Thursday, April 30, 2009

EU Urges Calm, Mexico Shuts Down and More for Thursday, April 30, 2009


Please Note: We are taking the advice of Dr. Chan of the WHO under advisement. But we are also taking the advice of the EU not to panic. (Does anybody listen to Joe Biden anyway? Gee whiz...)


And Chrysler announces bankruptcy. We have been observing that train wreck for almost 30 years! It has been a strange and terrible spectacle (to quote the late Hunter S. Thompson...) watching them roll and tumble - for decades. Most train wrecks and car wrecks grind to a halt in a relatively short time. But management and labor have done quite a job in keeping it going. But, in our humble opinion, Mitsubishi (of course, the Wikipedia reports there was some controversy over possible slave labor, gee whiz...) should have taken them over, not Fiat.




Chrysler to file for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53s8f6-us-autos/

Chrysler to proceed with bankruptcy: administration official

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53t3zl-us-chrylser-bankruptcy/

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American


U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

XBox Forensics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101445.htm

XBox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBox

Computer Hackers R.I.P.: Making Quantum Cryptography Practical

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430065454.htm

Quantum Cryptography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

Wolfram Alpha 'as important as Google', researchers say

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm

Wolfram Alpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Alpha

Invisibility cloak edges closer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm

Invisibility Cloak (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibility_cloak#Cloaks_of_invisibility_in_science

Evolution In A Test Tube: Scientists Make Molecules That Evolve And Compete, Mimicking Behavior Of Darwin's Finches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429140849.htm

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

Tiny Differences In Our Genes Help Shed Light On The Big Picture Of Human History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429162244.htm

Human Genome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Our Passions to Radio Shack, Passions About US Economy and More Public Passions for Wednesday, April 29, 2009


"7345 - Moscow - Bolotnaya Proshad - Children are the victims of adults' vices - Poverty " image licensed under Creative Commons by thisisbossi


OK, we've decreased our content, but our passions for our country and other issues seem to be growing. But, we want to say that we view these as our passions and not our grievances, complaints, woes and so on. We are trying to stay positive about the course of this nation and its inhabitants.




The falling economy, the pandemic, the killings in Mexico, waterboarding, torture do continue to be our passions and we are hoping that these things can be reversed. And soon, but it doesn't seem too likely. Some of these things are, of course, irreversible. Like the horrific loss of life in Mexico and the Narcowar. We are hoping that the killings can be slowed - if not stopped altogether. Mexico has enough problems with the influenza outbreak, poverty, the recent earthquake and the like. We share our passion for Mexico for one of our friends who has recently come to stay here in the USA. He has grandparents and other loved ones in Mexico - and we share his passions and concerns for them. If you are reading this, and you also have loved ones in Mexico, we share your passions and concerns for them also. If you have any reason to contact us regarding this, please feel free to do so.




We are very passionate about the political move by the enigmatic Senator Arlen Specter of yesterday. We fully realize that there are multiple political calculations (we call them specterlations) on all sides of this move. What we don't understand was the headlining of the link Obama welcomes Specter to Democratic Party and not the original story Veteran GOP Sen. Specter switches parties on MSNBC.com. Why is MSNBC (or NBC) so conspicuous at using the speculative (?) device Reductio ad Obamum? Do all roads lead to President Obama - has he truly become the Alpha and the Omega in the eyes of MSNBC/NBC? Or, have they become truly desperate?




Witness the desperate challenge by Keith Olbermann to Sean Hannity? We like Keith and Sean, but why press the waterboarding argument to such extremes? It is immoral and unethical for both to even consider using the technique of waterboarding on the other, even if its to demonstrate the fact that it is a form of torture - or not. We quote Wikipedia "Waterboarding is a form of torture...". Therefore, it is not only immoral and unethical to suggest the practice of it for this purpose, it is also illegal. We ask that Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Hannity cease and desist from this ridiculous distraction, even though we recognize their passion for it. We have ceased and desisted from watching their programs out of our passion for the abandonment of such a topic.




We are still holding out our hopes that the flu Pandemic just won't become such. If it truly were a Pandemic, we expected to have a thousand fatalities by today. Ten thousand next week. And a million or more after that. It just doesn't seem to be going to such extremes. But, we keep making fervent, frightened prayers that it doesn't go that way. As we mentioned previously, our senior editor lost an aunt (actually, she was a great-grandaunt) in the 1918 influenza pandemic.




Speaking of our senior editor, he too has been crushed by this economy. He has lost his passion for his own recovery from his own economic strife and has just about lost all hope. But, we are passionate for his recovery - even though he his stricken ill, grown weak and trodden under bone-crushing poverty, living well below the suggested $ 21,200/limit for a family of 4 suggested by those in authority. Which leads to our passion about the Radio Shack employee assaulting a customer. Our editors would never assault a customer, yet Radio Shack finds us unfit for employment. We are very passionate about the hiring of non-violent personnel. We urge you to contact them in the hope we can get them to hire more prudently.








