oldephartte(in training): My Opera Opit's LinkFest

26 May - Surfing Finds

Monday, 26. May 2008, 20:15:24

By the Sewers of Babylon
The Daily Howler
Klein plays the fool !
Brainwashing America
Scenes from the Tar Wars
Inside a Louisiana company's chemical spy op
The Big Farm Scam
The U.S.dollar hits an oil slick
How to Rule the World after Bush
Cryptogon
Whither the price of oil ? ( Futures market thinks this is a 'price bubble'; Iran having trouble selling its oil )
Teenage student isolates microbe that breaks down plastic ( Nice backgrounder )
New Zeland : business booming for debt collectors
Energy fears looming, new survvalists prepare
California home prices drop 32% amid foreclosures
U.S. rice farmers want class action against Bayer
Student researching al-Qaeda tactics held for six days ( How do you research a sham problem - foreign meddling ? Sham in the sense foreigners won't be 'solving' it at least. )
British to outlaw discrimination against military
Needlenose
War Brides ( War Widows Club )
Sistani : a beard full of "Hell No" on U.S. bases ?
Politicians fiddle while the oceans burn
Moue Magazine
Link roundup : Memorial Day Edition ( + stats fragging 'Support the Troops' )
Fox News jokes about an Obama assassination
Why Pakistan gets a nuclear pass
Israel has 150 nuclear weapons
Greetings Earthlings
The benefit of bifocal thought
"how a 'win-win' situation could be best obtained from a two-party negotiation"
( Heh. Negotiation occurs when both parties are convinced they will lose. )
Can we get it together on planet Earth ? cultural divergance
When the message matters - communicating importance
Ideology - first thoughts on peception and belief
Feeding your mind - RSS links in sidebar
Blogging for dissidents
Avoiding human rights
Rights and obligations - domestic helpers in Hong Kong
Lack of forgiveness can affect our health

29 May - Signs of the Times

Thursday, 29. May 2008, 22:24:39

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Rocket fuel, pesticides and pharmaceuticals swirl in America's troubled waters
Continuity of government and the ENDGAME scenario
The Existentialist Cowboy
The real reason Fox is upset with Hillary
Scott McClellan : Bush misled Americans to go to war
Evidence that Bush will cancel elections and declare martial law
Karl Rove : Best at the Worst
While Bush drags U.S. into Dark Ages other nations forge ahead
Arresting John Bolton
Terrorism and the New World Order
Station Charon
"Can You Say 'Coup d'Etat' ?"
September 11,2001 The day the reset button was hit on over two centuries of American history and allowed for new doctrines of preemptive war, the domestic police state and the codifying of torture into the law of the land.
How to Seize a Country
A Clean Break : a new stategy for securing the realm
Targets mean police focus on minor crime
Money Laundering and the dirty truth
Writedowns push CIBC to $1.1 Bn loss
Cluster bomb ban, rejected by U.S., to be adopted in treaty
Google Earth now viewable in web browsers
Iraq's ancient tablets to get new, virtual life
Satellites, beekeepers track climate change response
Doug's Darkworld
Mystery object spotted on Mars
We could have won Vietnam
Through thick and thin - history repeats itelf again

