Friday, June 30, 2006

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judge

Jews On First - The Jewish response to attacks on the First Amendment by the Christian right. The First Amendment to the Constitution begins: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… Jews have relied on those few words as the enduring bulwark of our freedom, security and privacy here in the United States. But in recent years, we've witnessed numerous efforts by fundamentalist Christians to erode the First Amendment by imposing their religious values through legislation, executive power, and intimidation.

Compassionate Conservatism

Conservatives disillusioned with Republican unwillingness to cut government spending can at least take heart that the largesse is not being spent on enforcing laws that regulate the private sector.

The question is compassion for who (And since I refuse to concede that corporations are people and thus deserving of legal rights, the question should be compassion for what)?

Two Tickets To Paradise

Bebop - Compare your favorite musicians performance calendar against your iTunes catalogue.

Conservatism Lead To Incompetence

Progressives have fallen into a trap. Emboldened by President Bush’s plummeting approval ratings, progressives increasingly point to Bush's "failures" and label him and his administration as incompetent. For example, Nancy Pelosi said “The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader." Self-satisfying as this criticism may be, it misses the bigger point. Bush’s disasters — Katrina, the Iraq War, the budget deficit — are not so much a testament to his incompetence or a failure of execution. Rather, they are the natural, even inevitable result of his conservative governing philosophy. It is conservatism itself, carried out according to plan, that is at fault. Bush will not be running again, but other conservatives will. His governing philosophy is theirs as well. We should be putting the onus where it belongs, on all conservative office holders and candidates who would lead us off the same cliff.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Money Talks

SCOTUS strikes down campaign finance restrictions. The Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Randall v. Sorrell, striking down limits on campaign contributions and campaign spending imposed by the state of Vermont. The Court, in a fractured opinion (six separate opinions, including two dissents), concluded that restrictions on both contributions and expenditures ran afoul of the First Amendment. More from Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog.

Murphy's Laws

List of adages named after people - From Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics to Ockham's Razor.

Zippity Doo Dah

List of ZIP Codes in the United States

Eye Of The Tiger

wilderness survival - A very informative site for surviving in many different wilderness settings.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Daily Minutiae

Sasha Cagen’s blog about alot of lists

Fit For A King

Supersized Meals - Foodstuffs of Epic Proportions

Really Big Show

A team of astronomers led by the University of Michigan may know how black holes are lighting up the Universe. New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show, for the first time, that powerful magnetic fields are the key to these brilliant and startling light shows.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Double Standard

GOP 'Family Values' Operative Nabbed In Brothel Bust.

Of Course

Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?

Behind The Page

C-SPAN's Book TV, where you can watch interviews and speeches by writers that have been shown on the network.

I Thought You Was Dead

Who is Snake Plissken? - Lieutenant S.D. Bob Plissken, war hero, two purple hearts, Leningrad and Syberia, youngest man to be decorated by the President.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Poor Get Poorer

GOP-Run Senate Kills Minimum Wage Increase

Pocket Money

You can get regular updates on contracts over $5 million awarded to private vendors by the Department of Defense.

Zeroing In

The NPA-NXX Geolocator plots U.S. and Canadian phone numbers on a map.

Hear It All

Daily Sonic - Podcasting daily about news, culture, tech, and more.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Rock And Roll Fantasy

Music Videos From the 80's - Over 1,400 Videos!

Insomnia

12 Ways to Better Sleep

At Your Public Library

Dewey Donation System - Organizes book drives, wish lists, and other donations for public libraries around the United States, including areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Pay Up

Extortr - The most efficient way to blackmail in the world.

Why Watch

Awful Commercials - Ads ridiculed. Lives ruined

A Blue Streak

Radical Russ’s Animated Bush Approval Map.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Morning Glory

Summer Solstice - In 2006, summer began June 21, 8:26 A.M. EDT

Special Forces

Special Operations - A research bibliography from Air University library.

Demolition Man

A Litarary Analysis of Pink Floyd's the Wall by Bret Urick

First Class Ticket

How to make the best paper airplane in the world

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

New And Improved

The Impulsive Buy - Putting the "ew" in review.

Fight Or Flight

Econemisis - Discusses globalization and other factors that impact the global economy. Includes the political and economic risks involved with international trade.

Spandex Ballet

Girl-Wonder is a new site tackling the portrayal of women in comics

Monday, June 19, 2006

We Have Them Too

Nabion - The House of the Prophets of Modern Israel - Messianic Jewish site devoted to modern prophecy and biblical prophecy.

