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By cvining, 29 May, 2007

Solar Power

Science Newssn-solar-2007 has a nice introduction to the role solar power may play in fighting global climate change.  Some telling statistics:

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By cvining, 26 April, 2007

Sunni surge better than US surge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6575717.stm

BBC is reporting the "Sunni extremist surge seems to be having more effect than the American one."

One more example that Iraq is a Dollar Auction: each time we up the ante, so does "the extremists". Bush keeps telling us we can't afford to lose.  Trouble is, neither can the other side(s). So the game will go on until one side wises up and walks away.

Nothing to win here.  Please move on. 

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By cvining, 13 April, 2007

One Celled People

This has to be one of the best ever commentarys on those who oppose stem cell research:

 

WHAT'S NEW   Robert L. Park   Friday, 13 Apr 07   Washington, DC

1. STEM CELLS: PRESIDENT BUSH VOWS TO PROTECT ONE-CELLED PEOPLE.
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act passed the Senate 63-34,
but President Bush promises a veto. He said the use of embryonic
stem cells in research "crosses a moral line." In case you're
wondering where this "moral line" is drawn, WN has looked into
it. George W. Bush and other conservative theologians believe a
"soul" is assigned to the fertilized egg at the instant of
conception. That makes it a person, even though it's not counted
in the census. In-vitro fertilization makes a lot more of these
one-celled people than it needs; leftovers are stacked in the
freezer until it starts filling up. President Bush cares deeply
about these helpless one-celled people and wants to ensure they
are properly flushed down the disposal rather than exploited by
godless scientists interested only the reduction of suffering.

 

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By cvining, 31 March, 2007

Astronaut to Run Marathon in Space

At first, it just sounds silly.  Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams plans to run the  26.2 mile Boston Marathon April 16, 2007 on a treadmill while aboard the International Space Station.  Yes, at first it just sounds silly.  Then you realize it is the ISS, after all, so it is not as if she has anything better to do.

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By cvining, 29 November, 2006

Internet Growth

Internet GrowthIn 1993 the number of internet users was a trivial percentage of the world population. Today there are over a billion users, nearly 17% of the world population[1], and some 440 million host computers on the internet [2].

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By cvining, 30 June, 2006

Iraq Body Count

The latest US Military death toll from http://www.edstephan.org/USfatalities.html

  U.S. Military Deaths in Bush's Iraq Quagmire

The latest Iraqi civilian toll from http://www.iraqbodycount.net/

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