31 May - Evening Views

Saturday, 31. May 2008, 22:52:13

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Who's the superpower now ?
Mel Hurtig - the truth about Canada podcast
China evacuates 197,000 as quake rivers swell ( FEMA nowhere to be seen )
Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors home
No Doubt About It
McCain redux - Mr. 'Straight Talk' has a lot of splainin' to do
( This is more complete than is convenient to precis )
Israeli nukes - like we didn't know
The hidden chemical in cans ( bisphenol A )
Scott McClellan hits White House in new book
Resign Bush Cheney
Your ISP may be selling your web clicks
Obama's security detail
Solar cooking
Jesus' General
Lanny Davis on why Liberals are anti-Semites
Department of Book Reports 70 : Crazy School
The Trojan Horse of Bulging Gayness
FEMA's naked ladies
DFo Androids Dream of Electric O'Reilleys ( How about eclectic sheep ? )
McUlysses
Memoriable Day ( contrast )
Blood and Roots, Blut & Boden : American racism rearing its ugly head
Nationally sold kids' comic called 'Training Manual for next Pogrom against Jews'
Elephant paints self portrait
Academe's Dirty Little Secret
The Social Bookmarking Frenzy
A Moveable Feast : the Del.icio.us web
Fever can unlock autism's grip ( temporarily )
Oil bubble could prove threat to pension funds
BlueBloggin
Sen. Bill Nelson makes false statement to DNC committee
The leaky Bush - Probable Cause for Treason
That awful sucking sound "We don't know what we paid for in Iraq" : U.S. paying its allies to fight war in Iraq
WAR - who still believes in Bush
Can wounded soldiers vote ? No, Maybe, Well OK
Lead exposure linked to violent crime, brain changes
Eco-Diary Rescue 5.31
Informational Post - Articles / 'Daily Kos Environmentalists' **
Solar charged lawnmower
Green globetrotting with Ecofabulous
An Immodest Proposal for winning and ending the War on Terror
Democracy for America
Existentialist Cowboy
Bush tells another bald-faced whopper, claims he has 'laid foundation of peace !'
Garling Gauge
Pelosi threatens to interfere in nomination process
Military recruits thousands more warbots for new unmanned surge
Free game hopes to save gorillas
The link between voter fraud and restrictive ID Hat Tip Over the line, Smokey !
US Attorney scandal was about voter suppression
Drop the Cuba embargo !!
fma7
Mind detox XIX : Cyrano's Journal Online
Mind detox XVIII
( List of articles with introductions. This blogger is a buddy who was out of circulation for a while; another opinionated Canuck - with vitriol and facts )
A debate on U.S. actions in the Balkans, the independence of Kosovo, Iraq Sanctions and Humanitarian Intervention
( The way it's often done today, humanitarian invention would be apropos. The Wes Clark info is worth chasing down. )
Canada is the security blanket for American motorists and power companies
Tony Blair's leap of faith
Cloistered shame in Israel

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21 April News Picks

Monday, 21. April 2008, 12:03:40

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Brown acts to head off tax revolt
French Fries, Dixie Chicks and ABC : a frightening revelation
Rove watch clock : It's been 75 days since Fox failed to identify Rove as a McCain advisor
McCain gets facts wrong again - says Sadr - not Maliki - asked for 'ceasefire'
Iraqi travel to Iran to persuade Sadr to order ceasefire March 30
The $3 Trillion War
Dar Fur stars make music in Israel
Angry Kenyan : We are dying for nothing
McClatchey Cartoons
How scientific gains abroad may pay off in the U.S.
Booming birds face bust times
Coal stocks leap
Companies to Watch in Green Tech : Recycling
'Free' DTV converter boxes can't be returned ?
Workers' Edge
Remove unnecessary auto start apps that won't go away
Work with PDF files sans Adobe Acrobat
New Outlook Add-On cuts through the inbox clutter
Dig deeper into Windows to find the source of problems
Digital Axle
Where are all the lovely ladies?
Facebook on my phone and other Tomfollery
Business or Pleasure ? Online social networks and the choice ahead
Portals may suffer as Search on Social Networks becomes less lame
For political news, cable is now king
After six decades, Paraguay's ruling party loses presidency

