Love, exciting and new ...

The Macau ferry's marketing team get straight to the point.

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Baboons and Wine

It's not often the two are referenced in the same story, but as Decanter reports: "An army of marauding baboons has been terrorising wine growers in the Franschhoek Valley region of South Africa, raiding local farms and devouring grapes."

in reference to: Baboons wipe out South African grape crops - decanter.com - the route to all good wine (view on Google Sidewiki)

View from the Ferry

Off to Tsim Sha Tsui to walk around.

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With friends like these ...

From Newsweek: "Biden had come to offer not just friendship, but support (and protection) against Iran—Israel's greatest bogeyman—in exchange for a few concessions from Netanyahu. Instead, he got a finger in the eye."
in reference to: Netanyahu to Biden: We Don't Need America - Newsweek.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Did he just say that?

From CNN: "A retired U.S. general said Thursday that the Dutch policy of allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in its military led, in part, to its failure to halt the massacre of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995."

in reference to: Retired general links gays in military, Bosnian massacre - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Criminal Networking

From The Smoking Gun: "Department of Justice officials ... note that information gathered (from social media sites) could "establish crime or criminal enterprise" and "prove and disprove alibis."

It seems like it was a PowerPoint presentation, which makes it seem quaint and very "old school."

in reference to: Social Justice - March 16, 2010 (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hypocrisy in Action, Part Deux

Anti-gay politicians and activists who turn out to be gay just seem so run-of-the-mill nowadays. Like philandering governors or senators -- equal numbers Dem and GOP -- it just seems old hat.

America's political class seem to not only be suffering from the inertia of a politically polarized and partisan process, but even their private lives and escapades are staid and boring.

Still, I guess it's a comfort to know that the adages "the lady doth protest too much" or "physician, heal thyself" still have currency when it comes to really vocal homophobes.

in reference to: Top 10 Anti-Gay Politicians Caught Being Gay: Anti-Gay Activists Out of The Closet | Ranker - A World of Lists (view on Google Sidewiki)

In defense of the realm

From The New York Times: "To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret."

I like these free speech issues, re: right to know vs. national security, mostly because I like to see how the wingnuts respond.

Since wingnuttery falls into several camps, the two largest being Far Right "god, guns and guts made 'merica great!" and Big Government conspiracists, with a weird bit of crossover, I just enjoy watching them roil and convulse about the "constitutionality" of a site like WikiLeaks.org.

in reference to: Army Sees Document Web Site as a Potential Threat - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

I just love this illustration ...

There is something about Chinese socialist realism -- real or otherwise -- that cracks me up.

But I love it even more when Chinese banks re-interpret the form. This is a Standard Chartered Bank campaign:

in reference to: Neonpunch roundup: All about Apple, iPhones and iPads | CNNGo.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

I think we all know the answer ...

But people are afraid to admit it in a room (possibly) full of magazine editors and ad sales people.
in reference to: An ‘unanswerable’ question: Can the iPad save magazines? | VentureBeat (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google vs. China: Now it's getting interesting ...

From Reuters via NYT: "Chinese firms selling advertising space on Google's search pages have demanded clarity about the Internet company's plans in China, warning they will demand compensation if it shuts its Chinese portal."
in reference to: Google Partners Call for Clarity on China Plans - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

New, improved Runkeeper: So I can stalk you ...

... and have people rob your house while you're jogging? Runkeeper Live let's you track people on their excursions in real time. Great!

in reference to: Runkeeper Live Lets You Track Someone (Running) in Real Time, Online. (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hypocrisy in Action

Oddly, a quick search through this blog shows a complete lack of concern about "constitutionality" when it comes to any of the previous administration or the GOP's efforts to undermine the document.

in reference to: So, when does the Constitution matter? | The Next Right (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google shares drop on China pull-out threat ...

Poor Google, they lost the equivalent of the GDP of several states in the Union as well as a large number of countries in Africa today ...

參考來源： China warns Google to obey rules even if it pulls out | Reuters (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

The Lords of War

From Foreign Policy: "Where do sheikhs go shopping? Facing the rising threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, they go to weapons shows like the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, where leaders from Cairo to Riyadh are stocking up."

in reference to: Get Yer Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield Here | Foreign Policy (view on Google Sidewiki)

The World turns upside down ...

... and you along with it. Tom Scott narrates a near-future science fiction story where social media explained in 5 minutes.

Watch this video.

Brilliant:

Facebook most popular??! But wait ...

For some reason Hitwise split Yahoo! and Yahoo! Mail into two separate destinations. Taken together, Yahoo and its mail page would be number one. So, is Facebook really the most popular?

in reference to: Hitwise says Facebook Most Popular U.S. Site (view on Google Sidewiki)

TRON: The cult classic that could (and did) change movie making

Empire movie mag does a great overview on the history or TRON and how the sequel TRON Legacy came about. Nerdbumps!

in reference to: The Story Of Tron Legacy | In The Beginning | Empire | www.empireonline.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

With friends like these ...

From Foreign Policy: "Joe Biden told Netanyahu, 'What you're doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.' The message couldn't be plainer: Israel's intransigence could cost American lives.
in reference to:

- The Petraeus briefing: Biden’s embarrassment is not the whole story, by Mark Perry | The Middle East Channel (view on Google Sidewiki)

Chief Justice Roberts: Partisan?

Taking a page out of the Beck/O'Reilly playbook, the man who forgot the Presidential Oath of Office has spent recent days lamenting how Obama hurt SCOTUS collective feelings during his State of the Union Address. Funny, I wonder if Roberts would have liked Teddy Roosevelt's take on Oliver Wendell Holmes?

in reference to: Quote Of The Day, Pres. Rooselvelt Slams SCOTUS Edition: You Have The Spine Of A Banana Peel (view on Google Sidewiki)

Texas: Not just big, but stupid, too.

From the AP: "In almost three days of testimony and emotional debate, the board's far-right faction wielded their power to shape lessons on the civil rights movement, the U.S. free enterprise system and hundreds of other topics. An amendment to ensure that children learn the United States was founded on the principle of religious freedom failed."

in reference to: The Associated Press: Texas ed board adopts social studies standards (view on Google Sidewiki)

Closing the door on the world ...

This is kind of sad, really. It's just bad business and bad policy all around for all parties involved.
in reference to: Google Likely to Close China Search Engine - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Transparently false

I just find it odd that people actually believed the Obama Administration would loosen the noose on information about how the government functions at all.
in reference to: Report Is Critical of Obama’s Efforts at Transparency - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Ring-tailed Lemurs

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Sunday afternoon.

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