quote[A five-strong Swiss crew have sailed into history by completing the first solar-powered transatlantic crossing.
The Sun21 catamaran arrived in Miami late on Thursday, 117 days after leaving Seville in southern Spain.
The crew of four academics and one full-time sailor said they were trying to promote the "great potential" of solar power to combat climate change.
A similar-sized boat would have used about 72 litres of diesel every 24 hours on the same voyage.]
Cool!
Thanks, Karen!
Friday, March 30, 2007
What A Boner! Part 2
quote[A Fishwrap spy informs us that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) accidentally voted for the Democratic budget this afternoon.
The spy said Boehner staffers got calls during the vote wondering why their boss was the only Republican supporting the majority party's plan, which he had derided as "the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
Boehner quickly corrected the situation and the Democratic budget passed 216-210, with the Republican proudly voting "nay."]
Again, I am speechless...
The spy said Boehner staffers got calls during the vote wondering why their boss was the only Republican supporting the majority party's plan, which he had derided as "the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
Boehner quickly corrected the situation and the Democratic budget passed 216-210, with the Republican proudly voting "nay."]
Again, I am speechless...
What A Boner! Part 1
quote[During his short speech to those in attendance, Boehner six times mispronounced the group’s name as the “Tusk-E-gee,” eliciting audible groans from the front to the back of the Capitol Rotunda. One woman standing in front of me leaned to her companion and whispered, “This is so embarrassing, and he’s from my state.”
Perhaps making matters worse, almost all of Boehner’s speech focused on the general accomplishments of American forces in World War II, paying little direct respect to those in the room.
As if to remove any doubt about the verbal kerfuffle, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the stage and began his speech by pronouncing the group’s name correctly, while making a clear, if passing, glance in Boehner’s direction. Immediately afterward, the entire crowd broke into applause at the correction.]
No comment required...
Perhaps making matters worse, almost all of Boehner’s speech focused on the general accomplishments of American forces in World War II, paying little direct respect to those in the room.
As if to remove any doubt about the verbal kerfuffle, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the stage and began his speech by pronouncing the group’s name correctly, while making a clear, if passing, glance in Boehner’s direction. Immediately afterward, the entire crowd broke into applause at the correction.]
No comment required...
Russian media reports imminent US strike on Iran
quote[Russia told the United States on Thursday it must take care not to aggravate tensions over Iran with its naval presence in the Gulf, amid Russian press reports of an imminent US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The US Navy has this week been conducting its biggest exercises in Gulf waters for four years. The Pentagon said the war games were brought forward because of mounting tensions between Iran and Western states.
"The Persian Gulf is today in such an agitated state that any action in this region, especially one that involves the navy or other military forces, must take into account the need not to aggravate the situation even further," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
Al-Arabiyya reported on its Web site on Thursday that the Bush administration is preparing to launch a military operation, dubbed "The Sting," to strike 20 Iranian nuclear plants, disabling Iran's atomic program for at least five to seven years.]
If they do, those fifteen British soldiers are toast.
"The Persian Gulf is today in such an agitated state that any action in this region, especially one that involves the navy or other military forces, must take into account the need not to aggravate the situation even further," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
Al-Arabiyya reported on its Web site on Thursday that the Bush administration is preparing to launch a military operation, dubbed "The Sting," to strike 20 Iranian nuclear plants, disabling Iran's atomic program for at least five to seven years.]
If they do, those fifteen British soldiers are toast.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Impeachment Threat Is Real
quote[When a conservative commentator who was on the frontlines of Newt Gingrich's "Republican revolution" entertains a thoughtful conversation about the politics and processes of impeachment on a major cable news network, it should be clear that the cloistered conversation about sanctioning this president has begun to open up.
No, Scarborough is not jumping on the impeachment bandwagon.
He is simply treating the prospect seriously, as did CNN's Wolf Blitzer earlier in the day.
What I told Scarborough is what I have been saying in public forums for the past several weeks: We are nearing an impeachment moment. The Alberto Gonzales scandal, the under-covered but very real controversy involving abuses of the Patriot Act and the president's increasingly belligerent refusals to treat Congress as a co-equal branch of government are putting the discussion of presidential accountability onto the table from which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tried to remove it.]
I really like this thought...
No, Scarborough is not jumping on the impeachment bandwagon.
