Tannith Cattermole/gizmag: It's 2010 - finally my jet pack is here!:
And when will I be able drive it to work? Again it's a waiting game as currently air traffic control technology is not yet advanced enough to cope with jetpacks . . .
Yeah, yeah, they're 'getting there'. I've been fed that line of b.s. for over fifty years. Even though this one's positively real, and you can buy-'n-fly with an ultralight license, you'll probably be restricted to rural airspace.
On second thought, I think if I'd spent 86 grand for a toy like that, I'd be flying the thing wherever the hell I want.
AP: Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer:
(03-07) 07:09 PST Owensboro, Ky. (AP)
A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.The woman now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at 10,000.
That's the story in it's entirety. I'll leave the visuals to you.
Operation In Their Boots (OITB) is a unique filmmaking fellowship in which Brave New Foundation commissions five veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to produce and direct their own documentary films.
Go read the article: Alexandra Zavis/LAT: Veterans put their own war stories on film. Timely, with today's election in Iraq. Nicely done.
Make the jump»And now I know you’re dissatisfied
With your position and your place
Don’t you understand
It’s not my problemI wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be youYes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You’d know what a drag it is
To see you
Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street
© Warner Bros. (1965)
Sam Dillon/NYT: Federal Grant Competition Whittles to 16 Finalists:
WASHINGTON — New York, Florida and Pennsylvania. . .Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Proof positive from the Feds that the United States ends @ the Mississippi River. (Colorado, owing to it's lack of anything useful to the rest of the Country, was included out of pity - a "token West" State).
Make the jump»
Cover/Manual @ Air War College/Maxwell AFB
This is about hearts and minds. Captain Matt has captured both in Haditha. He taught himself Arabic, which he says he speaks at a 4-year-old's level. Still, it's enough for him to joke with the Iraqis and make a more personal connection.
Carla Marinucci+Joe Garofoli/sfgate:
Can Jerry Brown shed 'Gov. Moonbeam' label?:
Having a flexible image, as Brown does, "means a candidate with $50 million to spend on running negative ads on you all summer can define you if you don't act first," said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UC San Diego.
Right. Gimme a puff on dat fo' you th'ow it away.
Make the jump»LA Now:
One-time TSA nominee resigns from police post at L.A. World Airports:
President Obama’s nomination of Southers to head the agency that helps protect passengers from terrorist attack came under fire from Republicans over worries he would support TSA workers unionizing
Kurt Streeter/LAT: Justice and friendship prevail:
When he reversed a three-strikes conviction, Judge Spencer Letts gave Michael Banyard a new life and himself a new mission.
In three parts, and worth reading.
This linked image will take you to part of the USGS Earthquake website. Click a map, get a list of all quakes in that area - in this case the Chilean coast.
Pacific Tsunami Center - Hawaii - Messages:
1105 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. [Also see: PTC Main Site; and if they stay on the air, Hawaii Webcams.]
Over @ the Dish the team points to a photographic essay in Foreign Policy of 33 "conflicts". We'd be remiss if we didn't point to the "other wars" in the CIA Factbook's "Disputes":
This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State.
Fascinating the amount of issues that two people - or governments- can fight over. Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, every contintent on the planet, every human religion, a collection of a few billions lacking the common sense and pragmatic outlook to resolve their disputes. Make the jump»
Evan Halper/LAT: Group fights plan to fine tax cheats:
The California Chamber of Commerce, the Western States Petroleum Assn. and the California Manufacturers and Technology Assn. are lobbying against the bill, SBX8 32. They argue that it would make businesses reluctant to claim tax breaks for fear of making an error.
Translation: The largest and richest corporations in the State officially accuse their well-paid lawyers and accountants of incompetence.
Instructions for "overhauling" medical insurance in the U.S:
1. Amend existing statutes to vastly expand existing federal single-payer.
Ok. I believe we're done here.
Image © Boston Dynamics @ gizmag:
DARPA advances LC3 quadraped robot program
So if you live in mountain country, and begin to hear really, really, loud clanking sounds . . .
