Sunday, February 27, 2005
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Galahad
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a passionate desire for a sustainable future. The economic, the political, and the personal worlds are all part of this evolving vision. So too, is our spiritual life. Kennedy views the corporate assault on the environment as "a moral assault on future generations." And he has worked tirelessly to defend and preserve the common ecological birthright of our children.
In the 1990s, Kennedy helped lead the fight to turn back the anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress. The New York Watershed Agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers, is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development. Currently, he acts as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Riverkeepers, Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and is President of the Waterkeeper Alliance. In addition to work on environmental issues across the continent, Kennedy has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands.
Current Reading: Iron Triangle
David Rubenstein, founder of the secretive defense contractor Carlyle Group. Recalls how useless Bush was as a board member of Carlyle’s firm Caterair and his surprise that George W. is now president.
Definitely play the RealPlayer clip attached to the article.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Egyptian Doctors Remove Baby's Second Head
The head that was removed from Manar had been capable of smiling and blinking but not independent life, doctors said.
Check out the picture. This would pose a greater dilemma for me than it seems to pose for the folks involved here...
Massachusetts Supreme Court to hear gay marriage challenge
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will hear a challenge to a 1913 state law that Massachusetts has used to block out-of-state gay couples from being married there. The 1913 law prohibits the commonwealth from granting marriage licenses to couples whose marriage would not be legal in their home states. Following the landmark ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health which legalized gay marriage, state officials have ordered city clerks not to give licenses to same-sex couples from other states. Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and 13 town clerks brought an action arguing the law is discriminatory and has been selectively enforced to deny out-of-state couples their rights. A trial court rejected this contention, saying the law does not discriminate because it applies equally to both straight and gay couples. However, in a rare move, the Supreme Court took control of the case, bypassing the state appeals courts, and will hear oral arguments in September.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Humanclock.com shows a photograph of the current time, with the photo changing every minute of the day (all 1,440 occuring minutes on Earth!) Thus you end up with a rotating picture clock sorta deal.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Friday, February 18, 2005
Blog Policy
If you're thinking of writing about your job in a Weblog, let Mark Jen's mistake be a lesson in what to avoid.
Jen is the 22-year-old blogger whose career at Google was cut short after he went too far in writing about a company sales meeting, his pay package, and other things best left for quiet hallway conversation on, of all places, his "Ninetyninezeros" Weblog. On Jan. 28, only 11 days after he started at Google, Jen was fired.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Domo Arigato
Japander.com - celebrates western stars who use their fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use.
Plan 9
Babes in Space - pictures of babes scanned from pulp science fiction magazine covers in the 1950s.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Palace of the Gods
Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods.
Now, archaeologists believe they have found evidence that at least part of that tale may be true: Traces of a royal palace discovered in the Roman Forum have been dated to roughly the period of the eternal city's legendary foundation.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
19th Century Advertising
Harper's Weekly was the leading illustrated American periodical during the 1857-1872 period. Its circulation exceeded 100,000 on a regular basis and reached 300,000 at times during the Civil War and its 1871 campaign to defeat Boss William M. Tweed in New York City. It is best known for the political cartoons of Thomas Nast, the illustrations of Winslow Homer, and the wood engravings of photographs by Mathew Brady.
In 1870, an annual subscription cost $4.00. An advertisement cost $1.50 per line per insertion for an inside page and $2.00 for an outside page. The newspaper had 16 tabloid-size pages per issue before 1870, and then increased up to 24 pages per issue.
OCD
I'm sorry, I've been sick and so I have been unable/not in the mood to post. Now this wouldn't be so bad, and here is where the apology becomes necessary, but yes I have back dated a bunch of posts. And I am truly sorry, but I just couldn't stand to look at that gap in dates.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Toothpaste Fairy
Toothpasteworld. What does a respectable Michigan dentist do for kicks? Well, once he puts down the drill and local anesthetic, he devotes his time to his collection. And because he's a dentist, his collection covers the wide world of toothpaste -- over 1,000 squeezable tubes strong!
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Tree Falls in the Forest
The homepage of the US Commission on Civil Rights website now contains this disclaimer in tiny type:
On January 7th, 2005, the Commission adopted a new policy on the public release and posting of reports and Commission documents. To comply with that new policy, the website has been updated and several draft reports that failed to receive a majority of Commissioners' votes have been removed. Those reports are available upon request.
So exactly which reports are gone? The site lists them here, and they all deal with topics probably not appreciated by the Republican Commissioners, who form a majority (including the Chairman).
The last report truly rakes Bush over the coals; when it was first posted in October, the Republican members of the Commission tried to have it taken down. [read more] It took them four months, but they've finally succeeded.
Unfortunately for them, The Memory Hole has a copy of this report, and they are working on getting the other 19 of them.
Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration [PDF format]
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Balance the Checkbook
Just Released, Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2006 Full Text search or browse the budget and supporting content. Some material is also available as Excel spreadsheets.
A Link?
Is there more than Asbestos that links these two articles?
W.R. Grace and Co. and seven high-ranking employees knew a Montana mine was releasing cancer-causing asbestos into the air and tried to hide the danger to workers and townspeople, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. More than 1,200 people became ill, and some of them died, prosecutors said.
Asbestos bill delayed at Republicans' request.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Disneylands 50th
"To share the excitement of Disneyland's 50th birthday, I have collected souvenirs from all 50 years of the Park's existence. Although most items in the collection cost $15 or less, there are many unique treasures that demonstrate the wonderful imagination of Walt Disney and his dream Park."
Erin and I got engaged while visiting the "Happiest Place on Earth"
(I am on vacation in the snow, and I have a compulsion to post daily, thus you may have noticed the fiction of one post a day.)
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Friday, February 04, 2005
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Paperback Believer
Audio-Video Mashup of Monkees' "I'm a Believer" and Beatles' "Paperback Writer."
Thank you to Rex Sorgatz at fimoculous for finding this gem.
Defense Rests
Boston Archdiocese personnel records showed church officials knew Shanley advocated sex between men and boys, yet continued to transfer him from parish to parish. He was defrocked by the Vatican last year.
The defense for a defrocked priest accused of child rape rested Thursday after presenting a sole witness: a psychologist who argued that some people's repressed memories are really false.
Think Like A Woman?
Baron-Cohen's theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems. He calls it the empathising-systemising (E-S) theory.
I scored 55 empathising (above average for a man) and 36 systemising (average for a man).
Click through and take both tests.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Historic Spin
The Vietnam turnout was good as well. No amount of spin can conceal Iraqis' hostility to US occupation.
Thank you to Jeffery at the Library Chronicles for finding this article.
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