(‘shopped by Rob Beschizza).

Context, and Rob explains his thoughts in this comment.

Commenter “Unmutual,” in the previous Boing Boing thread, observed:

When you show a naked little girl running away from a burning village, that is honesty. If you show that same little girl and say “this is what happens if we leave Vietnam”, that is proganda, and it’s a lie.

The New York Times reports that Army investigators expanding their inquiry into the Wikileaks document dump to include “friends and associates” who may have aided suspected leaker, Pfc. Bradley Manning. “Two civilians interviewed in recent weeks by the Army’s criminal division said that investigators were focusing in part on a group of Private Manning’s friends and acquaintances in Cambridge, Mass. Investigators, the civilians said, apparently believed that the friends, who include students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University, might have connections to WikiLeaks, which made the documents public.”

By François Vautier

(via Submitterator, thanks gevertully).

According to the Weather Channel, this is the country’s largest hail stone. It’s 8 inches in diameter and weights approximately 2 pounds. It fell in Vivian, South Dakota, during a hailstorm that apparently left damage like that seen in the image above right. “Record breaking hail“

We’re thrilled that everyone seems to be digging our new Submitterator! (More about the launch here.) Every day, folks are submitting a slew of wonderful links. Thank you! In fact, I browse it as if it’s a group blog edited by a bunch of my most interesting friends that I haven’t yet met. For those of you who missed the announcement earlier this week, the Submitterator is essentially a public submissions form. Every link you submit is shared with everyone else visiting the page. Vote ‘em up or vote ‘em down. We’re keeping a keen eye on the Submitterator for front door posts and also getting a kick out of the stuff that doesn’t end up here on the blog. We hope you are too! Got a link to share? Please submit to the Submitterator!