Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
I Love These!!!!
A giant star cluster seen in the Cassiopeia constellation contains over 15,000 stars.
NGC 7789 emerged 1.5 billion years ago as a gas cloud that served as an interstellar birthing ground. The cluster entered human knowledge more recently in 1782, when Astronomer Caroline Herschel discovered it while working with her brother, William Herschel, on a Deep […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Another Uncle Ted Cartoon
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Why Am I Not Surprised?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-giftban31-2008jul31,0,5638546.story
From the Los Angeles Times
In Congress, no anti-corruption legislation in sight
A year-old bipartisan effort to give the Justice Department new clout in pursuit of lawmaker misconduct appears to be going nowhere.
By Richard B. Schmitt
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON — Congress has been awash in corruption scandals, the latest being the indictment of long-serving […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Alaska Senator Pleads Not Guilty
July 31, 2008
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:10 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied about accepting more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of gifts. He asked for a trial before he stands for re-election in November.
In the midst of his re-election bid, […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
It’s About Time!!!
August 1, 2008
Judge Rules White House Aides Can Be Subpoenaed
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON — President Bush’s top advisers must honor subpoenas issued by Congress, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a case that involves the firings of several United States attorneys but has much wider constitutional implications for the two branches of government.
“The executive’s current […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Lailat al-Miraj (Ascension of the Prophet)
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Lunasa or Lammas
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Today in Anchorage
Today: Mainly cloudy. A few peeks of sunshine possible. High 66F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 54F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. High 66F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
When war goes corporate
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/military_complex/print.html
Grave threats to our national security may now include the mass privatization of U.S. intelligence and military operations.
By Chalmers Johnson
Jul. 31, 2008 | Most Americans have a rough idea what the term “military-industrial complex” means when they come across it in a newspaper or hear a politician mention it. President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced the […]