Friday, Everyone Is My Friend

I know what I have to do and do it. I know what I have to do and do it. But don't know what it is until I’m done. I know it must be rough, you're so much smarter than your friends. Come clean in jokes. Integrity in tennis shoes. Waiting thinking how'd I like to be kept waiting. Territory mutinies horizon. Disease teaches immunity. A promise implied can't be broken. And even now in the sunlight with grapefruit juice and coffee bound and bounded to winter without end would you two like each other or are you too alike? I know what I have to do and do it. I know what I have to do and do it. But don't know what it is until it's done. I’ve been inventing you and continue inventing you. May we all make it home safely. I know it must be rough, you're so much smarter than your friends. Rehearsing disasters and forecasting all your needs. I dance early then got shy and had to go home early. The mirage will fade as it unfolded. The plot's defamed it's own voltage. A promise at the time can't be beat. And even now as the snow is opening it's whole in pieces and wets each grieving hold of last year's trash it's not impossible to think of you thinking of me. Way we all make it home safely.


$5.2b missing from Iraq Fund Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq was unable to provide "reasonable assurance" that money was not wasted (news.bbc.co.uk)

What is it with Bush and bald guys? [pics] [politics] (rense.com)

Japan does not tell death row prisoners that they are to be hanged until the last possible minute. [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

"The destruction of these (CIA) tapes appears to be a part of an extensive, long-term pattern of misusing executive authority to insulate individuals from criminal prosecution for torture and abuse" [politics] (newsvote.bbc.co.uk)

C.I.A. Admits Destroying Tapes of Harsh Interrogations (nytimes.com)

Sex, Math and Scientific Achievement: Why do men dominate the fields of science, engineering and mathematics? [science] (sciam.com)

When Will Virtual Surgery Make the Cut? [science] (sciam.com)

The Octarine argument - are there colors that we can't see? [science] (consciousentities.com)

Overemphasis on intellect or talent leaves kids vulnerable to failure, fearful of challenges and unwilling to remedy their shortcomings. [science] (sciam.com)

Failing to learn from mistakes is genetic [science] (telegraph.co.uk)

An indication of how significant a super power China really is. (news.bbc.co.uk)

George W. Bush: "We will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms." - September 12, 2001 [politics] (cdt.org)

Teen Secretly Records Interrogation & Gets Detective for Perjury (hosted.ap.org)

"As an atheist and a father of three young children, the speech Mitt Romney delivered today...shocked me to my core." [politics] (democratdad.com)

Democrats Drift Toward Kucinich - Dennis Kucinich's views have gone from fringe to mainstream. [politics] (npr.org)

Americans should ask why the US locks up so many more of its citizens than do China, Libya and Iran (presscue.com)

Worst thing since the PATRIOT act: wi-fi providers now have a legal obligation to spy on you (podcastingnews.com)

Wonder why Obesity is a problem? - Energy-dense munchies cost on average $1.76 per 1,000 kcal, compared with $18.16 per 1,000 kcal for low-energy but nutritious foods. (well.blogs.nytimes.com)

Are Humans Evolving Faster? Researchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up - and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had been thought [science] (physorg.com)

Animal Migration is Decreasing Around the World [science] (npr.org)

Insanity: House votes to criminalize the Internet, 409 to 2 [politics] (news.com)

Pentagon's Education Pitch is a Scam. Today's GI Bill is a Hollow Recruiting Tool, Not a Ticket to College. [politics] (alternet.org)

The Straight Dope: Does Doctors' Illegible Handwriting Kill More than 7,000 Patients Annually? (straightdope.com)

Mike Gravel, an anti-war crusader for two generations [politics] (mcclatchydc.com)

Corporations are psychopathic (commondreams.org)

H.R. 4137: Download A Song, Lose Your Loan - noncompliant schools would lose all their federal funding, for ALL their students. [politics] (thenation.com)

You light some impeachment fire and watch the flames surge across this country. Get hundreds of thousands--millions?--of furious people marching. Then see how the votes start add up then. [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

Bush Admins New Gov. Agency will Rely Heavily on Private Security Contractors to Conduct Surveillance Inside the US. [politics] (alternet.org)

Scientists may have discovered why we tend to slow down mentally as we age. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

The Real Story at Bali: The Youth are Back and Badder than Ever [science] (environmentalgraffiti.com)

Physicists have made a major advance in the understanding of what appears to be a new state of matter [science] (physorg.com)

"The Clinton people are extremely lucky “The Daily Show” writers are on strike." [politics] (nytimes.com)

Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich excluded from new CBS series on the candidates [politics] (cbsnews.com)

Woman, 29, Grandma (qctimes.com)

The Pedophile's Secret Code. Hence the FBI's January 2007 "intelligence bulletin" on "symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences." (slate.com)

A new invention makes trawling for fish much less harmful to coral, sponges, seaweed and other denizens of the seabed [science] (economist.com)

Want to know what today's (or any day's) Reddit logo means? Here is the explanation for every one since Reddit started. (redditalien.com)

What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now? [science] (healthbolt.net)

Amazing *NEW* Sidewalk Paintings [pics] (moillusions.com)

One espresso, please (PIC) (bp1.blogger.com)

BLACK Reddit! We have Black Google, why not a Black Reddit to conserve energy?? (reddit.com)