Monday is no drive at all whatsoever.

Good morning and good day. Here is a link blog.


|politics|

Bush’s Last Hurrah? Record Arms Sales, War in Pakistan and More Threats to Iran (firedoglake.com)

Kucinich: Over 2 million Americans have signed petitions demanding impeachment, making it one of the greatest exercises in grassroots democracy in recent times (afterdowningstreet.org)

CHARLIE GIBSON: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? SARAH PALIN: In what respect, Charlie? GIBSON: What do you interpret it to be? PALIN: You mean his world view? GIBSON: Um, no. (abcnews.go.com)

Wikileaks obtains 10 years of messages, interviews from Osama bin Laden translated by CIA (en.wikinews.org)

McCain's campaign caught red-handed lying about Obama: This Is How You Stick It To Lying Republican Hacks (jedreport.com)

Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Palin interview...this guy is so on the money! (youtube.com)

Barack Obama v. Bill O'Reilly - Part 3 - 9/9/08 (uk.youtube.com)

Barack Obama v. Bill O'Reilly - Part 4 - 9/10/08 (uk.youtube.com)



|world news|

All 22 Countries Surveyed by BBC would rather see Obama president, by a Margin of 4:1 (news.bbc.co.uk)

"There is no such organisation as ‘Al Qaeda’. The spooks know this, Cabinet Ministers know this and so do the ‘security correspondents" (dailymail.co.uk)

"About 60 countries get annual military aid from the United States, $4.5 billion a year, to help them buy American weapons" (iht.com)

Who runs Russia? Getting to the bottom of the shadowy depths of Kremlin decision-making is tricky. (news.bbc.co.uk)

"About two weeks ago, Putin gave [CNN] an exclusive 30-minute interview. And you know what happened? Nothing. It was never allowed to air." (exiledonline.com)

American intelligence confirms that the latest military actions in South Ossetia were started by Georgia and Russia’s position in the conflict was correct (kommersant.com)

Pakistan deploys F-16s which US gave them against US' Predator drones (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

|environment|

Last year, we spent more on Poland Spring, Fiji Water, Evian, Aquafina, and Dasani than we spent on iPods or movie tickets--$15 billion (fastcompany.com)

Climate Refugees: A 21st Century Challenge (ecoworldly.com)

Inefficient and environmentally damaging, the corn-ethanol boondoggle will nonetheless be hard to stop. (e360.yale.edu)

Less than 8% of world's forests are protected - 20 beautiful examples (webecoist.com)

"Our oceans carry less than a tenth the number of fish they once held, yet few of us have any sense that something is wrong." (good.is)

|science|

Simple powder to beat 2,400 genetic diseases goes on sale in two years (dailymail.co.uk)

Born to Run: What Humans Really Evolved to Do (discovermagazine.com)

The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. (google.it)

The Next Internet: Geotagged everything pops up on your phone. Tonchidot, a Japanese startup, is a hit at TechCrunch50. Very cool. (timesonline.typepad.com)

Prof Stephen Hawking is to unveil a remarkable £500,000 clock with no hands that pays tribute to the world's greatest clockmaker. (telegraph.co.uk)

7 Wonders of Modern Engineering (zmescience.com)

Video That Explains How The Large Hadron Collider Works (popgive.com)

ABC News: Scientists fight to study pot's benefits (abcnews.go.com)

The Origins of High Fructose Corn Syrup (grist.org)

|economics|

Lehman Bankrupcy: 613 Billion in Debts, mostly owed to banks from Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Singapore and Taipei. (money.cnn.com)

Emergency measures: ECB injects 30 B Euros, BofE injects 9 B Pounds, in effort to help stabilize world financial system. (nytimes.com)

Merrill Lynch is no more, purchased by Bank of America for $50 billion or $29 a share (online.wsj.com)

`Tectonic' Shift on Wall Street as Lehman Fails, Merrill Sold (bloomberg.com)

Dow futures down over 300 points ... get ready for a "Black" Monday (money.cnn.com)

"In other words, instead of deleveraging, the banks have just shifted a chunk of their risk to the central bank. As spectacular as this weekend was, more drama is on the way." (economist.com)

China may cut its dollar holdings (chinadaily.com.cn)

|fun/geek|

Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL (huffingtonpost.com)

Daaaaamn. These guys are nuts. Two skateboarders in powder blue suits hauling ass down the longest hill I've ever seen. Skip to 2:20 if you want to get right to the action. (vimeo.com)

Why We Drink - cool stream of consciousness vid (current.com)

Mac. Nobody gives a shit. (images.encyclopediadramatica.com)

Computer Cases Modded to the Max! (gadgetsarecool.com)

