Friday before new york

Hello, here's come catching up before the weekend...


|politics|

Why Karl Rove Should Go To Jail (huffingtonpost.com)

Bush's Impeachment Is On The Table -- But Not Up For Vote (thenation.com)

Congressional hearing to examine 'Bush Imperial Presidency' (rawstory.com)

Congress overrides Bush's Medicare veto (reuters.com)

"In the false name of 'safety from terrorists,' Americans are being made the least safe people on earth." (lewrockwell.com)

Stop the Printing Press by Ron Paul (lewrockwell.com)

The War on Drugs is so ridiculous that there are now groups of police, judges and wardens advocating decriminalization. (theseminal.com)

Incredibly simple political quiz - average american gets 50% correct, while those aged 18-29 only get 30% correct. Can you do better? (pewresearch.org)

|environment|

Florida Unanimously and Enthusiastically Approves constructoin of the Largest Solar Power Plant in U.S. (redgreenandblue.org)

Texas OKs lots more wind power - already U.S. leader, state moves ahead on $5 billion transmission project (msnbc.msn.com)

The Three Biggest Myths the Bush Administration Wants You to Believe About Offshore Drilling (alternet.org)

Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica? (wired.com)

Odd-Looking Marine Animals (You Never Knew Existed) (darkroastedblend.com)
Solar powered car race is a Cannonball Run for the new millennium (greendaily.com)

|science|

Early Mars Was All Wet (livescience.com)

Mars' Echus Chasma (chicagotribune.com)

It is believed that a fluid permeated the entire universe 3 microseconds after the big bang. The possibility that quantum mechanics may be an emergent property of a turbulent proto-fluid is explored (arxiv.org)

Graphene, praised for its electrical properties, has been proven the strongest known material. (technologyreview.com)

How to Reach Age 99: 100 Essential Habits (nursingdegreeguide.org)

The Earth's 6th Great Mass Extinction is Occurring as You Read This (dailygalaxy.com)

|fun/geek|

8 Badass Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True In Lame-Ass Ways (cracked.com)

Italian heavy metal monk releases second album. (news.bbc.co.uk)

30 Creepiest Trees on Earth (environmentalgraffiti.com)

We've all experienced deja-vu. I bet you've also experienced the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. (en.wikipedia.org)

51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps (itsecurity.com)

Thursday after the crash

Our server has been down for quite some time. I'm proud to say its back and here are some links!



|politics|


Nine *Republicans* vote FOR impeachment hearings, 10 abstain (dailykos.com)

Kucinich: “I’ve been contacted by representatives of a U.S. ally who are seeking an opportunity to appear before the Judiciary Committee,” (cqpolitics.com)

Bush Invokes Executive Privilege to Shield Cheney's Role in Outing Valerie Plame (huffingtonpost.com)

Kucinich's articles of impeachment just passed another hurdle. Could this thing be for real? (theseminal.com)

The HUGE McCain Blunder No One Knows About....Yet (dailykos.com)

Pat Buchanan: "A Democratic House that came to power denouncing the rush to war on Iraq is about to vote to demand that Bush commit an act of war against Iran." -- WTF? (humanevents.com)

US health care system: Most expensive least effective (you.presscue.com)

Telecom Immunity approved! We fail! (nytimes.com)

Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran (waronyou.com)

There is NO end to the insanity!!!..."Bush Administration Tries to Redefine Contraception as Abortion" (speaker.gov)

CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror watch list. The watch list is more political than about terrorism. It is a million man enemies list. (rawstory.com)

The real legacy of the "Reagan Revolution" (huffingtonpost.com)

Federal Judge Ruling: George W. Bush is a Felon (existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com)

Bush's Banned Interview: An Insight Into Insanity (huffingtonpost.com)

Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale (salon.com)

|environment|

The United States is the Saudi Arabia of wind power - Pickens Plan (pickensplan.com)

Home Solar, Minus the Cost, Effort, Worry (triplepundit.com)

2.6 Million Acres Acceded to Oil Exploration in Alaska (allvoices.com)

Maps of Ocean Wind-Power Potential (cleantechlawandbusiness.com)

Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism - The rise in overt militarism and imperialism at the outset of the twenty-first century. (globalpolicy.org)

There's WHAT in my Soap? The Impact of Your Shower (sustainablog.org)

Something Strange is Happening at the Coldest, Driest Place on Earth (huffingtonpost.com)

Click on the Green Button to Protect 11.4 Square Feet of Rainforest (therainforestsite.com)

9 Hypocrite Environmentalist Celebrities With Huge Carbon Footprints (privatejetsmagazine.com)

Intel invests in thin-film solar maker (eetimes.com)

Would you ride the busycle? (busycle.com)

|science|

Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country despite having the second-highest income per head in the world and spending more on healthcare.
How Mars and Alaska Are Alike (news.yahoo.com)

Water, Water Everywhere on Mars (blog.wired.com)

Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV (scienceblog.com)

The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas - Fetuses will freely float in artificial placentas or uteruses of fluid, with umbilical cords attached to machines.(livescience.com)

Yet another study showing the government was killing us by telling us to eat a low-fat diet (sciencenews.org)

The effects of dementia and memory loss might be reversed by using a device that produces low power infra-red (1072nm) light for just ten minutes a day… Hey, I need one of those. (sciencedaily.com)

A group of Toronto researchers have compiled a body of evidence showing that bookworms have exceptionally strong people skills. (theglobeandmail.com)

Six Myths about the Good Life: Thinking About What Has Value - Reviewed by Samantha Vice (ndpr.nd.edu)

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was introduced in the 1970s, about the time the obesity epidemic was first taking off. (latimes.com)

|economics|

Status Report on the Collapse of the U.S. Economy (the-peoples-forum.com)

China's Economic Growth "Cools" to Slowest Since 2005 - 10.1% (bloomberg.com)

Is the U.S. Alcoholic, or Merely Schizophrenic? (oftwominds.com)

Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk (arstechnica.com)

Freakonomics coauthor/blogger attempted to correct The Economist, how they responded was fantastic (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)

United States Ranked #48 on the World Wide Press Freedom Index (rsf.org)

|fun/geek|

The Majestic 12 Committee and the Truth About Interplanetary Aliens (naturalplane.blogspot.com)

Stunning time lapse photography. (vimeo.com)

Yo Yo skillz i haz dem. (youtube.com)

David Icke (kevinsconspiracy.googlepages.com)

Guitar Cardio - online guitar exercises (guitarcardio.com)

Infrared film, exposed between dawn and sunrise in high, dry locales will frequently objectify invisible objects of various kinds living in and passing through the atmosphere (youtube.com)