Airline Moves Dead Body to 1st Class: "A first-class passenger on a flight from Delhi to London awoke find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in a seat next to him, British Airways said Monday.
The economy section of the flight was full, and the cabin crew needed to move the woman and her grieving family out of that compartment to give them some privacy, the airline said.
The first-class passenger, Paul Trinder, told the Sunday Times newspaper that he was sleeping during a February flight from India and woke up when the crew placed the dead woman in an empty seat near him. "
Well, what is it? Next to Mr Trinder or "near" him? Why not report "on his lap"?
At least Drudge titled the link "The Final Upgrade". Now, that's journalism!
Monday, March 19, 2007
What a surprise!
Throwing money at a problem doesn't fix the problem. The graph looks similar to the money vs educated kids in American public schools.
TCS Daily - An Easterly Aid Wind Blows Out of Canada: "Apparently, Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has read the CGD and IMF reports and discovered an inconvenient truth. While the Committee knew with certitude the levels of ODA that have gone into Africa, it couldn't determine their effect on the intended beneficiaries—with the sole exception that they were worse off than before.
This must mean that these same funds have found a way Out of Africa. "
Thursday, March 15, 2007
So yer a crook, eh?
WendyMcElroy.com: The transaction costs of life are soaring: "Thus, one of the first phrases that came to mind when a friend recently vented to me over the phone was 'transaction cost.' He is/was used to crossing the Canadian-US border with ease and frequency in order to visit friends and family up here. However, in January new procedures came into force by which US police and court records on American citizens are being shared with Canadian customs agents, and vice versa. My friends problem: a DUI for which he was denied entry. It didn't matter how old the DUI was nor that it was a one-time offense. A DUI is now one of the minor infractions which can cause a de facto iron curtain to fall across the Canadian-US border; other infractions include possession of marijuana (perhaps in the '70s), possession of a medical marijuana card, shoplifting, an arrest for attending a peace rally or even an ill-conceived prank. "
Monday, March 12, 2007
From bite to "bite me"?
Greenandwhite.com: McCallie issues statement following husband's arrest: "McCallie also stated she has no comment on speculation that she is a candidate for the recently opened job at the University of Florida. McCallie said she does not comment on job openings."
IMAO: Frank Facts About Fred Thompson
IMAO: Frank Facts About Fred Thompson: "Actually, the more I find out about Fred Thompson, the more I think he needs to be President. And I mean he should be President right now, like Dick Cheney should resign, President Bush should then appoint Fred Thompson to be Vice-President, and then President Bush should resign."
Galactic warming?
My Way News - Theory: Saturn Moon's Heat From Decay: "Scientists believe heat from radioactive decay inside a tiny, icy Saturn moon shortly after it formed billions of years ago may explain why geysers are erupting from the surface today."
How can this be?
We just re-elected our lady democrat governor!
State homes no longer a profitable nest egg: "Michigan was the only state in the nation to see its home prices decline in value in 2006,"
State homes no longer a profitable nest egg: "Michigan was the only state in the nation to see its home prices decline in value in 2006,"
Imagine if Berger was a GOPer and Libby was a demo?
RealClearPolitics - Articles - Berger & Libby: A Tale of Two Crimes: "Did Bill Clinton ask him to destroy documents that would make him look bad in history? I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I ask that question. But this or something very much like it seems to be the only explanation that makes sense."
Bait and switch?
MyFox Tampa Bay Restaurants promise no more fake grouper: "Three Tampa Bay-area restaurants that were passing off some other kind of fish for grouper agreed to stop doing it, "
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Scientists threatened for 'climate denial' | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Scientists threatened for 'climate denial' Uk News News Telegraph: "Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.
They say the debate on global warming has been 'hijacked' by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.
Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change."
They say the debate on global warming has been 'hijacked' by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.
Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change."
Amazing friut?
Interesting Banana Facts: "If you want a quick fix for flagging energy levels there's no better snack than a banana."
Gotta love the Brits
Plus Patrick J Fitzgerald shows up again.
