Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths | McClatchy Where values of 'some' are non-trivial. [via Dave Winer] (tags: AEI conservatives cheney torture bush lies McClatchy)

Hubble's final servicing mission – The Big Picture – Boston.com "On Monday, May 11, after months of delays and preparation, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final servicing mission to the orbiting Hubble Space … Continue reading →

The 13 people who made torture possible | Salon News "These key Bush administration officials authorized it, decided how to implement it and crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it" (tags: bush torture FBI politics CIA Cheney Rumsfeld Iraq … Continue reading →

A Positive SETI Result? Watch this space | The Australian A good scientist knows that one observation does not a pattern make and Dr. Bhathal knows it… via Eliot (tags: seti astronomy via:eliot) How Neanderthals met a grisly fate: devoured … Continue reading →

Jobs for Change – Nonprofit Jobs "Jobs for Change seeks to spark a nationwide movement toward careers in the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors." from Change.org (tags: career development jobs nonprofit 501c3 employment) 10 Easy things you can do … Continue reading →

Why I Quit AA – theglasscharacter – Open Salon A well written article that addresses what some will say is unthinkable, sometimes it is time to move on. (tags: aa recovery alcoholics) The photos America doesn't want seen – World … Continue reading →

Overheard conversation between old man Spock from the future and young, douchey-Spock :: awkwardly staring at people over coffee 'Douchebag' has long been one of my favorite epithets. And new Spock is kind of, well… (tags: humor startrek via:doug) TED … Continue reading →