A coalition of artist-activists led by The Yes Men prank commuters and hack the media with fake copies of the New York Times. NYTimes Special Edition News Release, NY1 In The Papers 11/13/2008, Russia Today: ‘War in Iraq is over’, Gefälschte Zeitung erklärt Ende des Irak-Kriegs, Google News results for fake new york times,  The Anti-Advertising Agency, CODEPiNK, Not An Alternative, UFPJ, May First, Improv Everywhere, and Cultures of Resistance. Music: Storie di Mose by Arthur Cravan.

Joanne interviews Jacob Soboroff of WhyTuesday.org about the state of election reform and increasing civic participation in American politics.

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers the “frenzy” over the American presidential candidate Barack Obama in Kisumu, Kenya, the home area of Obama’s father.

Video taken outside of a McCain-Palin rally produced by Keystone Progress.

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

Joanne interviews Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist about activism, politics and accountability in government.

Teenar pulls all the right strings, Teenar, Girl Guitar - Fashion Preview, Political candidate punches TV host, 2, Chuwit Kamolvisit, PeriPeri, Endless PeriPeri toy simulates the feel of opening cardboard boxes,  Magnetic Movie, Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children [pdf], Bailout Bill Gives Tax Break to Wooden Arrow Manufacturers While Small Business Get the Shaft, U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media, RoboVox. Your Voice, $4,700 Sink Has Built In Aquarium, Magibon

Joanne interviews Jay Sullivan, who distributes socio-political documentaries free of charge at the Union Square Subway Station in New York City.

Karateka Video Game, Apple II, Commodore 64, Acorn Archimedes, Portal to Maya Underworld Found in Mexico?, Yucatán Peninsula, What Is Cryonics? A Brief Introduction, Wow. McCain is a schmuck…, McCain: Passed Over, Presidential era gas prices, Bush wants US oil production increased, pushes for more offshore drilling, Is E-Voting Safe?, Solar Panel Tie Can Charge Your Gadgets, the Arcade Ambience Project

Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp profiles Sharif Osman, a Mombasa Camel Man or “beach boy” whose business has been hurt by tourists’ reluctance to visit Kenya after recent post-election violence. Previous Rocketboom coverage of the Kenyan election crisis: 1/8/08: Election Violence in Kenya, 1/16/08: Displaced Villagers in Nakruru, 1/16/08: Post Election Stress on Kenyan Markets, 1/23/08: Continued Coverage From Nairobi, 1/23/08: Kenya Crisis Continued, 2/13/08: 6,000 Refugees Seek Shelter Amid Continued Ethnic Violence, A Refugee In His Own Country, Kenya in Crisis page from the Rocketboom wiki, More stories by Ruud Elmendorp

evolution vs. peanut butter, evolution vs. banana, laraque vs ivanans, bush vs. all people, bush standing vs bush standing, don imus vs. black people, geraldo vs. oreilly, mother vs. son, rumsfield vs. evidence, newt vs. spanish people, list of logical fallacies from the art of reason, post hoc, appeal to majority, appeal to force, appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, begging the question, diversion, non sequiter, subjectivism, straw man, false alternative, ad hominem, tu quoque, poisoning the well, appeal to ignorance, complex question

Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen covers the 3rd Annual Netroots Nation progressive politics conference in Austin, TX. Interviews with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos, NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen, Karl Frisch of Media Matters, and Irwin Tang author of Gook. For more coverage, visit TheUptake.org, Rocketboom coverage of last year’s conference.

Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp shares with us the story of John Otieno and the continuing plight of some 300,000 internally displaced persons in Kenya as a result of the disputed presidential elections this past December. Previous Rocketboom coverage of the Kenyan election crisis: 1/8/08: Election Violence in Kenya, 1/16/08: Displaced Villagers in Nakruru, 1/16/08: Post Election Stress on Kenyan Markets, 1/23/08: Continued Coverage From Nairobi, 1/23/08: Kenya Crisis Continued, 2/13/08: 6,000 Refugees Seek Shelter Amid Continued Ethnic Violence, Kenya in Crisis page from the Rocketboom wiki.

