Archive for August 3rd, 2006
Lobbying for Armageddon
By brother sent me this link, figuring it would get me good and riled up:
AlterNet: Lobbying for Armageddon
It’s well written, but maybe I’m just resigned to witness The End Of The World As They Know It. Alas, I know not what to do…
I’ve made the point before and I’ll make it again. Anyone who believes:
a) [...]
Katherine Harris 3.0
MiamiHerald.com | 07/14/2006 | Story of ‘Joe’s dead intern’ began Harris’ slide, insiders say
If you haven’t heard, Ms. Harris isn’t doing to well in the polls in Florida. She’s been recently subpoenaed by the Justice Dept. on issues relating to Mitchell Wade, the guy who bribed Rep. “Duke” Cunningham in California. She’s also had amazing [...]
Followup: Bad Scientists, Bad
Just to followup on Alexander’s Daddy’s comments on my previous Autism post, after doing some of my own research on the interweb, I do agree that there seem to be serious ethical and legal questions regarding studies being conducted by the Grier family.
This link has way too much information for most of you (Respectful [...]
Tower of Power
Business 2.0: How Australia got hot for solar power - Aug. 2, 2006
If you read my Monopoly Money post to the end, you noticed a comment on alternative energy, where I said that America could regain its strategic advantage (currently spiraling down the drain) if we became an alternative energy producing powerhouse, selling excess energy [...]
Kansas School Board Evolves, Slowly
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority - New York Times
Chalk one up for moderation. It looks like Kansas will return to its traditional poor American science education, at least dropping the fakey creationism-cloaked-in-double-speak known as Intelligent Design. I consider this a major loss for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which saw Kansas as its route into [...]
RFID Passports have been clOwned
Wired News: Hackers Clone E-Passports
I gave it up to six months before it was cracked. Look like it took only two weeks. I guess I was wrong.
Now, can the US State Department admit it was wrong and stop making these hackable/trackable/crapable passports? Or do we need to unload a whole mess of “Number of [...]