World is blind to real situation in Iraq
Japan Times
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Congress passes funeral protest ban
CNN
"Bill targets group that taunts mourners at military rites." Sure it does.
"Bill targets group that taunts mourners at military rites." Sure it does.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Warming may rise beyond previous estimates
"A team of European scientists reports that climate change estimates for the next century may have substantially underestimated the potential magnitude of global warming. They say that actual warming due to human fossil fuel emissions may be 15-to-78 percent higher than warming estimates that do not take into account the feedback mechanism involving carbon dioxide and Earth's temperature."
More hysterical European scientists.
More hysterical European scientists.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
Bush acknowledges public's weariness of war
CNN
but "urged patience with 'more days of challenge and loss.'"
Draft alert.
but "urged patience with 'more days of challenge and loss.'"
Draft alert.
Bush's faith worries Albright
CNN
Alleged faith pardee. But look at the gravitas at the table. And where is she yet sitting? And there's Powell. Worry and regret, but no exit.
Alleged faith pardee. But look at the gravitas at the table. And where is she yet sitting? And there's Powell. Worry and regret, but no exit.
Some Iraq war vets go homeless after return to US
Reuters
Johnny comes marching home to New Orleans to father cancerous children.
Johnny comes marching home to New Orleans to father cancerous children.
Friday, May 19, 2006
3-year-old Mexican boy dies crossing desert with mother
KVOA
This tragedy, emblamatic of the real nature of the Mexican border issue, got the headline "Mother leaves 3-year-old to die in desert."
This tragedy, emblamatic of the real nature of the Mexican border issue, got the headline "Mother leaves 3-year-old to die in desert."
'Da Vinci Code' actor: Bible should have 'fiction' disclaimer
NewsBusters
The Prodigal Son is fiction, but the Sermon on the Mount is history.
The Prodigal Son is fiction, but the Sermon on the Mount is history.
Monkeys who talk in sentences
Times Online
Something I tried to teach college freshmen for years. I've often wondered why only sentences can be true. Mathematical formulas are sentences, and musical progressions sound like sentences. No subject is true or false without a predicate, and no predicate is true or false without a subject. Yet in all things that truly exist there are neither subjects nor predicates.
Something I tried to teach college freshmen for years. I've often wondered why only sentences can be true. Mathematical formulas are sentences, and musical progressions sound like sentences. No subject is true or false without a predicate, and no predicate is true or false without a subject. Yet in all things that truly exist there are neither subjects nor predicates.
Robertson: God says tsunami possible for US
WFTV
He hasn't decided yet? Or He's just being coy? What is it; the gay marriage thing again? To be fair, he said "if I heard God right," admitting that the voices he hears may be Satan and the damned masquerading, like the voices that told Moussaoui that Bush would pardon him if he pled guilty. After accusing environmentalists of envious hysteria and such, the right wing tries to co-opt their own destruction of the eco- whatever as the wrath of the Creator. Now that they have Total Information Awareness and energy pulse and laser weapons in the stratosphere, they want to pass themselves off as Jehovah. Don't laugh because they're converting the fighter pilots in Colorado.
He hasn't decided yet? Or He's just being coy? What is it; the gay marriage thing again? To be fair, he said "if I heard God right," admitting that the voices he hears may be Satan and the damned masquerading, like the voices that told Moussaoui that Bush would pardon him if he pled guilty. After accusing environmentalists of envious hysteria and such, the right wing tries to co-opt their own destruction of the eco- whatever as the wrath of the Creator. Now that they have Total Information Awareness and energy pulse and laser weapons in the stratosphere, they want to pass themselves off as Jehovah. Don't laugh because they're converting the fighter pilots in Colorado.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Planet Earth as weapon and target
World Affairs
" The term ?exotic weapons systems? includes weapons designed to damage space or natural ecosystems (such as the ionosphere and upper atmosphere) or climate, weather, and tectonic systems with the purpose of inducing damage or destruction upon a target population or region on earth or in space. (US Congress H.R. 2977: Space Preservation Act of 2001)"
" The term ?exotic weapons systems? includes weapons designed to damage space or natural ecosystems (such as the ionosphere and upper atmosphere) or climate, weather, and tectonic systems with the purpose of inducing damage or destruction upon a target population or region on earth or in space. (US Congress H.R. 2977: Space Preservation Act of 2001)"
Tough curbs on water use as drought hits Britain
Times Online
"Millions of people face queueing for water at standpipes within months as the Environment Agency gave warning yesterday of the worst drought in a century."
