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	Monday, 26 December 2005

Current Editorials: Mandatory GPS Car Tracking? In the future, in an effort to save gas and make money, we may be required to have GPS units on our cars and pay per mile. This raises many civil rights concerns. I'm not going to write too much about this because this commentary by CNET News.com Chief Political Correspondant Declan McCullagh does a good job of explaining the issues involved. In the past, the Federal Highway Administration has given funds... This is already  underway in the UK, but not for pay per mile reasons, but for universal surveillance. Unbelievable! But true. [morons.org headlines] 8:17:24 PM

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Loren Coleman's Top Cryptozoology Stories of 2005 David Pescovitz: Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman has posted his list of the "Top Cryptozoology Stories Of 2005." Thanks to Loren, many of these cryptozoological events are familiar to regular BB readers. It was certainly a great year for high weirdness and strange animals. Below are the headlines. Follow the link for Loren's analysis. 1. The Rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker 2. Filming of the First Live Giant Squid 3. New Homo floresiensis Discoveries 4. New Animal Discovered in Borneo 5. First Cryptozoology and Art Symposium at Bates College 6. Bobby Clark's Manitoba Bigfoot Video 7. Bigfoot Bounty 8. Mystery Photos of Cryptid Felids and Fish 9. Disney Yeti Expedition 10. The Laotian Rock Rat is Discovered at a Meat Market Weird world, man. Link [Boing Boing] 8:04:33 PM

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