Hating Dick Cheney - Our vice president is so widely hated as being an evil puppeteer, but this seems to be far from the truth. He's really "a frazzled, heart attack survivor who's barely hanging on—to life, his job, his position, his sense of self-esteem."
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 11:12 PM on August 13, 2004 (52 comments)

NASA's Cassini has found the Death Star.
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 5:21 PM on July 27, 2004 (34 comments)

The University of Minnesota is allowing students to create their own Movable Type blog with just one step. Just give your blog a name and a tag line, hit submit, and your MT blog is all set to go.
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 10:54 PM on April 28, 2004 (5 comments)

UNSCAM: The scandal surrounding the UN and their oil-for-food program with Iraq hasn't received a whole lot of media attention and hasn't, surprisingly, even been brought up on MeFi. It boils down to Saddam Hussein taking the money from oil sales and using it to give kickbacks to France, Russia, and the UN itself, while Saddam built palaces and such, rather than buying food and medicine. It's complicated, but could be the biggest public financial scandal in history. It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that Russia is trying to block any investigation into the matter.
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 11:48 PM on April 19, 2004 (93 comments)

Foreign Affiars magazine is running an account of post-war Germany. It's written by Allen Dulles, who served in the OSS in World War II and later as head of the CIA. A long but interesting read in light of the events in Iraq.
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 3:40 PM on December 20, 2003 (16 comments)

What will happen if Howard Dean loses the Democratic presidential nomination? Will he quietly disappear from the national stage or run as a third party candidate? Could he be popular enough to win without the Democratic Party, or just split the Democratic voting population?
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 12:51 AM on November 28, 2003 (65 comments)

The city of Peoria, Arizona has a problem with a car dealership flying too many American flags. They have threatened thousands of dollars in fines and even jail time if the flags aren't removed. The perpetrator pleads guilty of patriotism.
posted to MetaFilter by MrAnonymous at 10:49 PM on April 14, 2003 (42 comments)