December 6, 2011: Morning
- Top-secret war plans—to invade France—stolen from British embassy in Tehran, plus a Pulp Fiction poster.
- Top Twitter hashtag in 2011: #egypt.
- Blatant electoral fraud may have spared United Russia an even worse drubbing.
- Videos show thousands chanting "Putin is a thief!" in Moscow.
- Global Witness pulls out of the Kimberly Process, saying blood diamond prevention scheme is a failure.
- Where state laws are sold: DC's American Legislative Exchange Council maintains a library with more than 800 models of legislation.
- Round-up of Barney Frank's best lines.
- Roundtable: Should workplaces ban or curtail email?
- A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian society.
- Fascinating discussion with Metallica's manager on how rock bands surf currency shifts while touring abroad.
- Interview with Ewan Spencer, White Stripes photographer who walked up to the band in a bar in 2001.
- Fluxblog's 183-song mix of "the best and most notable music from 2011."
- BookRiot forecasts novels it would like to see in the 2012 Tournament of Books.
- Interview with Sunn O)))'s Steven O'Malley on the black metal 'zine he started at age 19.
- Astronomers find biggest black holes yet.