Bush Asking for $200 BILLION for Iraq War for 2008 Alone
After smothering efforts by war critics in Congress to drastically cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq, President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to approve another massive spending measure — totaling nearly $200 billion — to fund the war through next year, Pentagon officials said.
Japanese Atlantis: 5,000 year old city beneath the sea.
Submerged beneath the ocean off Yonaguni Jima is a Japanese Atlantis
—an ancient city sunk by an earthquake about 2,000 years ago, according to marine geologist Masaaki Kimura.
92 Square Miles of Solar Panels Could Power the USA
The stigma of solar only as one of many solutions needed to satisfy our energy needs may not be true. David Mills, chairman and chief scientific officer of solar company Ausra, presented a paper at the International Solar Energy Society conference saying that solar thermal plants could indeed solve all of our energy problems.
Supertall skyscraper for San Francisco
The Pelli proposal if realised in its current design will be 1200 feet or 365.7 metres tall and have a 5.6 acre park standing atop of the new transport terminal. It’s design is typically Pelli with a gradually tapering glass skinned skyscraper and facade overrun for a crown resembling a smoother version of Hong Kong’s International Finance Centre.
America’s Worst Nightmare: President Giuliani
“He is a liberal that likes to hurt people. I tell you the truth, Rudy Giuliani scares me far more than Hillary Clinton does. Far more. I’ll say it right here: if the 2008 Presidential election comes down to Hillary vs. Giuliani, Hillary is the ‘lesser of two evils.’ That’s how bad Giuliani is.”
Feds Probe Blackwater Weapons Smuggling in Iraq.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.
Class Action Suit Hopes To Sue “A La Carte Cable” Into Existance
A new class action lawsuit accuses the cable and satellite industries of acting illegally by only selling channels in bundles in order to milk customers. If Congress won’t do it, this lawsuit might.
Vista still lacks the gaming performance of XP
Vista is still lagging behind in XP when it comes to performance of the system, some would say general performance is affected as well but gaming performance takes a bigger hit.
Senator Confirms: Bush Used False Terror Threat to Ram New Spy Legislation
Senator Harmon alleged that the administration knowingly hyped a false threat of terrorism against the nation’s capitol to effectively terrorize Senators into passing broad and unchecked spy powers. The moment the bill passed, the “threat” was discredited. Just curious: does conspiracy to defraud and terrorize Congress count as treason anymore?
Dan Rather: ‘Democracy may not survive’ with government interference in new
“Somebody, sometime has got to take a stand and say democracy cannot survive, much less thrive with the level of big corporate and big government interference and intimidation in news.”
Why net neutrality is important [pic]
A pretty accurate representation of a worst case scenario (or is there worse?).
Bush to grant himself and entire administration immunity for war crimes-CNN
Bush tries to grant himself and entire administration immunity for war crimes dating back to 9/11/01 (Prisoner abuse, torture, illegal acts). Hidden in Senate Bill. The little friggin weasel,
