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Your World. Delivered. To the NSA. On the iPhone. (via lawgeek) (07/04/2007 05:08)

Happy 4th! (via Royal Sapien) (07/04/2007 02:36)

"Africa won't be "saved" by aid, but by the ingenuity and determination of its own people." (07/04/2007 02:03)

- Africans to Bono: 'For God's sake please stop!'

via xkcd.com (07/04/2007 01:59)

Gates loses 'World's richest' crown | The Register (07/03/2007 04:21)

Carlos Slim ended Gates's 13-year reign thanks to a 26 per cent surge in the stock price of his company America Movil during the second quarter. Slim boosted his personal net worth to $67.8bn compared to last year’s $30bn.

77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno (via Laughing Squid) (07/03/2007 02:01)

John Stamos' Bizarre Australian TV Interview (via turdy76) (07/03/2007 12:34)

Wii demand still outpaces supply (07/03/2007 12:26)

TED | Talks | Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video) (07/03/2007 12:15)

The National Aquatics Center - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (07/03/2007 11:41)

South Park Mac vs. PC (via huber7) (07/03/2007 10:03)

White Glove Tracking | We're Done - Thanks! (07/03/2007 08:24)

Success recipes most people know, but too few follow - lifehack.org (07/03/2007 02:57)

AllofMP3 Goes Down In Midst of Much Bigger WTO Scuffle (07/03/2007 02:53)

It looks like the RIAA and big music labels have won a battle, if not the war, against massively popular AllOfMP3, a Russian music download site that sells MP3s for as little as two cents per megabyte. The site has been shut down, again, reportedly at the hands of the Russian government.

AllOfMP3 Shut Down by Russian Government (07/03/2007 02:49)

AllOfMp3, the popular online music store, has been shut down by the Russian government. Pressure from the United States, and a refusal to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) convinced the Kremlin to take the website down for good.

Insanely Useful Websites | Sunlight Foundation (07/03/2007 02:07)

Congresspedia
DOJ TrainingDB
FedSpending
Follow the Money
Govtrack
LOUIS
MapLight
Metavid
OpenCongress
Open Community Document Review
OpenCRS
Open Hearings
Open Secrets
OS: Lobbyists
OS: Revolving Door
OS: Personal Financial Disclosure
OS: Travel
Project Vote Smart
Taxpayers for Common Sense
VoterWatch
WashingtonWatch

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