Dangerous Knowledge: A documentary about famous mathematicians/scientists, and the problems that drove them insane (video.google.com)

Tuesday has a jumble

Hello and welcome. Here is a bunch of news you've missed!



|politics|


9/5/08 Obama on O'Rielly (youtube.com)

Obama v. Bill O'Reilly - Round 2, 8/9/08 (jp.youtube.com)

Jon Stewart Obliterates McCain's Acceptance Speech (theinformationparadox.com)

Sizing up Palin - in the words of a "local" (andrys.com)

No Questions: Palin Won't Talk To Press...campaign aide sees no reason why Sarah Palin should have to answer reporters' queries (huffingtonpost.com)

Interesting. The business partner that the National Enquirer alleges that Palin had an affair with? He filed an emergency request to seal his own divorce records on Wednesday. It was denied. (courtrecords.alaska.gov)

Sarah Palin's entry into politics and subsequent rise has all the hallmarks of having been engineered, coached and groomed by bigger outside forces with a bigger plan. WHO is the "Handler"? (huffingtonpost.com)

Barack Obama's answers to the top 14 science questions facing America (sciencedebate2008.com)

Five reasons why the world wants Obama. (alternet.org)

Obama understands that we live in a complicated, nuanced world, one in which cowboy-style "straight talk" does little but earn us dismissive laughs from friends and enemies overseas. (huffingtonpost.com)

John McCain's Wandering Eyes (uk.youtube.com)

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop? (salon.com)

Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday. (cnn.com)

|environment|

Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks by an Amount Bigger than Alaska in August (planetsave.com)

T. Boone Pickens: Oil Dependence Is One Emergency We Can't Drill Our Way Out Of (sustainablog.org)

Energy Ball - A Cheap And Efficient Wind Turbine (devicedaily.com)

Sea Level Rise May Be Twice More Than Expected (dsc.discovery.com)

Air pollution from Asia blows across the Pacific ocean, affecting people living in the US (star-telegram.com)

PHOTOS: Arctic Ice Shelves Crumbling Rapidly in Canada (news.nationalgeographic.com)

Ancient trees recorded in mines (news.bbc.co.uk)

HP Selling Laptops in Messenger Bags, Eliminating Packaging (sustainablebusiness.com)

|science|

Professor Stephen Hawking could find himself $100 poorer (news.bbc.co.uk)

Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory (nytimes.com)

New cervical cancer test beats pap smear (news.yahoo.com)

The genetic secrets of two of the most deadly cancers have been unlocked by scientists in a breakthrough that paves the way for a host of new treatments. (mailonsunday.co.uk)

Long-life gene that triples chance of living to 100 found (telegraph.co.uk)

We often think about gravity being the strongest force in our daily experience. It isn't. (scienceblogs.com)

If Tesla's plans had come to fruition, .. such towers would have peppered the globe, saturating the planet with free electricity and wireless communication as early as the 1920s (damninteresting.com)

More Evidence That BPA Found In Clear Plastics Impairs Brain Function (medicalnewstoday.com)

Genetic code once written off as meaningless is today show to have played a potential role in the evolution of the human ability to hold tools and walk upright. (telegraph.co.uk)

ow do you turn molten metal into perfect spheres? Just pour it off the roof (popsci.com)

|economics|

Why Rupert Murdoch Owns the News (vanityfair.com)

The entire U.S. economy is as "staged" as the phoniest, most wretchedly obvious attempt to mask a home's true problems. (oftwominds.com)

Murray Rothbard & Strategy: Ron Paul has followed Murray's advice: explain the economic consequences of central banking, and demonstrate that the Fed is a gang of thieves for the power elite. (lewrockwell.com)

In the last 50 years, Average Family Income grew by twice as much under Democrats as Republicans. (graphics8.nytimes.com)

Big Three bailout may be around corner. Again, why are we discussing corporate bailouts/welfare. If they love their capitalism so god damn much, let it work! (money.cnn.com)

The credit crisis comes out of a tension between the broad-middle-class America of our collective imagination and the economically polarized nation we have in fact come to be. (interfluidity.powerblogs.com)

|fun/geek|

John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd (ca.youtube.com)

14 Workstations to Help Ease You Into Becoming a Cyborg (safecomputingtips.com)

20 Unforgettable Works of Environmental Art (ecosalon.com)

Hidden deep within a lush Australian rainforest are a set of mystical Aborigine sculptures seemingly merged into the natural surroundings. Moss covered torsos of men, women and children (environmentalgraffiti.com)

8 Eye-Opening Movies To Remind You That Your Life Isn't So Bad (alwayswatching.org)

The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth (darkroastedblend.com)

Screw the LHC, Check out the Large Helical Device!!! (gizmodo.com)

23 Breathtaking Natural Swimming Pools (thedailygreen.com)

The average person only gets 63 minutes of peace and quiet a day (telegraph.co.uk)

Dammit Pinky (surreality.info)

Thursday is Palin's Speech: Fact Checked

Hello, and Welcome. I'm almost at a loss for words regarding last nights RNC speech. I have reserved this entry for Sarah Palin's nonsense, please inform yourself and stop watching FOX news.