U.S. economy tumbles in first quarter

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53s3nk-us-usa-economy/

WHO warns swine flu outbreak is moving closer to pandemic

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1064821

Swine flu outbreak tracked with Twitter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30454631/

Fire Strongly Influences Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142332.htm

New York City-sized ice collapses off Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53r27v-us-antarctica-ice/

Satellite Imagery Shows Fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf Destabilized

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428154833.htm

Wilkins Sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkins_Sound

Radio Shack Employee Punches Customer

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/ap/strange/main4976998.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection

Please see the attached link about a Radio Shack employee assaulting a customer over a return item: "Radio Shack Employee Punches Customer"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/ap/strange/main4976998.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection

We have many issues re. this assault:

1) Since when is it policy for Radio Shack to assault customers over a return?
2) WE have never assaulted a customer over a return, yet we can't even get a return phone call from Radio Shack for our job application. Why is this?
3) Why would Radio Shack prefer to hire violent offenders over non-violent personnel? We can't understand this.
4) Please do respond to these inquiries as we will be posting them on the internet.
Thank You.

US does about-face on Camp Lejeune's tap water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_go_ot/us_toxic_tapwater;_ylt=Aih06Uc_G9iv1f1R7Rc7xK8DW7oF

Olbermann pressing on Hannity's waterboard offer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_en_ot/us_tv_hannity_s_torture;_ylt=AgbdgM7jVeghXh8QHk1NZYQDW7oF

Report: Citigroup wants to pay bonuses


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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pandemic or Food Riots? For Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Yes, we know some of the media attention to the Pandemic is overblown, and we voted as such on CNN.com's website today. But, our senior editor did happen to lose an aunt during the 1918 flu pandemic - whom he was too young to know, and consequently never met. But the impact of the swine flu is very real, and pandemics present a very real issue of mass fatalities - sometimes in the millions. Supposedly, the 1918 pandemic took 25 million lives, maybe more, maybe less. We're hoping this flu mutates quickly into a non-lethal version (see the link below), and peters out with minimum loss of life. But, pointedly, Dr. Fukuda - in his amazingly boring public statement on the level 4 Pandemic - did not mention that possibility. Or was that simply left out?

Of course, as pointed out by Jack Cafferty on CNN yesterday (sigh, we admit to actually watching Mr. Cafferty from time to time, out of shear boredom...) that 36,000 deaths/fatalities occur each year due to the flu out of an infection rate of some 200,000/annum. The point being, we guess, that the situation is serious, not dreadful. But then, we keep reviewing in our mind, Dr. Fukuda's utterly dreadful video presentation of yesterday regarding the level 4 alert. And we wonder, does the WHO know something we don't?

But, something else that really troubles us is the potential for food riots in the near term. Is the world actually facing a $ 100 million (+ or -) shortfall in world food supplies? Will the pandemic balance out this problem? Or, what exactly should we be hoping for? Remember the news/media stories on food shortages before the global economy went bust? That story just didn't go away - it is still a very serious, real issue.

In light of these issues, we're ignoring the usual stuff about Madoff, Obama, the airplane buzzing the Statue of Liberty (haven't we heard enough about that one?...as a nation, are we really that fearful of another 2001-style attack).


Swine Flu: Public Health Emergency Declared
Mexico
study

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Waterboarding Authorized and More Disgusting News for Friday, April 24, 2009


Image licensed under Creative Commons by waterboardingdotorg


Rice approved CIA waterboarding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8013759.stm

Condoleeza Rice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleeza_Rice

Waterboarding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding


Report: 110,600 Iraqis killed since invasion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30383144/

Obama faces dilemma on Armenian killings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30384966/

Arbor Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day

Remembering the lost forests of America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30376570/

New swine flu strain caused 800 Mexican cases, health minister says

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/24/health-flu-mexico090424.html

Mexico shuts schools around capital in flu scare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n228-us-flu/

Deadly outbreak in Mexico caused by swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386163/

Swine flu


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu


No More Cover for CIA? W.H. to Release Abuse Photos

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/obama-adminis-3.html

Russia military spy boss 'sacked'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8016371.stm

North Korea to boycott nuclear talks: Russia

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo304133-us-korea-north/

Americans face N. Korea criminal trial

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30378038/

Canadian soldier found dead on base in Afghanistan

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/24/canadian-soldier-death-kandahar.html

Spain's jobless rate soars to 17%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8016364.stm

Ex-hostages out of fuel, fear new pirate attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30387340/

NYT: Chrysler bankruptcy filing soon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30366383/

US ramps up cybersecurity focus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8011380.stm

RCMP Database on Taser Use

http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/taser-deployment/

Animals Get The Boot From Bronx Zoo

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/24/national/main4966089.shtml


FAA publicizes bird strike data

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Investor seeks proceeds from Madoff’s villa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30387391/

Gossip, blogger ... spokesperson?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329216

