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Awesome Geospatial data and images by Digital Globe. Do not miss the Al Qaqaa industrial weapons facility in Iraq. Amazing. Check out the rest of the site here:LINK Also check here for cool satellite images.

(shameless promotion image sorry chris had to do it)
Visit Chris Schmitt’s website. Great tech stuff awesome CSS Book. Former FSU student. Current FSU graduate student in interactive communication.

Check out OBEYgiant’s new anti-Bush posters. NICE.

www.obeygiant.com

Submit work NOWdeadline is November 25th. Online exhibition sponsored by Diesel and
Design is Kinky. Check www.semipermanent.com for sumbission details.

This was sent in by Robert Fichter an image maker living in Tallahassee. Awesome drawing.
Check out the rest of his artworks and projects online at Fichter’s Webzone at the following LINK

www.kevinsites.net
Kevin Sites has an amazing BLOG dealing with the current state of Fallujia. Do NOT MISS.

“This is a frigging ghost town,” says Corporal Steven Wolf, a squad leader for the vehicle the CAAT (Combined Anti Armor Team) Platoon. The streets are deserted. But there are some exceptions. The dead.
The Marines are operating with liberal rules of engagement.

LINK to video

This photgraph seems like its a bit out of context to me and makes the situation look much worse than it was. The video which was also posted at the LA Indy Media website seems to reveal much more of the situation. Keep in mind I DO NOT support the war in Iraq in any way, however, in my opinion, this looks more like two armored vehicles stopping at a traffic light to turn a corner where there just happens to be a VERY SMALL group of demonstrators. A few of the demonstrators decided to get in the street to “BLOCK THE TANKS” (which by the way aren’t tanks they are simply armored vehicles), the cops move the folks out of the street, the light changes, and the AV’s move on. This is no big deal. If it were an attempt to overpower a group of demonstrators with tanks…the tanks would have been accompanied by a few hundred guys with RIOT GEAR and plastic bullets. “Tanks” are NOT just simply sent to a situation without additional ground support. This is not another mini Tiananmen Square. I think the most interesting element of this story is how the photograph differs from the video in terms of revealing the context of the event. AND how indy media, although crucial to our web information rebellion, can sometimes foster a radical paranoia feeling when members post unmoderated, unverified, articles. My guess is these AV’s were simply moving from point A to point B getting ready for a veterans day parade which would have taken place the next morning. Check out the video…YOU be the judge. I am of course in support of the demonstrators and find this NOT to be a reason to support a war which is illegal and immoral. Be careful….in the words of Ozzy Osbourne….“Paranoia will destroy ya!”

Not exactly a bastion of great journalism…but you gotta love the sheer guts of a headline like this.
London Daily Mirror