Report: End the war on terror, and end terrorism

This is an interesting report that got picked up on BoingBoing… It’s a statistical analysis of 268 terrorist groups and what came of them between 1968 and 2008. The study found that 43% of groups terrorists dissolved through political means, 40% fell to consistent policing, 10% were victorious in achieving their goals, and only 7% … Read more

World’s First Practical Jetpack

YES. The Jetpack: From Comics to a Liftoff in the Yard By JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: July 29, 2008 An inventor unveiled what he calls “the world’s first practical jetpack” at an air show in Wisconsin.

Direction

Things are winding down here… I’m moving into a new and very different house in the next 3 weeks. While school remains the same, I recently switched positions at work, and in a few months I will also leave the country for a whole semester. Needless to say, a lot is changing. But I’m also … Read more

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

Now, more then ever, this bears repeating. In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, … Read more