Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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Who even talks like this?
"You are the best governor ever - deserving of great respect," Harriet
E. Miers wrote to George W. Bush days after his 51st birthday in July
1997. She also found him "cool," said he and his wife, Laura, were "the
greatest!" and told him: "Keep up the great work. Texas is blessed."
"You are the best governor ever?" She sounds like she has a high school crush. "The greatest?" This woman is going to be on the Supreme Court? Seriously, if this woman gets confirmed for the court there is absolutely no way that anyone can have any respect whatsoever for our system. If Miers is confirmed our system has officially jumped the shark and failed miserably. Down with free thinking democracy, up with ignorant crony-ism.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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In this photo of a poster provided by Unicef on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005,
the cartoon Smurfs and their village are seen being bombed by
airplanes. The recent advertising campaign by Unicef, both in print and
on television, is intended to teach schoolchildren about the horrors of
war. The title in French at left bottom reads ‘Don’t let war deystroy
the world of children’. (AP Photo/Unicef/IMPS/Peyo)
Click here to watch the video of the commercial (in a foreign language). (right click and choose "save as" to download) Warning: This video contains graphic images of reality.
The Smurf commercial starts about 40 sec. into the clip.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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War is peace. Less freedom is more liberty.
Claiming it needs greater latitude for the war on
terror, the US Senate Intelligence Committee has approved a request
from the Pentagon for the right to "covertly" gather intelligence on US
citizens in order to determine whether they can recruit them as
informants, without telling them that they are doing so on behalf of
the US government. Reuters reported Friday that the Pentagon said the measure, which is aimed at the Muslim community in the US, could help them fight insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sounds to me like they’re trying to find a needle in the haystack.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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Now we can fulfill our lifelong dream of downloading porn in Central Park in 40 degree weather. We kid, we kid. Seriously, this is a great thing and a move that has been a long time coming. The New York City Parks and Recreation Dept. and the Wi-Fi Salon are bringing free wi-fi to parks all over the city. The first free wi-fi hotspot went live in Battery Park on the Southern tip of Manhattan this past June. Starting from mid-October through Winter the city will be unveiling 18 new hotspots around NYC. With a 4 Mbps synchronous connection you should still have some pretty kick ass speed, for being in the middle of a park.
Here are the locations expecting to get wi-fi:
To Launch in Mid-October
Launched
1. The Battery
Central Park – Eight Locations
- The Dairy
- The Boathouse Cafe
- Summerstage / The Mall / The Naumburg Band Shell
- The Arsenal/Central Park Zoo
- Mineral Springs Snack Bar/ Sheep Meadow
- The Delacorte Theatre
- The North Meadow Recreation Area (above the Great Lawn)
- The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
Other Manhattan Locations
- Washington Square Park
- Union Square Park
- Riverside Park at the 79th Street Boat Basin
To Launch Winter 2006
- Prospect Park –The Boathouse
- Prospect Park –The Picnic House
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park at the Tennis Center
- Orchard Beach
- Van Cortlandt Park – The Golf House
- Pelham Bay Park – The Golf House
I doubt these will get much use until next spring, but you can bet the parks will be filled with laptops next summer. Now we want to know when we’re going to make like San Francisco and make with the free wi-fi for the entire city?
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK - With the announcement today that heating costs may soar as much as 50% higher than last winter, some people are taking drastic measures to try and save money during these tough times.
Between the war in Iraq and two devastating hurricanes interrupting oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, average Americans are finding themselves on hard times in an already weak economic environment and facing what is predicted to be an unusually harsh winter.
"There’s just no way I can do it," said Theresa Cummings of Buffalo, "I’m already stretched thin as it is. I’m a single mother working two jobs and I barely get by now. There’s no way I can handle outrageous heating bills this winter."
Cummings has a plan however, "I figure if I can put on 50-60 extra pounds before winter gets here I won’t need to use nearly as much heat. I’ve already bought three winter coats for my son to wear around the house, and with the extra weight I’m planning to put on, I’m hoping to keep the heating costs down to where they were last year."
One Syracuse man told us he plans to check himself into the hospital every time a cold front comes through. "Hey, I got insurance, fuck it." The man, who asked to not be identified by name said, "I work for the city and I have great health insurance that I never use. I’ll be damned if I’m going to let it go to waste when I can turn off the heat in my house and drive my ass down to the local hospital with ‘chest pains’."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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1010 WINS is reporting that the city council just voted to override Bloomberg’s veto of the Sunday meter rule. If I owned a car I would be really excited about this. But I’m sure all you car drivers out there are relieved to have at least one day where you can get a free ride, so to speak, at the meters. The new rule is expected to take effect within 30 days.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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It seems like one of typepad’s servers crashed. They are in the process of rebooting it and checking to make sure no data was corrupted. Everything should be running back to normal soon.
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