Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thursday is a latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund baby crowd

So Mrs. Clinton, when will you be stepping down?


Obama wins 11th in a row [politics] (democratsabroad.org)

I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype [politics] (dailykos.com)

Bill Clinton: If Hillary Loses Texas or Ohio, She's Finished [politics] (abcnews.go.com)

Not including her $5 million loan, the Clinton campaign finished January $7.6 million in debt [politics] (politico.com)

The Curious Myth of Hillary Clinton's Senate Effectiveness [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

John McCain has been implicated by the New York Times in an affair with a 40 year old female lobbyist named Vicki Iseman. He also wrote letters to government regulators on her behalf. [politics] (nytimes.com)

It's not the sex, it's about corruption: John McCain, "Mr. Ethics," is known for ties to K Street. His campaign is full of lobbyists, including his campaign manager, co-chair, and sr. policy advisor. [politics] (theseminal.com)

Cindy McCain loves her country. It excused her drug abuse and theft, with a slap on the wrist [politics] (oliverwillis.com)

John McCain and the New Fascism [politics] (politicalinquirer.com)

Torture and Democracy: "Soldiers who get ahead torturing come back and take jobs as policemen, and private security, and they get ahead doing the same things they did in the army." [politics] (harpers.org)

Fidel Castro Won. Time to Retire America's Failed Cuba Policy [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

Bush explains why he didn't send U.S. troops to Darfur: 'Outside forces tend to divide people up.' [politics] (thinkprogress.org)

In an apparent strategy shift, Barack Obama has hastened his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, setting the stage for an election battle with John McCain and the forces of neoconservatism. [politics] (thenation.com)

At Clinton Rally, Speaker calls Obama Supporters "latte-drinking, Prius- driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies crowding in to hear him speak" [politics] (firstread.msnbc.msn.com)

Soon the space around the moon will be busy. China, Japan, India, Russia, and the US either have sent or plan to send satellites there (science.nasa.gov)

U.S. judge orders Wikileaks Web site shut down - but doesn't quite understand how this internet thing works and only shuts down domain name [technology] (iht.com)

Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck [politics] (thenation.com)

Are We One Unforseen Crisis Away from a Military Draft? [politics] (alternet.org)

Is China democratizing? The country's leaders do not think of democracy as people in the West generally do, but they are increasingly backing local elections and judicial independence. [politics] (foreignaffairs.org)

"What I saw in the K-12 schools absolutely shocked me in both India and China. … I became very concerned about the competitiveness of my own daughters' education," [reddit.com] (abcnews.go.com)

The 74-year-old grandma who makes a crapload of money with Google AdSense [reddit.com] (nichegeek.com)

Damninteresting: Life Without the Moon (damninteresting.com)

Hearing Voices? Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in people's heads and use laser beams for new methods of non-lethal torture - all from hundreds of meters away. [politics] (physorg.com)

Geeks have been around for much longer than we think - the ten most puzzling ancient artifacts [technology] (ancientx.com)

Expressively Human: New Robots May Soon Have Your Face and Your Expressions (inventorspot.com)

Anger slows healing process after injury: study (news.yahoo.com)

A material that is able to self-repair even when it is sliced in two has been invented by French researchers. (news.bbc.co.uk)

Library built into a staircase (Pics) [reddit.com] (apartmenttherapy.com)

Super Cow - The Result of Selective Breeding (youtube.com)

The 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century (networkworld.com)

The 15 Most Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals [reddit.com] (cracked.com)


T-minus Band - If It Ever Was At All

There's a place I go in the morning, Inside of which I’m often mourning. Through the mist I sometimes see your shadow. That's all that's left of the battles that we waged and of the games that we played. The love that we made, if it ever was at all.

There are trips I take in the daytime, Instances when sunny cloudy same time. Try to look into the muddy water, bloody too it's left from the slaughter that we bathed. It was a game that we played. It was a love that we made,
if it ever was at all.

Tenderly you run me through and you twist the blade. Gingerly you thrust me down, Responsibly you leave me Open on the floor. I won't let you have it all
, Undertones and craggy walls.

There's a drift that I take in the evening, it won't be long before I am sleeping. And the images are getting blurry, but that doesn't mean I’m free from worry I’m afraid. It's still a game that I play, a love I'd like to turn away.
Like it never was at all.

Tenderly you run me through and you twist the blade. Gingerly you thrust me down, Responsibly you leave me Open on the floor. I will let you have it all
, Undertows and crumbled walls.

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