|politics|
Bush Declares National Emergency! (whitehouse.gov)
Bush is trying to impose a classic colonial status on Iraq. US efforts to force Iraqis to swallow permanent vassal status and give up control of their oil echoes British imperial history (guardian.co.uk)
Clinton Makes First Appearance As Obama Surrogate (huffingtonpost.com)
Kucinich tells Congress: "Our nation’s soul is stained because we went to war for the oil companies and their profits." (afterdowningstreet.org)
The 15 Dems Who Tried To Block Telecom Immunity (huffingtonpost.com)
Time for a Grand Inquest Into Bush’s High Crimes (commondreams.org)
Ron Paul: The FISA bill clearly violates the Fourth Amendment by allowing the federal government to engage in the bulk collection of American citizens’ communications without a search warrant. (house.gov)
TSA searching laptops of US citizens returning to this country ... do they think the travelers went overseas to get porn? Shows complete lack of understanding of internet (nytimes.com)
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire (quotationspage.com)
It's official! June 2008 is the worst month since the Great Depression!! (bloomberg.com)
House of Cards - You thought the housing crisis was bad? You ain’t seen nothing yet. (lacitybeat.com)
We're at one of the most important turning points in history, yet we persistently ignore the coming meltdown and just want to party on. Nero would be proud. (canada.com)
The Most Boneheaded Miscalculation Of All Time - Americans are on the losing end of the “biggest transfer of wealth in history,” (dailyreckoning.co.uk)
|science|
Scientists are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has proven to be in mice. (physorg.com)
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus. (sciencedaily.com)
Songbirds in cities are damaging their health, exposing themselves to predators and weakening their gene pool by trying to be heard above the din of urban life. (guardian.co.uk)
The mountain of evidence for evolution just got a bit taller: Fossil of 4-legged fish found.(news.bbc.co.uk)
The Most Extreme Life-Forms in the Universe (space.newscientist.com)
Marijuana contains an amazing chemical, beta-caryophyllene, and scientists have thoroughly proven that it could be used to treat pain, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis. (blog.wired.com)
Drug classification rethink urged, Alcohol more harmful than Cannabis (news.bbc.co.uk)
Revising HIV's History -- New evidence that HIV has been around for at least 100 years (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Gardeners across UK are reaping a bitter harvest of rotten potatoes, withered salads and deformed tomatoes after an industrial herbicide tainted their soil. How the food chain became contaminated. (guardian.co.uk)
Prof. Stephen Hawking has come up with a new idea to explain why the Big Bang of creation led to the vast cosmos that we can see today. (telegraph.co.uk)
Dogs Sniff Out Early-Stage Human Cancer (livescience.com)
Your Brain Lies to You (nytimes.com)
Spray-on Skin Gun Shoots Stem Cells to Heal Wounds In A Matter of Hours (gizmodo.com)
UK: The increase in child protection is so great it is "poisoning" relationships between the generations. Most adults think twice before helping children in distress for fear of consequences. (telegraph.co.uk)
It turns out Massachusetts is once again the top tech-savvy state in the nation beating out California, Texas, and New York. (tech.yahoo.com)
|environment|
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year. (independent.co.uk)
US Fish & Wildlife report on ████████ has been ████████ by the ██████ (commondreams.org)
Molten Salt May Be Solution to Solar Energy Storage (cleantechnica.com)
Volcanoes and hot springs could supply up to 25 per cent of America's power needs, energy experts have said. (telegraph.co.uk)
What the Green Bubble Will Leave Behind (nytimes.com)
Supreme court cuts Exxon fine from $2.5 billion award for Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. Especially crass during the highest oil profits of all time. (breitbart.com)
Benefits of high Gas Prices: End to Sprawl, Better air quality, Less traffic (nytimes.com)
Company unveils 330 lb single seater electric car - The future of transport? (techon.nikkeibp.co.jp)
Government Does it Again:: New Solar Power Projects on U.S. Public Lands Placed on Hold for 2 Years! (treehugger.com)
|fun/geek|
Say hello to .ebay, .obama, .reddit, .xxx, .orly, .hypnotoad... (afp.google.com)
Dubai to build first "shape shifting" skyscraper (news.bbc.co.uk)
Someone America doesn't want us to research. (youtube.com)
"Untraining" The Brain: Meditation and Executive Function (scienceblogs.com)
Hacking Skype: 25 Tips to Improve Your Skype Experience (voip-news.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment