Mayor Mike Bloomberg left Fernando Ferrer in the dust in securing a second term as mayor of New York City. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Considering that even most of the Democrats I know voted for him, it’s no mystery why … Continue reading
Word Count 2 Originally uploaded by VincenzoF. I’m doing it. I’m really doing it! For more info on Nanowrimo, click here.
To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle. George Orwell
State of Emergency Declared in France Nov 08 9:28 AM US/Eastern By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press Writer President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in … Continue reading
You know, I readily admit that Stageleft is a good friend of mine, as are Treehugger and Balbulican. All three of the folks who post on the site are good guys. Personally. Let’s understand why I bring this up. Here’s … Continue reading
Since the AP and others are blatantly disregarding the common element of all the rioters, I wasn’t really expecting them to start making up for it now. Now, here’s a story that made a visit to the AP wire this … Continue reading
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First fatality as French rioting worsens Reuters – 1 hour, 16 minutes ago GRIGNY, France – Rioters shot at police and torched more than 1,400 cars in the worst violence since unrest erupted in France’s poor suburbs 11 days ago, … Continue reading
In the aftermath of Katrina, while many of us were outright furious at the ineptitude of the response, many on the left took the opportunity to remind us that the rest of the world was “laughing at us” the entire … Continue reading
Darned Mexicans Mayor Ray Nagin, who fiddled while New Orleans burned and caught zero crap for it has opened his mouth real wide in order to get his shoe into it… As Mexicans flood into the city to do the … Continue reading
I had to bring work home yesterday, so I didn’t even get started on my novel for Nanowrimo. Wonderful. I figure that in order to do 50,000 words by November 30th, I have to write 1,666 words consistently each day. … Continue reading
Here’s today’s round up of stuff you should be interested in…. Open Office is Bloated Yep. The open-source MS Office alternative is a resource pig, as tested by ZiffDavis. In fact, it’s so bloated, that judging from its overwhelming memory … Continue reading