Monday is a Requiem

When I met you I was just a kid, hadn’t built up my defenses. So I gave my heart completely, vaseline over the lenses. Memories don’t go away, I remember every day. I never ever stop wondering, wondering if you still think of us. I don’t need a photograph cause you’ve never left my mind, no you’ve never left my mind! I remember feeling like a ship whose captain was too drunk to steer and you watched as I was sinking, waving sadly from the pier. It’s such a burden to carry ’round the vestiges of dead dreams and I don’t want to make a wake out of my life. I just had to let you go.


$9,136,438,140,145.40 [politics] (brillig.com)

One of the two biggest open secrets in American politics is that no bill is needed to end the legal funding of the occupation of Iraq. [politics] (smirkingchimp.com)

When CNN airs fluffy videos, they tell America that we shouldn’t turn to the Internet for our real news, we should turn to the “experts” on CNN, reinforcing the idea that the Internet only entertains. [politics] (theseminal.com)

President Bush is doing everything possible to delay, obfuscate and obstruct a congressional investigation of his possible role in exposing an undercover CIA agent [politics] (rawstory.com)

Nazi archives finally opened to the public (cnn.com)

This time, market players seem truly horrified — because they’ve suddenly realized that they don’t understand the complex financial system they created. (nytimes.com)

George Bush is Not Your Commander in Chief [politics] (antiwar.com)

Iraq War Stats - 120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week! (2solitudes.com)

You should educate yourself about this road, this not-so-Super Highway. After all, you are helping to pay for it. [politics] (smirkingchimp.com)

When it is launched early next year in Britain and the US it will probably be known simply as the “mind-reading helmet”, capable, supposedly, of knowing what users are thinking [science] (technology.timesonline.co.uk)

The Device NASA Is Leaving Behind [science] (washingtonpost.com)

The Peace Drug - MDMA Injects Love into Horror, Healing PTSD [science] (washingtonpost.com)

Who’s Afraid of Barack Obama? - New York Times [politics] (nytimes.com)

77.8% of college students think of the Internet as a convenience, 17.8% a source of amusement, 5% reported negative perceptions (frustrating or a waste of time). (cjlt.ca)

91% of Americans surveyed thought that they would have a better quality of life if they lived in Canada (macleans.ca)

Ophcrack is incredibly fast. How fast? It can crack the password "Fgpyyih804423" in 160 seconds. (codinghorror.com)

Too many students attend college (detnews.com)

French Teen's Rape Case Exposes Dubai's Dark Side (abcnews.go.com)

Mitt Romney was Pro-Choice before he was Pro-Life. He was for Gun-Control before he Against it. And he was Anti-Reagan before he was Pro-Reagan. The Man has No Convictions. [politics] (theseminal.com)

Huckabee is a lying crook, who ordered the hard drives in 83 computers and 4 servers be destroyed in his final days in office [politics] (dailykos.com)

The rape epidemic (observer.guardian.co.uk)

Every cent the dollar drops against the euro costs Airbus €100 million (spiegel.de)

The Sliding Rocks of Racetrack Playa [science] (geology.com)

Venus was probably much more Earth-like and contained large quantities of water. [science] (spaceref.com)

Buddhism and Quantum Mechanics [science] (abstractatom.com)

Corn: 18 gallons/acre year. Algae: 3,500 gallons/acre year. [science] (msnbc.msn.com)

Ethanol is finally starting to be seen as a huge scam. [science] (online.wsj.com)

Colour X-ray machine sees so much more [science] (technology.newscientist.com)

Informed Comment: McCain blames Rise of Hitler on Ron Paul Not Invading and Occupying other Countries Branded 'Isolationism' [politics] (juancole.com)

Bush's Next Preemptive Strike: Trying to force us to stay in Iraq after he leaves office [politics] (washingtonpost.com)

Researchers Discover Personal Trainer For Your Memory [science] (bloodindex.org)

The White Continent: Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of Antarctica. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Naomi Wolf: America's Fascist Coup Owes Legacy To Bush's Nazi Grandfather [politics] (prisonplanet.com)

Google Introduces Mobile Phone Locator (reddit.com)

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids (sciam.com)

Watch out U.S.! China becoming less and less happy with you. [politics] (nytimes.com)

Michael Moore cut this scene from Sicko because no one would believe it (bravenewfilms.org)

Giuliani billed obscure city agencies $618,000 to finance trips to the Hamptons to cheat on his wife with Judith Nathan (and other fun adventures) [politics] (politico.com)

Robots fight for championship title in Tokyo (link.brightcove.com)

Every fear you have, named in one place [science] (phobialist.com)

Who clicks on ads? And what might this mean? (zephoria.org)