Senator Ted Stevens made a speech where he said the Internet is a series of tubes.

AlterNet has a DJ remix of the speech.

The Daily Show had Jon Stewart deconstruct the speech.

Amazingly. this had had no coverage that I have seen in the local media.

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July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, Simón Bolívar Day in Ecuador and Venezuela.

• 1847 - Brigham Young led the first group of Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, then part of Mexico.
• 1911 - In the Peruvian Andes, Hiram Bingham re-discovered Machu Picchu (pictured), "the Lost City of the Incas".
• 1927 - The Menin Gate war memorial in Ypres, Belgium was unveiled.
• 1943 - World War II: RAF Bomber Command started Operation Gomorrah, the strategic bombing of Hamburg, Germany.
• 2001 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becaming the only monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.

[listening to: Add It Up - Violent Femmes ]
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July 23: Parents' Day in the United States (2006), Revolution Day in Egypt.

• 1881 - The International Federation of Gymnastics, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium.
• 1952 - King Farouk of Egypt was forced to abdicate by army officers in the Free Officers Movement.
• 1967 - The 12th Street Riot began in the predominantly black inner-city area of Detroit, Michigan, United States.
• 1970 - Qaboos (pictured) overthrew his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan of Oman.
• 1986 - Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew at Westminster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess of York.
• 2001 - Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first female president of Indonesia.

[listening to: I Hear the Rain - Violent Femmes ]
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I saw this headline on a newspaper recently and had to take a photo

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July 19: President's Day in Botswana

• 711 – Roderic and the Visigoths in Iberia were defeated in the Battle of Guadalete by Moorish Umayyad invaders led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad.
• 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England (pictured) as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days.
• 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention opened in Seneca Falls, New York, United States.
• 1870 – France declared war on Prussia, starting the Franco-Prussian War.
• 1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San was assassinated.
• 1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrew the US-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

[listening to: I Was Only Kidding - Weird Al Yankovic ]
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Moira called me at work this morning to tell me that there were lots of police cars in our local street, with news helicopters circling above.

Oh No! Has my use of µTorrent drawn some interest from the powers that be??

Not this time. My secret is safe

Turns out a local resident got raided and been arrested. I drive pass this house every day.

More news here .......

Pot bust a family affair
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 5 hours ago
... charged over a $2 million hydroponic marijuana setup across ... the drug squad and local police raided four ... in Cowan Road and Killeaton Street, St Ives, about 6.30 ...
Four arrested over hydro crop NEWS.com.au
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[listening to: City of Blinding Lights - U2 ]
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