File this under too good to verify (or maybe, "fake but accurate"), but does this photograph show KGB agent Vladimir Putin posing as a tourist during one of Reagan's visits to Moscow? Apparently a common Soviet technique was to plant KGB agents as tourists and then have the tourists ask Western leaders provocative/obnoxious questions. More here and here.
And a few more links:
1. Illustrator David Cousens is currently accepting commissions. You can see some of his recent artwork here.
2. Now this is how you start an article:
The corner of Hollywood and Western is the epicenter of an underground world: a community outside the collective vision of club-hoppers and restaurant-goers rushing by, and one forgotten by public policy. Homeless youth, many cast off at 18 by the foster-care system, root out lives in a dim, moldy labyrinth of “abandos” — abandoned buildings hidden behind storefronts and the busy boulevard.You can continue reading Daniel Heimpel's article for the LA Weekly here.
3. Obese police officer wins lawsuit requiring that he be reinstated to the police force.
4. At least one of the dvds Obama gave to the British prime minister can't be viewed in England due to DRM. Via.
*Previously: Russia's patent agency just awarded some guy the patent on the ;-) emoticon.
*Buy KGB collectibles at eBay.
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