The Norwegian National daily Klassekampen yesterday had a full-page story about the harassment against Gaza activists that venstresida.net wrote about a few days ago. The article also addresses how the Swedish author Henning Mankell has been subjected to similar harassment (although he is not a target for this particular attack even though the article may give this impression).
English
Pro-palestinian activists exposed to cyber-attacks
I discovered by accident that a campaign from international Israel-sympathizers has been initiated to get my facebook account blocked, in addition to the accounts of a number of other Palestine sympathizers. See the list under this item from the pro-Israeli website http://www.giyus.org/
It has later been re-posted in a wide range of pro-Israeli websites:
http://www.google.no/search?q=%22Help+Israel+and+the+IDF+win+the+next+fi...
Zelaya back in Honduras
See video from Democracy Now:
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/31/out_of_exile_exclusive_report_on
A couple of tough guys
OK, boys and girls - time to pick down those old Kung-Fu posters of the wall to make room for this one.
While we're on the subject: This naturally refers to the classic Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris fight from "Way of the Dragon".
See the whole movie here:
Humala leads before final election round
The business press covers Perus coming election by watching the Sol go up and down. Several polls have shown that leftist candidat Humala has a lead, and Peru seems set to strengthen the continents movement in a leftist direction.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-03/peru-s-sol-falls-after-presiden...
ATIUKM: Tintin: Alph-Art
The website Objectif Tintin lets you read Rodiers entire finished version of Herges last unfinished Tintin-adventure at:
http://objectif-tintin.nu/online/alph-art/
This is, in my regard the best version, and the only one available in English. In French you can also find the version of "Ramo Nash"
http://tintin.100foros.com/sab-sep-30-2006-213-am-vp67.html
And the somewhat more crude "Pierre" version:
http://membres.multimania.fr/zenzirabd/minimaliste1.html
There is also a version by "ENSBA Paris", but it does not seem to be available online.
Evidence for a Mass Dependent Forward-Backward Asymmetry in Top Quark Pair Production
Excuse me for not referring the list of authors before the link:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1101/1101.0034v1.pdf
Humala has narrow lead in Peru race
Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala has gained a narrow lead in Peru's presidential race two weeks before voting but he would struggle to win a runoff, according to two polls published on Sunday, says Reuters:
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE72R0GT20110328
James Randi in Trondheim
Famous illusionist and skeptic, James Randi, visited Trondheim 21/3 2011. The Student TV station will put out a complete recording, but until then we present you with a short exerpt. As the audio is quite poor, a transcript is provided below the video:
You left us alone: Music to remember Nate Dogg by...
Nate Dogg is dead. The soothing mellow voice of American West Coast Gangsta rap is no more. A cultural icon has ceased to be. We are in grief, and it is just to sad there will be no more great Nate Dogg-hooks on great american hip-hop tracks. Let us reminice, with a few moments with Nate Doggs musical treasure. As long as his music lives - he will allways be with us.