Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday is an Amero
Fed's big easing a 'once-in-a-generation' event (iht.com)
Worries That the Good Times Were Mostly a Mirage (nytimes.com)
Ron Paul Blames the (privately owned) Federal Reserve for the Economy's Woes [politics] (truthnews.us)
Tokyo falls 6%, Hong Kong 9% as rout continues: Asian markets subjected to intense sell-off; trading briefly halted in Mumbai (marketwatch.com)
A Recession of Global Dimensions? (money.cnn.com)
America is at war with the world. The CIA is waging war upon the American people. A government that is so corrupted by its own greed that it chooses to start a nuclear world war [politics] (opednews.com)
Dig Deep Into Subprime Mortgage Crisis & You'll Find The Basic Story Behind Our New Gilded Age: The Wealthy Get Wealthier By Exploiting The Poor! [politics] (alternet.org)
It's the Economy, and I'm Stupid: The poverty of knowledge, understanding, and education in America is fueling the economic woes of this country. [politics] (opednews.com)
Debunking the Reagan myth: the rich got much richer, there was little sustained economic improvement for most Americans [politics] (nytimes.com)
The 1000 Genomes Project [science] (guardian.co.uk)
Repress U: Colleges are being turned into homeland security campuses, all in the name of preventing 'radicalization' [politics] (thenation.com)
Study: False statements preceded war; 935 to be exact [reddit.com] (news.yahoo.com)
Test: when did it become "paranoia" to oppose the Federal Reserve System and to support a gold standard instead of easily-inflated paper currency? [politics] (americanchronicle.com)
America actually faces three separate but related problems; a credit crunch, a debt crisis and a macro-economic problem (business.timesonline.co.uk)
Foreign consumers boycotting American brands over the Iraq war. [politics] (afterdowningstreet.org)
Failure Isn’t Always a Bad Thing (nytimes.com)
Sleep weakens brain connections, which is a good thing. [science] (sciencedaily.com)
Molten Salt Solar Power Generation~A combination mixture of sodium and potassium nitrate (Moten Salt), heated at 1200 deg F can retain it's heat 15 times longer than that of water. [science] (marketwatch.com)
The meaning of "Woof!": Computer yelplication interprets your dog's moods. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)
China hails "greatest discovery since Peking Man" [science] (reuters.com)
Cool Visualization of Einsteins Theory of Relativity. How Background Stars Shift when the Sun Passes [video] [science] (rssd.esa.int)
Even researchers couldn't believe the power of milk to dissolve fat while building muscle. [science] (psychologytoday.com)
Children starve as Zimbabwe's grain goes to make luxury dog food [reddit.com] (news.scotsman.com)
Israel electric car project aims to wipe out oil. Plan to sell them like mobile phones, kill oil by 2020 [reddit.com] (theregister.co.uk)
The 100 Best Companies to Work For (money.cnn.com)
Powerful magnetic Alfven waves are revealed responsible for driving temperature to tens of thousands of degrees at the surface of sun [science] (space.com)
Monday, January 21, 2008
Monday is Zeitgeist
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH Zeitgeist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fall of U.S. Dollar is Catalyst for Predatory Government's 'Amero' Introduction [politics] (prisonplanet.com)
on v-chips, our new currency the Amero, and the North American Union- a must see [politics] (youtube.com)
Amero Collector's Coins (the North American Union currency) (terrorpets.com)
Amero: North American currency union [politics] (en.wikipedia.org)
Ex-Mexican prez: 'Amero' on the way (informationliberation.com)
The Amero: An Introduction, A Short History, and What it Would Mean for Our Economy (currencytrading.net)
You've heard of Euros, Now be prepared to say hello to Ameros (wisebread.com)
Here Comes the Amero:Parliament Advised to Consider North American Currency [politics] (reportonbusiness.com)
Chipping People: RFID Implants and More (changewaves.socialtechnologies.com)
This RFID shit is getting real. Fast. (prisonplanet.com)
RFID What is it? and why should we care? (onlinesecurityauthority.com)
Dutch RFID Public Transit Card, Which Has Already Cost The Government $2Billion Has Been Hacked Even Before It Has Been Deployed. (schneier.com)