Another superlative for the Bush era.
"Millions of people face queueing for water at standpipes within months as the Environment Agency gave warning yesterday of the worst drought in a century."
Another superlative for the Bush era.
3 major hurricanes to hit US this year
Reuters
"Emergency crews used boats to rescue people trapped in their homes and sewage systems overflowed Monday as rain pounded New England for the fourth straight day in what could prove to be the region's worst flooding since the 1930s."
Another superlative for the Bush era.
Row vs. wade
"Emergency crews used boats to rescue people trapped in their homes and sewage systems overflowed Monday as rain pounded New England for the fourth straight day in what could prove to be the region's worst flooding since the 1930s."
Another superlative for the Bush era.
Row vs. wade
Saturday, May 13, 2006
UN finds uranium traces at Iranian site
AFX UK Focus
"'They (the inspectors) have found particles of HEU (highly enriched uranium) but it is not clear if this is contamination from centrifuges that had been previously found (from imported material) or something new,' said one diplomat close to the IAEA."
"'They (the inspectors) have found particles of HEU (highly enriched uranium) but it is not clear if this is contamination from centrifuges that had been previously found (from imported material) or something new,' said one diplomat close to the IAEA."
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Monday, May 08, 2006
Greek gods prepare for comeback
Guardian
"...those who worship the 12 gods of ancient Greece have finally triumphed. An Athens court has ordered that the adulation of Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Athena and co is to be unbanned, paving the way for a comeback of pagans on Mount Olympus."
"...those who worship the 12 gods of ancient Greece have finally triumphed. An Athens court has ordered that the adulation of Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Athena and co is to be unbanned, paving the way for a comeback of pagans on Mount Olympus."
Global spread of Qinghai bird flu by migratory birds
Recombinomics
Niman insists on migratory (though not necessarily migrating) birds as the vehicle. However, although "'wild bird monitoring is important... the real threat comes from trade in poultry,' John Flicker, the National Audubon Society's president, said after a Capitol Hill briefing."
Niman insists on migratory (though not necessarily migrating) birds as the vehicle. However, although "'wild bird monitoring is important... the real threat comes from trade in poultry,' John Flicker, the National Audubon Society's president, said after a Capitol Hill briefing."
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Genetics might be why some people get bird flu
MSNBC
"Many of more than 200 human cases have occurred in families"
"Many of more than 200 human cases have occurred in families"
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
Ken Lay's last stand
CNN
Another superlative for the Bush era.
"Lay testified that he considered those sales to be "forced sales" in order to meet margin calls and said he didn't disclose the matter based on the advice of Enron's attorneys that said it wasn't required until the end of the year."
Unless you wanted to prevent all your employees from getting screwed.
Another superlative for the Bush era.
"Lay testified that he considered those sales to be "forced sales" in order to meet margin calls and said he didn't disclose the matter based on the advice of Enron's attorneys that said it wasn't required until the end of the year."
Unless you wanted to prevent all your employees from getting screwed.
US rejects Iran's offer to allow nuke inspections
Irish Times Article
As they did in Iraq. Fool me once, shame on, shame on... you. Fool me twice, can't get fooled again. Bush quotes the Who and meets with Hu. No wonder he gets confused.
As they did in Iraq. Fool me once, shame on, shame on... you. Fool me twice, can't get fooled again. Bush quotes the Who and meets with Hu. No wonder he gets confused.
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