Saturday, April 12, 2008

Saturday for a blog

Hello, weekend boredom = blog entry.




Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon.. wait.. what?? [politics] (washingtonpost.com)

Bush 'is avoiding Iraq decisions' [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Obama Triangulates and Won't Go Where Other Great Americans Will on Hamas (huffingtonpost.com)

Bush Opens Back Door for Logging National Forests (thedailygreen.com)

Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

Bush admin. is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock - what could go wrong? [worldnews] (news.yahoo.com)

John Ashcroft on Bush's Decision to Torture: "History will not judge this kindly." (huffingtonpost.com)

US gives Cubans fast track visas (news.bbc.co.uk)

The pattern of out-of-control consumption in the U.S. is not too different from the well-known behavioral patterns of substance abusers. (alternet.org)

Why we should NOT boycott the Olympics...good argument. [worldnews] (avpress.com)

A satellite is being abandoned in orbit because its position can't be corrected without violating a Boeing patent on lunar flyby (space-travel.com)

Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures [science] (universetoday.com)

From Photovoltaics To Solar Thermal Collectors: Evaluating And Improving Green Design (sciencedaily.com)

UK: Legalize hard drugs, gain control back from organized crime and terrorists [worldnews] (theargus.co.uk)

Those Who Control Oil and Water Will Control the World [worldnews] (alternet.org)

Is David Petraeus Dirty? Ted Westhusing Said So, and Then He Shot Himself [politics] (alternet.org)

General Petraeus: I Will Never Hold Office In This Country [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

10 Reasons to Look Critically at Dissolving Mexico-U.S.-Canada Borders [politics] (alternet.org)

Has McCain Flip-Flopped on Torture? (time.com)

How the Army Corps Is Swindling Americans [politics] (alternet.org)

The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See [politics] (alternet.org)

How to Change the Way We Think about Water (alternet.org)

Green Up Your Sex Life [environment] (blogs.takepart.com)

How San Francisco Became Beijing for a Day [politics] (alternet.org)

Body-conscious teenagers may believe cutting out breakfast will help them lose weight, but the opposite appears to be the case, US research suggests. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Italian woman artist who was hitch-hiking from Milan to Lebanon to prove her trust in the kindness of local people was found murdered today in Turkey (news.bbc.co.uk)

5 extraordinary uses of caves [pics] [pics] (environmentalgraffiti.com)

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