Thursday for peace

Ah, peaceful Thursday. The true last day of the work week, because who actually cares about work on Fridays? Any who, I'm just going to get right into it.


"Nervous CBS executives capitulated in order to "pacify the [Bush] White House," "appease angry government officials," and "curry favor with the Bush administration." (mediamatters.org)

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Because Americans should know who they are going to bomb in the near future. (news.yahoo.com)

Ahmadinejad met with a group of Jewish rabbis who gave him a silver grail as a sign of friendship, and refered to him as "A pious man who is seeking to restore peace in the world and has humanitarian plans." - Apparently this wasn't covered by main stream media.. (democraticunderground.com)

Why is the US suddenly interested in "democracy" for Burma? Hint: The country "may have the largest natural gas deposits in Southeast Asia". (hrw.org)

Less than a month before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam signaled that he was willing to go into exile as long as he could take with him $1 billion and information on weapons of mass destruction, according to a 2003 report (washingtonpost.com)

Saddam asked Bush $1 billion for exile 1 month before Iraq invasion (kewlreport.com)

Right-wing warriors who crave war with Iran have suddenly developed an extremely profound and sincere concern for gay Iranians and their rights. (salon.com)

ATTENTION Escorts, Strippers, Waiters, Waitresses & Pizza Delivery People! Ron Paul has introduced the Tax Free Tips Act! With this signed into law anyone working in the service industry would no longer have to pay taxes on or declare your tips! (ronpaullibrary.org)

Court Strikes Down 2 Key Patriot Act Provisions (blog.wired.com)

Anyone sick of the endless rhetoric about bravery and heroes that passes for political discourse these days should take a look at the real thing -- the extraordinary uprising going into its second week by the monks of Myanmar. (huffingtonpost.com)

Giuliani Party Seeks $9.11 Per Person (breitbart.com)

Chomsky on Cold War II (zmag.org)

The reality is we are fast approaching a genuine surveillance society in the United States - a dark future where our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is recorded, compiled, and stored away, ready to be examined and used against us by the authorities whenever they want. (aclu.org)

Van Gogh on how to do good work: "you have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink your coffee in peace." (reuters.com)

Alcohol and cancer: is drinking the new smoking? (eurekalert.org) +

Growth Rates for Algae Biofuel from Power Plants Released (biofuelreview.com)