Palin billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office

The Raw Story | Palin billed state for spending Thanksgiving at college basketball game, husband's sled race

"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in
her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per
diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while
traveling on state business," The Washington Post reported Tuesday

Amazing! She would be perfect to help increase the American debt.

Cool Facts About The Earth

Ten things you don’t know about the Earth | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Church of Scientology Sued For 'Organized Fraud'

French woman to sue Church of Scientology for 'organised fraud' - Telegraph

Maybe after this, all other churches will be sued for their organized fraud? (about time).

Newsweek Sticks the Knife Into Apple

Newsweek sticks the knife into Apple - The INQUIRER

But Newsweek said that Jobs' autocratic nature means that he
controls things in a way that Microsoft wouldn't. Apple doesn't just make
products, it controls the entire ecosystem that supports that product, the rag
says. While Vole controls both the operating system and the applications that
run on top of it, Apple owns popular hardware platforms and operates the only
store that can sell music, movies and software programs for those platforms.

In other words what we are seeing are two evil monopolistic empires, both as
bad as each other. The only difference is that while Microsoft users know their
software is built by someone who would sell them down the river, most of Jobs'
mob really do believe that they are the good guys.

Play With Spider

Play With Spider - Flash 3D - OneMotion.com

A fun interactive flash graphic with a realistic spider.

Water Bears Survive Open Space

Water bears survive open space - Boing Boing

Once in orbit, the tardigrade box popped open. Some were exposed to
low-level cosmic radiation, and others to both cosmic and unfiltered
solar radiation. All were exposed to the frigid vacuum of space...