Try to get out of Gridlock

Have a go at this game - midly amusing

Why did the right hate Clinton?

Interesting analysis of the absolute hatred that the far-right in America have for Bill Clinton (if anyone doubts this fact, just look at some of the vitriol that has been in the media ever since his book was published)

Interestingly the piece contends that clinton is hated so much because he co-opted many of the Republican's policies, building a centre-right coalition thereby pushing the Republicans out of power.

It's actually reminiscent of tony Blair and New Labour, who acheived power by forgetting socialism and become the Conservative party under another name, with some appearance of compassion for the less fortunate sections of society

Is there a 9/11 Commission Cover Up

A piece which disassembles media reports of the 911 commission to ask what are the questions they are not asking and what is the information they are ignoring

Is the CIA planning to remove Bush from office

Very detailed piece which looks at the implications of the abysmal treatment of Iraqui prisoners and the exposure of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative and suggests that the CIA is in the process of plotting to have Bush removed from office.

The article suggests that the political fallout will be bigger even than Watergate.

iStopMotion - Creating a Stop Motion Movie

Interesting little app which lets you create stop motion or time lapse movies

Judge Suspected of Masturbating in Court

An Oklahoma State judge has been accused of masturbating and using a penis pump whilst court was in session

Judge Sorry for Likening Bush, Hitler

Judge Guido Calabresi, 71, of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan offerred his apologies for likening Bush's rise to power to that of Mussolini or Hitler.

In his clarification, he claimed he was discussing the fact that Bush was put in power by the US Supreme Court when it settled the dispute over whether Bush had beaten Gore.

How to design a 3D ship visualisation in Illustrator

Interesting piece that goes through creating a product visualisatino in Adobe Illustrator

De Vere anniversary revives Shakespeare debate

It's amazing the intelletual snobbery that people can have. The arguement goes that William Shakespeare can't possibly have written the plays attributed to him because he came from a humble background. Their contention is of course that people from privileged backgrounds must inherently have more skill with the English Language than those from a poor background (please, can someone explain George Bush, in that case?).
I can't see what the point of this is. Afterall, whoever wrote the plays, they are among the greatest works of art ever created

Brainwashing cult leader uses the US Senate to declare himself the Messiah

The Rev Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Moonies, officator at Mass weddings has declared himself the Messiah in the US senate.

The Moonies are an odious bunch, ultra-conservative, homphobic in the extreme and well-known for brain washing their members, even choosing their spouses for them.

It seems Rev Moon is well in with the ultra-conservative regime in Washington and has an extraordinary influence in US politics. He owns the conservative newspaper the Washington Times and the US news agency United Press International.
Amazing how if you have unlimited wealth, a crazed worldview based on a warped religious view you can do anything in America - truly the land of opportunites