Today's Meme: My Current Top 10 Songs

Decided to be creative and start my own meme this time:
List the top 10 songs in the playlist of your primary music-playing device (stereo CD player, iPod/iPhone, Zune, iTunes or other computer program) at this moment and why each is in its current position. If you don't own any of the above, list the first 10 songs that come to mind, or that you recall hearing within the past seven days, and why. Post in your own LJ.

( What's tops on my iPod shuffle right now. )

Not "no," not even "hell no," but FUCK NO!!!

Democrats: Petraeus' Plan Means 10 More Years of War
We didn't have any business invading in the first place. We don't have any business being there now. Surely even Junior Bush knows the American people will not stand for another entire decade of this; gods know I won't.

FYI: Who's who in Lunarites (and who should play them)

As many of the Fanfic Samplers I'm going to be posting here will be from my concept for a TV series (or comic book, or novel series, etc.) about the first privately-funded lunar colony, Lunarites, I thought readers might find it helpful to have a guide to the core cast of characters.

For those who've joined us late, here's a set of links to all so-far-posted snippets of this story (all future Samplers from Lunarites will point back to this page):
#1: President Morgan makes Sen. Slaughter an offer she can't refuse
#2: Morgan addresses the nation following the global Lunapolitan broadcast
#3: Later in the series, Dr. Joe's successor faces off against an insane Chinese leader
#4: The globally-aired Declaration of Lunapolitan Independence by Dr. Joe
#5: Michael Bass makes his pitch to the scientific heavyweights he's gathered at his Portland-area home

( Dramatis Personae )

Birthday greetings (again)

To otherdeb, born on this date (mumblety-mumble) years ago. One of those who made my establishing myself in New York, NY (and my entry into northeastern science-fiction fandom) easier by her kindness and generosity...and who is willing to give me the occasional foot up the keister my mistakes and poor choices call for, and which often only a true friend will provide. Thank you, bubeleh, and many happy returns to both you and your Dee; my debt to you can never be repaid except forward.

Mirror particles created in lab

Oh, joy. Yet another high-tech way to blast ourselves to hell and back...
Mirror particles form new matter for gamma-ray annihilation lasers - BBC News
Memo to Dr. Cassidy and his team: Just because you can do a thing doesn't automatically make it a given that you should do it. Arthur C. Clarke may yet have the last word on our fitness to survive as a species...

Fall TV Preview: Smallville Spoilers

For those who don't want even a hint of what happens when The CW brings Smallville back for its 6th-season premiere in a couple weeks, I've linked this rather than posting verbatim.
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello on what fans of The Boy Who Will Be Superman® can expect on Sept. 27th