Monday is a Link

Hello. Here's a healthy heaping of links from the weekend.


Tomorrow is EARTH DAY!
Earth Day: The World is Just Awesome [environment] (geeksaresexy.net)

Obama reports $51M to start April; McCain raised $15M [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

"Say it, Obama! ... who did she and Bill bring to the White House for 'spiritual counseling?' THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!" (michaelmoore.com)

Hillary Clinton & her ties with Monsanto [politics] (organicconsumers.org)

Obama's New Ad: "Exactly" [Vid] [politics] (my.barackobama.com)

"The 2008 presidential race has boiled down to a fight of two against one – John McCain and Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama." [politics] (ft.com)

NYTimes fronts stunning article on Pentagon success in spinning media terrorism coverage [long; important] (nytimes.com)

Thousands of people are losing their jobs on Wall Street — some before their first day of work. [business] (nytimes.com)

Condoleezza Rice appeared on TV saying that the violence in Iraq hadn’t reached the point at which random bodies were turning up in the streets. The noise of hungry soldiers eating came to a stop. [politics] (newyorker.com)

New Energy Order: Get ready for a new world order in which energy will govern what we eat, where we live, and if and when we travel [politics] (alternet.org)

Have you looked into the eyes of a climate scientist recently? They look really scared. [science] (nytimes.com)

The American Worker: Overworked and Worked Over [business] (nytimes.com)

When bananas ruled the world: Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit. [politics] (salon.com)

15 People Who Changed the Internet [technology] (grademoney.com)

1993 Stephanopoulos Criticizes The Tactics of 2008 Stephanopoulos [politics] (crooksandliars.com)

If you think war for oil was bad, just wait until we're fighting over food [politics] (cato.org)

Chinese stocks have fallen by 50% in the last six months [business] (online.wsj.com)

Daily Decisions Make Mush of Your Mind [cogsci] (livescience.com)

Samsung says water powered cell phones expected to hit the market by 2010. [gadgets] (sem.samsung.com)

In one second... (pic) [environment] (flickr.com)

Socrates (470-399 BCE) saw the citizens of his beloved Athens sleepwalking through life, living only for money, power, and fame... [worldnews] (neatorama.com)

We now have confirmation that Bush personally gave his approval on torture. Where is the media? Where are the Democrats? [politics] (alternet.org)

Sexual Intercourse: Let’s All Be Brief and Average (alternet.org)

Face It, We All Aren't Going to Become Vegetarians (alternet.org)

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

Bio-electromagnetic Weapons: The ultimate weapon [science] (globalresearch.ca)

Cultural Differences Found in Pee [offbeat] (livescience.com)

Could deja vu be explained by grid cells? [science] (sciam.com)

US war robots in Iraq 'turned guns' on fleshy comrades [worldnews] (theregister.co.uk)

The Impossible Art of Li Wei [Pics] [pics] (hemmy.net)

Titan: Treasures of Earth's oily twin [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

The coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific are at the brink of one of the most spectacular and significant nights in their annual life cycle. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Only in Japan, 30% of high school girls go on "compensated dates" with middle aged men [worldnews] (asianoffbeat.com)

Spiral Galaxies in Collision [Photo] [science] (apod.nasa.gov)

Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever. [business] (huffingtonpost.com)

Americans are increasingly close-minded and unwilling to listen to opposing views. (latimes.com)

20 Amazing and unusual weather phenomena [science] (listverse.com)

Elephant paints portrait of self holding flower. [video] [offbeat] (youtube.com)

Things Worth Shortening Your Life For [offbeat] (esquire.com)

What I Know at 64 that I Didn’t Know at 24 [happy] (marcandangel.com)