Differences seen by looking at photos from 100 years ago – David Perlman, Chronicle Science Edito [SFGate.com] Shrinking glaciers evidence of global warming / Differences seen by looking at photos from 100 years ago A photo taken of Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park in 1941 shows the glacier 2,000 feet thick. Photo courtesy of U.S. [...]
Archive For January, 2005
US to slap tourists with RFID
This story was printed from silicon.com, located at http://www.silicon.com Story URL: http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39127374,00.htm Jo Best The US Department of Homeland Security has decided to trial RFID tags in an effort to make sure only the right sort of people get across US borders. The controversial US-VISIT scheme for those visiting the US from abroad already fingerprints [...]
Lisbon stunt offers comic relief
Clownish red stickers have appeared on the noses of the leaders of Portugal’s political parties on large billboards ahead of next month’s general election. The stickers were first spotted last week, and have spread to posters across Lisbon’s main avenues. The Socialist Party was particularly crimson over a red nose stuck on an image of [...]
Gay marriage bill due next week
[CNews] By ALEXANDER PANETTA Tories leave caucus retreat believing same-sex fight is a political winner U.S. Christian leader urges Cdns to oppose same-sex marriage Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said Wednesday the bill will be introduced as soon as Parliament returns from its winter break Monday. (CP PHOTO/Andrew Vaughan) FREDERICTON (CP) – The Liberal government will [...]
Boxer & Condi (SNL)
Click here to download or view in WMP Fake Boxer:An eruption of lies from your lies volcano, Dr. Condaliezza-lies-a-lot! This parody of last week’s Senate hearings once again proves how much truth can be told with humor. There is no mistake that Jon Stewart’s audience is more informed than Bill O’Reilly’s. On Scarborough Country, I heard [...]
Presidential Inauguration Marred by Bush Appearance
[The Specious Report] Washington, DC | A generally festive inauguration ceremony in the Nation’s chilly Capital this morning was tempered by the conspicuous presence of George W. Bush. The majority of dignitaries in attendance made the best of an awkward situation. “I guess he had to show up today,” remarked one slightly annoyed Capitol Hill lobbyist, “but [...]
Harvard president says women suck at science
[PopGadget] Harvard University’s president, Lawrence Summers, told a conference audience last Friday that he believed it was genetics, not discrimination, that holds women back in the fields of science and engineering. Additionally, the enlightened Dr. Summers seemed to think it was a good thing anyway, since the child-rearing that women have to do makes them [...]
FCC Officials Say Powell to Resign
FCC chairman Michael Powell listens to testimony at a commission meeting in 2003. (Gerald Martineau – The Washington Post) By Ted Bridis Associated Press Writer [Washington Post] Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell plans to step down from the job he’s held for four years, two agency officials said Friday. Powell, who maintained a [...]
Calif. Gov. Signs Bill Requiring Parental Notification When Consultants
Source : Onlypunjab.comTeam California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday signed 37 bills, including a measure (AB 1925) that requires school districts to notify a student’s parent or guardian if an outside consultant or assembly with a guest speaker will provide comprehensive instruction on sexual health or HIV/AIDS prevention, the Los Angeles Times reports (Rau, [...]