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Cross-border beach volleyball... neat....

Cross-border beach volleyball... neat.

Linked on 2nd August 2006 Details

Straight out of a James Bond story: Mount Weather ...

Straight out of a James Bond story: Mount Weather could be Bush’s secret bunker.

Linked on 31st August 2006 Details

The city of Oakland, California aims to be oil ind...

The city of Oakland, California aims to be oil independent by 2020. I have difficulty imagining a Belgian city making a bold move like that.

Linked on 24th October 2006 Details

An interesting study of Anti-Americanism around th...

An interesting study of Anti-Americanism around the world.

Linked on 24th October 2006 Details

Belgium is as corrupt as the USA and Chile and ran...

Belgium is as corrupt as the USA and Chile and ranks lower than most of its European neighbours.

Linked on 8th November 2006 Details

Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant...

Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant: European utilities are shipping US coal across the Atlantic.

Linked on 12th November 2007 Details

Madoff and the Global Economy...

Madoff and the Global Economy

Linked on 18th December 2008 Details

“Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight c...

“Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight cultural World Heritage sites in the United States, and it's got a billboard for Joe's Carpet King smack in the middle of it”

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Posted on 11th January 2011 Details

When America tried to deport its radicals

Interesting story about the partially successful attempt to deport political dissidents from the USA one hundred years ago. Nothing really changes.

Linked on 20th November 2019 Details

Greyhound buses, German ghosts of a golden age.

Greyhound buses, emblematic of a bygone era in American travel, have left an indelible mark on the collective imagination, gracing the frames of classic films and the pages of literary works. In this article, Joanna Pocock follows in the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir as she crosses the country by bus, only to encounter a transport network that's now a mere spectre of its former glory.

Reading this, I was surprised to learn that Greyhound now belongs to cheap German bus company Flixbus. That's quite a fall.

Linked on 16th September 2023 Details

Fugees Founder faces prison for being a spy.

This is quite a story. I'm not surprised Hollywood wants to turn it into a film. Fugees founder Pras Michel faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conducting an illegal foreign influence campaign with Malaysian financier Jho Low.

Linked on 28th November 2024 Details

My Life As a Homeless Man in America.

A former Boston Globe reporter on his now homeless life. A tense and depressing read.

Linked on 16th December 2024 Details

The mini subway under the U.S. Capitol.

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I didn't know the U.S. Capitol had its own mini underground rail network to shuttle people between buildings. I'm always fascinated by these independent networks.

Added on Feb 12, 2025 Details