The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the first organic molecule on a planet that's not in our solar system. According to NASA, this breakthrough could be a major step toward discovering life on other planets. Scientists believe that the organic compound detected, methane, can be an integral part in the chemical reactions considered necessary to form life as we know it.

It's one of the most amazing displays of journalistic incompetence and malpractice in recent memory.

The US news media failed to draw the obvious connection between the bizarre federal law enforcement investigation and leak campaign about the private life of New York Governor Spitzer and Spitzer's all out attack on the Bush administration for its collusion with predatory lenders.

WARNING AGAINST THE NEW WORLD ORDER - The influence of establishment insiders over our foreign policy has become a fact of life in our time. This pervasive influence runs contrary to the real long-term national security of our Nation. It is an influence which, if unchecked, could ultimately subvert our constitutional order.

As the saying goes, "those who don't learn from the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them." Is the American empire, with its fiscal irresponsibility, overextended military and growing political unrest, mirroring the final days of Rome? John Whitehead examines the similarities in this week's vodcast.

Age 62 at the time of his death at his home in Malibu, CA. on October 2, 1992. The government kills an innocent man for his property and under the false pretense he was growing marijuana. The man never smoked pot, but what if he did? WHY SHOULD SOMEONE BE KILLED FOR MARIJUANA!

Hulu allows users to embed their videos on external sites. A user in the private beta decided to scrape all of their videos and make a public site called OPENhulu. I wanted a few episodes of my favorite show "Prison Break" for free. Check it out.

If you're interested in knowing just how much wealth your government is stealing from you through the "inflation tax", there are a few excellent charts. My favorite… the other real money. Measured in silver, the Dow has crashed 65%. Measured against the Euro the Dow has crashed 27% and it's down 22.5%, measured by the pound.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford Shopping Center late this afternoon with a black handgun. After the stickup, he left in his wheelchair and was last seen motoring down a nearby street toward El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare.

On March 25, former Alaska U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joined the Libertarian Party. He currently lives in Virginia, which does not have registration by party. Gravel joined the party by becoming a dues-paying member. Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch for this news.