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War Pornography
By Chris Thompson, East Bay Express
Thought the photos from Abu Ghraib prison were depraved and degrading? Well the ante's been upped. Snapshots of mutilated and dismembered war dead taken by American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and posted on NowThatsFuckedUp.com get to the heinous root of war. But here's the kicker: In exchange for their gory pics, soldiers are given access to amateur porn. -- Archie Ingersoll
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2005-09-21/news/news.html

Tingo, Nakkele and Other Wonders
By Georgina Pattinson, BBC News
To English speakers, foreign words can be a great mystery and a great boon. Some things are impossible to express in a compact phrase, and borrowing words from others is often an agreeable solution to this problem. If your neighbor trades in stolen felines, it is far more economical to use the Russian epithet koshatnik than 'stolen-cat dealer.' If skipping stones doesn't sound poetic enough, use a little Dutch, go down to the lake, and engage in the act of plimpplampplettere. Adam Jacot de Boinod explores the joys of foreign vocabulary in his book, The Meaning of Tingo, and unlocks some wonderful turns of phrase that will leave your tongue spinning. -- Rose Miller
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4248494.stm

Lego Theorists
By Staff, Theory.org.uk
Meet Michel Foucault and Judith Butler rendered in Legos. The British website Theory.org.uk introduces you to the most important minds in cultural theory via the small plastic interlocking toys and guides you on the road toward a greater understanding of our age. (Thanks, Cabinet.) -- Rose Miller
http://www.theory.org.uk/lego.htm

Armed and Dangerous -- Flipper the Firing Dolphin Let Loose by Katrina
By Mark Townsend Houston, The Observer
An armed posse of dolphins may be roaming the Gulf of Mexico. No joke; 36 Atlantic bottlenose assassins, trained by the US navy to identify and shoot enemies with 'toxic dart' guns, might have been loosed after their coastal Louisiana confine was breached during Katrina's onslaught. Ocean-goers beware. -- Archie Ingersoll
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1577753,00.html

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