A Scholar Is Alive, Actually, and Hungry for Debate. I love the way Chávez thumbs his nose at Bush, and I certainly don’t think he is any sort of physical threat to the US. Bringing Noam Chomsky into the worldwide spotlight, however, earns huge bonus points in my book. “I have been quite interested in … …
Win war on terror at home with shift in foreign policy. Our leaders need to get past the simple-minded “secure our borders and ports” mentality and dig deeper into the question of what drives terrorism. We shouldn’t be surprised to find that the answer resides close to home. In other words, the war on terror … …
HDTV DVR is finally built and working. Yeah! Still got another two weeks until Grey’s Anatomy starts up. Now if only there were a way for me to watch Weeds without shelling out $40/month for cable…
Just started taking the Metro light rail into downtown recently. Adds about 15 minutes to my commute in each direction, but it also provides more flexibility and gives me an extra 35 minutes to read or sleep, which was something I enjoyed tremendously in New York. I thought I would miss riding the subway when … …
Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast. Your weapons of mass destruction order has shipped. Israel has long told American officials that it wanted M-26 rockets for use against conventional armies in case Israel was invaded, one of the American officials said. But after being pressed in recent days on what they intended … …
Lamont Defeats Lieberman in Primary. This makes my week. War: what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Unofficial returns this morning showed that Mr. Lamont won with 51.8 percent of the vote, with 98 percent of the electoral precincts reporting.
A Night of Death and Terror for Lebanese Villagers. Israeli airstrike appears to be responsible for killing a bunch of sleeping civilians. Leaving southern Lebanon now is dangerous. The two extended families staying in the house that the Israeli missile struck – the Shalhoubs and the Hashims – had discussed leaving several times over the … …
U.N. Says It Warned Israel Not to Fire on Post. In Lebanon, the Israeli military has killed hundreds of civilians and now four UN peacekeepers (accidentally, of course) in its war on Hezbollah, all for eight dead and two kidnapped soldiers. The US turns a blind eye and provides Israel more missiles. That makes us … …
Cranked out my first 500+ mile tank on the hyb this morning. My best tank yet at 51.8 mpg. Booyah! Still had 3 bars on the fuel meter (~2.5 gallons remaining), too, so could have tried to squeeze out 600, but it might have been a bit stressful… Took a snapshot to celebrate the milestone. … …
Looks like Yahoo changed the format of its weather page recently and added the usual warning against repurposing its data. Boo! T-Mobile is going to start charging for incoming text messages next month anyways so I will just have to get the forecast online or on tv like everyone else. Had to fax some financial … …