The always insightful Fareed Zakaria on what we should do in Iraq: secure Kurdistan, fight Al Qaeda, and contain rather than pretend to prevent sectarian violence while the Sunnis and Shiites fight it out. Korea is cited as an example - I would also include Bosnia which is peaceful now after the Dayton accords.

Waterboarding is a no-brainer, says Cheney to some right wiing talk show host.

US bans Vegemite. WTF?!

China holds the key.

What did the Hillary machine dig up on Mark Warner that caused him to quit the race?

The Flying Spaghetti Monster appears courtesy of the US Air Force!

A culinary giant passed away last week: Esther Snyder, co-founder of In-N-Out Burger. I enjoyed a Double-Double in her honor yesterday - Animal style, of course. Thanks Esther!

The Nationals did the right thing in keeping Alfonso Soriano rather than trading him. He's been a real asset to the team and - importantly - is getting butts into seats in creaky old RFK. And I get to see him tomorrow when he comes to SF!

Oldie but a goodie, thanks to boingboing. (Make sure to read the archive, and also the sign PPTs.)

"The average blogger is a 14-year-old girl writing about her cat."

Take that, self important web 2.0-osphere!

Senator Barbara Boxer is giving away free money to candidates that are challenging incumbents. The catch is that you have to vote for who you want the money to go to. Pete Ashdown is not only running to unseat Senator Hatch (enemy of geeks everywhere) but is tech savvy himself, given that he is the founder of Utah's oldest ISP. His positions on tech issues should be of interest to many a slashdotter. So if you have a moment, click on the link below and vote for him to get some free money.

Vote for Pete Ashdown.

Every time CleanFlicks or similar services/technologies come up on /. there is a decided bias against them by the submitters, editors, and commenters. They're all missing the bigger picture! As I said in the most recent article:

This is a win for big copyright and a loss for free culture. /.ers are only seeing censorship here when they should be seeing remixing and control of content that you've bought. /. has consistently been on the wrong side of this issue because of a lack of vision about what it represents. How /. can champion Free DVD software for Linux so that you can watch a movie on the OS of your choice but not favor this is a mystery to me. What if that Free player knew how to skip the booring bits (Jar Jar?) or replay the naughty bits in slow mo while leaving the original media untouched? All the /.ers would be lining up behind it! But if someone uses technology for a purpose that is seen as socially conservative all the idiots here go bonkers. Your fear of "censorship" has blinded you to a corporate power grab of your culture.

Can someone out there in journal land explain to me why so many here at /. take the corporate/anti-free stance on this?

What can I say about Zidane's moronic head butt that cost France the tournament?! How do you say WTF en francais?

Update: A story about Zidane from the AP.

Wikipedia functions as it has for years, earns writeup in Reuters.

Numbers get sorted first, right?

4 Non Blondes - What's Up
AC/DC - Back In Black
Bjork - Aurora
Cake - End of the Movie
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
Everlast - Blinded by the Sun
Fugazi - Furniture
Grandmaster Flash with Melle Mel and the Furious Five - White Lines
Haddaway - What is love?
Iggy Pop - Funtime
Joan Jett - I Hate Myself For Loving You
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Bomberclaad Joint
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Detroit Rock City (cover of Kiss)
Newcleus - Jam On It
Orbital - Bigpipe Style
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio
Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie - The White House Burned (The War of 1812)
U2 - Night and Day (Cole Porter tribute)
Various Artists - Kyle's Mom's A Bitch (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut)
Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Xploding Plastic - Let's Pretend Desperate
Yale Glee Club - Bright College Years
Zero 7 - Simple Things

All from my iTunes. (Note, this is not necessarily the best from each, but what might make it onto a playlist.)