Davy Jones Locker

The International Pirate Society is an organization for all things piratical. Everything from pirate festivals, movies, music, entertainment, anything and everything pirate related and maritime worthy.

Brave New World

Helix is a new Science Fiction magazine on the Internet.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Sleeping Serpant

Serene Dragon - Features sections on dragon origins, tales from around the world, types of dragons from myths to AD&D, and more.

Finger Sports

Finger Football

The Case Of The Secret Cove

A collection of Hardy Boys book cover art.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Elegant Universe

M-Theory: A theory of everything in three hours

Bad Moon Raising

Full moon names and their meanings.

Backroom Fog

Cigar Cyclopedia - Offers detailed information on cigars manufactured and sold worldwide.

Foley For Your Movie

Over 280,000 other files of sound effects.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Monday, June 12, 2006

One World Governement

The Bilderberg Group met last weekend in Ottawa, Canada. Who are they?. What do they do? Conspiracy theories abound.

Travelling Minstrels

Renaissance Festival Music Podcast - "Weekly music and entertainment from Renaissance festivals with Celtic music, Irish folk music, Scottish bagpipes, English folk, Gypsy music, Renaissance music, and comedy from groups performing this week at a faire near you." Programs are archived.

Cryptic Crypto Capers

Famous Unsolved Codes and Ciphers

Where Adventure Begins

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, which premiered on January 6, 1963, took viewers to the far corners of the world and studied wild animals in their natural habitats

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Play By Ear

Sheet Music Consortium

Now You See It

The Magic Gallery - Vintage magic posters and related items from the golden age of magic, 1890 - 1930.

Web Sport

The Web Riddle

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Eat Grilled Cheese Sandwiches?

What do wild animals do when we’re not around? Find out with National Geographic’s Crittercam.

I'm Hungry

Bay Area Bites - Blogging culinary rants and raves from San Francisco/Bay Area foodies and professionals.

She Ran Calling

Real time map of wild fires around the world.

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Friday, June 09, 2006

Enough Events

Eventful - a handy tool to find and publicise events happening where you live.

Dark Habit

Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory

In Harmony

Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush sing “Don't Give Up”

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Digital Landscapes

ASCII Maps

Always Prepared

Mary Yaeger’s embroidered Female merit badges, from Breast feeding to Pregnancy test.

Tag Your It

Streetplay Games

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

You Can Drive My Car

License plates from around the world

Everybody Blogs

Richard Tomlinson is a former spy. Jailed under the Official Secrets Act in 1995 for publishing his memoirs. He's got a blog.

A Pile Of Books

Stuff on my desk - your desk is a statement about you,

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Yo Yo

On National Yo-Yo Day yo-yoers celebrate their skill toy of choice, cheap or expensive, simple or complex, by doing tricks ranging from the easy to learn to the completely mind boggling.

Chopper Time

Library of Congress celebrating 100 years of Harley-Davidson.

Time To Sign

Petiton Spot - Your one spot for all your petition needs.

Take A Drag

CigarettesPedia, a full encyclopedia of cigarettes.

Monday, June 05, 2006

The American Way

Wiki of Wrongdoing - a definitive encyclopedia of George W. Bush's administration's legal, ethical, moral and competency shortcomings.

Transmutation

Alchemy Notebook - This gallery chronicles the creation of a modern notebook of alchemy, full of beautiful illustrations and mystical writing.

Gathering Dust

ArchiveGrid - Searchable database of collection descriptions containing historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Vegetate Online Too

Watch Online TV, or listen to online radio stations, a simple and free way is with live Television channels database is the biggest worldwide. You can watch 900+ live television channels and listen to 3800+ online radio stations, all completely free.

You Are Number Six

Prisoner remake snubs Portmeirion

Bank On It

Karma Bank - Karmabanque provides an online virtual market platform for monetising dissent through 'smart boycotts'

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Ten Hour Battery

New fuel cells in laptops could be the future.

Real Football

A schedule of World Cup games on US television.

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Got Lost?

Let Your Compass Guide You - A site in a series of labyrinthine puzzles that make up The Lost Experience. Crack the code: "Permissum Vestri Complector Rector Vos" and solve the compass riddle for clues to unlock secrets to The Hanso Foundation.

It's Not Easy Being Green

EcoGeek - gadgetry can be green.

Offe To Ye Olde Cantebury

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog - Blogging with the most fresshe and newe postes.