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By Paul M Davis | 06.10.08

washington-checkpoi_677363c Private butchers at Blackwater open San Diego training facility, set their sights on the "war on drugs".

In another bid of domestic militarization, Washington DC sets up Baghdad-style vehicle checkpoints.

Bush and the EU continue the saber-rattling at Iran.

The top five tourist spots Americans can’t visit. (via Kottke)

More technophilic hogwash: TechCrunch asks whether Google Trends can predict our next President. Methinks the arcane subtleties of the electoral college are a mess not even Google’s vaunted algorithms can untangle.

Perhaps not unrelated: Nicholas Carr asks whether Google is making us stupid.



Paul M Davis is a Chicago--based freelance writer and is the editor of Is Greater Than. His personal blog and website can be found at paulmdavis.com. View all posts by Paul M Davis.

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