section of the Battle.net forums, workling on my planned pitch to Blizzard, reading Windmaster's Bane
and Liberty's Crusade
, and working on my book, so I'll post all the interesting news articles I've found over the last few days:http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/685071
The imam who wants to expand the mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center has apparently been very helpful in U.S. counter-terrorism efforts. This is one reason why I've been a big defender of allowing the Muslims of Lower Manhattan to expand their facility--needlessly irritating American Muslims is going to make them less likely to cooperate in anti-terrorism efforts and might encourage cultural separatism rather than assimilation.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/wind-power-industry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29
This is very interesting. Although I'm a staunch free-trader, I recognize the usefulness of an industrial base. Widespread adoption of wind-power is something that would keep factory jobs here (and maybe even expand them) because they're difficult to outsource due to the transportation costs.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/mars-farming/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29
On my alternate-history forum, we had a big debate about the morality and practicality of space colonization. This is something that's really interesting, as the ability to farm on another world is important for long-term viability.
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