In today’s episode, We take a trip across the country from sea to shining sea in a New York City Taxicab. Leave a comment about your worst Taxicab experience.

Today, Molly tackles the big issues, from Zebras being tagged as barcodes to Facebook invading China.

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In Today’s Episode of Rocketboom, Molly regales us with the legend of Li Si, the man who invented Totalitarianism.

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Today Molly talks about the Nasdaq hackers, Food Network comment trolling, the infiltration of China’s email network, and the Journal of Universal Rejection.

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People are stacking on top of each other in Spain, a wearable tent gives you instant privacy, and we carry a lot of old evolutionary leftovers.  Click here for show credits.  Ark Hotel Constructed in 6 Days, Human Castle Competition in Tarragona, Wearable Tent, Consequences of Human of Evolution, Alexa Meade Art Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Today on Rocketboom Daily, dirt from Jim Morrisson’s grave goes on sale, extravagant dog houses show social status, and Tim Burton starts a story to be completed by followers on Twitter. Click here for show credits.  Woman Sent to Labor Camp for Retweeting Someone’s Satirical Message, Social Status Displayed with Dog Houses, Lily’s Kitchen is a Dog-Only Restaurant, BurtonStory, Couple Camps Out for Black Friday, MySpace Loses a Million People Per Week Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Molly covers crab vending machines in Japan, Netflix streaming in Canada, Norway’s unmatched quality of life, and the real size of Africa.  Click here for show credits.  Japanese Crab Vending Machines, Between the Bars, Net Neutrality Protectors, Netflix Launches On-Demand Streaming in Canada, Netflix Instant Accounts for 20 Percent of Peak US Bandwith Use, Norway Ranks First in Quality of Life, The True Size of Africa Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

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Today on Rocketboom Daily, Molly reports on China taking over the world, peace in the Middle East, and the fight for pancakes!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! Click here for show credits.

China is new economic superpower http://www.thestreet.com/story/10862207/1/china-now-runs-the-world-soros-says.html?cm_ven=RSSFeed Facebook making phone http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/19/facebook-is-secretly-building-a-phone/

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Molly talks about appropriate student/teacher social media relationships, recycling chewing gum, censorship in Brazil, the end of war in Iraq and the month-long traffic jam anticipated in China. Headlines: Teachers asked to unfriend students on Facebook, calling it “inappropriate.”, Used chewing gum could be turned into polymer for toys and tires, Brazilian ruling bars comedians from political humor, outraged by censorship, South Africa is considering a law that allows government to muzzle press on items deemed to be in the best interest of the public, Despite last week’s declaration that all combat troops have returned from Iraq, Biden says this is not the end of long-term US involvement, Traffic jam lasts 10 days, expected to last a month, China Road Traffic, Flamethrower trombone. Follow Rocketboom on Twitter for the latest updates! Like Rocketboom on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! Click here for show credits.

Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree gets the inside scoop on the Creators Project - a creative partnership between Intel and VICE Magazine. Assets: Spike Jonze, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Beijing, world map, New York, Brazil map, multi randolph, richie hawtin, karl sadler, heat map.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Molly reports on NASA, China, and the ISS. Check out our Save the Space Station wiki page. Story links: Apollo, Russia Offers a Hand With Toilet Clog in Space , NASA Slashes Price for Used Space Shuttles, China Space Lab, NASA Multi-Program Integratd Milestones, NASA. Assets: NASA Florida, Stars in the Sky, toilet, china station model, Launch, china station model 2, china space center, china flag, truck, space station, space helmet, Earth, ISS, starfield, colt, astronaut, shuttle drawing

Molly reports on duck faces, space hotels and more. Story links: Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Historic Tale Construction Site, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, China plans for humanoid Olympics, MANOI GO やるならやらねば！真打バージョン, Scientists ’cause’ Beijing snow, China Causes Snow Storm to Fight Drought, To ease drought, Chinese scientists make snowfall, Thirty-eight people make reservations for space hotel, Galactic Suite, Intervention , sms ;-), Kunst Muss Nicht/Art Must Not, Roof, Institute, Berlin Wall, Anti Duck Face, Assets: Duck Faces 1, 2, 3, Tom Baker Photography Music by Podington Bear

