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iPod touch with camera appears in photos and video

Vietnam has been a thorn in Apple’s side lately and there is no slowing them... more

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iPhone 4G shows up again in pictures and video

These guys in Vietnam sure are raining on Apple’s parade. Today, close-up shots... more

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New iPhone in Vietnam spotted running iPhone OS 4?

This is a bit of a confusing one, but we just got tipped an additional shot of this... more

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Uncommon Valor - Jedi Mind Tricks

Uncommon Valor by Jedi Mind Tricks http://www.jmthiphop.com/

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Live Earth/DOW "Run for Water" a big flop

Great video of some of the protests here, including amazingly articulate 12 year old!... more

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington, D.C. It stands... more

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Remember the My Lai massacare, history always repeats itself

The My Lai Massacre was the mass murder conducted by a unit of the U.S. Army on March... more

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Gaddafi is a dictator, a very entertaining dictator

I find myself in an ambiguous ethical dilemma. I am an avid supporter of democracy. Philosophically, I reject authoritarian regimes. Unfortunately, I am easily amused. There is always something funny to me about how despots act in the public sphere.

This morning I watched Muammar al-Gaddafi (though I prefer spelling it Qaddafi) give a rambling speech to the UN General Assembly. He had some insightful thoughts. Further investigating the abuses at Abu Ghraib. He condemned the current war, as well as previous military intervention in Korea, Vietnam, and Grenada.

To his credit, this was his first convo with the UN. It's been 40 years, so he covered a lot.

He finally got a chance to talk about JFK conspiracies. "Why did this Israeli kill the killer of John F. Kennedy? ... We have to open the files!" He probably started thinking about this theory in '91, because he loved JFK. (I imagine he thinks that Waterworld tanked, because of a worldwide conspiracy against Kevin Costner.)

He got topical too. Qaddafi suggested that “this swine virus may be one of those viruses that was created in the laboratory and it got out of control because it was meant to be a military weapon."

Qaddafi shows off his detailed notes (photo via)

Qaddafi gave Fox News fodder for their continuing coverage of Obama being unAmerican, by calling him a son of Africa. I wonder how Glenn Beck will spin “we are content and happy if Obama stays forever as President." Will he connect the dots to suggest that Obama is going to try to stay in power forever, like 'other prominent African dictators.'

Other highlights from the speech included: suggesting renaming the Security Council the Terror Council. And dissing the entire UN by saying they are "like speakers on Hyde Park Corner. You make a speech and then disappear. That's all you are right now." The latter makes me giggle like a teenager, 'cuz like he is saying that, but like that's what he's also doing, ya know, it's like irony or something.'

My favorite part was when he suggested that the United Nations needs to move somewhere more comfortable. He's not talking about uncomfortable chairs, Qaddafi stays in a tent. He's talking about the distance that New York is from the rest of the world. This man is suffering from jet lag people! "You will thank me for the proposal of (reducing) the suffering of flying for hours to come to this place."

Perhaps Qaddafi overlooked his own mistakes. He didn't mention Lockerbie, supporting a murderous regime in Sierra Leone, and simply not abdicating power after forty years. But he's done a service to the world, by providing us with so much entertainment.I find myself in an ambiguous ethical dilemma. I am an avid supporter of democracy.... more

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Lining up

Yesterday morning, outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, I stood in a long line for two hours with thousands of other people. We were all braving a pretty cold morning for Southern California, but we weren’t lined up for tickets. The line was over half a mile long, and ended in a big circus-style tent. Inside, amidst many helium filled balloons, 50 nurses were dispensing H1N1 vaccines. Lots of little kids were crying. “It’s just like the county fair,” I observed to my son, “except with shots.”

We were all there because swine flu vaccine is scarce, and the Pasadena Health Department was making it available to people who are under 24, over 65, pregnant, or facing chronic health issues. Most of the people standing in the line were not eligible to get the shots themselves, they were parents. There were a lot of strollers. Other people brought little chairs for their toddlers, which they kept moving as the line moved, ala Woody Allen playing the cello in the marching band in “Take the Money and Run.” Kids left the line to play nearby when they couldn’t bear it any longer. My son got a bit restive also, but since he’s in high school, and has a driver’s license, I gave him the keys to my car and 20 bucks, and he left for an hour to get breakfast.

All in all, we were an orderly bunch, and everything went smoothly. And that’s what struck me. Among the many different subjects I’ve covered over the years are disease outbreaks. In April of 2003, I covered the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and China. And in November of 2005, Laura Ling and I covered Avian Flu in Vietnam—a flu that unlike H1N1, swine flu, never produced a serious outbreak in people.

Battle Against Bird Flu (Video)

Pandemic (Video)

But what struck me yesterday in Pasadena, and struck me on those previous stories, is that there are some situations which don’t seem like they’ll get better unless government is efficient, and everyone is willing to cooperate in an orderly fashion toward a common goal.

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The Bamboo Railway

Shawn Kazda & Mitch St.Pierre embark on a journey in search of The Bamboo Railway

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Chinese dams blamed for Mekong’s dwindling flows and fish stocks

Something is wrong with the mighty Mekong River, which frames the lives of 250 million... more

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Inside the Cat and Dog Meat Market in China

By Emily Chang, CNN March 9, 2010 12:23 p.m. EST Guangzhou, China (CNN) -- Dogs... more

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67 year old Vietnam Vet gets harrassed by a punk on the bus. Millions of views on Youtube.

Vietnam Vet puts disrespect in its place

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Kent State Shooting Site Now Listed in National Register

Today the National Register for Historic Sites enrolled the Kent State May 4, 1970... more

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AC Transit Bus Fight - Epic Beard Man Fight

An old Vietnam Vet is attacked by a guy on the bus. Don't let age fool you folks.

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Half of World's Primate Species Endangered

(CNN) -- Nearly half the world's primate species are in danger of extinction,... more

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Who Got the Last Laugh?

An retired soldier of the Viet-Cong tells the story of how he and his children came to... more

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” King of Pork” Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dead at 77…amid Ethics Probes..VIDEO

HARRISBURG, Pa. – U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War... more

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Casualties Continue in Vietnam

(The+Media+Freedom+Foundation)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher US WEAPONS STILL... more

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They let YOU have a nuclear reactor?

In order to be allowed to have a nuclear reactor in your town, you should AT THE VERY... more

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