Birthdays
Bob the Corgi shares hers with Bob Hope (yesterday; no age given); the Ruminator celebrates the big 5-0 today. Go wish ’em both happy days ahead!
Archive of entries posted on May 2003
A galaxy far, far away…
Trekkies, listen up: Lucasfilms launches a subscription service area of Starwars.com called Hyperspace. It will allow you to watch filming of Episode 3 via webcam, among other features.
Thank you, Mr. President!
I wonder how many soldiers, sailors and airmen over in Iraq fall into the $10K-$26K group that just got left out of the child credit tax cut? I made $119 every two weeks when I was in the Navy 30 years ago; sure, the pay has gone up, but not enough to take the corporals, …
Anatomy of a lie
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on. Paul Wolfowitz Vanity Fair interview For a (fully-sourced) timeline of all those WMD assertions, click here. In the words of Emile Zola, J’accuse! The Bush Administration is guilty …
Don’t they work?
I walked past a T-Mobile store today; guess what sort of phone is hanging on the cubicle walls? Yup. Corded.
Money, science and media
You know that $15B program for AIDS the President signed yesterday? A portion of it is supposed to go towards “abstinence” education. This pleases the Family Research Council, which is quite happy that fully one-third of all AIDS prevention funds must go to abstinence education. “Simply tossing out condoms and creating the illusion of safe …
Back to politics
The June issue of the New York Review of Books is out; it contains several thoughtful articles. The Neocons in Power by Elizabeth Drew is a fine narrative of US foreign policy from the start of the Bush Administration, and America Goes Backward by Stanley Hoffman is a recap of all the power the Administration …
Memorial Day 2003
The flag is out, Punchbowl has been visited and decorated with flowers, and the family is on its way over. Every grave at Punchbowl is traditionally marked with small American flags; each has a lei placed around the flag as well. That job has devolved to Cub and Boy Scouts over the years (no, I …
Hot day, huh?
A Sunday in May, Honolulu, 5:15 pm A ham slice has been defrosted and candied yams are being readied for the oven. Fresh artichokes have been trimmed and are about to be placed in the steamer. Suddenly, a siren is heard. It seems to be getting close to the house, but sounds are often deceiving. …
Media, again
One more thing; if the media is so all-fired liberal, why aren’t the conservatives up in arms about this possible consolidation? After all, it will just give more power to those “liberal” media companies.