Story links: Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission, Monorail Cat, Newsreader attacked by giant seagull, Howard Dean on Dr. Nancy - Giant bug crawls in background!, Internet, Twitter Blocked in China City After Ethnic Riot, Still No Internet or SMS Allowed in China’s Muslim Region, 1/4 of China’s territory has been cut off from Internet…, Youth ‘cannot live’ without web, The Battle Between the White House and Fox News, Reality Check: Turning a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame, Geraldo Rivera: Balloon Boy Dad Richard Heene Is A “Piece Of Crap”, Vanna Bonta quotation, Music: Invisible by I am Jen, Sunset in the Woods by Podington Bear, Neff Fountain by Genna Douglass, Snowflakes by Demerit 7

Pair with same first, last name to wed, How to Go to Mars–Right Now!, China and Russia to Mars, $18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov website, NYPD spends neary $1M on Typewriters, July eclipse is best chance to look for gravity anomaly , The Sims 3, Gundam 30th Anniversary, Gundam RX-78-2 in Odaiba, Gundam in Odaiba, io9: 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots

NASDAQ, the Dot Com Bubble, the 401keg Plan, YouTube ADDICT, COPS for Kids!, The Beatles, Popular Music and Society* (MA), The Beatles Last Concert, Blame Ringo - Garble Arch (A Day in the Life of Abbey Road), Welcome to the new gold mines

December 2008 Leap Second, Embloggery, 1,300 graduate students who struggle to sell the pork ashamed? (via China Smack), China Gets World of Warcraft Themed Restaurant, Pickle Sickle, Anyone?, Zoo animals need to slim down (via ScienceBlogs), Stars orbiting the Supermassive Black Hole at our Galactic Center (video), Scientists baffled by mysterious acorn shortage, Firebreathing Dog Robot Will Ruin Your Day, Chris Christmas Rodriguez Videos

WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me, Robot First Test, MechRC Humanoid Robot, 46 days left, Bush approval ratings climb, China’s .cn Now the Second Most Popular TLD, Live webcam in Inglewood, United States, Randy’s Donuts

Superpower, Cities With The Most Skyscrapers in the World, Malaysia’s Petronas Towers, Most Populated Countries in the World, CIA World Factbook - Rank Order of Internet users, Who Owns 2.2 Trillion of the US Debt?, Human Development Index, United Nations Development Program, Denmark ‘world’s happiest nation’, World Military Spending

Tim O’Reilly, Web 2.0 Expo New York, Conflux: Vertical Bed, Office for the development of Substitute Materials*, Artificial Time Travel, Astrophysicists weigh galaxy’s most massive star, China to snap four shuttles together to build a space station, Zhai Zhigang, China names new crew for space launch, China prepares for third manned space flight, Concrete jet printers to build houses, moonbases in hours, Pie I Have Eaten and Pie I Have Not Eaten, Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend hits 100M views, passes Evolution of Dance for alltime top spot on YouTube, Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend

Joanne speaks with James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab upon his return to the United States after he was arrested and detained in Beijing last week while preparing to perform acts of civil disobedience by Students for a Free Tibet during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Related: Back from Beijing: Brian Conley

James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab, Students for a Free Tibet, GRL L.A.S.E.R. Stencil, LED Throwies, LED Throwies II, L.A.S.E.R. Tag, Enter The Ghetto Matrix, A Timeline of Noel Hidalgo’s Arrest and Deportation from China, Journalist Deported after Filming Protest in Tiananmen Square , Alive in Baghdad, Brian Conley, Rocketboom Interview with Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley, 5 Americans Are Arrested for Protest in Beijing, China sentences 2 women to ‘re-education’ for seeking to protest, Beijing: Ethnic Park Protest - Aug. 13, 2008, Citizen Journalists, Videoblogger, Activists Detained, Beijing Police detain six foreigners for 10 days for upsetting public order