OSS All Stars!

The idea that our best and brightest celebrities have sometimes also worked secretly for Uncle Sam is a common fictional and social folklore meme.  Apparently,  names from the WWII era Office of Strategic Services are being released today.  Should we wonder who's on the more recent rosters?

Ish River Itinerate: Tim McNulty's North Cascadian poems, reviewed

Ish River Itinerate: Tim McNulty's North Cascadian poems, reviewed

Enjoy this, you with time to read....

11th hour here early for Wildlife...

From the Associated Press:

The Clinton 11th hour Forest Plan has an uglier reflection in the current administration's recent decision to let the federal agencies determine whether the harm to endangered habitat is worth halting the projects they are contracting.  The air here in Cascadia is electric as all flora and fauna debate what Life's response should be to this legislative assault by the American pseudo democracy.  One can contribute if nowhere else, to the Cascadia Wildlands Project.

Russia-Georgian conflict: What is US's problem?

According to Vladimir Putin  earlier this week, it is war between Russia and Georgia.  Russia claims the hostility is in response to deaths caused by the Georgians.  Georgia, which broke away after 2003's bloodless "Rose Revolution", pleads to the world for help, and said that their casualties are the result of "a well planned invasion".  

Mc Cain, Obama, Bush,  and the EU have been outspoken against the conflict- and Georgia's acceptance into NATO now seems impossible.  

Apparently, 'Big Oil' intrests are behind some of this, with a US owned pipeline running right through Georgia.  The hope is that the US will mediate the situation- likely to the advantage of US coffers instead of the Russians other big 'ally' China.

It is known that the Rose Revolution was a contention point between the Georgians and their former Soviet Union comrades.  What some may not know is that the CIA had aided the Georgian leadership in their dissent from the collapsing Soviet Union.  Further, more, it seems in addition to physical forces digital attacks were carried out as well.  So good luck with that people of Georgia, hey have you seen those Olympics?

Ladies and Gents, Start your VPN's!

From Slashdot: Virtual Terror and the iPatriotAct

Lawrence Lessig says that in a conversation with former counter terroism czar Richard Clarke, the question of the "internets" and their neutrality were touched on in a specific way.  The question was that since they had the massive Patriot Act sitting around to whip out right after 9/11/2001, is there a cyberspace version for metaverse terror?  According to Lessig, Clarke says yes there is.  Our next question, which internet did they write this for? 1.2.01.2, or 2.0?