Friday and we just spent more

Hello, and yes indeed. We have agreed to spend billions more in Iraq, we sure know how to invest! Too bad our money isn't worth spit anymore, anywho, on with the news. I'm not standing around any longer.


I hope you like endless war in Iraq, because the US Senate just voted 94-1 to spend billions more fighting there. (thenation.com)

Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War: Of the 2008 presidential candidates, only Republican Paul and Democrat Kucinich voted against giving the Bush administration a dramatic infusion of new money for the war (thenation.com)

Bill Maher: New Rule: Stop Saying Iraq is Another Vietnam, it's Another Enron (huffingtonpost.com)

The Mega-Lie Called the "War on Terror": A Masterpiece of Propaganda (alternet.org)

Shocking New Revelations On 9/11 Ground Zero Cover-Up - First responder heard WTC 7 demolition countdown, was warned to "shut up" when he reported secondary explosions (prisonplanet.com)

"I think one of the things the next president has to do is stop fanning people's fears. If we spend all our time feeding the American people fear, and conflic, and division, then they become fearful, and conflicted and divided, and if we feed them hope, and we feed them reason, and tolerance, then they will become tolerant, and reasonable and hopeful." ~Barack Obama (youtube.com)

We're all doomed: Condoleezza Rice says we must fight climate change the way we fight terrorism (cnn.com)

The nuclear warheads illegaly transported to Barksdale Air Force Base were intended for use in the Middle-East. But elements of the Air Force and US intelligence community bravely blew the whistle. (opednews.com)

Bush Invited to Speak at Iranian University (desertpeace.blogspot.com)

Even the Economist thinks ethanol is a crock: "Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong" (economist.com)

A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground. (alternet.org)

Cheney In '92: "How Many Additional American Lives Is Saddam Worth...Not Very Damn Many" (huffingtonpost.com)

Disappointment is not a strong enough word to explain how I feel toward Nancy Pelosi right now. So many people worked so hard so she could be where she is today and what does she do? She spits on us. (democraticunderground.com)

Top 10: Controversial pieces of evidence for extraterrestrial life (space.newscientist.com)

How the world was cheated out of clean electric bus transportation in 1906 (economist.com)

Mining the vasty deep (iii) (unenumerated.blogspot.com)

Mammoth DNA extracted from hair reveals ancient secrets (timesonline.co.uk)