Monday, April 28, 2008

Monday is back to the grind

Rainy Monday...


Number of donors who contributed to Barack Obama's campaign: 1.1 million, more than the total number of donors to all candidates' campaigns in 2000 (rd.com)

People seem to forget that John McCain was charged with corruption and accepting bribes during the Reagan years. [politics] (en.wikipedia.org)

This red square shows the area of current technology solar cells needed to supply the whole world's energy [science] (spiegel.de)

Why is this quote buried 20 paragraphs into today's front page NYT article: "The administration has discussed whether to attack training camps, safe houses and weapons storehouses inside Iran" [worldnews] (nytimes.com)

60 yrs of enormous military spending is taking a dramatic toll on the rest of the U.S. economy [politics] (alternet.org)

The Obama Fox Interview: 8 Questions about Rev. Wright, 6 about race, 0 about gas prices, 0 about Iraq, 0 about health care. Thanks, Fox! [politics] (theseminal.com)

The Hidden Battle to Control the World's Food Supply [environment] (alternet.org)

Nobel Economist: Greenspan and Bush to Blame for U.S. Crisis [business] (reuters.com)

Barrage of rockets fired at Baghdad's Green Zone [worldnews] (reuters.com)

FDA protecting big business? Imagine an extract from a berry that would make sour things taste sweet and help you lose weight. Then imagine not being allowed to take it. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

2/3 of Americans now believe global warming is real , but incredibly few realise how urgent it is [environment] (celsias.com)

This Month in 1943 Dr. Albert Hofmann tested LSD on himself … here is some of what we have learned since then ... 1) LSD was critical in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA [science] (chycho.com)

Scientists demonstrate first nano-assembler. I welcome our future nano-overlords [science] (eurekalert.org)

Warren Buffett: U.S. economy is in a recession that will be more severe than most people expect. (news.yahoo.com)

Scientists create GM mosquitoes to fight malaria and save thousands of lives [environment] (guardian.co.uk)

Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World [environment] (nytimes.com)

OPEC president responds to $200 oil question: "...each time the dollar falls one percent, the price of the barrel rises by $4" [business] (americablog.com)

"This is a good day for civil liberties." -- Canada bans random drug-dog sniff searches; police must have reasonable suspicion. [worldnews] (theglobeandmail.com)

Minds Limit Found 3 to 4 Things at Once [cogsci] (livescience.com)

Discovery of new Continent: PALSTERICA [environment] (huffingtonpost.com)

Ontario Scores 400 Megawatts of Solar [environment] (ecogeek.org)

Human Brain Appears “Hard-Wired” for Hierarchy [cogsci] (nimh.nih.gov)

The human genome is old news. Next stop: the human proteome [science] (genetic-future.com)

Saddled With Legacy of Dioxin, Town Considers an Odd Ally: The Mushroom [environment] (nytimes.com)

Microsoft's strategy all along? "Yahoo loses value as workers leave for jobs elsewhere to avoid becoming part of the Microsoft machine." [business] (afp.google.com)

FDA to review Lasik eye surgery side effects [science] (latimes.com)

This is the kinda seat I want next time I'm on a plane! [gadgets] (blog.wired.com)

Video technique makes thermal and pressure differentials viewable. Amazing visuals. [video] [science] (video.google.com)

Top 10 Guitarists You Don’t Know [Music] (listverse.com)

50 Things You Didn’t Know About Disneyland [entertainment] (listropolis.com)

Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry [offbeat] (exboyfriendjewelry.com)

Best of Office Jokes [32 PICS] [pics] (eyje.com)

Flower deliveries starting monday! (self.reddit.com)

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