Googlicious

Today Google has a new Halloween Google Logo displayed, here is where they keep all their past logos and even more Google fan logos here. Thank you to Alan for pointing them out.

The Govinator

California Governor's job commission fights conflict of interest disclosure.

Election Watch

Keeping an eye on the hidden hand of corporate interest in the 2004 elections.

The Election Shenanigans Have Begun

The Republican aren't even making a pretense of a legitimate election. They will use whatever it takes to win.

Eminem Stakes His Election Position

Guerrilla News Network

Watch and Listen.

File: Curious Things

Another wonderful site ABOUT ephemera. What's in Jeremy's Wallet?

Breaking an 80 year record of Silence

The New Yorker endorses Kerry.

Greetings from the Shire

It is a fundamentally new creature that bears more of a resemblance to fictional, barefooted hobbits than modern humans.

Visualize Swirled Peas

A friend forwarded this site on the power of positive thinking, I see it as a cute reminder to go out and vote November 2nd.

Occupation

Eric of Emptyself.com and ThinkResponsibly.blogspot.com has a wonderful track on his new web EP EmptySelf entitled Occupation.

Isolationist

International access to the official re-election website of Us President George W. Bush (www.georgewbush.com) has been blocked.

The Clean Slate

I post this because in my opinion the SF Bay Guardian publishes the best voter guide and endorsements for the San Francisco Bay Area. Which means that they think alot like I do, it is very rare that I disagree with them.

Critical Issue!

Whoever wins the presidential election Nov. 2 could reshape the court, the world's most powerful judicial body, in ways that long outlive his presidency.

Hunter's Moon

The pale-white moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red during totality.

Stand up for your Rights

The bipartisan U.S Commission on Civil Rights has released a draft report on the Bush Administration's CR record Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004 (PDF 1.5 MB). It's a pretty scathing indictment

Against the Grain

Is the U.S. prohibiting Iraqi farmers from planting seed they've saved so they have to buy imported seed from big corporations? This report says so.

Some day you just can't get rid of a bomb!

The U.N. nuclear agency warned Monday that insurgents in Iraq may have obtained nearly 400 tons of missing explosives that can be used in the kind of car bomb attacks that have targeted U.S.-led coalition forces for months.

Clash of the Titans

NASA: Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn. Today, Oct. 26, Cassini will pass within 1,200 km (746 miles) of Saturn's giant moon Titan. The historic flyby will be the closest approach to Titan to date.

To the Editor

A new weblog, "Regret the Error," is devoted solely to reporting on newspaper errors. If only Bush/Cheney made such publications.

Playhouse Disney

Viacom and Disney will pay a combined $1.5 million to settle government charges in connection with violating the amount of commercials that kids are exposed to. This links back to a discussion that started on Lisa's blog.