Kerry rejects medals dispute – and hey, someone that was actually there: I watched Kerry throw his war decorations Why has the Bush administration has engaged in a three-year fight (which reaches the Supreme Court today) to hide the details of a story whose broad outline we already know? The secrecy of the energy task …
Monthly Archives: April 2004
Iron Chef America
I downloaded (*gasp*) the first show of Iron Chef America. Hmm, not sure what to think. It has definitely lost some things on the trip over from Japan. I suppose there isn’t really a way to get back the unique cultural differences in the show. Alton Brown did quite well as Mr Info. I think …
Politics
Tim Russert talking with Prince Bandar bin Sultan regarding the flight on sept 13th (the evacuation of approximately 140 Saudis just two days after 9/11). Bush says “I promote wetlands protection”, then he approves development proposals in wetlands. Al Jazeera’s seems to always be at the right place for certain anti-American campaigns being waged by …
Techie
Finally posted some pictures of my folks out visiting and the Iron Mtn hike. Uhg. Bought 2 sticks of Kingston pc4000 RAM at bestbuy. What a mistake. They are horrible. One reboots my machine every 30 minutes or so, and the other one makes programs crash at random. My poor old stick of ram is …
Diebold antidepressants
Finally: A voting panel urges California officials to stop using a voting machine made by Diebold Election Systems, and recommends that the state consider filing civil and criminal charges against the company. The risks for children taking some antidepressants could outweigh the benefits, according to an analysis of data that pharmaceutical companies did not make …