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I think Baja Canada is Bajawesome.
(That's informedpublic.com, not a dollarshort, and house.style.net. All this (directly or indirectly) from boing boing.)
The Principality of Sealand, according to the Wikipedia article "is a micronation that claims to be an independent sovereign principality," though it is not internationally recognized. Essentially, a WWII-era Royal Navy barge was towed onto a sandbar 10 clicks off of the coast of England. This barge has been claimed by the Bates family and is now claimed to be a Principality.
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November 04, 2004 -- 10:27 AM
posted by Par
Wired is carrying an article that brings up the glory of the genetic age: Roundup Ready Coca. It seems that the Colombian government (paid by the US in their war on drugs) sprays Roundup to get rid of coca plants. It also seems that a strain of "supercoca" (Boliviana negra, as the Colombians call it) has emerged, one that is Roundup Ready. Yay! The article goes through and determines that, at least the sample obtained, is likely the result of selective breeding, and not overt genetic engineering, but the premise that we've created supercoca remains somewhat ironic.
In fact, one might laugh at the US for indirectly creating this plant if not for two factors: i) the people that suffer through use of these drugs (and the indirectly caused violence in South American due to these drugs); and ii) the new plan for killing coca plants from the US -- mycoherbicides. "Last summer, documents show, anti-narcotics officials at the US embassy in Bogotá quietly approached Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe, and asked him if he'd consider switching from Roundup to Fusarium oxysporum, a plant-killing fungus classified as a mycoherbicide." The downside? Well, it seems that in tests in Florida in 1999, Florida's environmental protection department determined that not only is the fungus a threat to food crops, it also is "difficult, if not impossible, to control." Clinton cancelled the program because unilateral use of the fungus might be considered biological warfare. But hey, anything to win the War on <insert noun here>.
November 04, 2004 -- 7:53 AM
posted by edo
Pfff, the people that made those don't know anything. Alaberta should be its own nation-state. Sweet home Alaberta!
November 03, 2004 -- 11:43 PM
posted by Par
I think Baja Canada is Bajawesome.
(That's informedpublic.com, not a dollarshort, and house.style.net. All this (directly or indirectly) from boing boing.)
November 03, 2004 -- 8:08 PM
posted by edo
November 03, 2004 -- 7:36 PM
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November 03, 2004 -- 4:14 PM
posted by Al
Like I promised the special icon celebrating Bush's victory.
November 03, 2004 -- 3:51 PM
posted by alison
yeah... I'd be up for "what the bleep..." Just tell me when. I might even be willing to drive...
November 03, 2004 -- 3:29 PM
posted by eric
effiti rules. but all you cool kids already know that.
http://www.eboy.com/browse/ecity/efitti
November 03, 2004 -- 2:24 PM
posted by Par
Obscure "country" of the week, Sealand:
The Principality of Sealand, according to the Wikipedia article "is a micronation that claims to be an independent sovereign principality," though it is not internationally recognized. Essentially, a WWII-era Royal Navy barge was towed onto a sandbar 10 clicks off of the coast of England. This barge has been claimed by the Bates family and is now claimed to be a Principality.
November 03, 2004 -- 1:39 PM
posted by eric
ohshitskies kids, i think it's out!!
this is of particular interest to Jere, because DFA is the home of dancepunk, yo.
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