The Warmongers Who Got Us Into Iraq Are Blaming Everyone But Themselves For The Humanitarian Disaster They Created. - by John Tirman, Executive Director of MIT's Center for International Studies. [politics] (alternet.org)
What happens if you are left alone in the dark in solitary confinement for days on end? (news.bbc.co.uk)
Scientists employed by cell phone makers: Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep [science] (news.independent.co.uk)
Days before Hitler invaded Poland, the USSR and Japan fought a massive tank battle on the Mongolian steppe. The battle shaped the course of WW2, but few have ever heard of it. Why? (siberianlight.net)
Causes of Great Depression 1929-1939 (Sound familiar?) (en.wikipedia.org)
Ignoramus Bill O'Reilly REPEATEDLY denies the existence of homeless veterans [politics] (foxattacks.com)
Wexler: Cheney impeachment 'far stronger than Watergate.' [politics] (worldwide-sawdust.com)
Two million Iraqis have died since 2003. Is it genocide yet? [politics] (aljazeera.com)
Thanks to a “White Knight” (in VERY shiny armour!) who came carrying a cheque for $55,600, the New Hampshire recount is BACK ON! [politics] (opednews.com)
Do you think Congress should investigate when the Pentagon essentially fabricates a video of U.S. ships being “threatened” by Iran? [politics] (thismodernworld.com)
Weird water: Discovery challenges long-held beliefs about water's special properties [science] (eurekalert.org)
While you were sleeping, a full-fledged war broke out in Pakistan. 200 Taliban fighters captured a military fort. Then they captured another! This isn't a guerrilla campaign, this is open warfare. [politics] (theseminal.com)
Ever wondered why Kucinich, Gravel, and Paul were banned from debates even as their campaigns grew? They told us "online support doesn't equal real-world numbers." Here's one reason why. [politics] (safetystate.com)
New House Bill calls for paper ballots and an audit trail in time for 2008 Presidential Elections [politics] (rawstory.com)
Time Capsule From 1791 Found [science] (news.nationalgeographic.com)
Marijuana: Prohibition Failing; Legalizing Could Be Tax Boon [politics] (mapinc.org)
Life could exist in the ocean found under Europa's layer of ice... Scientists are designing a powerful robot-driller that will ... plunge into that alien ocean. [science] (post-trib.com)
Madagascar plant discovered is so massive, it can be seen from Space [science] (news.yahoo.com)
Goodbye Helium, Goodbye Brainscans [science] (theoildrum.com)
We owe our existence to a fungus among us [science] (ponderabout.com)
Finally: Scientists Transport a Hunk of Matter 18 Inches [science] (gizmodo.com)
"Second Thoughts about Fluoride," reports Scientific American (opednews.com)
Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as "one of the most important developments in the history of science". [science] (breitbart.com)
Owning too much stuff drives us into a spiral of sadness. Or is the real problem "misery-creep", where everyday unhappiness is being rebranded as depression? (news.bbc.co.uk)
Colbert Added to Smithsonian's Portrait Gallery Near "America's Presidents", Bathroom (huffingtonpost.com)
John McCain's Real War Record.. (To buy into the McCain-knows-best version of the Iraq war, you have to ignore a lot of history.) [politics] (salon.com)
How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican National Committee Operative [politics] (alternet.org)
Why An Increasing Number of Multi-Millionaires Are Choosing Not To Leave Money To Their Children.. (guardian.co.uk)
The Power of Being Influenced [science] (sciencenews.org)
Dozens of animals have been cloned over the last decade and it's becoming increasingly clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective. [science] (time.com)
"Sexual chemistry" -- Our lifestyles may unwittingly undermine our natural sex appeal. [science] (psychologytoday.com)
Study finds clowns "universally disliked" by children (news.yahoo.com)
Milan Fashion Week: Imagine the stupidest looking clothes you can. Then click the link. (reuters.com)
20 Things You Didn't Know About Snow [science] (discovermagazine.com)
100 years ago women used to go to their family doctor for an orgasm. (tbd.com)
The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World (cracked.com)
NASA wants to recruit next generation of scientists and engineers through online game. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)
Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision [science] (uwnews.washington.edu)
