Ten Post Round-Up: Just Another Manic Monday…
A lot of good and interesting reads in the Reader, this morning.
From Sign of the Times:
Kill of soon? Steep decline in oil production brings risk of war and unrest, says new study:
World oil production has already peaked and will fall by half as soon as 2030, according to a report which also warns that extreme shortages of fossil fuels will lead to wars and social breakdown.
TSA asks passengers to sneak “fake” bombs through airport security:
At San Diego International Airport, tests are run by passengers whom local TSA managers ask to carry a fake bomb, said screener Cris Soulia, an official in a screeners union. “It’s nobody we would ever expect,” Soulia said.
(Dizzy sez: What happens when a passenger says, “Ummm…no thanks…”?)
Signs Economic Commentary for 22 October 2007:
Summary: Another scary week with oil rising 6% in dollars, briefly passing the $90 mark, gold rising 2%, the dollar falling to more record lows and, this time, even U.S. stocks began to falter, with the Dow falling 4.2%, more than half of that on Friday. Much of this can be attributed to the housing crash in the U.S. and the Bush administration in its death throes threatening to unleash World War III.
With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the HIV virus. The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents the HIV virus from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population.
From Clipmarks:
New “Shield Law” Throws Bloggers to the Sharks:
This week, non-profit journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders announced the “Press Freedom Index, its list of countries in which journalists are most threatened. It found that bloggers and other online media are just as threatened as traditional journalists by governments who look to stifle the information they publish. According to the organization, some 26 bloggers and online journalists have been jailed worldwide since September of 2006.
Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place:
Take the “manhole bag,” a purse that can hide valuables by unfolding to look like a sewer cover. Lay it on the street with your wallet inside, and unwitting thieves are supposed to walk right by. There is also a line of knife-proof high school uniforms made with the same material as Kevlar, and a book with tips on how to dress even the nerdiest children like “pseudohoodlums” to fend off schoolyard bullies.
(Dizzy sez: This gives a whole new meaning to “hiding in plain site”…)
From News Hounds:
During his press conference last Wednesday (October 17, 2007) President George Bush drastically altered his Bush doctrine, indicating that now the mere “knowledge” of how to build a nuclear weapon is sufficient provocation for an attack by the United States. That would mean that M.I.T., Lawrence Livermore lab, any university with a nuclear research program, every country in the world, including Iran, and yours truly, the author of this post, are now fair game for an American air attack. That’s right. Prior to writing this post, I searched for “schematics for a nuclear bomb” and Google returned a list of 1,560,000 sites that would tell me more than I’d like to know about how to blow people off the face of the planet and pollute the atmosphere for millenia. Therefore, I now have the requisite “knowledge” of how to build a nuclear bomb. Should I begin watching the skies and stocking up on rocket launchers to defend my home? With video.
From Morning Martini:
Fred Thompson said that if he is elected as President of the United States he would spend his first hour in the oval office praying. Hell, if that dumb bastard gets elected even the atheists will be praying and with good reason. The idea of Fred Thompson being president, reminds us all that yes, things could get worse.
From Bring It On!:
SCHIP Veto Insults Our Troops (Again)
The SCHIP bill that Bush vetoed — with help from his drones who upheld the veto — contains two provisions for helping the families of soldiers who’ve been critically wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. (I got this link from Christopher Radulich in his comment at this post.)The SCHIP bill would have requir ed one year of employment discriminati on protection for family members caring for a severely injured soldier. And the permitted work leave for these family members would be extended from three months to six.
Finally, from skippy the bush kangaroo:
if there’s anybody failing to meet expectations more than abc’s pushing daisies, it’s the fred thomspon campaign. in fact, “pushing daisies” may be an apt metaphor in more ways than one.
That’s quite enough for today. Now go refill your morning cuppa.
(In case you get lost, you can find this post at Dizzy Dayz and The Katrinacrat blog and The Sirens Chronicles)
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