Month October 2003

Sierra glaciers in rapid retreat At the same time, ice slabs at Mt. Shasta have grown. A warming trend is responsible for both developments, researchers say. A new survey of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada shows the thick slabs of…

This is getting to be routine news Baghdad coalition hotel base bombed. At least six people die as a suspected suicide car bomber targets a Baghdad hotel used by coalition and Iraqi officials.

Southern California grocery clerks on strike Leaders of the grocery workers union in Southern California called on thousands of its members to walk off their jobs late Saturday, launching the region’s first supermarket strike in 25 years. It’s been amusing…

Infinite Matrix on Arnold The Infinite Matrix, a SF/art site asked authors, editors, etc. about Arnold winning in Cali. William GibsonI forget whether, in the Virtual Light books, Arnold is president of the US or merely Governor of SoCal, but,…

Rush Limbaugh is a big fat drug addict Radio talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh stunned listeners Friday when he admitted that he is addicted to painkillers. He admitted this no doubt to get ahead of the story,…