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Michael Savage, out keeping an eye on the wetbacks in the Mission District.
(image via English Russia)

Two interesting developments in the “Global War on Terror,” from today’s Washington Post:
1. “Government Must Share All Evidence on Detainees”
A federal appeals court charged with reviewing the enemy combatant status of detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruled yesterday that the government must provide the court and defense lawyers with [...]

A few weeks ago, I posted a link to an excerpt from Peeling the Onion, the newly-translated memoir of Günter Grass. There’s a review of Peeling the Onion in the NYRB.
When interviewers have pressed him on this issue [i.e. his Waffen-SS past], the answers have been vague and unsatisfactory. “It oppressed me,” he [...]

Did you ever think to yourself, “Gee, I wonder who has the longest hair of any Russian man?” Well, your curiosity can now be satisfied, thanks to English Russia.

Readers, do not miss Glenn Greenwald’s post detailing the Bush administration’s criticism, in February 2001, of Russia’s human-rights abuses. Before 9/11 Changed Everything, these are just a few of the behaviors the United States considered problematic:

Government “monitor[ing] Internet traffic, telephone calls, and pagers without judicial approval” (cf. Bush Administration NSA warrant-free wiretapping)
Lengthy pretrial detention [...]

It’s been a while since you saw a picture of Mystery the border collie, readers. Here she is, flopping around on the floor (one of her favorite activities):

Let’s forget about The Perfect Storm, readers, and instead enjoy “The Perfect Human” (Jørgen Leth’s Det perfekte menneske [1967]). Just click on the image and you’ll be taken to a new website to watch the short film.

The game of checkers (aka “English draughts”) has been solved. A computer program called Chinook is literally unbeatable.
The team directed Chinook so it didn’t have to go through every one of the 500 billion billion (5 * 10 ^ 20) possible moves. Not all losing plays needed to be analysed; instead, for [...]

It’s the perfect storm in Wingnut Land, readers:
Gay! Lesbian! Islamofascist! Muslim! Terrorists!!!!
In February, the two women–who live together as lesbian “domestic partners” (which is supposed to be haram–forbidden–by Islam) were caught surveilling planes’ take-off and landing at Dallas’ Love Field airport with binoculars. And they were also caught pacing and counting [...]

Michael “Darth” Savage has done it again, readers: he has said the dumbest thing of all time.
You know, when I see a woman walking around with a burqa, I see a Nazi. That’s what I see — how do you like that? — a hateful Nazi who would like to cut your throat and [...]