BlackHat's Journal: ...who looks after the fire.

Slow weekend for news. But I have been keeping my eyes open for links and stuff to keep you all from getting too bored. Dig in.

Historical:
Socrates: For I should not have rightly discovered things celestial if I had not suspended the intellect, and mixed the thought in a subtle form with its kindred air. But if, being on the ground, I speculated from below on things above, I should never have discovered them. For the earth forcibly attracts to itself the meditative moisture.

Linkery:
Link : When you have an L-curve the term "middle class" is somewhat misleading don't you think.

Link : In other labour related news.

Link : Yes but some how the death of thousands of civilians and the release of tons of radioactive trash on a troubled land was not in his report. I also question how much of the report was reworded at a later point. Keyword here is "unpublished".

Link : Damn near textbook agit-prop and it has legs(massively rereported item). Threat threat threat... Somehow the statement from NK "What we want is for both sides to drop guns at the same time and coexist peacefully." gets reported with the FUD line; Although North Korea often warns of an impending nuclear war.... Two legs good! etc.

Link : You know there would be more effort(local, national,international) if she was pushing bibles or fighting/promoting the drug war.

Link : Suspect[script kiddy, surely] 'surprised' by effect of net virus. No shit!
Link : ...in related news.

Link : "Do the bombay door thing." More than 2,000 UN soldiers from Bangladesh, Uruguay and Pakistan are now in control of the five entry points to Bunia. Note the countries who have provided troops and which could not even find it on a map.

Link : ...and how many languages Enoch Powell can speak.

Link : Condi's Depends budget doubles.

Link : Are we past the "laugh at you" stage? I do hope so.

Link : Good news on Brazilian space program.

Link : My fingers, legs and anything else I can find is crossed.

Link : Just in case you have never noticed this garbage worshiping nutter before. Always worth a larf or two.

Texttoon:
Halftone on ragpaper: An elephant wearing briefs looks at another elephant who wears an UncleSam hat. He is making a four even sided figure highlighted in the air by dotted lines. He is also smirking to a third who stands at his side who wears a bra and panties.