Finally. Now we can all focus on winning the actual election.
And I think we will. Despite the prolonged primary race, the Democratic party is staying strong. Obama offers something new, whereas McCain has practically turned into Bush. I think a bit of optimism is called for.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2008-06-07 | Filed under: News | 2 responses
I’m still rather busy, but this news was important enough that I felt I needed to report it. First Kucinich, now Edwards — my two favorite candidates are out of the race.
He did not endorse either candidate, though I suspect he may have dropped out now in order to help Obama. His official position is that he will not endorse either candidate until he can meet with both of them.
This is disappointing, though I suppose I knew from the beginning that he wouldn’t win. From now on, I’m going to support Obama.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2008-01-30 | Filed under: Current events, News | 3 responses
Well, that’s what the Stirland family wants to do, after their son Ben choked to death on one. He died after swallowing it while doing homework.
“What Ben was doing that day, chewing his pen, is what thousands of people do every day.”
“Our initial and main aim is to get the pen lids banned.”
“Our biggest concern is that the safety air hole and the clip, which you clip on to your jumper, acted almost like a fish hook and was difficult to remove from his throat.”
Moorside Community Technology College, the school Ben had attended, has already banned pen caps. So far the family has approached several organizations in England, such as the British Standards Institute and the Writing Instruments Association, in an attempt to stop the production of pens with plastic caps.
Read more…
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-10-13 | Filed under: News, Noteworthy, Other | 14 responses
As you’ve probably heard, Radiohead has ditched their music label and is now selling their new album, “In Rainbows,” from their website. There’s no set price. You name what you think it’s worth to you, and pay that. If you want to get it for free, you can, but if you decide to pay you can be confident that all the money goes to the band, not to a greedy corporation. I thought it was worth $20 US.
Radiohead is my favorite band, so I was confident the album would rock before I bought it. If you are skeptical, just get it for free and listen to it then go back and pay later. Trust me, you’ll love it.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-10-12 | Filed under: Current events, News, Other | one response
In the latest example of how the members of the executive branch of the United States consider themselves to be above the law, President Bush has commuted Scooter Libby’s 30 month prison sentence. While it isn’t quite a full pardon (yet, he’ll most likely be pardoned before Bush leaves office), it’s still a slap in the face to the justice system.
Members of the government or not, all people are supposed to be equal under our rule of law. No one should be exempt from it. This recent commutation shows that the Bush administration cares about as much about this principle as it does about habeas corpus, which isn’t very much. If Libby was assured from the beginning he would never go to jail, he could have focused on protecting the vice President (as special prosecutor Fitzgerald put it, throwing sand in the eyes of the investigation) rather than trying to protect himself, which is precisely what he did. This corrupts the entire legal system by essentially saying the President can and is willing to overrule court decisions to protect cronies and loyal party members.
It has been years since Bush has had an approval rating of over 50 percent (that’s putting it nicely), and this isn’t going to help. Worse, some of the Republican presidential candidates have publicly agreed with the decision already. Things seem to be quickly blowing up in Bush’s face, but who will he take with him? Bush might have just ruined his party’s chances of winning the executive branch in ‘08. Read more…
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-07-03 | Filed under: Current events, News, Opinion | 3 responses
According to the Associated Press:
A Mickey Mouse lookalike who preached Islamic domination on a Hamas-affiliated children’s television program was beaten to death in the show’s final episode Friday.In the final skit, “Farfour” was killed by an actor posing as an Israeli official trying to buy Farfour’s land. At one point, the mouse called the Israeli a “terrorist.”
“Farfour was martyred while defending his land,” said Sara, the teen presenter. He was killed “by the killers of children,” she added.
You can see some videos of Farfur from Al Aqsa TV here. The show is really disturbing. Basically, it’s this Mickey Mouse-like character urging children to fight Israel.
Now, I know they come from a different environment and a much different culture, but this is just insane. It’s a perfect example of how religion can drive people to do crazy things. Read more…
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-06-29 | Filed under: Fucked up, News | no responses
The conservatives’ favorite Democrat, now independent, recently went on CBS’s “Face the Nation” and said:
I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq
This goes beyond even the Bush administration’s position on Iran. Lieberman pisses me off.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-06-12 | Filed under: Current events, News | 4 responses
