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At half-past noon on Jan. 9, cable TV contractors sinking a half-mile of cable near Interstate 10 in rural Arizona pulled up something unexpected in the bucket of their backhoe: an unmarked fiber-optic cable.
The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat
Metallica Guitarist and Vocalist James Hetfield : NPR
November 9, 2004 - Hetfield is one of the founding members of the metal band Metallica.Not Everything Has Changed
The Unfinished Revolution: How a New Generation is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America
Traditionally, you have either the overly optimistic world's fair/chamber of commerce/"The Jetsons" point of view or you have dark, drippy, cyberpunk, creepy future á la Blade Runner or Brazil or The Fifth Element . I'm trying to offer an alternative that's more like the way things are right now, which is a mix of the wonderful and horrible. Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing. If some of the other stuff didn't exist, I'd do stuff more like what they are doing. I'm reacting in part to the liberal optimism of "Star Trek" and Star Wars , which seem to be the dominant science-fiction fantasies of our time
Matt Groening | Mother Jones
White America Has Lost Its Mind - Page 1 - News - New York - Village Voice
and what do you have against socialism? scandanavia is 100% socialist and they have a higher standard of living than we have ever had. the usa is a socialists/capitalists nation. before you post, make sure you know what you speak of. you didn't mind socialism when the post office was delivering your mail. you also did not mind it when socialism helped pay for your education. socialism gives your grandparents a social security check every month and medicare.
The apartment (actually two, Hitchens bought the one next door) is a labyrinth of spacious rooms, white-walled with polished floorboards, but surprisingly sparsely furnished.
Godless in Tumourville: Christopher Hitchens interview - Telegraph
Fordlandia: The Failure Of Ford's Jungle Utopia : NPR
Henry Ford didn't just want to be a maker of cars — he wanted to be a maker of men. He thought he could perfect society by building model factories and pristine villages to go with them. And he was pretty successful at it in Michigan.
Chess Boxing: You Throw A Punch, I Take Your Queen : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
It's called chess boxing and it's like it sounds.
Natural7 on NPR
June 6, 2009 - Many people know about Naturally 7, an acclaimed a cappella septet, from watching a YouTube video in which the musicians perform in the Paris Metro during rush hour. The group has toured with Michael Buble and performed for Prince Charles and Quincy Jones . Naturally 7 recently visited NPR's Studio 4A for a performance and interview with Scott Simon.“THE jihad has come to the Netherlands.”
