Alas, no sooner did I report that the Vice President predicted that our troops would be welcomed as liberators on Pluto, the planet explodes in civil war.
Astronomers in Prague (a lovely city, but not if you are Pluto) have taken away Pluto’s planetary status and, with it, any hopes that the US will be able […]
Astronomers meeting in Prague are poised to add three new planets to our solar system.
In a related announcement, Vice President Cheney indicated that US troops would be greeted on these new planets with open arms, as liberators.
These make the point nicely.
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Thank god someone in Congress gets the Internet. I remember the days when Congress ran on two IBM 3090 mainframes, one of which was kept offline as a backup in case the other went down. The one they used served both Congressional offices and the Congressional Research Service. Interestingly, during the day […]
According to the BBC, 4 of the 19 hijackers who died flying planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are alive and well. Though the news story is very old (9/23/01), it only recently came to my attention.
According to several analysts Lay’s death will effectively nullify his conviction because he is no longer alive to take part in his appeal. Just last week prosecutors filed a motion asking Lay to forfeit more than $40 million dollars. Lay’s estate will now likely be able to hold on to his remaining assets. However, the estate could still be brought to court in civil cases by former Enron employees.
Dear Mr. Shapley,
After reading your column “Software to split wheat from e-mail chaff” in the June 27th issue of the Post-Intelligencer, I feel it is important to clear up some misconceptions I see in your analysis. While I appreciate the bind Congressional offices face having given their 4-fold increase in constituent communications without any increase in staff or administrative budget, your characterization of the problem is significantly off the mark.
In his classic 1960’s work Semi-Sovereign People, E. E. Schattschneider wrote that the masses will always be under-represented in government because they lack the organization and financial capital necessary to be heard in a pluralistic political system. While this was certainly true then, there is hope that the internet offers an opportunity to change […]
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