Wednesday is topped off

Hello and welcome. The weather is becoming more brisk, just as I like it. For now, there isn't anything worth ranting about... so far. So I'll just get right into it and possibly you'll see some steam tomorrow.


US Government Training Clergy to Quell Dissent in Martial Law (politicalaffairs.net)

History will not absolve us: Leaked Red Cross report sets up Bush team for international war-crimes trial. (truthout.org)

Which is the biggest crushing threat to our liberties, the terrorist who blows up buildings and crash airplanes, or the never-ending growth of the Federal Government, which buries us all? (populistamerica.com)

The National Coalition of American Nuns is impelled by conscience to call you to act promptly to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney (crooksandliars.com)

WTF - Sen. Craig may not resign after all. (msnbc.msn.com)

As far as declaring war, James Madison, the "father of the Constitution," summed it up best: "The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war." (tenthamendmentcenter.com)

Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Germany (dw-world.de)

Beware the Wounded Beast: Bush Has Lost the Iraq War (smirkingchimp.com)

Five Nukes Accidentally Flown Across United States (msnbc.msn.com)

Daniel Dingel’s working Water Car Demonstration (cars-and-trees.com)

The neuropsychology of synaesthesia (scienceblogs.com)

It turns out 'paper or plastic' is a life or death question for our environment. (alternet.org)

The Future is Here: When Robots Attack (geekanerd.blogspot.com)

Melting on the Greenland Ice Cap [pic: EO Newsroom] (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Prozac 'found in drinking water' (news.bbc.co.uk)

Opium: Obsession with drug mafias and addiction has blinded western governments to a chronic shortage of pain-killing opiates (commentisfree.guardian.co.uk)

A vortex street in the clouds [Landsat 7 pic] (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

The legislative power of "inherent contempt" may grant Dems the legal right to lock up Bush advisers to make them talk (politico.com)

Mathematics: Gift from God or Work of Man? (abcnews.go.com)

Tell us more, top brass: British generals critical of the Iraq war should spell out precisely what went wrong, how and when (guardian.co.uk)

Troops should get free memberships everywhere... instead, we treat them like strangers.. and generally ignore the sacrifices, and adjustments, these men and women are making. (motherjones.com)

Diamonds are indeed worthless rocks, but gold is truly special: All of the gold on Earth was created by a star gone supernova. (npr.org)

North Korea 'to be taken off US terrorism list' (guardian.co.uk)