While talk at the UN world summit was focused on terrorism and internal reform, George W Bush appeared to have been caught short. And, he is said to have turned to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for advice.
“I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?” a Reuters news agency photographer caught [...]
Google’s new service is available at google.com/blogsearch Google blog search scans content posted to blogs and feeds in virtually real-time they say.
“Part of having a say is letting people find what you say,” said Jeff Reynar, blog search product manager for Google. The company, which held a secondary stock offering yesterday that raised $4.18 billion, [...]
Department of Energy analysts have blamed the high prices on a rise in crude oil costs, caused by growing worldwide demand and economic instability in the conflict-ridden Middle East.
But groups watching the energy industry say this is only part of the problem. The real culprits, according to public interest organizations like the Sierra Club and [...]
In the past two weeks, Dr. Ben Marble of Gulfport, Mississippi, lost his house, saw his wife give birth by flashlight, and became an instant celebrity for telling Vice President Dick Cheney to go fuck himself.
“I tell you it was a good feeling at the time. It did feel really good. Wasn’t quite as [...]
Bureaucratic timidity. Bad phone lines. And a failure of imagination. Why the government was so slow to respond to catastrophe.
Interesting article in Newsweek:
The article can be found here at the Newsweek website
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President Bush for the first time took responsibility Tuesday for federal government mistakes in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and suggested the calamity raised broader questions about the government’s ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks.
“Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government,” Bush said at a joint White [...]
A new NEWSWEEK poll suggests President Bush could become Katrina’s next casualty.
Quote: ” Most Americans, 52 percent, say they do not trust the president “to make the right decisions during a domestic crisis””
So whats your take on this one?
Will as the NEWSWEEK Poll suggests the post-Katrina political storm get to hurricane strength? [...]
eBay will buy Skype, the Internet phone service, for $2.6 billion in cash and potential future payments of as much as $1.5 billion in cash or stock, the two companies announced today.
Comments I heard from friends so far:
“SHIT! I wish I’d known this BEFORE I renewed my SkypeIn number for 12 months!
So much for a [...]