Thursday is Imagined

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one. Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one!


Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything (telegraph.co.uk)

Here is Surfer dude's actual paper, "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" [science] (arxiv.org)

Surfer Dude's paper gets ripped by some Czech Dude with real background. [science] (motls.blogspot.com)

Alternative Medicine - By Nathan Hiett [science] (stargoss.co.uk)

Evidence that Bush was planning to invade Iraq within 3 weeks of 9-11 [politics] (dailykos.com)

Swarm intelligence: americans spend a 3.7 billion hours a year in congested traffic., but you will never see ants stuck in gridlock [science] (nytimes.com)

FBI and Secret Service agents raided the Liberty Dollar office in Evansville (rabidquill.com)

A new study finds that a sense of moral superiority can lead to unethical acts, such as cheating (livescience.com)

Space Hasn't yet Been Weaponized But it is Already Highly Militarized, Thanks to a Commission Started by Rumsfeld and the Money-Hungry Arms Industry... [politics] (alternet.org)

What A Fearless Journalist Looks Like. (At 95 yrs old, This Pulitzer Prize Winner has been Blacklisted, Wiretapped & Censored, but He Hasn't Lost his Fighting Spirit.) [politics] (alternet.org)

The Bush Administration Plans to Blame You for Iraq [politics] (alternet.org)

That's rich. The president's ideologically-driven policies have bankrupted America, both financially and morally, and you and I are insane for being vocal about it? [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

It's Better To Drink Beer After Exercise Than Water [science] (clevelandleader.com)

Experiments in Microevolution: Artificial selection in the lab [science] (evolution.berkeley.edu)

DEA Admits 98% Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is Actually Wild Hemp [politics] (norml.org)

Proof that new species can arise without geographic barriers [science] (scientistlive.com)

Nanosolar’s manufacturing process allows it to create [solar] cells that are as efficient as most commercial cells for as little as 30 cents a watt. “You’re talking about printing rolls of the stuff” [science] (popsci.com)

Barack Obama, if elected, will appoint a National "Chief Technology Officer" to encourage open meetings, live webcasts, and use blogging software, wikis and open comments [politics] (venturebeat.com)

Bush to (Finally) Allow Investigation into Warrantless Wiretap Program [politics] (nytimes.com)

Bush Vetoes $150 Billion Education and Healthcare Spending Bill, says it is Pork, Approves $459 Billion Dollar Military Spending Bill [politics] (nytimes.com)

Strangest toys you will ever see... (cracked.com)

I'm speechless - this picture speaks volumes [politics] (democraticunderground.com)

Federal judge orders White House to stop destroying backup copies of e-mails. [politics] (reuters.com)

DrugReporter: Blackwater Mercenaries Poised to Get Fat New Pentagon Contract for "Drug War" [politics] (alternet.org)

Bush wars have cost the average family $20,000 [politics] (rawstory.com)

Late last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force" to extract it. [politics] (theagitator.com)

Who, exactly, are we fighting in Iraq? Why are we there? We aren't fighting the Sunnis, or the Shias or the Kurds. And Al Qaeda in Iraq is Dead and Buried (alternet.org)

Liberals are much more likely than conservatives to listen to commentary and entertainment with which they disagree philosophically. (learcenter.org)

A Hidden Cost of Bush's Wars : Suicide Rate Among Soldiers has now Reached a 26-yr Record High. Army insists No Relation between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide.. (alternet.org)