Thursday is Sunny

Hello! It's warm and sunny outside! Horay for spring. Today is a good day, here's some news!




Bush halts Iraq troop cuts but shortens tours [politics] (reuters.com)

Rep Ron Paul: Gen Petraeus Iraq Surge Hearing [politics] (youtube.com)

Dems Cave Again. $100 Million More for Iraq. [politics] (consortiumnews.com)

Egypt : Up to 50000 people rioting against the governement and it hasn't been reported in western media [politics] (sandmonkey.org)

McCain: I'll Cut Deficits Like Reagan (Who Tripled The Deficit) [politics] (huffingtonpost.com)

China calls Buddhism the "darkest slavery in human history." Their rhetoric is becoming too hostile to be dismissed. [worldnews] (fmprc.gov.cn)

Olympics in 'crisis' over torch relay chaos, IOC admits [worldnews] (timesonline.co.uk)

China accuses Muslim minority group of threatening to sabotage Olympics [worldnews] (nydailynews.com)

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allows for indefinite imprisonment of anyone who speaks out against the government's policies. The law calls for secret trials for citizens and noncitizens alike. [politics] (sfgate.com)

Powers of Life [Graph...sort of] [science] (sphericalcow.org)

A Nation of the Corporations, by the Corporations, for the Corporations [politics] (alternet.org)

Stop The Taxpayer Funded Mortgage Lender Bailout [politics] (nationalbubble.com)

14 Structural Engineers Now Publicly Challenge Government's Explanation for Destruction of the World Trade Center [politics] (georgewashington.blogspot.com)

Federal Reserve Concerned About A Very "Deep Recession" -- It's About Time!! [business] (cnbc.com)

These guys sailed for two straight days out into the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch [science] (nynerd.com)

Mating behaviour: it's written on your face, study says [science] (cbc.ca)

Even the Affluent Trade Sex for Resources, New Study of College Students Shows. Hardwired Behavior, Like Animals? [science] (eurekalert.org)

America's college freshmen are morons despite the Information Age (chronicle.com)

Since Bush came into office the number of Americans on food stamps has increased from 17.2 million to about 28 million. [politics] (spotlightonpoverty.com)

The Color of Plants on Other Worlds [science] (sciam.com)

What if the speed of light—now accepted as one of the unchanging foundations of modern physics—were not constant? [science] (dailygalaxy.com)

Not Using Our Right Brain is Just Not Right [science] (eit.in)

A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting [science] (spectrum.ieee.org)

A fossil animal locked in Lebanese limestone has been shown to be an extremely precious discovery - a snake with two legs. [science] (news.bbc.co.uk)

Grand Canyon Gorge Is 9 Times Older Than Thought [science] (news.nationalgeographic.com)

Zen Habits: Twelve Keys of Emotional Intelligence [happy] (zenhabits.net)

We Have Ways to Make You Happy [happy] (tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com)

Slow parenting: let babies learn to think for themselves [happy] (telegraph.co.uk)

"I work retail and I can tell you something big is definitely coming" [business] (myprops.org)

Catch The Moment (pics) [pics] (funtasticus.com)

Cannabis consumers and producers labeled ‘criminal’ by the gov't; beer industry and consumers celebrate 75th anniversary ending beer prohibition (blog.norml.org)

Must watch: 18 minutes with an agile mind [science] (geeksaresexy.net)