Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Dan Brown’s latest blockbuster, The Lost Symbol, drones on for 528 pages but has nothing on one of the latest incarnations from the US Weapons Lab at Los Alamos, MaRIE, (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes).

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On the heels of Governor Palin resigning it is refreshing to remember that in the  New Hampshire Senate women outnumber men 13-11 and Senator’s  salaries  are $100 per year.

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Somehow this State of Missouri website is just too cheery — doesn’t reflect the 1930’s depression-era statistics that are closing in… but perhaps I am just attracted by those great WPA photos. Plus it is rough when you look at the counties where there are no jobs–

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Doubt there are any missing ships, but looks like the Naval Research Laboratory got taken for nearly 20,000 computers and parts… this little item from a website says it pretty simply…

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The military has no rivals when it comes to “branding.”  Historically, units of armies have always had unique identifiers, but recently unit patches have gone over the top. In the recent book by Trevor Paglen, I could tell you but then you would have to be destroyed by me : emblems from the Pentagon’s black [...]

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