"What happened on Sept. 11 was a failure of doctrine, in that pilots and personnel on airlines were told to be passive, to accommodate terrorists if they struck. The doctrine was revised and changed by an ad hoc committee of a dozen Americans rebelling on Flight 93 within one hour of attack. No FAA, no Senate Committee. It was done by an ad hoc committee. And no one has questioned the committee%u2019s decision. That%u2019s power. Performed by amateurs."

Privacy Foundation: Privacy Watch

Speaks for itself: Parody of Star Wars, Hentai, and American Pop Culture. An obvious must recommend. :)

Starballz the movie - In space no one can hear you cream!

"We were all very firm in our position that Hizbullah is a terror organization, and terror in the guise of national liberation is not something we will accept, and we will not support governments that support those actions," LaHood said. "

Look, I'll be the first to admit of my particular left slant toward politics, but can you honestly tell me that National Liberation Movements are automatically terrorists? That makes our American forefathers terrorists. Is that true? I'll leave aside the more obvious arguments about what the definition of terrorism is and simply point to the fact that this should be the focus of discussion. Eliminating it as a discussion and simply allowing all current national governments to define it as they choose without argument of any kind is asking for trouble. Whether or not you believe Hizbollah is a terrorist organization or a NLM, to dismiss all NLMs as terrorist organizations is ridiculous.

Not to mention it immediately says that the U.S. has backed terrorist organizations historically (the Contras in Nicaragua for example).

Hello Fascism, here we come!

The Jerusalem Post Newspaper : Online News From Israel - News Article

The 2001 PeeeYeeeew awards for shitty journalism. Regardless of your political bent you will probably find something in here you agree with.

2001 P.U.litzer Awards

History of EFF. I haven't read it yet, but clearly an important read for anyone who likes the Internet and computers in general.

Freedom Fighters of the Digital World

Audio Visual Forum. Fist time I have seen this, but it blessedly covers TVs, DVRs, and other hi-fi audio and video gear. I don't know about you, but I really enjoy being up to date on a lot of this technology.

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This just needs to be recommended by someone. It's value is unquestionable for anyone who does any kind of research whether in regards to politics or history.

CIA -- The World Factbook

How important is this? Very. The top 100 list of one of the most important literature genres ever, not to mention probably the most influential genre for our society in the 20th and 21st century.

The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

This guy just seems cool.

Joel on Software

Get yer protest signs heeeeere!

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