Archive for October, 2005
Excuses and Reasons
Yeah, this place has been lame lately. I’ve had a lot of real life things happen over the past week and that stuff comes first, so…that’s the reason. Thanks for sticking around though, and for coming back often to see if I’ve posted anything. I know who you are, and I appreciate you all.
Here’s hoping [...]
Tapped
Have you regretted posing for a picture and then having that picture publicized in some way? Of course you have…everyone has. It can be an uncomfortable thing. Just ask Samuel Alito’s daughter. Her face says it all.
Trust, But Verify
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today that he won’t seek out a third term, but…
…he vowed not to allow “destabilization” in Russia following the vote, leaving the door open for drastic action in the event of a crisis.
In an interview with Dutch media on the eve of a visit to the Netherlands, Putin reiterated that [...]
Alito
Bush wasted no time in announcing his new (Post-Harriet) choice to replace Sandra Day O’Connor. His nominee is Samuel A. Alito, a judge with “more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years.”
Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where his record on [...]
The Wide View
Headlines and Commentary for 10.30.05
AP via CNN - Chavez: Halloween part of U.S. culture of terror
President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelan parents not to dress their children in costumes for Halloween, calling it a U.S. custom that has no place in the South American country’s cultural traditions. Speaking during his weekly radio and television show Sunday, Chavez called [...]
A Quiet Saturday
Busy with family stuff, household stuff, mini-projects, etc. So, that being the case, this blog will be on the silent side today. All the news hit yesterday, so things are slow anyway. More later this evening.
UPDATE: OK, it’s 8:34 PM, and I’m whipped. So, that’s it for me today. More tomorrow. Oh, and don’t forget [...]
Fitzmas
If I see this word on one more Lefty blog I swear I’ll go postal.
He Coulda Been a Contenda
It really would have been great if Denny Hastert had blogged about the indictment of Scooter Libby today, but then I guess he’d have to be a real blogger for that to happen right? As I suspected in this post from yesterday, Denny’s blog has already stopped being a blog. Today’s post is by his [...]
Michael Brown Still at FEMA
Apparently he’s been so useful that the agency has extended his contract for another 30 days. In another 30 days, they could do it again. Supposedly, he resigned from FEMA on September 12th. What a resourceful guy!
Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor puts it this way:
“I’ve got tens of thousands of people living in two-man igloo tents [...]
iSitWhereIWantTo
This is creative.
Friday Afternoon Geek Factoid
The Blue Gene/L supercomputer broke its own calculation record, reaching 280.6 teraflops (280.6 trillion calculations a second). Each person in the world with a handheld calculator would still take decades to do the same calculations Blue Gene is now able to do every second.
Problem is, the massive box does nothing but run tests on itself, [...]
Indictment Day
It’s all coming down today, and nothing has changed from last night. Libby gets it, Rove doesn’t (for now). Website information will be posted at 12 NOON EDT, news conference at 2 PM EDT.
UPDATE: It’s 9:05 AM PDT, 12:05 PM EDT and indictment documents have not yet been posted on the website of the Office [...]