what they don't want us to see....



an employee of a military contractor was fired for taking a picture of coffins flying back from iraq. the photo ran in the seattle times and later on numerous TV programs. here's the photo.

show and tell...

some things just shouldn't be collected.

RIP first amendment....

he doesn't need the publicity, but howard's re-worked website kicks ass. i like the new militant look.

israel's sham democracy...

read about what happens when you tell the truth about israel's nuclear weapons.

another iraq....

this story compares our iraq war to britain's in the 1920s.

i drink 'em, she collects 'em...

check this collection of 1280 beer labels from around the world.

trading places....

here's the home improvement project of my dreams.

reason #738 why we love booze....

here's yet another huge medical study that shows that moderate beer, wine, cider and liquor conspumption is actually good for you.

a reason to learn dutch...

here's a great collection of belgian and dutch beer labels.

more on jayson blair...

i just missed jayson blair. he left UMD and the diamondback a year or two before i started, but nonetheless, this story hits close to home.

big news....

It's official. Dionne and I are now engaged. I gave her the ring last night. No wedding date is planned yet, but we're looking at september of next year. I'm excited. Stay tuned for more news as it comes up. If you wanna get back to me, my email is jfurf@att.net. (or you can just post a little message over on the message board on the right side of the page.)

al qaeda vs. wyoming....

it turns out that wyoming gets the most per-capita federal $$$ for homeland security. i guess nyc is no longer terrorist target #1.

we didn't say that...

here's a report called "iraq on the record" that actually studied the dubya administration's statments on iraq's threat. it found (shockingly) that the president and his advisors made "237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq." not bad.

more about the czechs...

i found another primer on czech brewing. you gotta love the patriotism -- here's a snippet:



The Czech Beer Firsts are many and varied!

First in per capita beer consumption

First Beer Museum in the world

First beer brewing textbook

First Pilsener

First Budweiser

First president to have written an absurdist play based on his experiences working in a Czech beer brewery in AD 1974

if we don't go shopping, the terrorists will win...

it's interesting to compare spain after last week's train bombing to the U.S. after Sept. 11.

more reasons why local tv news sucks...

propaganda? in the U.S.? that could never happen here, right? uh... yes it could.

da masons....

i almost wish the masons really DID rule the world. it would be more interesting. the simpsons once spoofed the freemasons, even had them singing their own song: "Who keeps the metric system down?/We do! We do!/Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?/We do! We do!"

anyway, here's a newsweek piece about them.

fancy a pint....

a couple days ago it was the best pubs of prague. now we're in londontown. here's where to find a nice pint of real ale.

who not to trust....

see!!! the freemasons really DO exist. and they're even crazier than we thought.

beer mecca...

that about describes prague. the czechs make a bunch of great lager beers, and here's a great guide to pubs and beer halls in prague.