Gayspoke

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/gayspoke.html

Website helps homeless man transform

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Myanmar arrests Buddhists — for praying

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386725/

First Dog is 'crazy,' Michelle Obama tells kids

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/24/bo-obama-loves-to-chew/
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Cheney Said What? and Bailout Fraud? and More for Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Cheney enters 'torture' memos row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8009571.stm

Blackwater (Now Xe) Still Working In Iraq

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/21/iraq/main4958842.shtml

Cyberspies hack into U.S. fighter project: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k0tg-us-pentagon-cyberspying/

Rep. Denies Interceding In Israel Spy Case

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/21/politics/main4959232.shtml

Watchdog says bank bailout vulnerable to fraud

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315680/

Meltdown 'will cost $4 trillion'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8009734.stm

Recession-hit UK 'fears ID theft'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8009890.stm

U.S. to give Chrysler, GM new aid

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53k0ku-us-autos-bailout/

U.S. judge orders Madoff assets secured for seizure

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53j3ww-us-madoff-assets/

Army takeover quells violence in Mexico

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319518/


UN puts global treasures online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8009974.stm

Gay marriage row at Miss USA show

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8009359.stm
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Monday, April 20, 2009

260+ Cases of US Waterboarding (and More?) for Monday, April 20, 2009


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Sunday, April 19, 2009

No Prosecution for Bushies and UN Contra Obama and More for Sunday, April 19, 2009




Obama Aide: No Prosecution of Bush Officials for Torture Policy

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/04/obama-adminis-1.html

U.N. Official: No Pass For Torturers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/politics/100days/main4953883.shtml

Energy secretary: Islands could disappear

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_sc/cb_obama_summit_energy;_ylt=ApqERs2mBlXWy0Hw9IikeJus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWRtN2hoBHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNlbmVyZ3lzZWNyZXQ-

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417183528.htm

EPA: Greenhouse gases pose health hazard

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/17/greenhouse.gas.hazard.epa/index.html

Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004975.stm


Carbon dioxide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide

Global Warming 'Fixes' Can Suck Up Water

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7371405&page=1

2008 "Worst Year" In Fortune 500 History

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/19/sunday/main4954725.shtml

Fortune 500

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500

Canadian Banks Avoided Mortgage Meltdown

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/eveningnews/main4954231.shtml

Obama keeps some Bush secrets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30292790/

Bushama


US boycotts UN racism conference

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8006548.stm

New pirate attack thwarted in Gulf of Aden

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/19/pirate.attack.foiled/index.html

Nato foils Somali pirates' attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8006827.stm

Mexican drug wars spread north into U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30282193/

Logic rules drug murders, trafficker says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/15/mexico.gangs/index.html

Mexico drug gang's rescue foiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8006687.stm

Jackie Chan's China remarks prompt backlash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30292772/

Jackie Chan gets critical kick from Hong Kong and Taiwanese politicians

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/04/19/chan-china-comments.html

Jackie Chan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan

China 'to act over jail deaths'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006942.stm

For China’s new left, old values

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30290632/

Iran leader urges reporter rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8006861.stm

Iranian president urges full defence for jailed U.S. journalist

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/19/saberi-ahmadinejad.html

Roxana Saberi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxana_Saberi

The 10 Best Cities in the Country for Jobs

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7183746&page=1

Scrutiny grows on company tax breaks to gain jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/tax_breaks_scrutiny;_ylt=AhTsJvNurv9meeWtw7qVLlms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOWQ2bzFxBHBvcwM5MgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX2J1c2luZXNzBHNsawNzY3J1dGlueWdyb3c-

Folks losing homes dial 1-800; no one answers

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/15/foreclosure.phones/index.html

Test of Lincoln DNA may prove cancer theory

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267859/

No-gas cars soon to hit market

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/18/levs.green.cars.cnn

3 patients HIV-positive after VA clinic mistakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30269569/

Factories dumping drugs into sewage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267705/

King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/king.sotu.chesapeake/index.html

Chesapeake Bay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay

Desert clash in West over solar potential, water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/water_for_solar;_ylt=AoHmqTJrLt.IwuGFQJ.XHY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNGIzM3N1BHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNkZXNlcnRjbGFzaGk-

NYT: A possibly deadly route to beauty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267013/

Silicone embolism (This link under development).

Embryos From IVF OKd for Research Dollars

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=7363394

'Green Nobel' for forest champion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000936.stm


Goldman Environmental Prize

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Environmental_Prize


Reports expose holes in Canada's food safety system

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Food-borne bacteria cause illness in 1 in 6 annually: T.O. health report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/foodborne-illness-toronto.html

New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_malaria;_ylt=AiZbU48UdmN_HdWkYijn5oqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2VlbmphBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA25ld2Z1bmRwcm9taQ--

Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

Spanish wind farms' record month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006668.stm

Key role of forests 'may be lost'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004517.stm

New limits to Antarctic tourism

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