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A very funny but political collection of comics from the USA: viruscomix.com

The media have covered such recent events as the Olympics, the selection of Joe Biden as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, and what John McCain is going to do about the selection of the Vice President of the Republican Party. Now the media will focus on the national convention of the Democratic Party.

The most important news for the month of August was the fact that President Bush has quietly sent the largest armada into the Persian Gulf since the Iraq war began in 2003, when there were six carrier groups. This is a huge number of ships to be concentrated in one location in peacetime.

Read full story – from lewrockwell.com

Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December 2001, his life, like that of tens of thousands of other Muslims, became a horrific nightmare.

Read full story – from voltairenet.org

Amazing 3D sound from this short video on YouTube.

Put some headphones on, hit play and close your eyes. Welcome to the Virtual Barber Shop!

A podcast service consisting of 2 minute programs which tackles all sorts of scientific subjects presented as questions and answers like “How big a stick would you need to measure the planet?” or “Problems with turning yourself invisible”.

You can listen to their podcasts here or download their audio files here. You can also read their transcripts here.

They allow the listener to add to the list of subjects by sending questions to amos [at] indiana.edu which makes this service very beneficial.

Produced by Indiana University, Bloomington, in cooperation with IU’s scientific community, and scientists around the world.

More reports, this time from the Daily Telegraph, on how the goverment in Britain is watching its citizens day and night getting.

With every telephone call, swipe of a card and click of a mouse, information is being recorded, compiled and stored about Britain’s citizens.

An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has now uncovered just how much personal data is being collected about individuals by the Government, law enforcement agencies and private companies each day.

Read the full report

radio-locator.com

the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet

Enough said! I’ve had a quick look and yes it does work. For those sleepless night when you’re bored and looking for some inspiration in the ears!

The other day I was listening to WFMU radio when they played a great tune by Big Blood. This tune had a the kind of warm/sweet but at the same time primal sound – hard to describe but I liked it an managed to track down some of their music on some of the more independant radio stations (WFMU and WMBR) and their myspace site.

Here’s on of their live shows on WMBR (search for Big Blood).

And finally, here is a video of theirs on YouTube:

bookmooch.com

Once you are a member of BookMooch (it’s free), you can submit a list of your books you want to get rid of alongside a list of the books you’d like to have. For every book you give away, you get a book.The only cost you incur is the postage of the books. Great idea!

An examination of the two main 9/11 information paradigms

This is a short informative video comparing the main stream media with what we can get as alternative news online.