(for some reason this post didn’t get posted immediately, yet it still deserves fukn space today) President Bush vowed today to confront and destroy the “evil” of natural weather. President Bush declares war on hurricanes September 2, 2005 President Bush today showed the world that he’s “still got it” as a national leader when he…
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Back in a Different World
Well, after a completely surreal journey in planes, trains, RV’s, and art cars….I am back. Burning Man was indescribable…at least at the moment it seems so to me as I putter around my little place here in Hawaii and try to figure out exactly what I am doing here. Jet lag, culture shock, and general…
Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola
(I find this story doubly odd in the new coke commercials I have to watch every time I pay to see a movie…cd) Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola D. Rajeev PLACHIMADA, India, Aug 21 (IPS) – In the end it was the ”generosity” of Coca-Cola in distributing cadmium-laden waste sludge as ”free fertilizer” to the…
Sufis Under Attack as Sunni Rifts Widen – New York Times
(This is a compelling reason for us to stay in Iraq. Fuck weopons of mass destruction and self protection. If we stay it should be to protect and llearn from a peaceful and wise order of Islam. Like the sufis….cd) As the twilight ritual of the Sufi Muslims reached its crescendo, the five drummers pounded…
Original Einstein Manuscript Discovered
( much to the consternation of Bush and his gang, the paper didn’t prove that the invasion of Iraq was justified….cd) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – The original manuscript of a paper Albert Einstein published in 1925 has been found in the archives of Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, scholars said Saturday. The handwritten manuscript…
Bush invokes Sept 11th card yet again…
(Wow, let’s let him use the same excuse..the dog ate my homework, the dog ate my homework, the dog ate my homework….I’m protecting the country from another sept 11th…etc…cd) CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – President George W. Bush launched a counter-offensive against growing public discontent over Iraq on Saturday, when he defended the war as a…
Gates Foundation To Help India's Red-Light Workers – Forbes.com
Gates Foundation To Help India’s Red-Light Workers Greg Levine, 08.19.05, 12:31 PM ET NEW YORK – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is building a bridge from the postmodern information age to the world’s oldest profession. The charitable group created by the billionaire chairman of Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT – news – people ) helped distribute…
Thais hope English soccer will calm Muslim unrest – Yahoo! News
(Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? What about the soccer riots? Show them something else…cd) BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is dishing out free cable television in its restive Muslim south in the hope that sports coverage such as English Premiership soccer will calm tensions in a region plagued by…
U.S. Marine opens fire outside Mass. nightclub
(Personally, I think he showed incredible restraint. If a bottle comes through my window, watch what happens….Semper Fidelis…cd) BOSTON (Reuters) – A decorated U.S. Marine, who had been treated for post-war stress since serving in Iraq, opened fire outside a Massachusetts nightclub, wounding two people, Boston media reported on Monday. Daniel B. Cotnoir will be…
Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
(Personally, I think everyone that claims Hawaiian descent should be given a free parking pass…that would solve all of these problems…cd) Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter Aloha, Apartheid A Court Strikes Down a Race-based Policy in Hawaii, While Congress Considers Enshrining One By John Fund, 8/10/2005 8:42:44 PM For the seven million people who vacation in…