Soetoro '08

COLB?

Randy Pausch

has died. I can only hope to accomplish 1/100th as much as he has accomplished. See Last Lecture.

Send Karl Rove to Jail

Last TED for the day

Yochai Benkler & Billy Graham

Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web

Outsourcing life and living biblically

My outsourced Life - a really entertaining read).

TPMtv: Iraq Back-to-Back

hydrogen cars

are out
- with a funky techno beat.

The Nissan FCV (fuel cell vehicle) is on display at the Science Museum in London. The hydrogen-powered vehicle can drive up to 500km (300 miles) before refilling and has a maximum speed of 150 km/h (95 mph).

and apparently you can make hydrogen at home.

The American Okey-Dokey

Squirm-y

Boy I'm going to miss him

Depressing

Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill And Grants Sweeping Immunity To Phone Companies.

Obama fully caved on this one. He wants to avoid the political attacks, but I think it could have been a point to attack from. Oh well. At lest the ACLU will challenge.

The Ugly American

23%

The survey found public approval of the president's job performance at a new low for a Times/Bloomberg poll: 23%, compared with 73% disapproval.

Wow. 23%.

There is other news there too, like that Obama has a 12 point lead, at this moment.

Filibuster

They couldn't get the hold so it looks like Finegold and Dodd are filibustering the FISA law. At the moment you can see a live streaming video of Dodd filibustering.

My political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49

I like the fact that these results from this test puts me closest to the Dalai Lama.

Just cookie

and something else

The GOP Ralph Nader

Here's hoping he's named Bob Barr.

Ted: bottom billion

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