Spam and war

Great, I am getting Iraqi reconstruction spam. Hurray for war profiteering. ‘War profiteering’, isn’t that redundant?

Oh how nice! Pentagon: Bush Military Records Destroyed

Bush has declined invitations in each year of his presidency — becoming the first president since Herbert Hoover not to attend an NAACP convention.

The amendment appeared on its way to victory as the roll call’s normal 15-minute time limit expired, but GOP leaders kept the vote open for about 20 more minutes as they persuaded about 10 Republicans who initially supported the provision to change their votes. Patriot Act Wins House Vote

Remember how Florida won’t recount electronic voting machines? Well, it looks like the machines have some major problems.

GOP helping out Nader again.

Interesting read at Slate: The real reason to oppose the minimum wage.

The World Court said Israel’s barrier in the West Bank should be torn down and called on the United Nations Friday to stop a project it said had illegally imposed hardship on thousands of Palestinians. “tantamount to annexation” Guess who Israel is going to ask to veto all of this stuff? And people wonder why they think of the US and Isreal as the same thing.

CNBC looks at the next wave of airline bankruptcies

Why your electricity bills are soaring – You are using more, and it is deregulated. Thank god the free market fixes everything, haha. We need to look into efficient electronics before we start to think of using solar.

Should science tell the truth? You’d think that question would need no answer. But in the vortex known as Washington, DC, the obvious too often gets bent.

Wired takes a look at Alberta’s oil sands.

Harlem of the West: Historic Downtown San Diego Community