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New Poll: 71 Percent Of Iraqis Want U.S. Forces To Withdraw Within A Year0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 27th, 2006

The Program on International Policy Attitudes released a new poll on Iraqi public opinion today which finds that seven in ten Iraqis want US-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. Moreover, an overwhelming majority believes that the US military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing. See here for the key findings

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National Intelligence Estimate Declassified, Online!0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 26th, 2006

This document is the declassified Key Judgments from the larger, classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States that was produced in April 2006. The NIE analyzes the nature of the threat that terrorist groups across the world will pose to US lives and interests. (PDF File)

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Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 24th, 2006

The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies can reduce the threat, U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded.

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The Vending Machines of Japan (Photo’s Included)0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 17th, 2006

Estimates suggest there are 5.6 million vending machines in Japan which works out to be one for every 20 people. Sales from vending machines in 2000 totaled $56 billion! The most common are drink and cigarette machines followed by machines with pornography. Check out some of these in this collection…

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Mythbusters beat the finger print security system0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 17th, 2006

How to beat the finger print security system, the Mythbusters way

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Have you read the 9/11 Commission Report?0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 16th, 2006

I’m not giving up on you Diggnation, Colbert Nation, 42 Nation, whatever nation you’re in. I want you to watch this, and pay close attention. It’s 30 minutes that could change your life.

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The Ad That Will Kill the George Allen (Sen-VA) Campaign0
Jeff posted in Politiks(tm) on September 14th, 2006

VoteVets doesn’t pull punches and this is a very potent ad. It looks like it would scale well to other states as well, meaning that Senators who voted with George Allen (of macaca fame) could see the same ad running in their states for pennies on the production dollar.

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8-year-old teaches grown-ups how to play Halo for $25/hour0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 14th, 2006

A shy 8-year-old Long Island boy wonder is making money hand over fist by teaching grownups how to master Halo.

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Wine 0.9.21 Released0
Jeff posted in General Babble on September 14th, 2006

OpenGL restructurations, improvements to wintrust, msi improvements, and several other changes.
Posted because I’ve found these announcements to be quite useful in the past.

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