Thursday after the crash

Our server has been down for quite some time. I'm proud to say its back and here are some links!



|politics|


Nine *Republicans* vote FOR impeachment hearings, 10 abstain (dailykos.com)

Kucinich: “I’ve been contacted by representatives of a U.S. ally who are seeking an opportunity to appear before the Judiciary Committee,” (cqpolitics.com)

Bush Invokes Executive Privilege to Shield Cheney's Role in Outing Valerie Plame (huffingtonpost.com)

Kucinich's articles of impeachment just passed another hurdle. Could this thing be for real? (theseminal.com)

The HUGE McCain Blunder No One Knows About....Yet (dailykos.com)

Pat Buchanan: "A Democratic House that came to power denouncing the rush to war on Iraq is about to vote to demand that Bush commit an act of war against Iran." -- WTF? (humanevents.com)

US health care system: Most expensive least effective (you.presscue.com)

Telecom Immunity approved! We fail! (nytimes.com)

Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran (waronyou.com)

There is NO end to the insanity!!!..."Bush Administration Tries to Redefine Contraception as Abortion" (speaker.gov)

CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror watch list. The watch list is more political than about terrorism. It is a million man enemies list. (rawstory.com)

The real legacy of the "Reagan Revolution" (huffingtonpost.com)

Federal Judge Ruling: George W. Bush is a Felon (existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com)

Bush's Banned Interview: An Insight Into Insanity (huffingtonpost.com)

Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale (salon.com)

|environment|

The United States is the Saudi Arabia of wind power - Pickens Plan (pickensplan.com)

Home Solar, Minus the Cost, Effort, Worry (triplepundit.com)

2.6 Million Acres Acceded to Oil Exploration in Alaska (allvoices.com)

Maps of Ocean Wind-Power Potential (cleantechlawandbusiness.com)

Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism - The rise in overt militarism and imperialism at the outset of the twenty-first century. (globalpolicy.org)

There's WHAT in my Soap? The Impact of Your Shower (sustainablog.org)

Something Strange is Happening at the Coldest, Driest Place on Earth (huffingtonpost.com)

Click on the Green Button to Protect 11.4 Square Feet of Rainforest (therainforestsite.com)

9 Hypocrite Environmentalist Celebrities With Huge Carbon Footprints (privatejetsmagazine.com)

Intel invests in thin-film solar maker (eetimes.com)

Would you ride the busycle? (busycle.com)

|science|

Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country despite having the second-highest income per head in the world and spending more on healthcare.
How Mars and Alaska Are Alike (news.yahoo.com)

Water, Water Everywhere on Mars (blog.wired.com)

Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV (scienceblog.com)

The Future of Babies: Artificial Wombs and Pregnant Grandmas - Fetuses will freely float in artificial placentas or uteruses of fluid, with umbilical cords attached to machines.(livescience.com)

Yet another study showing the government was killing us by telling us to eat a low-fat diet (sciencenews.org)

The effects of dementia and memory loss might be reversed by using a device that produces low power infra-red (1072nm) light for just ten minutes a day… Hey, I need one of those. (sciencedaily.com)

A group of Toronto researchers have compiled a body of evidence showing that bookworms have exceptionally strong people skills. (theglobeandmail.com)

Six Myths about the Good Life: Thinking About What Has Value - Reviewed by Samantha Vice (ndpr.nd.edu)

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) was introduced in the 1970s, about the time the obesity epidemic was first taking off. (latimes.com)

|economics|

Status Report on the Collapse of the U.S. Economy (the-peoples-forum.com)

China's Economic Growth "Cools" to Slowest Since 2005 - 10.1% (bloomberg.com)

Is the U.S. Alcoholic, or Merely Schizophrenic? (oftwominds.com)

Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk (arstechnica.com)

Freakonomics coauthor/blogger attempted to correct The Economist, how they responded was fantastic (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)

United States Ranked #48 on the World Wide Press Freedom Index (rsf.org)

|fun/geek|

The Majestic 12 Committee and the Truth About Interplanetary Aliens (naturalplane.blogspot.com)

Stunning time lapse photography. (vimeo.com)

Yo Yo skillz i haz dem. (youtube.com)

David Icke (kevinsconspiracy.googlepages.com)

Guitar Cardio - online guitar exercises (guitarcardio.com)

Infrared film, exposed between dawn and sunrise in high, dry locales will frequently objectify invisible objects of various kinds living in and passing through the atmosphere (youtube.com)