Thursday is a Fire

It's time to get out of work and celebrate the holidays~~!


Fire at Old Executive Office Building at White House (npr.org)

"We are no longer citizens of the United States of America" - Native American state of 72,000 people declares independence from the US - 'claim legal under treaties with Government' (afp.google.com)

The best indicator of how seriously this White House is involved in a political scandal may be how emphatically it refuses to comment. [politics] (washingtonpost.com)

Lets call the destruction of CIA tapes what it is: an attempt to cover-up the truth and keep damning information out of the hands of the press. [politics] (whitehouser.com)

CNN Has Joined With Fox News In Disseminating Propaganda And Betraying America [politics] (opednews.com)

The American Empire might be one of the worst kinds, because its citizens tend to view themselves as free and, hence, its coercive actions as benevolent [politics] (strike-the-root.com)

Iraqis take back the streets: Shias join Sunnis in Neighbourhood Patrols to Tackle Militants & Reunite Communities in Baghdad [politics] (guardian.co.uk)

Food prices soaring in America (money.cnn.com)

Blackwater: a summary of what Americans are paying for with their tax dollars [politics] (chycho.com)

Engineers Develop Technology To See Through Walls [science] (sciencedaily.com)

2-D Invisibility Cloak For Visible Light Created [science] (sciencedaily.com)

Goldman Sachs Shorted subprime Paper it Was Selling (nytimes.com)

Virgin or Slut: Pick One (alternet.org)

NASA - Christmas Eve is the brightest, highest-riding full moon until the year 2023. [science] (science.nasa.gov)

Mars had large oceans. [science] (msnbc.msn.com)

It's Time to Legalize Drugs: Rhetoric Should Not be Driving Drug Policy. Legalization would strip addiction down to what it really is: a health issue. [politics] (alternet.org)

Moon is younger and more Earth-like than thought [science] (space.newscientist.com)

Missing Link to Sea Mammals Found [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Man's Skin Turns Dark Blue (spluch.blogspot.com)

Li-ion battery capacity increased 10x by Stanford researchers with nano-wire based anode: Paves way for electric cars & 20-hour laptop batteries (sciencedaily.com)