A good start
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 22:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
Vermont Senate adopts resolution seeking impeachment of Bush, Cheney
Archive for April 20th, 2007
2nd GOP congressman raided
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 14:36 - Category: Unfiled ;
The FBI raided a business belonging to the wife of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) this week.
In a bizarre coincidence a US District Attorney who was investigating Renzi was fired in December but sources close to Alberto Gonzalez say he has no recollection of Renzi or Arizona or anyone in Congress, reiterating that the Attorney General did the proper thing at all times even though he doesn’t recall any of the events in question.
Bonus: Alberto Gonzalez as Zippy the Pinhead
If I ask you what 9 times 7 is and you say “rhubarb,” I’m no longer in a position to correct your math.
Yesterday was like that. There were moments when you might have been watching some recently unearthed script by Beckett or Ionesco.
High end homeowners used ARMs too
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 09:54 - Category: Credit crisis ;
And some of them are being forced to sell at auction for less than what they owe.
The greenest computer company under the Sun
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 08:08 - Category: Unfiled ;
…is Sun Microsystems
“Why can’t we have 15 huge data centers around the world covered in solar panels and when the sun’s out go completely off the grid? We could virtualize our computing tasks and move them in real time around the world to wherever energy is cheapest.”
Their vision will be the future of computing not just because it’s way cool but because businesses will have to do things that way.
Their UltraSPARC server processors are already the most energy-efficient on the market. They say it’s good business as well as eco-friendly to save power, because the future will demand that companies do so.
Douglas cites a study by Gartner that found that by 2015 the energy cost of running computers will be greater than the cost of acquiring them. He says it’s already happened in high-cost cities like Tokyo, “and in New York it’s probably four or five years away.”
At big companies now, 20% of energy cost comes from information technology. Sun clearly gets it. Other companies clearly don’t.
May 11. Demand extradition of Luis Posada Carriles
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 00:15 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Cuban Five;
After a two-year battle with immigration authorities, Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles arrived in Miami shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday after being released on $350,000 bond by a federal court in El Paso, Texas.Posada’s release is sure to unleash a firestorm in Venezuela and Cuba, where leaders accuse Posada of masterminding the bombing of a civilian jetliner that killed 73 people in 1976, among other alleged terrorist acts.
Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, said, “The release of Luis Posada Carriles is an absolute outrage, and George W. Bush is directly responsible. He is fully aware that Posada has murdered dozens of people, from the 1976 mid-air plane bombing which killed 73 people, to the torture and murder of Venezuelan citizens, to the bombing of Havana hotels in the late 90s which took the life of Fabio di Celmo. Bush has never uttered a word to denounce Posada’s presence in the United States.” La Riva added, “Posada Carriles’ associate Orlando Bosch was being monitored by the Cuban Five to prevent further acts of terrorism. It is Posada and Bosch who should be in prison, not the Cuban Five.”
“On May 11, when his trial on the ridiculously minimal charge of immigration fraud takes place, many organizations and churches will hold a national demonstration in front of the courtroom in El Paso. We call on people in cities across the country and around the world to protest on that day, and demand that justice be done.”
Brian Becker, national director of the ANSWER Coalition, said, “The people of the United States are being subjected to an Alice in Wonderland world; everything is turned upside-down. Bush refuses to characterize Posada as a terrorist and he walks the streets free, while the Cuban Five who fought terrorism, languish in U.S. prisons. We are demanding that Luis Posada Carriles be extradited to Venezuela to stand trial for his monstrous crimes.”
On May 11 there will be protests worldwide when Posada faces trial.
Yahoo outage?
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 00:14 - Category: Unfiled ;
I haven’t been able to get into Yahoo Calendar or Yahoo Mail for several hours (but can access My Yahoo.)
Anyone else having problems with Yahoo?
Insurance companies warn of global warming costs
Bob Morris @ Apr 20th 2007 00:08 - Category: Climate change ;
Private insurers are factoring in the cost of global warming, the federal government has not. They need to to start doing so, say the private insurers.
An executive for Swiss Reinsurance American says “We believe unequivocally that climate change presents an increasing risk to the world economy and social welfare.”
