Earlier this week while looking at other people’s blogs, I found this link (courtesy of danah @ apophenia). It provides an insight to how different drugs affect our behaviours and our abilities to function, through the use of animated mice. It really is a very cool tool if you want to understand what actually happens… Continue reading
Category: Politics
House Protections
Thanks to danah over at apophenia, I discovered that the Deleting Online Predators Act, or DOPA pass the US House today by a vote of 410-15. According to a ZDNet article, the bill was apparently meant to restrict access to MySpace, the definition of off-limits Web sites is so broad the bill would probably sweep… Continue reading
FMA Fails House Vote
Following the rejection of the FMA in the U.S. Senate last month, the U.S. House followed in their decision to reject writing discrimination into the Constitution by a vote of 236-187 (see story).
On NPR today…
On NPR today, I heard a brief update on an interesting article in The Boston Globe, by Charles Savage, about President Bush’s claim to have the authority to disregard over 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office. In the article, Bush is reported to assert that “he has the power to set… Continue reading
Bye Bye Tom
It seems that Mr. Delay may have seen the writing on the wall. I’ve just seen the following headline from the New York Times: “DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Officials Report”, and reports indicate that Delay has “decided not to try to hold on to his House seat as he faced the possibility of… Continue reading
Onya Jonny
Good interview tonight on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His guest was Senator Russ Feingold, and his recent moves to censure the POTUS.
Cough it up man
Just catching up on some “news” (sourced from the greatest news source out there, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), and having just finished watching Tuesday night’s episode – featuring a story on Paul Hackett’s run for US Senator for Ohio – I thought I would check out some online material on the candidate. I… Continue reading
I'm With Stupid
I’m listening to PSB’s new song, “I’m with Stupid” from their new album, Fundamental. It’s the usual PSB style and sound, but the words are kind of funny, especially when you read (listen to) them knowing that it’s a song “dedicated” to English Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush. You can… Continue reading
I’m With Stupid
I’m listening to PSB’s new song, “I’m with Stupid” from their new album, Fundamental. It’s the usual PSB style and sound, but the words are kind of funny, especially when you read (listen to) them knowing that it’s a song “dedicated” to English Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush. You can… Continue reading