yo, KS!

This is an absolutely amazing, and amazingly clear, explanation of the challenges that gave rise to the differential machine, how it works, and the challenges faced in its creation. Truly a wonderful explanation.

4Am in Kannur, India. Theyam mediums start their ritual possession in the cobra temple.This ritual was about 4 hrs in length.

Emerging from the deserted train station through the Bundi gate we run into a religious procession...

Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. In 1999, he received the National Medal o...

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister, has promised new spending to counter unemployment in an effort to boost the country's economy.

Al Jazeera's Selina Downes reports from central Thailand ...

People&Power looks at case of Comrade Duch a leader in the Khmer Rouge.

People&Power looks at case of Comrade Duch a leader in the Khmer Rouge.

A guerrilla press conference which was given outside of the 13th St. building Thursday morning 2.12.09.

I haven't talked much about the tribunal, largely because while I think a good tribunal would be truly beneficial for Cambodia, this tribunal, it is increasingly clear, is little more than another fig leaf for a political regime. The last one was a fig leaf for the recent invading Vietnamese; this one is a fig leaf for the international donor countries, some of who re-armed the Khmer Rouge in the eighties, while allowing their representatives to retain their seat in the UN.
My anger and disappointment about

Short skit from the series finale of Kids In The Hall. My personal fav. I changed it from color to black and white.

Kids in the Hall sketch.

The Stimulator's baby, with a 10-minute video about worldwide economic revolts, bailout blues, the Wall 7, Gore's dire warning, the West Bank Food boycott, Gil Scott Heron, and the Media Elixir (featuring Boots Riley of the Coup!).

Sigh. We LOVE you, Boots.

Another group of 200 Rohingya have been rescued off the coast of Sumatra.

They tell of mis-treatment at the hands of the Thai military, with 22 dying on board their boat which was set adrift for t...

For almost 15 years, Asian Dub Foundation has delivered uncompromising messages of social change - looking at prejudice against Britons of Asian descent. The first episode of Music of Resistance - ...

For almost 15 years, Asian Dub Foundation has delivered uncompromising messages of social change - looking at prejudice against Britons of Asian descent. The first episode of Music of Resistance - ...

At a recent press conference the Social Contrac...