McCain: There Will Be Other Wars, Smilin’ John McCain - Tough Talk - Fool or Fraud?, Ball Bounce, Obama Talks Tough, Biography of George Washington, A Brief Profile of the Continental Army, Dwight David Eisenhower At a Glance, World War II, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses Grant, The Civil War Home Page, Abraham Lincoln Research Site, Emancipation Proclamation, Theodore Roosevelt Association, The Harvard Boxing Club, John Quincy Adams POTUS Page, Colorado Alligator Farm, White House, Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive, Sage of Monticello - Thomas Jefferson Wiki, Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, George W. Bush was a fighter pilot, Andrew Jackson

The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco to name the Sewage Plant after George W Bush, Real Flying Car, The Sky Cutter .40 V2, The Flying Lawn Mower, Gear Factor Marketing, The heads of the International Space Station meet in Paris, International Space Station, WaPo: Put Wings on The ISS and Send it to the Moon, Slashdot Readers to WaPo: ROFLMAO, Connect a Desk Connects a Laptop to Your Neck, 9.2 Percent of Koreans are Addicted to the Internet, More evidence that Koreans are hooked to the net, ‘God is with us’ by the Choir of St. Romanos the Melodist, $314.44 Holy Birdhouse, Holy Birdhouse Mosque, Atomic Bomb Detonation at 1,000,000,000th Of A Second, Herostratus, Temple of Artemis, Rocket no boom (thx, Kam!)

Bastille Day, Louis VIII of France, About Billy the Kid, Large denominations of United States currency, Instant Origami, Internet Based Political “Meta-Party” For Massachusetts , Large Hadron Collider Countdown, for the Large Hadron Collider, Easy Boiled-Egg Shaper, USB Necktie, Chicago Man Stakes Claim to Outer Space (May, 1949), iPhone2 by David Jr

Story Links: Sark Island changing to democracy, Island sold on Second Life, CBS CEO gets major raise as ratings tumblr, Food Prices Have Doubled or trippled, Reverse evolution may have been witnessed as 2 species turn back into one, Nice looking Phone Watch, Arbor day, Dinner in the Sky, 170 holes in Earth, Cyborg June Beetles, Wouldnt you love to ride in my beuatiful balloon?, Horse Sled Waggon, Rotators, There is an alegator snapping turle in japan, Brain scanner, Descartes, Tomorrow is busy

story links: Rocketboom field correspondent Jacob Soboroff talks to computer security expert Ed Felten of Princeton University and Freedom-to-Tinker on the state of electronic voting machines.

Story Links: Earth Hour, Automatic Dance machine, John Edwards continues to make no endorsement, John Edwards on Rocketboom, Romanian Poet Nichita Stanescu was born today, President Lyndon B. Johnson announces he will not run for re-election today, Obama and Clinton continue to bicker, Texas Robo calls down and dirty, Al Gore could still run for president, Al Gore endorsement could seal fate of election, Gamera the flying turtle, Current TV, New Rocketboom Comments, RB field correspondent Andy Carvin visits the kite festival in Washington DC, RB field correspondents, Constantine maries Fausta

story links: Brain control gaming headset, Ralph Nader to run for president again, iBand, Entramado, Camouflage photography (via), Stars in Your Lap, with Joanne, Alex Albrecht of Diggnation, Xeni Jardin and Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing and Ze Frank, Earth to meet with fiery demise in 8 billion years, Hungarian car wash commercial, Soviet Big Childrens’ Choir, The Dark Side of Rose

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports from Kenya on the status of the election crisis. For more information see the Rocketboom wiki on Kenya.

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent and The Uptake producer Chuck Olsen covers the religious, back-country vote of Tennessee.

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports from Kenya. For updates, links and ways to help, see the Rocketboom Wiki on Kenya.

Story Links: Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp is stationed in Kenya and continues to release more reports on the crisis. Additional footage and updates on the Rocketboom Wiki.

Rocketboom Kenya field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp uncovers the effect of post election instability on regional tourism.