Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MIT Fights for Clean Power With Holy Grail of Fusion in Reach
In the first part of a week-long series at the breakthrough university, our resident geek looks down the belly of extreme machines with forces some 100,000 times stronger than the Earth’s—and forecasts the future of efficient energy.
By Erik Sofge
Published on: February 25, 2008
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Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
India test-firing of nuclear-capable missile to start arms race
KARACHI, Feb 27 (APP): The test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile by India on Tuesday “is going to start a new arms race in the region”.This was stated by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir.He was talking to media on the occasion [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Israel threatens to unleash ‘holocaust’ in Gaza
(Havakuk Levison/Reuters)
Matan Vilnai issued the threats after an escalation in rocket fire from the Strip
James Hider, of The Times, Jerusalem
An Israeli minister gave warning today that the army may unleash a “holocaust” on the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily barrages of home-made Qassam rockets [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We Own The World
Adapted from a Z Media Institute talk, June 2007
January, 01 2008 By Noam Chomsky
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You all know, of course, there was an election—what is called “an election” in the United States—last November. There was really one issue in the election, what to do about U.S. forces in Iraq [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stock exchange for ‘grid’ computing?
You might soon be selling your spare computer power over the internet, or perhaps buying in extra resources to solve a tricky problem. In either case, network administration used to be a stumbling block – until European researchers developed a successful free-market approach to grid computing.
As you read this, millions [...]
Posted in Essay on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Review Essay
by David Bukay
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2007
Are Islam and democracy compatible? A large literature has developed arguing that Islam has all the ingredients of modern state and society. Many Muslim intellectuals seek to prove that Islam enshrines democratic values. But rather than lead the debate, they often follow it, peppering their own analyses with references [...]
Posted in Essay on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Liberty By John Stewart Mill
”Strange it is, that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free discussion, but object to their being “pushed to an extreme;” not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that they [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolity
With the verdict overturned, two attorneys must pay the others’ fees.
By Mike McPhee The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 02/25/2008 02:53:25 AM MST
A federal judge recently got so infuriated by the conduct of two highly regarded trial attorneys that he overturned a jury’s $51 million verdict, then ordered the lawyers to [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Republican Jewish Coalition responsible for mailing anti-Muslim film
Filed under Israeli politics, Anti-Semitism, Islam, Islamic history and culture, Christian Zionism, Jewish diaspora, Opinion Editorials, Jewish organisations worldwide, Islamophobia, Israel’s borders, Palestinian politics, Religious extremism, US elections, Christian Fundamentalism – on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 – By: Beliak, Rabbi
The Republican Jewish Coalition is responsible for a [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Planet-hunters set for big bounty
By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News, Boston
Scientists say there may be many more worlds in our galaxy
Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our galaxy, a study has found.
New evidence suggests more than half the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way [...]
