Sidney Blumenthal on Bush: "He was depicted as decisive, in command, somebody who completely grasped and was in synch with the needs of the difficult moment the country faced on September 11. In fact, he is manipulated by his staff, buffeted by the neoconservatives inside his administration, kept from important information, unknowledgeable about so much information, makes decisions on the most simplistic basis, never carries through on his own policies such as the Roadmap to Peace in the Middle East, operates in a closed, small circle, doesn

The Rubble telescope? Viewing Inside the Earth

Cap'n Crunch A fascinating (for me at least) story of one of the oldskool phreaker/hacker legends.

Tiny Transport.

Flashback A little odd flash to add flavour to your day. Don't worry about the low quality at the start, it gets considerably better when the music starts.

Thailand opens hospital for monkeys. Meanwhile, Thai elephants are holding up sugarcane trucks. [Via Fark.]

Early Photographs. A small collection of photographs from the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. more inside

Dennis Kucinich Campaign Commercial I doubt this will ever air on television. If it did it would be extremely controversial. Dennis Kucinich has a campaign ad that flashes the names of dead soldiers, shows a battlefield, grieving families and lists the corporations doing business in Iraq. My question to the group is if this ad is exploitive?

I am the monkey. I can go anywhere. [Flash]

WiseAcre Gardens: Gardening and Looney Tunes.

How much does it take to turn a straight man gay? According to Uncool Central, a mere six pack of beer. You may scoff, but the evidence is there... [may be nsfw, if your prudish boss doesn't like you looking at pictures of (tastefully covered) naked men]

Missing Persons - Is anyone else increasingly disturbed by the fact that while thousands of people are reported missing each year, we only hear about the young attractive white women on the national news? What about everyone else?

I go looking in other people's songs for their sailors and their towns. I don't know, everybody has things that they gravitate towards. Some people put toy cars or clouds or cat crap. Everybody puts something different, and it's entirely up to you what belongs and what doesn't. They're interesting little vessels of emotional information, and you carry them in your pocket like a bagel. Today is the birthday of one Tom Waits. Go check out his most recent albumns, read an interview, or try to figure out when the next Waitstock is. Better yet, slump on down to your nearest dive and drink till you feel pretty.

Meet The War Nerd Gary Brecher, a self-described slob and data-entry drone from Fresno, CA, writes with passion about the nature of warfare and the ongoing wars - those on the front page and otherwise - that are being fought every day around the world. Frequently funny, always in-your-face and often very insightful, his 40 articles for the Moscow-based eXile make for interesting, entertaining, enlightening and perhaps enraging reading. Gary loves war and he's not afraid to tell you all about it.

Be Andy Warhol For Fifteen Minutes.

International Snow Sculpture Championship Some of them can be quite complicated. [via b3ta]

Who are you? George W. Bush meets Black Sabbath. [6.8 MB .wmv]

[Apu]Waterworld, here I come[/Apu]

Silenced Voices Most of us are familiar with the fact you can't really separate your blog life from your real life. This site documents what happened when the lives of some livejournal bloggers were separated from them, period.

Kiss Off Gene Simmons of Kiss tells fans to kiss off by not showing up to a book signing in Tampa.