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Secret Pentagon report warns climate change "could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy..." The report, ordered by an influential Pentagon advisor but covered up by US defense chiefs for months, warns that it might be too late to prevent future disasters, such as violent storms that may make large parts of the Netherlands uninhabitable. Climate change, the report says, "should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a US national security concern..."
posted by tranquileye at 8:48 PM PST - 89 comments

This site is edited automatically. Mediamatic, a Dutch inclination toward media and being.
posted by the fire you left me at 8:05 PM PST - 3 comments

CNN In Feb. 8, 2002 I posted a link hoping Arnie's movie career would keep him too busy to become governor. Twenty-one months later he took office, (obviously I was being tongue-in-cheek, I had no idea it would actually happen). It seems he has his sights set pretty high.
posted by tetsuo at 4:30 PM PST - 53 comments

Perceptions of the Shadowy World. The Japanese concept of yami. [Via wood s lot.]
posted by homunculus at 11:28 AM PST - 9 comments

Nano-Knit Technology Dime-sized mittens (and other intricacies) from $85 and up for the wee people.
posted by hypnorich at 11:06 AM PST - 6 comments

Feds rule that DVD X Copy is now illegal. What will become of other DVD burning software? The MPAA considers a major victory, but are the people who may use it legitimately getting the shaft, or will we see an increase in recovery outfits?
posted by JakeEXTREME at 1:00 AM PST - 19 comments