Getting serious
Lebanon minister quits over riot Lebanese Interior Minister Hassan Sabeh resigned after demonstrators set fire to Beirut’s Danish embassy on Sunday.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day February 5, 2006
Report from Sri Lanka, Pt. 1
DJ Mitchell, an American, has been volunteering with Sarvodaya, a Sri Lanka organization working for peace and to end their civil war. He is currently there, and sends this report. “I’m in Sri Lanka again, helping on a peace initiative,…
Attention Blogger blogs
WordPress now will import directly from your Blogger blog! (Ditto for Movable Type and TypePad.) Blogger continues to have major server problems several times a week, plus they haven’t updated Blogger much in years. Contrast this with WordPress, which has…
US corruption in Iraq
From Craig Murray Senior US official in Iraq admits stealing $2 million of reconstruction aid and taking bribes in exchange for $8 million worth of contracts. (From BBC news) Meanwhile, a new documentary, “Shadow Company“, seeks to explore the secret…
Global warming boosting Greenland glacier flow
Two major glaciers in Greenland have recently begun to flow and break up more quickly under the onslaught of global warming, a new study said on Friday, raising the specter of millions drowning from rising sea levels.