The Supreme Court have ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority in creating military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. The court found the “military commissions” illegal under both military justice law and the Geneva Convention. MetaFilter discusses, and their full ruling is here (pdf).
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Andy Murray and the English
Apparently Andy Murray, Great British Tennis Hope® has been receiving hate mail after claiming on his blog that he supports ‘anyone but England’ in the footie.
Good for him! Not that I particularly care which team he supports, or whether or not he’s a chippy Scotsman, but anything that will reduce the number of English matrons squealing “Come on Andy” between points at Wimbledon is good in my book.
I wonder if he’s thought about posting pictures of himself strangling puppies?
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1966
The New Yorker has posted an archive article reporting from England after the 1966 World Cup Final.
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Welcome the Krispy Kreme burger
ABC news reports that an Illinois baseball stadium is serving a bacon cheeseburger with Krispy Kreme donuts for buns. My arteries!
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The goat is on a pole!
What more can I say? An excellent parody (I hope) of fake mysticism.
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Am I Nazi or not?
Ann Coulter or Adolf Hitler? Spot the quotes.
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Opera clips
A selection of YouTube opera clips collated at OperaTube.
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Getting DVDs onto your iPod
A magnificent walk-through at Plastic Bugs.
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Manual or automatic transmission?
Metafilter discusses the decline of manual transmission in the US.