Video Link. Babies love DAF! As one YouTube commenter points out, this video evidences "extreme disconnect between the endearingly bubbly tots and the menacingly nihilistic, anomie-filled lyrics. Unless the viewer… Read the rest of the article: German industrial baby dancing
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Xeni Jardin Solstice Snow Moon, Germany (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)Boing Boing reader Martin Liebermann contributed this photograph to the Boing Boing Flickr pool: The full moon of the winter solistice, rising behind snowy trees in Schwedenschanze near Bielefeld, Germany.… Read the rest of the article: Solstice Snow Moon, Germany (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)
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Xeni Jardin A worthy list (and video recap): Videogum's Best Viral Videos of 2010The folks at Videogum have a fun list of the best viral videos of 2010, which is, lo and behold, also a viral video itself. It's really great.
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Xeni Jardin My Blackberry is not workingVideo Link. Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in a sketch from The One Ronnie. (Thanks, Simon!)
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Xeni Jardin Wikileaks: All 250,000 cables reported leaked in NorwayAccording to a report today in Norway's top business publication, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has managed to get a hold of the entire "Cablegate" database of some 250,000 diplomatic cables—Wikileaks… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: All 250,000 cables reported leaked in Norway
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Xeni Jardin White House order would normalize under Obama "indefinite detention" introduced under BushDafna Linzer at ProPublica reports on an Executive Order the White House is currently preparing related to the practice of indefinite detention: [The order] will provide periodic reviews of evidence… Read the rest of the article: White House order would normalize under Obama "indefinite detention" introduced under Bush
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Xeni Jardin Wikileaks joins forces with billionaire Lebedev to "expose corruption in Russia"Bloomberg: "Novaya Gazeta, the Moscow newspaper controlled by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and billionaire Alexander Lebedev, said it agreed to join forces with WikiLeaks to expose corruption in Russia."
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Xeni Jardin Confirmed (?) Wikileaks' next target is Bank of America (UPDATE)Buried in that Times of London article you didn't read because it was behind a paywall was confirmation by Julian Assange that Wikileaks will release a very large cache of… Read the rest of the article: Confirmed (?) Wikileaks' next target is Bank of America (UPDATE)
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Xeni Jardin CIA launches the Wikileaks Task Force, or "WTF" for shortVia our pals at Danger Room: "The CIA has a Wikileaks Task Force. That's right: a WTF." More at the Washington Post. "Wonder if they ride around in ROFLcopters," asks… Read the rest of the article: CIA launches the Wikileaks Task Force, or "WTF" for short
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Xeni Jardin Michael Moore on Wikileaks on MaddowFilmmaker Michael Moore was a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show this evening, and the topic at hand: Wikileaks. Moore discussed the confusion around a leaked State Department Cable relating… Read the rest of the article: Michael Moore on Wikileaks on Maddow
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Xeni Jardin Santa's Naughty List Hits WikiLeaksIllustration contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by our pal Ape Lad.
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Xeni Jardin Wikileaks: What's inside the #Cablegate dump, day 23(Image contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by BB reader Tom Blanton) A reminder that various news organizations are still doing the hard work of digging through the Wikileaks-leaked… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: What's inside the #Cablegate dump, day 23
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Xeni Jardin Grace Jones singing "Little Drummer Boy" to Pee Wee HermanVideo Link [via Submitterator, thanks porkchop].
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Xeni Jardin Why did Apple remove a Wikileaks app from its store?Over the weekend, I noticed that a Wikileaks app became available in the Apple store for $1.99 a pop. Wonder how long that's gonna last, I thought. Not long! Three… Read the rest of the article: Why did Apple remove a Wikileaks app from its store?
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Xeni Jardin Wikileaks: Manning's attorney on the laws he'll use to fight inhumane treatmentDavid E. Coombs, the attorney representing Bradley Manning, discusses the laws that apply for attempting to secure more humane treatment for the young man in the Marine brig in Quantico:… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Manning's attorney on the laws he'll use to fight inhumane treatment
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Xeni Jardin Assange's "already assassinated" comment, clarifiedIn a roundup post earlier today regarding all things Assange, I noted a comment made by the Wikileaks founder in a wide-ranging BBC News intervew: "People affiliated with our organisation… Read the rest of the article: Assange's "already assassinated" comment, clarified
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Xeni Jardin Venezuela passes new law drastically limiting internet freedomsThe Venezuelan parliament has passed a law that bans any internet content that "promotes social unrest, challenges authority or condones crime." President Hugo Chavez's ruling party pushed the law through… Read the rest of the article: Venezuela passes new law drastically limiting internet freedoms
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Xeni Jardin Lunar Eclipse photos from Boing Boing readersAmong the many terrific photos contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool, there are now a number of images from last night's lunar eclipse. Here's one by mcphadenmike.
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Xeni Jardin Assange: "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."• Sir Leaks-a-Lot: "I'm not promiscuous, I just really like women." • But Julian, how many women? "A gentleman never tells." • Assange and Guardian no longer besties. If chatter… Read the rest of the article: Assange: "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
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Xeni Jardin Sant-a-Matic (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)Sant-a-Matic, an image contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by BB reader Blazel (who's on Twitter here).