Month July 2006

The shocking silence from No 10 (and blogs)

From the Times of London It is a case of the Blair that didn’t bark. Why hasn’t the Prime Minister publicly condemned the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza? Most British â┚¬â€ and many Israeli â┚¬â€ citizens are horrified when…

How hot is it?

Statewide Stage 1 Emergency Notice [200601616] The California ISO hereby issues a Statewide STAGE 1 ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY Notice, effective 07/22/2006 13:12 through 07/22/2006 20:00. Reason(s): Due to the loss of a large resource and high loads across the CAISO control…

Neocons support war

U.S. speeds up bomb delivery for Israel They don’t learn, do they? In Iraq, civil war all but declared Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns general The neocons have started two disastrous wars, yet now are launching a third. Slow learners,…

Blogging from a hotel

The extreme heat blew out transformers all over the San Fernando Valley Friday at 5:45 pm. The power company said it’s a Level 2 which means at least ten hours until it’s fixed and that the outages are directly attributable…

“Endurable”peace, says Condi

Unlike Dubya, Condoleezza Rice knows what words mean. Rice said “We do seek an end to the current violence, and we seek it urgently. More than that, we also seek to address the root causes of that violence, so that…