A once-in-a-lifetime chance to save over 200,000 acres of Redwood trees -- 10% of those remaining on earth. [science] (nature.org)
How to convince someone that you are right [Pics] (uiowa.edu)
So Digg, eBay and Facebook walk into a room ... (video) (cracked.com)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday is fruitful
To start your day off right, check out this prediction for the near future...Sure, initially I was glad when China toppled the Bush regime and executed the “retarded tyrant” as I love to call him... [politics] (darwinator.wordpress.com)
The Iranian media sees the president of the United States as an out-of-control religious fanatic, pretty much the same way the American press sees the president of Iran. [politics] (cbsnews.com)
Which is a bigger threat: Al Qaeda or the Dept. of Homeland Security? The price of living in fear. [politics] (nytimes.com)
How the CIA Created a Ruling, Corporate Overclass in America [politics] (inteldaily.com)
China is quietly revaluing its currency (telegraph.co.uk)
"What We Are Seeing Is the Fall of America" [politics] (alternet.org)
H.R. 1955 -- Passed by the House -- Will it be illegal to have a brain, a sense of honor, and a voice. [politics] (opednews.com)
Of course MSNBC (80% owned by General Electric) doesn’t want Kucinich to be in the debate. General Electric is a nuclear powerhouse and Dennis Kucinich has been an enemy of nuclear power for years. [politics] (theseminal.com)
European press: It wasn't a miracle - Hillary won via a rigged vote [politics] (inteldaily.com)
Kucinich: “This is the third time in two months that President Bush has actively and systematically sought to deceive the American public into thinking Iran is threatening security around the world” [politics] (commondreams.org)
Twenty-five U.S. Military Officers Challenge Official Account of 9/11 [politics] (opednews.com)
When the Federal Reserve increases the number of dollars in circulation each dollar you earn buys less. Each dollar you've saved is also worth less. [politics] (downsizedc.org)
Showdown Over Destroyed CIA Tapes This Week [politics] (abcnews.go.com)
The Map Of Allowed Wanderings. A Bit Depressing, This. (img.dailymail.co.uk)
You know the world has changed when.. (ipc) (i16.tinypic.com)
Helium Crisis Coming. [science] (sciencedaily.com)
Four decades ago, Norman E. Borlaug developed a wheat variety that fed the world. Now he's battling a pathogen whose spread could cause starvation [science] (technologyreview.com)
Nine Critical Questions to Ask About Alternative Energy [science] (fromthewilderness.com)
Source of Mysterious Antimatter Found [science] (news.yahoo.com)
The Economics of Marriage [science] (slate.com)
jupiter's big red spot? not what we thought. (io9.com)
"Don't talk to strangers" is just about the worst possible advice you can give a child. (schneier.com)
Natures Batteries: Simple and Safe ways to store energy. (atbatt.com)
We Swear! We're Not Gauging You! - Exxon makes $39.5 billion in 2007, the largest ever profit in US history [politics] (money.cnn.com)
Ultra-thin MacBook finally announced (apple.com)
Underwater city could be revealed [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)
Raise a Pint: Scientists Say Beer Has Essential Cancer-Fighting Agents [science] (news.smh.com.au)
"Europa, potentially, has all the ingredients for life...and not just four billion years ago...but today." [science] (space.com)
US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search (rawstory.com)
More Creative Furniture for Cramped Urban Living: 20 Pieces of Ingenious ‘Flat Pack’ Furniture (weburbanist.com)
MST3K (Mystery Science Theatre 3000) has returned. (cinematictitanic.com)
To avoid embarrassment, US Navy is blaming rogue radio ham for Hormuz incident [politics] (guardian.co.uk)
Why I Will Not Be Using Facebook - Fierce yet detailed attack on the social networking site. (guardian.co.uk)
Don't just stand there - new research suggests that we also think with our bodies [science] (boston.com)
Messenger spacecraft will pass within 124 miles of Mercury's surface at 12 noon EST today [science] (washingtonpost.com)
Brazilian berry destroys cancer cells in lab, UF study shows [science] (news.ufl.edu)
Risking their jobs, NASA employees stand up to the police state - and win (msnbc.msn.com)
Study: Bisexuality In Women Not Just A College Experimental Phase [science] (scientificblogging.com)