Day April 14, 2004

Well put! Doc Searls: “What I heard from Bush’s speech last night sounded like leadership. What I heard from the Q&A that followed sounded like a man cornered by wolverines.” [Scripting News]

Be scared Nevada, be very scared Thirsty California starts to drink the Pacific Some 90% of California’s water is piped more than 250 miles to its consumers, the majority of it from the Colorado River. But with that supply endangered…

Deaths of scores of mercenaries not reported At least 80 foreign mercenaries – security guards recruited from the United States, Europe and South Africa and working for American companies – have been killed in the past eight days in Iraq.

The press conference “When I say something, I mean it,” George W. Bush said decisively near the end of last night’s prime-time presidential news conference. Nobody called out, “When will you say something?” — the White House press corps is…

A stunning advance in cleaners! This cell phone photo of a bottle of cleaner at a 99 cent store highlights their amazing claim. “Actually puts cleaning power into plain ‘ol water”. Wow, you mean if you put soap  in water, the water will…