News Review: Lord Black's downfall Uk News News Telegraph:
"He was a bog-standard multi-millionaire, living like a billionaire. Plugging the gap cost a king's ransom".......
"Radler, who did Black's dirty work for 30 years - cutting jobs, squeezing suppliers, pinching pennies - is the archetypal rodent-faced hatchet man. He liked to quote from an early 19th-century manual on industrial relations, which asserted that any study must start from the premise that all employees are 'slothful, incompetent and dishonest'.
In the end, it was Radler himself who was as bent as a nine-cent dime."
News Review: Lord Black's downfall Uk News News Telegraph:
"He was a bog-standard multi-millionaire, living like a billionaire. Plugging the gap cost a king's ransom".......
"Radler, who did Black's dirty work for 30 years - cutting jobs, squeezing suppliers, pinching pennies - is the archetypal rodent-faced hatchet man. He liked to quote from an early 19th-century manual on industrial relations, which asserted that any study must start from the premise that all employees are 'slothful, incompetent and dishonest'.
In the end, it was Radler himself who was as bent as a nine-cent dime."
Saturday, March 10, 2007
An Inconvenient Truth?
Odd, I didn't see this on TV....and TV never lies....Pictures of a polar bear floating precariously on a tiny iceberg have become the defining image of global warming but may be misleading, according to a new study.Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up' International News News Telegraph: "A survey of the animals' numbers in Canada's eastern Arctic has revealed that they are thriving, not declining, because of mankind's interference in the environment.
In the Davis Strait area, a 140,000-square kilometre region, the polar bear population has grown from 850 in the mid-1980s to 2,100 today.
'There aren't just a few more bears. There are a hell of a lot more bears,' said Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has spent 20 years studying the animals.
His findings back the claims of Inuit hunters who have long claimed that they were seeing more bears."
In the Davis Strait area, a 140,000-square kilometre region, the polar bear population has grown from 850 in the mid-1980s to 2,100 today.
'There aren't just a few more bears. There are a hell of a lot more bears,' said Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has spent 20 years studying the animals.
His findings back the claims of Inuit hunters who have long claimed that they were seeing more bears."
Friday, March 09, 2007
Ummm, tasty police officer......
This'll be helpful for the NCAA tourney.
MSU professor arrested at Sarasota airport - MSNBC.com: "Police say a Michigan State University professor bit a police officer and was arrested for assault at a Florida airport.
John Douglas McCallie and his wife, Spartans women's basketball coach Joanne McCallie, arrived at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Wednesday afternoon."
MSU professor arrested at Sarasota airport - MSNBC.com: "Police say a Michigan State University professor bit a police officer and was arrested for assault at a Florida airport.
John Douglas McCallie and his wife, Spartans women's basketball coach Joanne McCallie, arrived at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Wednesday afternoon."
Why the global warming "science"?
A major reason is moolah. Government, or more accurately taxpayer, funding for grant funds.
OpinionJournal - Extra: "But there is a more sinister side to this feeding frenzy. Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry stooges, scientific hacks or worse. Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis."
The author is Richard Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
OpinionJournal - Extra: "But there is a more sinister side to this feeding frenzy. Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry stooges, scientific hacks or worse. Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis."
The author is Richard Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
Media bias?
"We don't need no stinkin' bias!"
The Muskegon Chronicle offered as their "proof of non-bias" the fact that they endorsed a similar number of demos and GOPers in the last election. Conveniently ignoring that they almost always endorse incumbents and Ottawa county had no democrat incumbents. Sophistry is the game.
When Anger Breeds Complacency
An interesting exchange from an interview on PBS's "Frontline" with Len Downie, executive editor of the Washington Post:
Every person we speak with who would identify themselves [sic] as a conservative journalist says: "Bias? If you think we're biased, look at The Washington Post, that liberal newspaper."
All I can say is that people just need to read us and then decide whether we're liberal or not. We're an independent newspaper. We have a strict separation, between the editorial page--which, last I heard, is a supporter, for instance, of the Iraq war and considered by many liberals to be rather conservative--and our news gathering.