**also, we have invaded Pakistan.
U.S. confirms ground assault against Taliban inside Pakistan. Sept 03, 1:28am (news.yahoo.com)**


**FACT CHECKING**

Factchecking Palin's Speech (cbsnews.com)

Palin's Speech Fact Checked (news.yahoo.com)


Palin Just Delivered One of the Most Tasteless and Petty Acceptance Speeches in Political History [Transcript] (npr.org)


Palin lied when she said that Obama has never passed a single reform (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)

...."At last count, sponsorship of 820 laws in Illinois, and authorship of 152 bills and co-sponsorship of 427 in Washington. The 2007 Ethics Reform bill alone cannot be dismissed as simply non-existent. And since part of Palin's own claim to substance is an ethics reform bill, it seems extremely weird that she should believe that Obama's record is a total zero. You can go look at Obama's State Senate legislative record here. And his US Senate record here. "


Palin didn’t mention Bush once. Neither did Giuliani or Huckabee. Finally, they join us in being ashamed of our president. But voters will remember Bush this year when they’re in the voting booth. (theseminal.com)


Palin: "... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?" - Absolutely Disgusting. (cnn.com)


Palin Delivers Tired, Nasty, Telepromptered 40 Year Old Conservative Rhetoric at RNC (opednews.com)

"Mrs. Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor." (politico.com)

Palin Speech Empty as Her Resume (ourrepublicblog.com)


Palin on 13 Issues: 47 Documented References (thinkprogress.org)


The Hard Questions Remain; Easiest Task for Palin May Have Been Speech (nytimes.com)


Two conservative commentators on MSNBC, after they're off the air, caught saying what they really think about the veep choice. (uk.youtube.com)


This is what community organizers do...They change the world. Block by block, city by city, state by state, nation by nation...So, GOP, meet the community organizers... (dailykos.com)


What is it Republicans hate? Guiliani and Palin both made it pretty clear: community organizing. (boingboing.net)


Organizers Community Organizers Fight Back...demand apology from Alaska governor, say “we’re working to clean up your mess!” (organizersfightback.wordpress.com)


It was stunning that a woman billed as a “Hockey Mom” spent so much time acting just like all the other millionaires and billionaires who took the stage before her - laughing at American citizens. (theseminal.com)


Last year, Palin requested more earmarks per person than any other state -- including some that were criticized by McCain himself. (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)


Palin built her political career on an image as a "reformer," but Alaskan journalists discovered she was committing the same abuses that she was decrying (consortiumnews.com)


CNN's Roland Martin is PISSED -- His parents were community organizers (youtube.com)


If you don't want daugher to be a campaign issue, don't use her as a campaign prop. (news.yahoo.com)


Romney's not so subtle attack on Michelle Obama was slimey and dirtbagish. You did not hear the DNC alluding to Cindy McCain's drug problem, did you? (gopolitico.com)


This was an evening of anger, hate, and spite. The speakers were downright mean, as was the crowd. Ironically, despite being a new face, Palin delivered the message of a tired, old Republican Party. (jedreport.com)


But, the fact is, while she did POST the plane on eBay, she didn't SELL the plane on eBay...the state turned to an aircraft broker, Turbo North Aviation and THEY sold it. (dailykos.com)


Calling your opponent an elitist as you parade around national television wearing $300,000 worth of material: Priceless (politicalnewsline.com)


Steelworkers President To Palin: ‘Stop Using Your Husband’s Membership In The USW As A Prop’ (thinkprogress.org)


8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin (alternet.org)


Sarah Palin and the Environment: She has an extreme anti-conservation record on issues ranging from global warming, energy and drilling to wildlife and habitat protection (defendersactionfund.org)


In a More Diverse America, A Mostly White Convention (washingtonpost.com)


If John McCain can't stand up to Larry King how will he stand up to the terrorist? (optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com)


Jon Stewart on GOP hypocrisy over the VP issue (thedailyshow.com)


"Drill Baby Drill!" vs. "Yes We Can!": The Difference in 3 Words (dailykos.com)


The Palin Affect: Obama hit's 50 percent in the polls for the first time (gallup.com)