He is simply treating the prospect seriously, as did CNN's Wolf Blitzer earlier in the day.
What I told Scarborough is what I have been saying in public forums for the past several weeks: We are nearing an impeachment moment. The Alberto Gonzales scandal, the under-covered but very real controversy involving abuses of the Patriot Act and the president's increasingly belligerent refusals to treat Congress as a co-equal branch of government are putting the discussion of presidential accountability onto the table from which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tried to remove it.]
I really like this thought...
Blair warns Iran of 'different phase'
quote[British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said his country is prepared to move to a "different phase" if negotiations fail to free 15 sailors and marines being held by Iran.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured the group Friday, while it was conducting what Britain called an inspection of a merchant vessel near the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, at the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
Britain said the Royal Navy crew were seized in the Iraqi part of the waterway, where the border with Iran is disputed. Iran however says the group was in Iranian waters.
In an interview on GMTV on Tuesday Blair said: "I hope we manage to get them (the Iranian government) to realize they have to release them. If not, then this will move into a different phase."]
Am I too jaded since this makes me think of the gulf of Tonkin???
I am sure I'm not the first...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured the group Friday, while it was conducting what Britain called an inspection of a merchant vessel near the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, at the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
Britain said the Royal Navy crew were seized in the Iraqi part of the waterway, where the border with Iran is disputed. Iran however says the group was in Iranian waters.
In an interview on GMTV on Tuesday Blair said: "I hope we manage to get them (the Iranian government) to realize they have to release them. If not, then this will move into a different phase."]
Am I too jaded since this makes me think of the gulf of Tonkin???
I am sure I'm not the first...
Tony Snow learns growth is cancerous, has likely spread to liver
quote[White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, a cancer survivor who announced last Friday he would undergo surgery to remove an abdominal growth, has learned that the growth is cancerous and has likely spread to liver, CNN is reporting.
Fox News says that interim White House spokesperson Dana Perino revealed Snow's situation in the morning press conference and said doctors will be going after it as aggressively is possible. Snow is sorry that people heard it from the press and not from him, Perino said.]
I never cared much for the guy, but I still wish him well. This can't be an easy situation for him or his family.
Fox News says that interim White House spokesperson Dana Perino revealed Snow's situation in the morning press conference and said doctors will be going after it as aggressively is possible. Snow is sorry that people heard it from the press and not from him, Perino said.]
I never cared much for the guy, but I still wish him well. This can't be an easy situation for him or his family.
House strips Bush of authority to appoint interim Attorneys
quote[In a 329-78 vote last night, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and stripped President George W. Bush of the authority to appoint United States Attorneys on an interim basis, ending the ability of the Bush administration to do an end run around the Senate in putting controversial US Attorneys in office.]
Finally, some teeth...
Finally, some teeth...
Monday, March 26, 2007
Diebold sues Massachusetts for not choosing their machines
quote[Weisberg said Diehold was so stunned it did not get the contract that it now believes "it's worth the time and money" of going to court to challenge the contract's award, even though the company at this stage has no hard evidence of unfair treatment.
Galvin yesterday called the Diebold suit "frivolous" and unlikely to succeed. "My office made a very reasonable selection after a long, open process of evaluating the voting machines," Galvin said.
"We are entirely confident we will prevail," he said.]
Bwahahaha!!! The poor corporation didn't get a contract. Awe, that's so sad...
Also, I loved the typo where the reporter called them "diehold."
Galvin yesterday called the Diebold suit "frivolous" and unlikely to succeed. "My office made a very reasonable selection after a long, open process of evaluating the voting machines," Galvin said.
"We are entirely confident we will prevail," he said.]
Bwahahaha!!! The poor corporation didn't get a contract. Awe, that's so sad...
Also, I loved the typo where the reporter called them "diehold."
Muscle Stem Cells May Offer A New Treatment Option For Congestive Heart Failure
quote[Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) due to myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack) often have scar tissue in the heart, which limits the heart's ability to pump blood. In spite of cutting-edge medical therapy and other current heart failure treatments, two million patients in the United States are admitted to the hospital for CHF each year and almost half a million die annually. Doctors may now have the opportunity to successfully replace scarred heart tissue with healthy muscle via intracardiac injections of autologous skeletal myoblasts (ASM), stem cells from the skeletal muscle.]
Another reason to support this research...
Another reason to support this research...
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