Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons to host campaign fundraiser Thursday for Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele’s run for U.S. Senate. From the Washington Times: Also scheduled to participate in the event are Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, a black-run broadcasting company specializing in urban markets, and hip-hop pioneer DJ Kid Capri. […] Ms. Hughes and Mr. Simmons, the man behind the Def Jam Recordings music label and
August 21, 2006
August 21, 2006
Gored!
From the AP: Cool your home, warm the planet. When more than two dozen countries undertook in 1989 to fix the ozone hole over Antarctica, they began replacing chloroflourocarbons in refrigerators, air conditioners and hair spray. But they had little idea that using other gases that contain chlorine or fluorine instead also would contribute greatly to global warming. CFCs destroy ozone, the atmospheric layer that helps protect against the sun’s
August 21, 2006
Truthout Attempts CPR on Rove Indictment Story; Leopold, Ash still pursuing Sealed v Sealed—at the expense of long-awaited expose tying Dick Cheney to alien abduction conspiracy and so-called “black oil”
Peligro Bastardo emails: “It’s Ba-a-a-a-a-ack… The Return of the Son of the ROVEIAN INDICTMENT!” From Truthout: An indictment first reported by Truthout said to be connected to Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s Plame investigation remains sealed, and Fitzgerald continues to work on the leak case. Translation: This just in—Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. The indictment, 06 cr 128, was returned by the grand jury hearing evidence in the CIA leak
August 21, 2006
“The Schrödinger’s cat meets Schrödinger’s mouse post†(from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
Schrödinger: “I think it’s perfectly reasonable to posit that I could have a vermin problem—one that is potentially, however, entirely under control, and so in ‘truth’ not really a vermin problem at all. Unless of course it is—by dint of its potentially not being under control. In fact, there’s always the possibility the infestation is rampant by now. Or not. Or both. “—Say. Are those Doritos?”
August 21, 2006
“Britain Charges 11 Men Tied to Terror Plot”
From the NYT: Warning that Britain faced a “deadly†and “enduring†threat from terrorism, British authorities announced today that 11 of 23 people held in connection with a suspected plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners would be formally charged with offenses including possession of bomb-making equipment and conspiracy to commit murder. At a news conference, Susan Hemming, a lawyer from the Crown Prosecution Service, said one person was being freed
August 21, 2006
Melanie Philips on “Londonistan”
To some, Philips is a scaremonger. To others, she is a plain-spoken realist. Me, I’m getting my gear together for tomorrow’s heavily advertised day of infidel reckoning (situational optimism notwithstanding)—which, if all goes according to plan and western cities are reduced to dust and ash under a fiery nuclear sky, will thankfully delay the airing of my first ever lame attempt to do internet teevee—so I have no time to