Posted in My Thoughts on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Demands Began to Undo Nuclear Accord
Weeks after the Yongbyon nuclear complex’s cooling tower was razed, the landmark effort to end North Korea’s atomic program began to fall apart. (By Gao Haorong — New China News Agency Via Associated Press)
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 26, 2008; Page A20
The unraveling of the landmark deal [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Framing the Issues
During this, the season of the seventh anniversary of 911, we must continue to increase the effectiveness of our transnational peace lobby aimed at extending the Nuremberg process towards an international investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the name of the War on Terror. Such an investigation must [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plans a petascale system and more as it seeks top spot on supercomputing’s list
Patrick Thibodeau (Computerworld) 24/09/2008 10:29:00
Saudi Arabia is building a supercomputer that could rank among the 10 most powerful systems in the world. And the country isn’t stopping there.
It has plans to turn this marquee system for the Middle East into a petascale [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“in 2003 a study found that viewers of Fox News were significantly more misinformed about the Iraq war,”
We like to think that people will be well informed before making important decisions, such as who to vote for, but the truth is that’s not always the case. Being uninformed is one thing, but having a population [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bush officials held White House talks on CIA interrogations
Craig Ruttle / Associated Press
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Craig Ruttle / Associated Press
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs a Memorandum of Understanding on the WEST (Work, English Study and Travel) Program Monday, Sept. 22, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
Her written statement to Senate investigators is the [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides September 22, 2008 | 2:40:10 PMCategories: Space
SpaceX’s Falcon 1 is on the pad in the South Pacific Kwajalein Atoll ready for its fourth launch attempt, according to a blog post over the weekend from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The countdown is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 23, between 4 p.m. and 9 [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Pre-crime’ detector shows promise
Last year, New Scientist revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security is developing a system designed to detect “hostile thoughts” in people walking through border posts, airports and public places. The DHS says recent tests prove it works.Project Hostile Intent as it was called aimed to help security staff choose [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Ron Cowen
Web edition : Monday, September 15th, 2008
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The image is possibly the first of an extrasolar planet orbiting a normal star, but some of its features counter current thinking.
DISTANT IMAGEThe faint dot in the upper left could be the first snapshot of a planet orbiting a sunlike star (central object) [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hubble, astronomy, supernova, ufo, space
This is exactly why we send astronauts to risk their life to service Hubble: in a paper published last week in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists detail the discovery of a new unidentified object in the middle of nowhere. I don’t know about you, but when a research paper conclusion says “We [...]
Posted in My Thoughts on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Brian HarringGeorgia became a huge source of income, and military advantage, for the Israeli government and Israeli arms dealers.. Israel began selling arms to Georgia about seven years ago, following an initiative by Georgian citizens who immigrated to Israel and became weapons hustlers.They contacted Israeli defense industry officials and arms dealers and told them [...]