21 April RSS Recap

Monday, 21. April 2008, 16:25:48

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Bank of America profits nosedive
Judges deny some crack convicts help on their sentencesypochris nails the injustice in comments
Think to bring all-electric cars to U.S. next year
Ethanol pumped in all states, but not everyone sold on it
( ? I'd say there was a perceptable increase in mileage when I went to mid-grade and high octane - improved performance in rice-grinders and less problem with moisture in winter. For me there was no signicant bottom-line cost difference with 5-10% ethanol after allowing a few pennies/liter higher price . )
The World's Most Innovative Companies
China's love for big cars leads to U.S. - type remedies
( Europeans have faced higher prices at the pump for a long time ; and get higher performance with lower displacement. However, China may have the longer travel distances of the U.S., where lower rpm/larger displacement usually equals less wear. Making cars uses energy too. )
Google takes Street View to Europ - in 3 D ?
Windows Vista just can't catch a break
Free download turns Smartphone into Wi-Fi hotspot
Top five reasons a content management company will go out of business
How I helped move a company to Mexico
TEN PERCENT
Ethiopia learning from its imperial master - invades Somalia with U.S. support
Pro-Israel group on Wiki fiddle
Nasser Zarafshan - the third side also exists
Bear, woods, etc. "the idea that a rich ex-military officer represents an unbiased source remains unchallenged"
Rapists destroy evidence
"Life is so pleasant in polite-euphamisms-obscuring-blood-spattered-sex-torture world"
Exit polls - left win in Paraguay
Lose Ben Stein money - how corporate censorship works
Paraguay rejecting 61 years of rightists
Mass graves in Canada
The Military-Industrial-Media Complex
Harry Potter case illustrates muddled Web copyright laws
NBC knows mixing ads into web shows is risky
Social networks prepare own music services
Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan
HD enthusiasts crying foul over cable TV's crunched signals
ECB's Trichet says "Market correction is not over"
Crude oil rises above $117 as attackers cut Nigerian supply
The Blue State
Michael Moore endorses Obama
PA polling data - the day before
It's all about the media's portrayal of Hillary's chances ( electioneering horserace )
The Existentialist Cowboy
BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE, PART VI : THE GOVERNMENT PLACES ITSELF ABOVE THE LAW
"A stolen election
A false-flag attack
A war begun upon a pack of lies
Rule by Decree
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
The Unitary Executive
Bush becomes 'The State' "
Trademark tactics of CIA destabilization
The US becomes the world's biggest terrorist nation
The government denies 'due process of law'
Ideas that have harmed mankind
Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution
WHY NEWT GINGRICH IS DEAD WRONG ABOUT OUR RIGHTS, BUSH, AND THE CONSTITUTION
"Of al Qaeda and Bush, Bush is the larger threat to the lives and rights of the people and the Constitution."
BUSH'S CONSPIRACY TO CREATE AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE; PART V : PUBLIC OPINION BECOMES IRRELEVANT
"Media fixation with every aspect of politics but issues is evidence of insidious media cynicism, an entrenched belief that Americans will not read or understand a story unless it has star quality and celebrity in it. Media fixation with every aspect of politics but issues is also evidence of media that is either out of touch or under the control of the corporate establishment. In the end, public opinion will have missed the point and will not matter."
What to do if you get negative online attacks
COMMENTS FROM LEFT FIELD
Homeland security : caring for the wealthy and connected since 2002
McCain subscibes to the Gibsonian School of Economics
Both Democrats face financial woes
Because "Bring It On !" was already taken
"With the people who run our country, I am really surprised we're not in more wars, and more people don't hate our guts."
When will the minutiae stop ?
McCain and self-control
The media uses Pentagon-prepped military 'analysts' to spread disinformation on war
Pravda, anyone ?
California schools asking parents for money to continue running
Welcome to the Circular Firing Squad
It's all in our heads - McCain on the economy
Fear Monger in Chief
Meta blogging : thanks to Bill Scher
On Jack Bauer and U.S. interrogation policy
( torture is not interrogation )
Gibsonian Democrats
( Forgetting the 'Benefits' part of Cost-Benefit Analysis. Like trying to run a General Ledger with only Liabilities, no Assets )
Elizabeth Edwards on health care : This is not a 'cheap shot'; it is potentially life and death ( Potentially ? )
Playing Defense
Maybe it is time to panic
Understanding media watchdogs
AllBookmarks sports new interface for Mac

