Thursday's a boat show

Hello. What a miserable and melancholia day and week this most likely will be. Drinking is no man's friend and quite possibly could only bring problems. There is only one out there that delights me, but then she leaves me. They mustn't mind, they must let me go to find a site for my retire. Will this war capture your heart or more; and carry you down the shore?


Insect Robot Spies Spotted at Political Rallies (washingtonpost.com)

Jimmy Carter: I Don't Think It. I Know It Certainly. The Bush Administration Tortures. (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)

Giuliani: Worse Than Bush (rollingstone.com)

Our Drinkable Water Supply Is Vanishing: Thanks to global warming, pollution, population growth, and privatization, we are teetering on the edge of a global crisis. (alternet.org)

Pelosi on the 1st Amendment and Protesters: "And if they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering. But because they have 'Impeach Bush' across their chest, it’s the First Amendment..." (weblogs.baltimoresun.com)

Breaking: The State Department may phase out or limit the use of private security guards in Iraq, which could mean canceling Blackwater USA's contract or awarding it to another company in line with an Iraqi government demand, The Associated Press has learned. (news.yahoo.com)

The most powerful microscope in the world has recorded the highest-resolution images ever seen of individual atoms (primidi.com)

European Parliamentary Assembly officially opposes Creationism and intelligent design. Props for Europe! (assembly.coe.int)

"Same team": Both Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich have their unpopular views, but when it comes down to righting the wrongs of the Bush administration, they would do what's right. (en.wikipedia.org)

Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges (news.independent.co.uk)

Kucinich Warns Democrats That if They Don't Use their Congressional Majority to Force Bush to Immediately Withdraw US Troops From Iraq "then they're just as responsible as the President for continuing this illegal and immoral war" (newsandpolicy.com)

Breaking: Democrats might just have some guts after all - Presidential wire-tapping blocked, Congress refuses to grant immunity to telcos (news.yahoo.com)

Ron Paul: "I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn." (ronpaul2008.com)

On Thursday the Times reported that the Bush administration had conspired to circumvent several laws—domestic and international—and provide their henchmen with the legal cover to perpetuate barbaric interrogation techniques. The rest of the mainstream media hardly picked up on the story, and average Americans went about their lives. Where was the outrage? (theseminal.com)

In America, they would have sent in Homeland Security, armed to the teeth, prepared to kill everybody. But in Canada, they sent in a firefighter, an electrician, an admistrative employee and just two policmen. (breitbart.com)

Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who chairs the Senate committee responsible for government oversight, says he has no plans to investigate Blackwater and other Iraq war contractors accused of potentially criminal wrongdoing. (huffingtonpost.com)

Notice a trend: Whenever a Republican gets into office, they charge the national credit card. Big time. They borrow, and borrow, and borrow........... (huffingtonpost.com)

Majority of GOP candidates: The President possessed the the authority to attack Iran, if it posed an imminent threat, without Congressional approval. Ron Paul: "Why don't we just open up the Constitution and read it! This is just war propaganda." (thenation.com)

Bush hands brother Jeb's company questionable $27 mill Katrina pump contract (chron.com)

Remember that Gulfstream II that crashed in the Yucatan two weeks ago? It has real tail numbers (N987SA), was owned by a real company (Donna Blue Aircraft Inc), with real (empty) offices. With six unmarked police cars parked out front. (madcowprod.com)

"Dear Abbey" says: "There should be gay marriage. I believe if two people want to commit to each other, God bless 'em," (examiner.com)

we now arrest one American every 38 seconds on marijuana charges. And we do so at a staggering cost in law enforcement expenses, lost tax revenues, and staggering profits for criminal gangs. (alternet.org)

Ron Paul Pushes Bill (Social Security Preservation Act, HR 219) to Ensure Social Security "Trust Fund" Has Real Assets and to Force Government to Make Honest Accounting on the Fund (newsandpolicy.com)

The Evolution of Language: What Songbirds, Dancing, and Knot-tying Can Tell Us About Why We Speak. (seedmagazine.com)

Desmond Morris: The Clitoris, A-Spot, G-Spot and U-Spot (heretical.com)