Express.

This does everything a AP/Router should do and is the same size as the Apple power adapter. Not only is this great for the home, but its perfect for travel. I'd much rather have one of these then the AP I carry around..

Apple - AirPort Express

] Against this backdrop, Wired offers an atlas of the
] intellectual property world. The maps and charts on the
] following pages show how IP enforcers are manning the
] ramparts while IP antagonists are challenging the
] protection regime.

Some interesting infographics from Wired about intellectual property.

Wired 12.06: The Free & The Unfree

] The first two explosive devices were "completely
] ineffective" at penetrating the armored bulldozer, Dailey
] said.
]
] "The machine had a half-inch steel plate with a layer of
] concrete, and another steel plate," he said. "On the
] front of the machine, there were two rifles mounted where
] he could shoot straight ahead."
]
] At the height of the rampage, the bulldozer demolished or
] heavily damaged a concrete batch plant, the town hall, a
] bank, a library and the local newspaper offices. The
] property of the former mayor, who held office at the time
] of the zoning dispute, was also damaged.
]
] "Every indication is that these were all targeted hits...

WOW... This is almost as cool as the time that guy went through San Diego with a tank!

CNN.com - Armed Bulldozer Rampage

] Twin Cities filmmaker Mike Wilson's upcoming "Michael
] Moore Hates America" details his unsuccessful attempts to
] interview Moore, the director who won an Oscar two years
] ago for "Bowling for Columbine." Moore's earlier film,
] "Roger and Me," detailed his own failed attempts to
] interview General Motors honcho Roger Smith.
]
] Wilson says his documentary tries to point out the biases
] behind Moore films such as "Bowling" and the highly
] anticipated "Fahrenheit 9/11," which will be released
] June 25 and which Wilson has not seen. He says it's not
] only a response to Moore but also to others who have
] added to "the shrillness that has engulfed the American
] conversation."

St. Paul Pioneer Press | Moore gets a dose of his own

A photoblog of Baghdad. Offers an interesting glimpse of the city. There is a weblog and a small arabic tutorial here. Someone trying to reach out. Looks like a wealthy family.

Pictures in Baghdad

] We have expected many of the senior Bush admniistration
] people to be leaving, but after the election not before.

Some discussion of today's events. Iranian codes, resigning managers, and external lawyers, oh my... Whatever is going on in Intelligence this week its extremely serious, deeply troubling, and very opaque.

] Given the present administrations insistence on extreme
] secrecy, isn't trying to figure out what going on with
] Tenet's resignation very much like practicing Kremlinology?

Instant Analysis: Tenet Resigns (washingtonpost.com)

] CIA Director George J. Tenet has submitted his
] resignation and will leave the agency in mid-July,
] President Bush announced today.

I didn't comment on Jeremy's earlier posting on this question. Tenet is someone who seems to have repeatedly taken "the bullet" of responsibility for decisions that seems outside of his control. I'm uneasy about this news.

CIA Director Tenet Resigns (washingtonpost.com)

] He was quoted as stating that "competent physicists,
] chemists, chemical engineers and men knowledgeable of
] thermodynamics have known that natural petroleum does not
] evolve from biological materials since the last quarter
] of the 19th century."

Hrm. This article is interesting in light of our discussions about energy. It makes two mistakes. First, it grossly overestimates how widely accepted this theory is. There are a lot of articles up on the net about this theory and its author. Largely, they seem to say that this is simply unproven. It might be true, but no one is sure, and there are reasons to be skeptical of it.

The second mistake is what this theory, if true, implies for oil as a resource. It does imply that we have a lot more oil then we think we do, but how much is totally unclear, as the actual theory is unproven. In order to measure the size of something you must first establish that it exists. Also, whether or not oil is "renewable" is debatable. Gold is talking about oil renewal in tens of thousands of year timeframes. Thats a far site more rapid then the millions of year timeframes the presently accepted theories promote. However, its not commerically "renewable" on human timescales.

WorldNetDaily: Sustainable oil?

] The typical video game calls for shooting aliens, racing
] cars and beating enemies into submission, but publisher
] Ubi Soft Entertainment has decided gamers may also enjoy
] stumping for votes at a nursing home somewhere in Ohio.
]
] The company said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to
] publish "The Political Machine," a new game for PCs that
] puts players in control of the 2004 presidential
] campaigns of either incumbent President Bush (news - web
] sites) or Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry (news -
] web sites).
]
] Players will also have the option of creating their own
] Republican or Democratic candidate or managing the
] campaign of a historical figure like Ronald Reagan (news
] - web sites) or Franklin Roosevelt.
]
] The game will allow players to raise funds, barnstorm for
] votes and join candidate debates.

SimPresident

Yahoo! News - Ubisoft to Publish U.S. Election Video Game