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Entries from November 2007

Where are the protesters?

August 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Today’s NYT editorial, There Is Silence in the Streets; Where Have All the Protesters Gone? really drives home the fact that there is no real protesting in the U.S. over the Iraq war. The author compares the silence on college campuses now to the volume of student led actions in the Vietnam era. […]

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Tags: International · US · Politics and News

Yardbarker: sports news by sports fans

August 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I just read about Yardbarker on TechCrunch. The site is a compilation of links posted by users to sports news and then each article rated by the users/viewers. TechCrunch referred to it as the Digg for sports fans. Yardbarker’s self-description:

Yardbarker is a new kind of sports site. There are no editors… just sports […]

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Tags: news and entertainment · Tech · Sports

The War on Mother Nature

August 30th, 2006 · No Comments

I meant to write about this yesterday but got a little busy. I also needed some time to wash all the vomit out of mouth that I choked up when I saw the following FULL PAGE ad in yesterday’s WaPo (page A5). Unfortunately I can’t grab a pic from the site, so here […]

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Tags: environment · US · Politics and News

Something Green: media round up 8-28-2006

August 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Pollution in the Water, Lawsuits in the Air WaPo
One-Third of China Hurt by Acid Rain WaPo
China plans $5bn energy investment in Venezuela FT
GE and mtvU Launch Search for Best Ideas to Green Campuses GreenBiz

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Tags: environment · International · US · Politics and News

Something Green

August 27th, 2006 · No Comments

OK, so I have not been the best at keeping up everyday here. I have been stunned recently by the amount of press environmental issues have been receiving and the efforts being taken by Cities and States throughout the U.S. to start taking action while the Feds just watch (or not). So in […]

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Tags: environment · International · US · Politics and News

Football season is back, get your Eagles desktop wallpaper!

August 25th, 2006 · No Comments

I just downloaded my new desktop wallpaper for work from the Eagles site. There are some great pics to get you pumped up and ready for another year.
Buckhalter is playing tonight…not that I have my fingers crossed but it would be nice if he could play this year.
And today Invincible hits the […]

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Tags: news and entertainment · Sports

Pluto–no longer a planet

August 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Hey, they killed Pluto–YOU BASTARDS!!!! (….and scene!)
Apparently Pluto suffers from Dwarfism and can’t play with the rest of the planets. Today, Members of the 6th General Assembly of International Astronomic Union, voted Pluto out of the club.
Pluto has been demoted to a class of objects that has not yet been named. They would include […]

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Tags: news and entertainment