Wednesday, April 13, 2005
AWOL (again)
Almost half a month. Been busier than a seven-peckered billy goat in a field full of hot nannies. Unfortunately not nearly as rewarding. Got a 15+ inch soaking with near hurricane winds, too many "got to finish" projects (whittled them down pretty good), and have spent my normal blog-writing time writing snail-mail letters. Most of the stuff would have gone here but it was written to one person and doesn't translate directly. Been having fun down here and have a few photos to share of Springtime in a Southern jungle. Probably won't be able to take the time to edit and upload until Sunday night. The dance card is full and then some until then! I wish I could swap the Friday jobs for the Saturday busyhands. Depends on how far I get tomorrow! One more pass down to the shop tonight and it'll be time for dropping into the coma mode.
Being AWOL doesn't keep the blognotes from accumulating. Some of mine drop off the cue by simply being a bit dated and the political ones, like all guano, merely tends to raise the disgust level another notch as it accumulates. Did you know when Reagan was prez, the IRS code was a 57 foot tall stack of books? Wonder what is is now?
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Absolutely inane crap from the UN always leaves me puzzled.
U.N. Approves Global Nuclear Treaty
Naughty naughty you silly little camel-humps! Kofi & crew just KNOW you're gonna be nice and play by the rules...
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Rather expected from Cornell:
Slime-mold Beetles Named for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
I wonder what those boys actually do for a living...
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Such a prestigious award! Hopefully I'll never deserve a Peabody!
"60 Minutes II: Abuse at Abu Ghraib,"
Ranks (in more ways than one) right up there with the Nick Anderson editorial cartooning Pulitzer. I did enjoy one of the Pulitzer photos:
"Fallujah - A U.S. Marine leads an Iraqi prisoner during fighting in the center of the city. (Photo by Anja Niedgringhaus, November 12, 2004.)"
Original 482 KB photo available here.
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There seems to be a few good items that need talkin' about but it's time for me to go move the material in the jigs and finish the gluing job. They'll have to keep. By the time that job is done, my face and the pillow will be one unit.
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Being AWOL doesn't keep the blognotes from accumulating. Some of mine drop off the cue by simply being a bit dated and the political ones, like all guano, merely tends to raise the disgust level another notch as it accumulates. Did you know when Reagan was prez, the IRS code was a 57 foot tall stack of books? Wonder what is is now?
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Absolutely inane crap from the UN always leaves me puzzled.
U.N. Approves Global Nuclear Treaty
Wed Apr 13, 5:31 PM ET
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly approved a global treaty Wednesday aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism by making it a crime for would-be terrorists to possess or threaten to use nuclear weapons or radioactive material.
A resolution adopted by the 191-member world body by consensus calls on all countries to sign and ratify the "International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism." The treaty will be opened for signatures on Sept. 14 and must be ratified by 22 countries to come into force.
"By its action today, the General Assembly has shown that it can, when it has the political will, play an important role in the global fight again terrorism," U.S. deputy ambassador Stuart Holliday told delegates after the vote. "The nuclear terrorism convention, when it enters into force, will strengthen the international legal framework to combat terrorism."
Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Alexander Konuzin, whose country sponsored the resolution, hailed it's approval.
"It's the first time that an anti-terrorist convention has been developed on the basis of preventing — that is not after the fact but before the terrorist acts which are criminalized by this convention," he said.
The treaty makes it a crime for any person to possess radioactive material or a radioactive device with the intent to cause death or injury, or damage property or the environment. It would also be a crime to damage a nuclear facility. (snip)
Naughty naughty you silly little camel-humps! Kofi & crew just KNOW you're gonna be nice and play by the rules...
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Rather expected from Cornell:
Slime-mold Beetles Named for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
I wonder what those boys actually do for a living...
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Such a prestigious award! Hopefully I'll never deserve a Peabody!
"60 Minutes II: Abuse at Abu Ghraib,"
CBS News; Dan Rather report detailing abuses at the Iraqi prison, showing for the first time pictures of the prisoners. Produced by Mary Mapes.
Ranks (in more ways than one) right up there with the Nick Anderson editorial cartooning Pulitzer. I did enjoy one of the Pulitzer photos:
"Fallujah - A U.S. Marine leads an Iraqi prisoner during fighting in the center of the city. (Photo by Anja Niedgringhaus, November 12, 2004.)"
Original 482 KB photo available here.
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There seems to be a few good items that need talkin' about but it's time for me to go move the material in the jigs and finish the gluing job. They'll have to keep. By the time that job is done, my face and the pillow will be one unit.
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