Thursday is an undertow

News that creates and undertow to pull you in.



High-Level Officials Warn of Staged Provocation to Start Iran War [politics] (georgewashington2.blogspot.com)

Remember how Hillary Clinton mentioned last week the US could "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel? Well, Iran has responded, and they are PISSED. [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

"With Iran...shifting its crude trading to the euro and the yen... treasury managers feel that this could well be the first challenge to the US dollar’s dominance as currency of global trade. " [business] (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

Hillary, foot in mouth: “Rich people, god bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.” [politics] (tpzoo.wordpress.com)

Did the US just bomb Somalia? [politics] (news.bbc.co.uk)

NBC's Brian Williams: 2 Minutes for Hannah Montana, 80 Seconds for Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Likely to Disenfranchise Millions of American Voters... [politics] (bradblog.com)

Video: Obama's New Ad Rejects Clinton/McCain Gas Tax Holiday [politics] (redgreenandblue.org)

Tortured Logic: Scalia Says ‘Torture’ Is Not Unconstitutional Because It Is Not ‘Punishment’ [politics] (pensitoreview.com)

The government puts everybody's earnings on the web. Five lessons. [worldnews] (publicani.com)

Must Read: "War is a Racket", By the Most Highly-Decorated Soldier of All Time [worldnews] (wanttoknow.info)

The real US deficit with China – knowledge [worldnews] (csmonitor.com)

The world is beginning to accept that Iran harbors peaceful nuclear ambitions. What will it take to get the U.S. on board? [worldnews] (theseminal.com)

A Price Drop for Solar Panels The silicon shortage that has kept solar electricity expensive is ending. [environment] (technologyreview.com)

Joseph J. Andrew: On My Switch From Clinton to Obama [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

Hillary vs the Coffee Maker is now the #1 vid on YouTube - Hillary is in trouble [politics] (americablog.com)

Memristors will enable very small nanoscale devices to be made without generating all the excess heat that scaling down transistors is causing today. [science] (eetimes.com)

Starbucks is latest victim in economic downturn. Suddenly, no one needs $4 coffees. (stockmarketcrash08.com)

Good Luck Trading In Your SUV [business] (ridelust.com)

Free Hawaii! [worldnews] (msnbc.msn.com)

“Disney Hypocrisy” In America: Corporate Outraged Over Risqué Hannah Montana Pics. In China: Racy Disney Ads Featuring Underage Girls On Their Billboards A-OK. [business] (consumerist.com)

America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree (chronicle.com)

The McCain Health Plan: Millions Lose Coverage, Health Costs Worsen, and Insurance and Drug Industries Win [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (news.com)

Physics: Quantum all the way [science] (nature.com)

Economist's View: "The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class" (economistsview.typepad.com)

What Do Off Grid Homes Look Like? Here are 5 Examples [environment] (treehugger.com)

In Obama's new ad attacking the gas tax "holiday", he states specific energy policy positions. Nice. [politics] (salon.com)

The Curse of the Clintons: The truth is they have become a curse for Democrats and not an asset. [politics] (alternet.org)

More On The Gas Tax Holiday Scam [politics] (belowthebeltway.com)

Amazing Collection of Physics Video Lectures (Quantum Physics/Mechanics, Field Theory, Applied Group Theory, General Relativity. Cosmology, and others) [science] (freescienceonline.blogspot.com)

"Women Are Being Beheaded for Taking Their Veil Off": Honor Killings On Rise in Iraq [worldnews] (alternet.org)

Monsanto's Harvest of Fear [politics] (vanityfair.com)

Dyncorp used armored vehicle to transport prostitutes in Iraq [worldnews] (alternet.org)

Indian baby dropping ritual [WTF] (reuters.com)

Things I Learned From 5 Months Of Meditation [offbeat] (freshcreation.com)

Helen Thomas with Her Flowers [pic] (flickr.com)