In our news gathering, we seek to be strictly nonpartisan and nonideological. We're human beings, we make mistakes, but we do not set out to be, nor do I think we are, liberal. And judging from my e-mail traffic in recent years, the left is much more critical, and much more angrily critical, of our coverage than the right has been.
The implication of that last comment is that because the left is angrier than the right with the Post, the Post must not be biased toward the left. But this is a non sequitur. It seems to us more likely that (a) the Post is biased toward the left, but not biased enough to satisfy the Angry Left, (b) the left is angrier at this moment than the right is.
But note how the Angry Left's anger bolsters Downie's complacency: Both left and right accuse the Post of bias, therefore the Post must not be biased. We've long argued that the liberal media ill-serve liberal politicians by reflecting rather than challenging their prejudices (see this article, for example). By making it easier for journalists to deny that they are biased, the Angry Left may be exacerbating this problem.
The Muskegon Chronicle offered as their "proof of non-bias" the fact that they endorsed a similar number of demos and GOPers in the last election. Conveniently ignoring that they almost always endorse incumbents and Ottawa county had no democrat incumbents. Sophistry is the game.
When Anger Breeds Complacency
An interesting exchange from an interview on PBS's "Frontline" with Len Downie, executive editor of the Washington Post:
Every person we speak with who would identify themselves [sic] as a conservative journalist says: "Bias? If you think we're biased, look at The Washington Post, that liberal newspaper."
All I can say is that people just need to read us and then decide whether we're liberal or not. We're an independent newspaper. We have a strict separation, between the editorial page--which, last I heard, is a supporter, for instance, of the Iraq war and considered by many liberals to be rather conservative--and our news gathering.
In our news gathering, we seek to be strictly nonpartisan and nonideological. We're human beings, we make mistakes, but we do not set out to be, nor do I think we are, liberal. And judging from my e-mail traffic in recent years, the left is much more critical, and much more angrily critical, of our coverage than the right has been.
The implication of that last comment is that because the left is angrier than the right with the Post, the Post must not be biased toward the left. But this is a non sequitur. It seems to us more likely that (a) the Post is biased toward the left, but not biased enough to satisfy the Angry Left, (b) the left is angrier at this moment than the right is.
But note how the Angry Left's anger bolsters Downie's complacency: Both left and right accuse the Post of bias, therefore the Post must not be biased. We've long argued that the liberal media ill-serve liberal politicians by reflecting rather than challenging their prejudices (see this article, for example). By making it easier for journalists to deny that they are biased, the Angry Left may be exacerbating this problem.
Did you know?
from an e-mail
Did you know???
I didn't know!
How could we?
Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?
Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?
Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?
They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?
Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?
Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.
Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?
Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?
Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?
Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!
WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?
OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!
Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes:
It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States thus minimizing consequent support, and
It is intended to discourage American citizens.
---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
.....Pass it on! Give it a Wide circulation
I didn't know!
How could we?
Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?
Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?
Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?
They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?
Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?
Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.
Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?
Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?
Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?
Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!
WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?
OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!
Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes:
It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States thus minimizing consequent support, and
It is intended to discourage American citizens.
---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
.....Pass it on! Give it a Wide circulation
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Could Edwards Become First Woman President? - March 8, 2007 - The New York Sun
Could Edwards Become First Woman President? - March 8, 2007 - The New York Sun: "Compared to Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Edwards is short an ‘X' chromosome, but listening to Ms. Michelman, that is easy to forget. 'As a lawyer, as a senator, as a husband, as a father of two daughters, he understands the reality of women's lives. He understands the centrality of women's lives and experience to the health and well-being of society as a whole. … He understands that on an extremely personal level,' she said."
IBD Editorials: Ethanol Hypocrites
IBD Editorials: Ethanol Hypocrites: "President Bush has long been blasted by the left as big oil's tool, indifferent to alternative energy. Now that he's got a big plan to develop ethanol with Brazil, the left hates ethanol. Who needs this?"
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