21 April - Evening Picks

Monday, 21. April 2008, 19:25:50

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Tories overspent on election by $1 million : raid on HQ Canada
Running out of planet to exploit
Why Bother ? Green Living
Dump the plastic, save the sea
12 important U.S. laws every blogger needs to know
Cool your house with chemical reactions
More convicts enlisting in Army, Marines
( What would it imply if they were being actively selected for their predispositions and attitudes ? )
BLUE GIRL RED STATE
( Both of these bloggers know how to go about cataloguing events and editorializing upon them : today's posts include stunners by a team not noted as being dull. )
Veteran's Administration HID Suicides - a follow up ( where things are many times worse than was admitted : a systematic VA cover-up )
The delusions of Alphonso Jackson ( get out of town before indictments hit )
I guess common sense means nothing... ( taking a box of ammo on an aircraft - going to Russia )
When the Generals lied - LTG Thomas McInerney - Fox 'News Analyst' - with Board of Directors appointments - one of which was for a company working almost exclusively for DoD
Notes on his abysmal performance at strategic assessment
Nightowl Newswrap Ethiopia shelling a residential area in Mogadishu
Q & A with David Barstow The 'military analysts' story and the fight to get the information
False Pretenses
Before Medicare, sticker shock and rejection
Teaching with Wikipedia
All the news that's fit to print outWikipedia
Ironic Sans
Photographer's blog with articles : Video Store Clerk

22 April - Late Links

Monday, 21. April 2008, 23:43:26

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Progress towards public access to science
The Toxic origins of disease
Microsoft's "Chain of Trust"
The toxic origins of disease
( 'Soft drinks' are acids contained in plastic. Do they leach anything from their container ? You do remember Coke has applications as a cleaning agent. )
Gene-Environment interaction in Yeast Gene Expression
( Aren't you glad not to be tied up with understanding ailments associated with the gut ? A diet high in sugar grows lots of yeast : an imbalance which can be hard to diagnose for an ordinary person caught up with bad dietary practice; i.e. almost everyone on a 'Western' diet. Plus - not all microbial stews which digest food are the same. It isn't just the human genome - or diet - which is variable.)
Host PRP glycosylation : a major factor determining the outcome of prion infection a.k.a. Jacobs-Cruzfeld in humans, 'Mad Cow' in bovines. As an aside, I'm recalling a British farmer's hypothesis that there was a relationship involving magnesium levels in soil [ from fertilizer ] and agricultural chemicals - as the condition isn't properly understood as an infection.
The Bush Administration Propaganda How-To
Five tips for better photo composition
Obsidian Wings
April 19 OK, Now I Care
"Audio of Hillary's comments at a small fundraiser" Oh. Now that's candor ( and understatement on my part )
Scary stuff McCain's economic platform - tax cuts
I Don't Care ( about the working class )
Spin the Globe
lifestreaming another view
crowdstatus.com

22 April Quick Picks

Tuesday, 22. April 2008, 23:03:15

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Little Vertical Axis Wind Turbine System
Wikileaks busts Gitmo propaganda team
Sad story of female Iraqi refugees
Hunger pains for Mubarak
Some scary water stats from an expert
Scandia's second crack at fuel-air stun grenade
Pine Belt Progressive
The Inevitable FLDS Post
Torture and Torturers
Food Crisis Explained ?
Blue Girl Red State
Who are these people ? ( the 28% )
Brilliant campaign strategy there, John !
Megan McArdle tries to get one right ( Pale Rider's tag : patronizing bullshit )
A bit of redemption for Richard Myers ?
The Green Light
The military 'leveraging' of cultural knowledge - lessons learned in Mosul
Crisis in Tibet
BlueBloggin
Not a recession, just a slowdown, oil still pricey...no connection, Mr. Bush ?
VA caught in Suicide coverup
Clinton New Ad...Be Afraid, be very afraid
( Sorta reminds one how to figure out who tells the truth...and who plies crap )
Bush #41 let Saddam invade Kuwait according to plan
( There are still some surprises around. Some fill-in-the-blanks from India. )
Ten Percent
Uribe family values - Colombia
RIP Rosario Sanchez
'Lucky' is an understatement
Manchester !
U.S. undercover psyops
( Tom outing that which has been denied - with enthusiasm )