An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress. Thirty-five articles were presented by Kucinich to the House of Representatives late Monday evening, airing live on CSPAN… read more | digg story
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There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis, this “Sixth Extinction” is even more severe, and more imminent… [...]
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Using data from the Global Integrity Index, we put a US court’s recent order to block access to anti-corruption site Wikileaks.org into context. In summary: This is unheard of in the West, and has only been seen in a handful of the most repressive regimes. Good thing it doesn’t work very well… read more | [...]
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Cuba’s ailing leader, Fidel Castro has announced he will not return to the presidency in a letter published by official Communist Party paper, Granma. read more | digg story
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The CIA director on Tuesday publicly named for the first time the three suspected al Qaeda detainees who were subjected to the harsh interrogation technique of waterboarding. “It was used on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. It was used on Abu Zubayda, and it was used on [Abd al-Rahim] al-Nashiri,” CIA Director Michael Hayden told a Senate [...]
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Here’s a look at some of the most popular, and therefore not very secret, secret societies. read more | digg story
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A very interesting read. These “supernotes” are not just any fake bills, but a counterfeit so perfect it’s become an international whodunit. The only way to distinguish some of these bills, experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments. About $50 million of the mystery money has been seized since 1989. read [...]
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I know that this is really just a promo-spot on TF for this guy’s book, but I still thought it was a good read. Pirates are innovators, they signal market problems and lead the way to new business models. Nevertheless, they are tagged as thieves by many. We invited Matt Mason, author of the book [...]
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Anna Nicole Smith, Vanessa Hudgens, the iPhone and the Red Sox were all top searches in 2007. See who else made the list… read more | digg story
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Witty and skilled political blogger Jon Swift asks the bloggers on his blogroll for their best post from last year. The resulting collection of almost over 150 blog posts reads like an alphabetically ordered top 153 list of political blog posts of the year. read more | digg story
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