Monday is Painful

monday mornings are the worst, period.



Protesters attempted to extinguish the Olympic flame with a fire extinguisher on Sunday as the arrival of the torch in London [worldnews] (edition.cnn.com)

As 4th Amendment gets violated on the Internet, there is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers because the government can see citizens’ every Web site visit, e-mail & text message. [politics] (nytimes.com)

LITTLE SECRET: Both Highest Hillary + McCain Advisors Work for the Same Company! (Mark Penn, CEO, Burson-Marsteller + McCain's Charlie Black, Chairman, BKSH, a SUBSIDIARY of Burson-Marsteller!!!) [politics] (jedreport.com)

A Week Ago, Bush Called The Offensive In Basra A "Defining Moment" For Iraq. Suddenly He's Gotten Very Quiet. (How US Just Got Schooled by a 'Rag-Tag' Neighborhood Army in Iraq) [politics] (alternet.org)

Clinton releases tax returns for the years 2000 to 2006. Her income of $109 million! [politics] (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)

98.2% of Presidential Historians Agree: Bush's Presidency is a Failure [politics] (hnn.us)

"Only a fool or a fraud ..." [cartoon] [politics] (seattlepi.nwsource.com)

Putin to US: NATO expansion a 'direct threat to Russia' [worldnews] (russiatoday.ru)

The War's Expiration Date: Unless Congress and the president take action, the war in Iraq will become illegal on Jan. 1. [politics] (washingtonpost.com)

"Whatever your expectations for Ron Paul’s book The Revolution: A Manifesto, I can say with confidence that they have been exceeded. By a mile." [politics] (lewrockwell.com)

Charlton Heston has died. I guess we can take his gun now. [entertainment] (nytimes.com)

Eighty-one spine-crawling pages in a memo that might have been unearthed from the dusty archives of some authoritarian regime and has no place in the annals of the United States [politics] (nytimes.com)

Microsoft gives Yahoo! a deadline before initiating hostile takeover [business] (biz.yahoo.com)

Beware the New New Thing (Net Neutrality) [business] (nytimes.com)

Math of the Aztecs -Revealed for the first time. [science] (news.nationalgeographic.com)

4 Ways Nature Restores Your Manly Vigor [offbeat] (artofmanliness.com)

Scientists Find Several Strains Of Bacteria Which Can Not Only Tolerate Antibiotics, But Can Actually Live On Them As Their Sole Source Of Nutrition. [science] (newsdaily.com)

Half Shorn Sheep (pic) [pics] (photobasement.com)

Intelligent paint turns roads pink in icy conditions (pic) [science] (technology.newscientist.com)

consistently doing any activity that requires self-control seems to increase willpower — and the ability to resist impulses and delay gratification is highly associated with success in life [science] (nytimes.com)

Russia's next president, Medvedev: Internet guarantees media freedom [politics] (in.reuters.com)

What the world eats [PICS] (gotoworknoob.blogspot.com)

What the World Eats, Part II (time.com)

Paper Towel Replacement: An effective solution - Twist European Sponge Cloth [environment] (sustainableisgood.com)

10 Futuristic Materials [Pics/Description] [science] (acceleratingfuture.com)

Coming soon: superfast internet 10,000 times faster [business] (timesonline.co.uk)

Composting Toilet: Save 50% of Home Water Use [environment] (bobvila.com)

Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design [science] (matternews.com)

Eric Cartman: America's Favorite Little $@#&*% [entertainment] (npr.org)