Archive for May, 2006
Another shining example of media fallacy
0 Comments Published May 31st, 2006 in Local Issues, Media/TV/InternetToday an attorney was abducted from downtown Birmingham, AL. A white, female attorney abducted by a black man. What a juicy story for the media to gobble up. And the local media did just that, providing updates as they occurred. At about 5:30 PM the attorney and the suspect were […]
As the 2006 hurricane season begins, there is sobering news about Katrina-stricken New Orleans: parts of the city are sinking faster than previously thought:
The research, being published Thursday in the journal Nature, is based on new satellite radar data for the three years before Katrina struck in 2005. The data show that some areas are […]
A hidden but potentially powerful new feature of the next version of Word is the ability to compose a blog post and publish it entirely from within Word. This brings most of Word’s tools and formatting into close reach to just about any blogger. Although not all of the tools […]
Bill O’Reilly proven wrong: Daily Show viewers more informed on current events
0 Comments Published May 27th, 2006 in Interesting, PoliticsOn the May 23rd episode of the Fox News Channel primetime juggernaut The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly made the assertion that Americans 18 to 24 years old have no clue about what’s going on in the world. He attributed this to this age group watching Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon […]
My friend Chris Holmes has posted that Office 2007 Beta 2 has been made public to everyone. All you need to download Office 2007 is a MSN Passport.
Click here to download Office 2007 Beta 2.
This guy has a patent pending on a way to harnass water as a power source not by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen gas, but by rearranging the water molecule so that the oxygen is on the end of the molecule instead of the center.
Aquygen™ Gas, as the creator of the device has called […]
My friend Sunny Yeung has passed this along to me about the guilty verdict handed down by a Houston jury to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling of Enron. Ken Lay was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of securities fraud. Jeff Skilling was […]
General Motors is offering a gas cap of $1.99 per gallon to California and Florida customers that purchase certain vehicles that are notorious for getting mediocre gas mileage. Customers must sign up for the On-Star service in order to recieve the gas incentive:
The offer is good for 2006 and 2007 model year vehicles. […]
Wired news has leaked the documents pertaining to its court case about illegal distribution of phone records:
Based on what we’ve seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public’s right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&Ts claims to secrecy.
Wired has posted the raw evidence from former AT&T employee Mark Klein.
Caught red handed! Film catches lawmaker taking bribe from FBI
0 Comments Published May 21st, 2006 in Humor, PoliticsWell, ain’t this a pretty picture? A Louisiana congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on tape accepting a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant. The cash was stashed inside Represenative William Jefferson’s freezer.
This is a picture of what is wrong with our goverment. Corruption transcends through jurisdictions and party lines. […]
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