Bush Should Be Impeached

The president and vice president have artfully dodged the central question: Did the administration mislead us into war by manipulating and misstating intelligence concerning weapons of mass destruction and alleged ties to Al Qaeda, suppressing contrary intelligence, and deliberately exaggerating the danger a contained, weakened Iraq posed to the United States and its neighbors?"If this is answered affirmatively Bush and Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors." It is time for Congress to investigate the illegal Iraq war as we move toward the third year of the endless quagmire that many security experts believe jeopardizes US safety by recruiting and training more terrorists. A Resolution of Impeachment would be a first step. Based on the mountains of fabrications, deceptions, and lies, it is time to debate the I" word.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/05/31/the_i_word?mode=PF

New Trek Film In A Couple Years

Star Trek franchise head Rick Berman recently made the first mention of a possible timeframe for the next Trek feature film, saying fans shouldnt expect a movie in the very near future. "I think that if this film is made it certainly wont get finished in the next year," Berman told Ian Spelling, for the British Star Trek Magazine (via the Sci-Fi Pulse). And although Berman didnt specify exactly when a new Trek movie could arrive in theatres, he did hint at what timeframe he would personally like to be aiming for. "If it gets done in two years or three years I think that timeframe for a new, fresh feature with a whole different outlook would be fine."
http://www.trektoday.com/news/280505_01.shtml

Condom Reef Discovered

Oceanographic scientists say they have discovered a vast, floating "reef" of the worlds disposed condoms in the middle of the South Pacific, about halfway between Tahiti and Antarctica. The phenomenal mass is almost two miles long, an eighth of a mile wide, and in places up to 60 feet deep, the oceanographers say.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/thursday.handleigh/unusual/other/condom-reef.htm

U.S. living beyond means, Dodge warns

Bank of Canada governor David Dodge offered a bankerly rebuke to the United States on Monday for its borrow-and-spendthrift ways, which he suggested are a threat to world economic stability.
Less directly, he chided nations such as China for rigging their currencies to boost exports while building up larger and larger foreign-exchange reserves, creating a lopsided world in which Asian savings finance U.S. spending.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/05/30/dodge-warning050530.html

Top Things Gamers Want To See

1. Give us A.I. that will actually outsmart us now and then.
2. Give us a genre of game weve never seen before.
3. Dont bullshit me about your graphics.
http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html

Brain Workout

It doesnt matter how brainy you are or how much education youve had - you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesnt have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm. There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900

Top 10 Songs On My iPod

1. Are you gonna be my girl/Jet
2. What are you waiting for?/Gwen Stafani
3. Somebody told me/The Killers
4. Walkie talkie man/Steriogram
5. The Scientist/Coldplay
6. Take me out/Franz Ferdinand
7. Alone in kyoto/Air
8. Dear prudence/The Beatles
9. Once in a lifetime/Talking Heads
10. Cherry blossom girl/Air
http://www.apple.ca/itunes

Pulp: Different Class

Just downloaded this from itunes with a generous gift certificate from Dale. Man, they are blowing me away. At times electronic, anthemic, and a direct descendant of David Bowie. Fun, creative, and suprising.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001E8P/qid=1116258933/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3631511-4817768

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

You know, I really enjoyed this movie. Adams changed quite a lot, which bugged a lot of people. I found it a good blend of reliving the old and finding the new. Im glad I gave it a chance. It didnt blow me away, but it was witty and sharp.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/

Meet The Fockers

I had fun with this movie. Pretty crude and obvious but I got some good laughs.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290002/

Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

Ive gotta admit, I didnt like this book too much. It seemed to ramble and not give more than the most general ideas or direction. Amazon liked it tho; maybe I missed the point.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/014200409X/qid=1115838985/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-3631511-4817768?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

StrongBad: Bug In Mouth

"You shot my favorite TV show!"
http://homestarrunner.com/buginmouth.html

Z Machine

Eight years ago, the Z machine startled the world when a technical advance enabled the machine?s power output to rise the way investors want their stock graphs to move: nearly straight up. Output for Sandia?s pulsed power projects, which had increased only slowly for more than a decade, rose dramatically. For Z, just coming on line, an expected usable output of 50 terawatts rose over the next two years to 230 terawatts. This made the machine not only more valuable as a data provider for nuclear weapons simulations but also showed that z-pinches were a possible candidate for peacetime fusion.
http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2004/physics-astron/Z-R.html

Secret Memo: US & UK Knew Iraq Didnt Have WMDs

C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regimes record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8709.htm

Mars Polar Lander: Found At Last?

"It seems that the MPL investigation board may have been correct," writes Malin in Sky & Telescope. "MPL?s descent proceeded more or less successfully through atmospheric entry and parachute jettison. It was only a few short moments before touchdown that disaster struck."
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1509_1.asp

Shuttle Replacement Details

Instead of the reusable spaceplane used in the space shuttle system, the crew module will be either a capsule similar to the one used in the Apollo, Gemini, Soyuz and Shenzhou systems, or a lifting body, similar to the X-38 and Kliper. The CEV will launch on an expendable launch system and carry crew to low Earth orbit, and perhaps more ambitiously in the future to the Moon, Mars, and other destinations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Exploration_Vehicle

Primer

A smart, well written independent movie. Four geeks get together and accidentally construct a time machine. What would happen? What would you do? First they try to make money but of course they end up screwing up causality. Fixing things just makes things weird. Interesting and definatly worth a watch or two.
This movie was made for seven grand.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/

More Evidence For Life On Mars

...With no known geological source of formaldehyde on Mars, its clear where Formisanos suspicions lie.
"I believe there is extremely high probability that microbial subsurface life exists on Mars," he said, while acknowledging that although he believes in Martian life, he cant yet prove it.
http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,67315,00.html?tw=rss.TOP