Posted on July 23, 2008 by yojoe
Recently the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. The case involved a challenge to Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns, brought by policeman who was denied a permit to keep a handgun in his home. The Court held,
The Second Amendment protects an [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2008 by yojoe
US Navy cancels its “stealth-ship” the Zumwalt-class Destroyer (DDG 1000), because of increased costs.
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Posted on July 23, 2008 by yojoe
The Cal athletic department has finally succeeded in ejecting a group of longhairs who had been living in trees in an area the university had selected for construction of a new $140-million sports-training center. A judge in Alameda County ruled,
late Tuesday, Miller orders the injunction that has been in place since February 2007 to be [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2008 by yojoe
Ok, that is not a direct quote. Major General Charles R. Davis, USAF, the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office, is far to articulate, educated, and gentlemanly to utter such a comment. But, reality is not that far off.
According to Flightglobal, LtGen Davis is not pleased with, what he characterizes as [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2008 by yojoe
Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn is doing his best impression of Mike “I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual” Piazza. According to TMZ, Quinn’s lawyer has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a homosexual-dating website demanding that photos of Quinn be removed from the advertisement.
The message: Brady Quinn is not gay. Evidently Quinn is willing to go [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by yojoe
From The Huffington Post comes the story of celebrities and their eco-friendly causes. Sheryl Crow, who,
wants to put her designs on the eco-fashion world. Sheryl has teamed up with Western Glove Works and plans to create a denim-based collection. When it comes to fashion, this eco-chick already goes green. She’s known to donate bags and [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by yojoe
Jonathan Lee Riches© (known as the JLR on Dreadnaught) the litigious inmate from Florida has reappeared in the news. The JLR has sued venture capitalist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures:
“Khosla’s fund invests in prison buildings. I’m suffering from no medical treatment. This is a conspiracy. Bhutto was killed on my birthday. I can’t see outside, [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by yojoe
In 1988, Dr. James E. Hansen, a NASA scientist, testified before the Senate about the impending doom of global warming. Dr. Hansen made much of that day’s temperature, which was 98 degrees, to add some theatrics to his message.
Dr. Hansen testified again on 23 June 2008, this time before Congress, stressing that,
the world has long [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2008 by yojoe
Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter makes first flight.
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by yojoe
Posted on June 16, 2008 by yojoe
SecDef Gates orders more UAV to Iraq.
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by yojoe
From the New York Times:
China has clearly overtaken the United States as the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas, a new study has found, its emissions increasing 8 percent in 2007. The Chinese increase accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the year’s global greenhouse gas emissions, the study found.
From this [...]
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