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Monday, October 10th, 2005
10:21 am	Recall the Iraqi constitution for which State Dept. officials have been rallying support around the Middle East? Lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on it. Iraqis are set to vote this Saturday.
Friday, October 7th, 2005
10:36 am	What do you get when you take a healthy dose of "consumers don't want it", mix it with a helping of the old standard paradigm "consumers don't know what they want" - and throw in a good portion of "it doesn't work"? You get new efforts at digital copy protection. On the bright side, it's interesting to see lawyers less than MBAs and psychologists deciding what's best for the world. At least you know up front what you're getting with a lawyer. NPR reports, September 19.
10:32 am	No one knows much about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, beyond her spiritual conversion, which was a defining moment in her life. She's apparently not like many evangelicals. What she is like remains open to interpretation... as soon as somebody finds something out about her views... Sorry, no link available.
10:26 am	Goodbye, Ronald McDonald: California has sued McDonald's, among others, over cancer-causing agents in fast-food fries. The suit calls for printed warnings that french fries can cause cancer. [more...]
9:52 am	The Old West Moves Back East: If you've ever felt threatened at Disneyworld or the senior home, or maybe the beach, you might be glad to know that Florida will now allow you or any other resident to defend yourself in public with guns. The new law is called "stand your ground". Hear what NPR humorist Brian Unger has to say about this disaster waiting to happen.
9:43 am	New Orleans' two public hospitals are being shut down, and with most of the city's health infrastructure in general in ruins, the outlook may not be good for the city's population in need of health care. [more...]
9:35 am	Vermont's Circus Smirkus, the non-profit group with the upbeat name, needs to raise roughly $250,000 by December 1st or the touring arts company will fold. [more...]
9:28 am	Coming soon! More news sources - coming soon. Not just yet, but soon.
Thursday, October 6th, 2005
11:22 pm	Bizarre: Ai Ai the chimp, who picked up chainsmoking 16 years ago when her husband died, has finally quit, with the help of exercise and special food treats. Her patrons at her Chinese zoo wanted her to quit for health reasons. [more...]
10:29 pm	California police agencies say they have a good reason for rounding up homeless people and dropping them off in downtown Los Angeles. [more...]
9:58 pm	Defying George Bush's threats of continued abuse, via a threatened crafty veto, the Senate has overwhelmingly approved as part of the defense budget that military detainees be given humane treatment. [more...]
7:31 pm	Iraq's government voted yesterday to cancel plans to keep the referendum from failing. [more...] The times, they are a-changin'. And everything's blowin' in the wind. And if I catch Alphonso Spagoni, the Toreador, with a mighty swipe I will dislocate... er, wait... Anyhow - the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is deciding on striking down a 1913 law that keeps out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in Massachusetts. [more...] 1977: Disco is king, Jimmy Carter has just started his term, and GE has dumped more than a million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson River. 2005: George Bush is divine-right monarch, Jimmy Carter is doing humanitarian work, and the federal government signs a deal with GE to do something about the polluted Hudson. [more...]
2:29 pm	New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, traditionally and recently very poor and very black, looks like it might be shit out of luck. Click here for more on this... ( while they... )
2:22 pm	Coming soon! Links to in-depth coverage of my news abstracts are on the way. As is fact-checking. What is this world coming to...
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
7:24 pm	Station APWU Update #4 That wacky Pat Robertson quipped recently that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated by the United States. What a solid, decent, honorable, upstanding Christian we have in Pat. Send him your money so he can buy guns. A new study from the British Cheese Board claims that different kinds of cheese can give you different kinds of dreams. Andre Messeri, Chief of the Pain and Alternative Medicine Department at Children's Hospital in Florence, Italy, has found that having a clown present while a child undergoes general anesthesia greatly reduces anxiety. Iraq's Sunnis are standing in the way of a referendum turning out properly, and George Bush wants none of it. US State Department officials are currently touring Arab states mustering support for the Iraqi constitution. A New York federal court has allowed the Salvation Army to hire and fire based on employees' religious beliefs. This is considered a major milestone in the Bush Doctrine, as the Salvation Army gets most of its funding publicly. The NFL's New Orleans Saints are now known as "America's Team". Trent Lott, longtime anti-civil rights protestor and perpetual member of the US Senate, has a new memoir out: "Herding Cats". Some scientists say there's ample evidence for a large cougar population in Michigan. Some scientists say there are no cougars in the state. Who is correct? Tune into NPR for some conflicting views.
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
12:31 pm	Station APWU Update #3 Let Them Play Video Games: Researchers, in an ever more frustrated attempt to get people hooked on profitable ventures and placate nervous mothers, are experimenting with video games as substitutes for prescription painkillers for kids in pain. I'm not ordinarily one for strong words, but that makes ME feel a little ill.
Saturday, October 1st, 2005
12:49 pm	Station APWU Update #2 Ohio is having problems. There is a small infestation of the hungry emerald ash borer beetle in Toledo, and 20,000 ash trees are being cut down. Workers are beginning to clear brush from a 50-acre fenced-off section of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which still needs the toxic waste removed from when the section was used as a chemical dump. Herman Ashworth, who waived his rights to appeals, is being executed. Go Ohio! Hurricane Katrina has ruined an estimated two-thirds of Louisiana's oyster harvest for the year. Losses could approach $1 billion. YOWZERS! President Bush and some members of Congress are rethinking the Posse Comitatus act, which prohibits the US military from enforcing the law. German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer has a new documentary called "Touch The Sound", featuring deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In Pennsylvania, a court case is in the works, involving biology teachers who don't like being forced to teach creationism. Radio host Bill Bennett recently let his sense of humor shine through on the air and posited that aborting black babies would reduce the crime rate. Help. "Green Light", a reality show produced in Dubai, follows four young Arabs as they follow one of the four pillars of the Islamic faith and attempt to do good deeds. The catch is that they have no money, and limited time. The show has gained a dedicated following in Arab communities worldwide. Sea lions have taken over docks and boats in Southern California, and nobody's quite sure how to get rid of them. Former professional oboeist Blair Tindall sheds some light on the world of classical music performance with her new book, "Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music".
11:26 am	Station APWU Update #1 California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has sued nine fast food and snack companies to force them to use warning labels about cancer-causing agents in their products. Hundreds are gathering in the southern California desert to honor Gram Parsons, most remembered for his best friend having stolen his body from a coroner's office and giving it a funeral pyre in Joshua Tree National Park. Barbara Ehrenreich has a new book - "Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream" The Springfield, Missouri Mayor's Commission for Children has released a survey that shows a rise in aggression in the kindergarten classroom. A federal judge in San Francisco has allowed bail for a Muslim charged with lying about his son attending a Pakistani terrorist camp. The chemical depot near Hermiston, Oregon has begun destroying its share of America's chemical weapons stockpile. Portland, Oregon author Marc Acito has a musical novel out which looks interesting: "How I Paid For College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theatre".
10:58 am	apwunrequited is back online :( Thanks a lot, guys. None of you bothered to add my new LJ to your friends page, so I'm going back to this one. I hope you die. ;) But it's okay, because "thelunartick" was kind of a stupid name anyway... Current Mood: crabby Current Music: new song of mine
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
4:22 am	SITE CHANGE As of presumably tomorrow, this LJ will no longer be updated. All old entries will be transferred over to http://www.livejournal.com/users/thelunartick - and I will continue from there. Update your links as needed! Current Mood: tired Current Music: police sirens outside