Monday is no drive at all whatsoever.

Good morning and good day. Here is a link blog.


|politics|

Bush’s Last Hurrah? Record Arms Sales, War in Pakistan and More Threats to Iran (firedoglake.com)

Kucinich: Over 2 million Americans have signed petitions demanding impeachment, making it one of the greatest exercises in grassroots democracy in recent times (afterdowningstreet.org)

CHARLIE GIBSON: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? SARAH PALIN: In what respect, Charlie? GIBSON: What do you interpret it to be? PALIN: You mean his world view? GIBSON: Um, no. (abcnews.go.com)

Wikileaks obtains 10 years of messages, interviews from Osama bin Laden translated by CIA (en.wikinews.org)

McCain's campaign caught red-handed lying about Obama: This Is How You Stick It To Lying Republican Hacks (jedreport.com)

Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Palin interview...this guy is so on the money! (youtube.com)

Barack Obama v. Bill O'Reilly - Part 3 - 9/9/08 (uk.youtube.com)

Barack Obama v. Bill O'Reilly - Part 4 - 9/10/08 (uk.youtube.com)



|world news|

All 22 Countries Surveyed by BBC would rather see Obama president, by a Margin of 4:1 (news.bbc.co.uk)

"There is no such organisation as ‘Al Qaeda’. The spooks know this, Cabinet Ministers know this and so do the ‘security correspondents" (dailymail.co.uk)

"About 60 countries get annual military aid from the United States, $4.5 billion a year, to help them buy American weapons" (iht.com)

Who runs Russia? Getting to the bottom of the shadowy depths of Kremlin decision-making is tricky. (news.bbc.co.uk)

"About two weeks ago, Putin gave [CNN] an exclusive 30-minute interview. And you know what happened? Nothing. It was never allowed to air." (exiledonline.com)

American intelligence confirms that the latest military actions in South Ossetia were started by Georgia and Russia’s position in the conflict was correct (kommersant.com)

Pakistan deploys F-16s which US gave them against US' Predator drones (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

|environment|

Last year, we spent more on Poland Spring, Fiji Water, Evian, Aquafina, and Dasani than we spent on iPods or movie tickets--$15 billion (fastcompany.com)

Climate Refugees: A 21st Century Challenge (ecoworldly.com)

Inefficient and environmentally damaging, the corn-ethanol boondoggle will nonetheless be hard to stop. (e360.yale.edu)

Less than 8% of world's forests are protected - 20 beautiful examples (webecoist.com)

"Our oceans carry less than a tenth the number of fish they once held, yet few of us have any sense that something is wrong." (good.is)

|science|

Simple powder to beat 2,400 genetic diseases goes on sale in two years (dailymail.co.uk)

Born to Run: What Humans Really Evolved to Do (discovermagazine.com)

The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. (google.it)

The Next Internet: Geotagged everything pops up on your phone. Tonchidot, a Japanese startup, is a hit at TechCrunch50. Very cool. (timesonline.typepad.com)

Prof Stephen Hawking is to unveil a remarkable £500,000 clock with no hands that pays tribute to the world's greatest clockmaker. (telegraph.co.uk)

7 Wonders of Modern Engineering (zmescience.com)

Video That Explains How The Large Hadron Collider Works (popgive.com)

ABC News: Scientists fight to study pot's benefits (abcnews.go.com)

The Origins of High Fructose Corn Syrup (grist.org)

|economics|

Lehman Bankrupcy: 613 Billion in Debts, mostly owed to banks from Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Singapore and Taipei. (money.cnn.com)

Emergency measures: ECB injects 30 B Euros, BofE injects 9 B Pounds, in effort to help stabilize world financial system. (nytimes.com)

Merrill Lynch is no more, purchased by Bank of America for $50 billion or $29 a share (online.wsj.com)

`Tectonic' Shift on Wall Street as Lehman Fails, Merrill Sold (bloomberg.com)

Dow futures down over 300 points ... get ready for a "Black" Monday (money.cnn.com)

"In other words, instead of deleveraging, the banks have just shifted a chunk of their risk to the central bank. As spectacular as this weekend was, more drama is on the way." (economist.com)

China may cut its dollar holdings (chinadaily.com.cn)

|fun/geek|

Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL (huffingtonpost.com)

Daaaaamn. These guys are nuts. Two skateboarders in powder blue suits hauling ass down the longest hill I've ever seen. Skip to 2:20 if you want to get right to the action. (vimeo.com)

Why We Drink - cool stream of consciousness vid (current.com)

Mac. Nobody gives a shit. (images.encyclopediadramatica.com)

Computer Cases Modded to the Max! (gadgetsarecool.com)

Dangerous Knowledge: A documentary about famous mathematicians/scientists, and the problems that drove them insane (video.google.com)