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Topics last night included: Triumphalist liberals proclaim mission accomplished in Libya even as battles still continue in Tripoli and the National Transitional Council draws up a constitution for a strict Islamist state under sharia law. And then there’s the problem of 1000x more loose weapons than under Saddam. Libya is nowhere near being stable [...] Reading the comments on the Facebook page for Bryan Norcross, Hurricane Specialist at The Weather Channel is bemusing. There are quite a few from people in the storm track wondering what to do or what will happen. One person said, my house is one block from the ocean, should I board up the windows? Uh, [...] Libya: Assuming the rebels take Tripoli, what comes next? Let’s not forget Dubya’s “mission accomplished” statement on the aircraft carrier when in fact, not much had been accomplished at all. Financial crisis: BofA is in dire shape as are some countries. Bailing out the big banks has made things worse, not better. Hurricane Irene: She [...] A law in April upped California’s renewable energy goals by 2020 to 33% from 20%, a far more ambitious goal than any other state is attempting. But, while a renewable energy economy is a laudable goal, it seems doubtful that California will actually be able to achieve it. Or if it does, it will [...] If Irene hits the south-facing CT, RI, MA, or Long Island coasts, the northeast quadrant will be the most dangerous because that’s where the wind and waves are moving in the same direction. This is where the tern Nor’easter comes from. (While Irene is a hurricane not a Nor’easter, the concept is the same.) [...] Ohio State University plans to break its own EV speed records with the all-new, all-electric Buckeye Bullet 3. It must be for health reasons, sadly. To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. [...] "That's right, journalists, I'll pay you up to $15,000 a day!" Gordon Duff of Veterans Today, certainly no stranger to controversy, says Libya rebels have documents detailing sometimes huge payments by the Qaddafi government to activists, journalists, bloggers, and other media in the US, UK, and Europe. He quotes from representatives of [...] |  | ||||
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