Monthly Archives: May 2007

CDB

By WorldWideWeber | Published: May 29, 2007
The bees are dying: one quarter of the US commercial colonies collapsed last year, and news accounts indicate that Europe has the same problem. Initial speculation centered on cell phones—supposedly the radiation is at just the right frequency to disrupt the bees’ navigation. That hypothesis seems to have few adherents now. So what is it? Pesticides? [...]
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Watched

By WorldWideWeber | Published: May 20, 2007
Who said it? I’m struggling with seeing the deployment of cameras in our local villages as being a benefit to policing. If it’s in our villages—are we really moving towards an Orwellian situation with cameras on every street corner? I really don’t think that’s the kind of country that I want to live in. If it weren’t [...]
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  • Proverbs for Paranoids, 3: If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
    —Gravity’s Rainbow

    ‘Is it about a bicycle?’ he asked.
    —The Third Policeman