Archives for June 3, 2008
A seemingly record hatch at PLoS ONE: Open access real live science research articles that you can read without being “special.” You don’t need to rely on zany press reports for this stuff. Read it yourself. Check it out at Blog Around the Clock. ERV is calling for volunteers to be on her brand new…
Paul Wellstone “There is an aspiration that binds us. It is the dream of justice for a beloved community. It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to develop his or her full potential.”
Obama is the projected winner of this last primary, though no margin is estimated at this time. Obama to speak from Saint Paul. There is good information out there that Clinton and Obama are working out a meeting as soon as possible. There is also excellent information out there indicating that Clinton is interested in…
In Saint Paul, at the same stadium where the Republicans will hold their convention later this sumer. I won’t be live blogging this because it won’t be as suspensful as Clinton’s speech. He is expected to acknowledge his position as presumptive nominee.
Clinton thanks South Dakota who “had the last word” in this primary season (oops, that would be Montana, but whatever). She honored Barak Obama and his supporters for “all they have accomplished.” Clinton noted the great increase in previously uninvolved voters and the unprecedented raising of money, as well as the importance of her campaign…
For the first time in history, a black man is one of the main candidates for election to the office of the President of the United States, having achieved the number of delegates required to be offered the nomination of the Democratic Party. This is based on recent declaration by several super delegates for Obama…
A Christian legal organization says it has sued to stop New York from recognizing same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. The Alliance Defense Fund says it filed its lawsuit Tuesday in a court in the Bronx. Several Republican state senators are named as party to the suit. Gay marriage is unconstitutional in New York.…
Most importantly, Clinton seems to be stressing the importance of the party (the Democratic Party) winning in November.
Ted Kennedy is out of brain surgery with good results, according to a recent news report.
AP has called the race. They have used 11 delegates expected today to be awarded to Obama from primaries, which is a little premature in my view (I mean, why not wait until after the election like we are supposed to). It also includes, and this is very interesting. 16 super delegates that have told…
A video image released by the computer game’s creator showing an injured man may not appear to be graphic, but you may change your mind once you know who it is. It’s the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The new game, not yet released, is giving a voice to the atheist community, that’s according to the game’s…
You may have noticed that in my previous post I tried to equivocate and I gave the story right from AP as a big quote. This is because I could not reconcile what I was reading internally. It did not make sense, and I suspected that the press was just trying to bring the campaign…
… according to AP, and this will happen later today. This, however, will not be a formal ending of Clinton’s primary race, nor will it be a suspension. Therefore, it is not clear what the meaning of it is. This is what the press is saying:
Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science) is a new book by Robert Thompson. The premise is simple. The coolest thing in the world is a home chemistry set like this one from Gilbert, which combined both chemistry and microscopy: Chemistry Set Combine the sciences of Chemistry and Microscopy in…
Seeing something die because it gets old and systems fail can be sad. Even if it is a robot.




