And sales continue their fall - source: CNNMoney.

Knight Rider Intro

Williams’ Blaster arcade game - (the little-known sequel to Robotron)

Command the powers of Coleco ADAM!

August 1988 CompuServe ad

The Casio DBX-100 watch I once wore with pride

The Radio Shack 150-in-1 Science Fair Kit I played with until it stopped working

Play Zork.

[On NSA wiretaps and federal secrecy under review by courts]

“It is rather clear that what the President ordered was a federal crime.  But that causes a problem, because many of the Democratic and Republican leaders have promised each other they would not start impeachment proceedings.  But when a federal judge says the President committed a crime, it’s pretty darn hard to ignore that.”

Check ‘em.

Engadget covers a turbine that claims to be 1000x more efficient than a normal windmill.  Neat.

An incisive piece by Benn Steil…

“The dollar’s privileged status as today’s global money is not heaven-bestowed. The dollar is ultimately just another money supported only by faith that others will willingly accept it in the future in return for the same sort of valuable things it bought in the past. This puts a great burden on the institutions of the U.S. government to validate that faith. And those institutions, unfortunately, are failing to shoulder that burden. Reckless U.S. fiscal policy is undermining the dollar’s position even as the currency’s role as a global money is expanding.”

As a solution, Steil explores “private money” - but cautions that “there is little to commend in digging up gold in South Africa just to bury it again in Fort Knox…. the question is how long such a well-managed fiat system can endure in the United States. The historical record of national monies, going back over 2,500 years, is by and large awful.”

Trumpeting a Credit Crisis.

Another case of Taser abuse.  Hope the cop is fired, tased, and then loses a lawsuit.

In light of these “revelations” from Scott McClellan, Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley discussing accusations against the President on Olbermann’s show tonight;

“The most obvious [accusation] would be conspiracy and obstruction of justice, to the extent to which he might have directed his subordinates. But, you know, the President is allowed to do remarkably stupid things and remarkably callous things. At a minimum, what is involved here is a serious question about the President’s credibility. This was the President who said he would fire anyone involved in the release of this type of classified information. He then found that his closest people were involved - and nobody got fired. And now we find that one of his closest aides is saying that the President was involved. That he might not have known it was untrue but he gave untrue information. But why is that? If the President wasn’t fully informed of the facts, what was the purpose of calling in a subordinate and saying ‘this is what I think happened’? We deal with that in a lot of conspiracies in corporations and we take a rather negative and dark view of that.”

Turley has also called for the transcripts of Bush and Cheney’s statements to Fitzgerald.

Call me a dreamer, but I’m still holding out hope for Congress to grow, as Maher said a couple weeks ago, ‘just one ball.’ It would be encouraging to see them roar to life and really investigate these crimes. Please encourage your member of congress (especially if you’re a Vermontster or in Michigan’s 14th) to grow or even borrow one.

A Magic Bullet, a Grassy Knoll, an Enduring Mystery.

Most people following the leak case already know this, but relatively few have been willing to admit it out loud.  Add McClellan to the list of people who could have done something, but chose not to.

From Paul Farrell at Marketwatch.

Who needs to vote when you can have something cool and shiny?

Peak oil theories have been “debased,” but umm, they’re right, says WSJ.

“…plenty of energy experts expect sky-high prices to hasten the development of alternative fuels and improve energy efficiency. But evidence is mounting that crude oil production may plateau before those innovations arrive on a large scale. That could set the stage for a period marked by energy shortages, high prices and bare-knuckled competition for fuel.”

Apple’s compensation committee really upped the ante this year.  By some 7300%, in fact.  Not only did CEO Steve Jobs gets his customary $1 salary, but this year he took home a free iPod!  Day-um, Mr. Fancy Pants!!

Despite all this, he has sold none of his Apple stock.  The committee is finally considering “additional compensation arrangements,” presumably because he told them he’s sick of busting his balls for less than minimum wage.

“All Religions were invented by the Devil to conceal God from Mankind.”

Parents and kids collaborate to create a fake Myspace profile. The idea? To lure a troubled 13-year old girl they didn’t like into love with a fake guy, then tear her heart out and laugh. But, the victim got the last laugh because she hung herself.

No, not Iraq, the other multi-trillion dollar fiasco.  Yesterday, Goldman Sachs’ economic team said that’s what they think the markets are swimming in for credit-crunch losses.

Mervyn King says the shit could hit the shortbread.

Oh dear Lord, save us from ourselves.