Opposition to Law of the Sea Treaty heats up

U.S. accession to the 30-year-old treaty is championed by the U.S. Navy and oil and gas industries, who say it's in the United States' interest to be able to craft international maritime law. Critics say it could force the U.S. to abide by international restrictions on carbon emissions and force American companies to pay royalties to a United Nations body.

DHS releases list of keywords it monitors

Don't want the feds spying on you?  Don't discuss pork, clouds, sick, subways, hurricanes or snow.  Link to article and full list.

Japanese man, 22, cooks own genitals, serves them at dinner party

A man who had his genitals removed seasoned them before cooking them for five paying dinner party guests.

Center of gravity in oil world shifts to Americas.

Althouse has links and comments on a WaPo article.

Why Is The State Department Partnering With Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin

United Liberty has comments and links.

Must read from Patterico

Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism

Friday links

Opening Beer with Chainsaw.

'Psychic' Ukrainian Pig to Make Euro Cup Predictions.

The 10 Most Painful Insect Stings.

What exactly is quicksand?

Build a hovercraft with a shower curtain and duct tape.

Bacon Armor .

MIT Scientists Figure Out How to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle.

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First private commercial space flight takes off

taking with it the ashes of Star Trek legend Scotty.

Why?

Handcrafted birthing dolls.

Excellent photos/video of last night's eclipse

Unfortunately, it wasn't visible from here on the east coast.