Thursday, June 12, 2008

Thursday is version 2.0

Hello, and welcome to the other side. Life is now complete.


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Kucinich ups the ante on impeachment: "Leadership wants to bury it, but this is one resolution that will be coming back from the dead." (rawstory.com)

Kucinich to meet Conyers with documentation for his charges against Bush: if there is no further action, Kucinich said, "... we'll come back with 60 articles, not 35." (blog.washingtonpost.com)

90% of Americans will pay less income tax under Obama than McCain (dirtgetswet.com)

IMPEACH PELOSI! (populistamerica.com)

Dr. Ron Paul's Message to Obama! (youtube.com)

"In case you haven’t noticed, we are now almost as feared and hated all over the world as the Nazis were." -Kurt Vonnegut (refspace.com)

My basic feeling on impeaching Bush and Cheney is that if we had a Congress that was capable of impeaching and convicting those two, then we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. (openleft.com)



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Before and after sattellite photos (and additional info) of the effects of climate change over the past 30 years are available through UNEP's Atlas of Our Changing Environment (na.unep.net)

Boeing Throws its Weight Behind Algae | Autopia from Wired.com (blog.wired.com)

Stanford University receives $25 Million for solar energy research from....Saudi Arabia !?! (news-service.stanford.edu)

How did life begin? What's the universe made of? Why do we sleep? 42* of the biggest questions in science. (wired.com)

Paxil Babies: The Dangers of Antidepressants (alternet.org)

How to Improve Brain Health: Physical and Mental Exercise (sharpbrains.com)

Like Bats, People 'Hear' Silent Objects (dsc.discovery.com)

Study shows animals can use symbols (intology.com)

Researchers reveal insights into hidden world of protein folding (thinkgene.com)




|fun|

Are women boring? (telegraph.co.uk)

Eat This, Not That : 15 Secret Restaurant Swaps (menshealth.com)

On Nov. 24th, 1971, I hijacked flight 305, collected a 200,000 dollar ransom, and parachuted into the stormy Pacific Northwest night. (tencartrain.com)

And we wonder why governments treat us like cattle. (jordanmaxwell.com)

David Copperfield Flying Levitation Trick Debunked (hemmy.net)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Wednesday is THE DAY

Today, is the day. The day I return from this long period of long overdue emotions and physicality.



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House Republicans are forcing the clerk to re-read every word of Kucinich ’s resolution tonight. Vote will be Wednesday. (cqpolitics.com)

Countdown: The Impeachment Of George W. Bush - Kucinich, Wexler The Only Ones With The Guts To Say It (crooksandliars.com)

BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions (news.bbc.co.uk)

Daylight Robbery: What Happened to the $23billion in Iraq? (video.google.com)

"Future executives will be able to point to the Bush administration and say there's no such thing as an impeachable offense - that precedent will have been established by Pelosi and Reid" (thisisby.us)

Bush/Cheney Plan Demands 58 US Bases In Iraq, immunity from prosecution for U.S. troops and private military contractors, and will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country indefinitely. (mcclatchydc.com)

I'm outraged that corporations like this are allowed to exist. Corrections as an Industry. Is anyone else disgusted? (correctionscorp.com)

“So many people are trying to dumb down America and the world! Just leave it the way it is! Study your books, people!” (crooksandliars.com)

US and EU threaten to freeze Iranian assets unless uranium enrichment program is halted (guardian.co.uk)

Oil Conspiracy Theorists, Rev Up Your Engines (salon.com)

Mashups - The Latest Web Buzzword (spinfield.com)




|science|

World's Species Going Extinct Faster than Scientists Thought (naturalnews.com)

"Plutoid" chosen as name for solar system objects like Pluto (physorg.com)

Waste Heat Engine Can Run On Solar Panel Waste Heat (thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com)

Fuel Prices Challenge Cars' Reign - $4 Gas Transforms Buying Habits, Affecting Everything From Vacations to Pizza Orders (washingtonpost.com)

Water, Water, Everywhere (boston.com)

Nanosolar Price Barrier Breakthrough Makes Solar-Electricity Cheaper Than Coal (naturalnews.com)


|fun|

Virtual Drumming: A Geek Musician’s Dream (geeksaresexy.net)

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tuesday continues the heat wave

Yup. It's still hot out there. close to 100- Hey! Check out Kucinich

The 35 articles of impeachment *right-click, save as*


|politics|

Kucinich presents 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush (rawstory.com)

Jon Stewart Slams Media for Blacking Out Iraq War Lies Report (crooksandliars.com)

McClellan Agrees to Testify Before Judiciary Committee (huffingtonpost.com)

Whoops...US tortures innocent German citizen and then refuses acknowledge his ordeal for "national security" reasons. (news.bbc.co.uk)

US and EU threaten to freeze Iranian assets unless uranium enrichment program is halted (guardian.co.uk)

US Wants 58 Bases in Iraq (allvoices.com)

Murdoch of Fox News Admits Manipulating the News for Agenda (youtube.com)

Obsession: Geniuses, Generalists and Specialists (firedoglake.com)



|science|

What To Do When There Are Too Many of Us (alternet.org)

Xeros washing machine that uses 1 cup of water: invented by British scientists (intology.com)

After more that 44,000 generations, lab bacteria have evolved a radical new ability, demonstrating how evolution proceeds by chance mutations (newscientist.com)

United States Frequency Allocations - The Radio Spectrum (siemon.com)

New Nanopaper Tougher Than Cast Iron (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

Top 10 reasons the dark ages were not dark (listverse.com)


|fun|

The Sky, From Above (boston.com)

Amazing Geological Oddities (fingel.com)

Fast Food In Beijing Is A Little Different (braingoodbye.com)

Extreme Music: Top 15 Free Music Websites That You Will Want to Visit (musicouch.com)

Crazy Underground Desert Cave (offbeatearth.com)

Looking for something to feed your fellow Geeks? Make some Fractal Pizza! (urbanhonking.com)

Monday, June 9, 2008

Monday is mundane

Hello, and welcome after a hot sticky humid weekend, its a hot sticky humid work day- fun times had by all.



|politics|

Pentagon blocked Cheney's attack on Iran (atimes.com)

Obama and McCain Offer Two Very Different Americas (alternet.org)

US Map: % of income spent on gas. (nytimes.com)

Africa in perspective (strangemaps.wordpress.com)

Blackwater now offers spy "services" to Fortune 500 companies, for the right price. (alternet.org)



|science|

7 Modern Wonders of Green Technology (weburbanist.com)

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (algorithmicbotany.org)

Russian scientist wins global energy prize [$US 1 million] (russiatoday.ru)

Earth from Mars - Awe Inspiring (boingboing.net)

Radio waves from Earth clear out space radiation belt (space.newscientist.com)

6 Ways You're Wasting Gas (autos.yahoo.com)



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