Thursday is Imagined

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one. Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one!


Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything (telegraph.co.uk)

Here is Surfer dude's actual paper, "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" [science] (arxiv.org)

Surfer Dude's paper gets ripped by some Czech Dude with real background. [science] (motls.blogspot.com)

Alternative Medicine - By Nathan Hiett [science] (stargoss.co.uk)

Evidence that Bush was planning to invade Iraq within 3 weeks of 9-11 [politics] (dailykos.com)

Swarm intelligence: americans spend a 3.7 billion hours a year in congested traffic., but you will never see ants stuck in gridlock [science] (nytimes.com)

FBI and Secret Service agents raided the Liberty Dollar office in Evansville (rabidquill.com)

A new study finds that a sense of moral superiority can lead to unethical acts, such as cheating (livescience.com)

Space Hasn't yet Been Weaponized But it is Already Highly Militarized, Thanks to a Commission Started by Rumsfeld and the Money-Hungry Arms Industry... [politics] (alternet.org)

What A Fearless Journalist Looks Like. (At 95 yrs old, This Pulitzer Prize Winner has been Blacklisted, Wiretapped & Censored, but He Hasn't Lost his Fighting Spirit.) [politics] (alternet.org)

The Bush Administration Plans to Blame You for Iraq [politics] (alternet.org)

That's rich. The president's ideologically-driven policies have bankrupted America, both financially and morally, and you and I are insane for being vocal about it? [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

It's Better To Drink Beer After Exercise Than Water [science] (clevelandleader.com)

Experiments in Microevolution: Artificial selection in the lab [science] (evolution.berkeley.edu)

DEA Admits 98% Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is Actually Wild Hemp [politics] (norml.org)

Proof that new species can arise without geographic barriers [science] (scientistlive.com)

Nanosolar’s manufacturing process allows it to create [solar] cells that are as efficient as most commercial cells for as little as 30 cents a watt. “You’re talking about printing rolls of the stuff” [science] (popsci.com)

Barack Obama, if elected, will appoint a National "Chief Technology Officer" to encourage open meetings, live webcasts, and use blogging software, wikis and open comments [politics] (venturebeat.com)

Bush to (Finally) Allow Investigation into Warrantless Wiretap Program [politics] (nytimes.com)

Bush Vetoes $150 Billion Education and Healthcare Spending Bill, says it is Pork, Approves $459 Billion Dollar Military Spending Bill [politics] (nytimes.com)

Strangest toys you will ever see... (cracked.com)

I'm speechless - this picture speaks volumes [politics] (democraticunderground.com)

Federal judge orders White House to stop destroying backup copies of e-mails. [politics] (reuters.com)

DrugReporter: Blackwater Mercenaries Poised to Get Fat New Pentagon Contract for "Drug War" [politics] (alternet.org)

Bush wars have cost the average family $20,000 [politics] (rawstory.com)

Late last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force" to extract it. [politics] (theagitator.com)

Who, exactly, are we fighting in Iraq? Why are we there? We aren't fighting the Sunnis, or the Shias or the Kurds. And Al Qaeda in Iraq is Dead and Buried (alternet.org)

Liberals are much more likely than conservatives to listen to commentary and entertainment with which they disagree philosophically. (learcenter.org)

A Hidden Cost of Bush's Wars : Suicide Rate Among Soldiers has now Reached a 26-yr Record High. Army insists No Relation between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide.. (alternet.org)

Monday is Nice

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. And wouldn't it be nice to live together in the kind of world where we belong. You know its gonna make it that much better when we can say goodnight and stay together. Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up in the morning when the day is new. And after having spent the day together hold each other close the whole night through. Happy times together we've been spending, I wish that every kiss was neverending. Wouldn't it be nice? Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true. Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do. We could be married and then we'd be happy. Wouldn't it be nice? You know it seems the more we talk about it, it only makes it worse to live without it. But lets talk about it, wouldn't it be nice?



The freedom of speech is about to be turned on its head. Fight H.R. 1955 as if it's your life. For without Liberty, your life is no longer yours anyway. [politics] (blog.mises.org)

Military interrogator in Iraq: 'The message [from supervisors] is, "Got to find a link with Iran, got to find a link with Iran." It's sickening.' [politics] (guardian.co.uk)

2,369,239 US Soldiers vs 11,770,000 Iranian Soldiers = Draft [politics] (reigngame.com)

What Else Can $611 Billion Buy? [photo slideshow] (boston.com)

America, You Are Being Manipulated. - The corporate media wants your soul. [politics] (youtube.com)

New US attorney general confirmed... Mukasey. :-( [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Shame on Obama! Peddling false Social Security Crisis nonsense [politics] (mydd.com)

Like it or not, $100 oil forces new energy policy on U.S. [politics] (news.yahoo.com)

Brazil announces new oil reserves - can turn it into one of the biggest oil producers in the world. (news.bbc.co.uk)

War on Photography blog - a good example why you should know your rights and carry a printout of them with you at all times. (nycphotorights.com)

Will Maintaining an Empire Cost us our Freedom? [politics] (populistamerica.com)

Gore Vidal on Dennis Kucinich [politics] (thenation.com)

Bush sees, in person, the results of his war. (15 pics) [politics] (reuters.com)

MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in [science] (web.mit.edu)

Yellowstone Volcano Inflating with Molten Rock at Record Rate [science] (geologytimes.com)

Schwarzenegger sues Bush! [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

McClatchy: Texas county sherriff got 10 years for waterboarding a suspect, and Bush, as governor, did not pardon him (correntewire.com)

Dick Cheney is a bigger bastard than I thought. He's making money off the collapse of the US dollar - July 06 article (articles.moneycentral.msn.com)

Bupe could end heroin addiction and cut crime, but it isn't patented so drug companies ignore it. Why the best technology doesn't always win. (wired.com)

A Complete Leaked List of all Equipment in Iraq - (p.s. The US has violated the Chemical Weapons Convention.) (wikileaks.org)