Jan 22, 2010 10:07 AM

Five for Fighting 1/22/10

* Military blocks translator recruitment project * Gates: yup, Blackwater is in Pakistan * China to Hillary: Don’t you dis our Great Firewall * Paragliders of doom * World’s first low-rider tank [High five: @SubatomicSound, @AfPakChannel, @IOLink]

* Military blocks translator recruitment project
* Gates: yup, Blackwater is in Pakistan
* China to Hillary: Don't you dis our Great Firewall
* Paragliders of doom
** World's first low-rider tank *

[High five: @SubatomicSound, @AfPakChannel, @IOLink]

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