Random Bytes...by Ross Rader :: The World We Live On

Main Page » Random Bytes » The World We Live On

Monday, September 27

[12:43PM EDT] Jeff Jarvis: "I'm as freaked as the next guy at scenes from China Syndrome. But it's time to get over our nuclear jitters."

Jeff is totally spot on with this post - the likes of which I would normally expect from Dave Pollard - its time to do something about our dependance on oil. Now.

Get on your bike, buy a hybrid, walk to the store. Oil is killing us and thirty years after figuring this out, we still haven't done much to deal with it. C'mon folks.
C (10) | T (141) | #

Monday, June 21

[11:41AM EDT] afrol News "The US government does "not intend to stand by while violence and atrocities continue in Darfur," a US State Department official said, warning the Sudanese government it had to cooperate putting an end to humanitarian crisis in Darfur. "Do not doubt our determination," he told the Khartoum government. A military intervention is being considered." C | T (25) | #

Tuesday, June 15

[10:30PM EDT] Just finished watching the federal leadership debate. What a fun way to spend a Tuesday night. The high points?

Layton ruffling Martin's feathers - repeatedly. Nice job there.

Trying to figure out if Layton's hands were actually his or whether they belonged to someone standing behind him *pretending* that they were Layton's hands.

First place in the "Best shot to the head" category goes to Stephen Harper for this gem; "Quebecers deserve to have a better choice than corruption and separation." in reference to the predominantly Liberal v. Bloc ballots found throughout Quebec.

Paul Martin didn't strike me as being a statesman - unless being a statesman means "I like making words up". "Weaponization of space"? "Pan-Canadian"? Personally I think that "extra-terrestrial militarization" and "national" would have sufficed.

He also seemed to confuse "I've said this 1000 times" with "Don't you understand what I'm trying to say" several times

C | T (28) | #

Monday, June 14

[11:31AM EDT] Rural News: "South Korea extends ban on US beef "

How come I haven't heard about this through more local media? Shouldn't Canada be taking similar precautions to protect our industry and the health of our citizens? C (2) | T (65) | #

[11:29AM EDT] StraitsTimes: "The scandal flared on Monday, triggering a public outcry and a plunge in dumpling sales. On Tuesday, Japan's Health Ministry stopped processing dumpling imports from South Korea, effectively banning their entry."

Wow - and I thought Canadian ranchers had it bad. I can't imagine what those thousands of Korean dumpling farmers are going through! C | T (61) | #

Wednesday, June 9

[07:57AM EDT]

The Tehran Times: "Rebels in west Sudan's Darfur region have seized nine trucks loaded with relief items, medicines and tents on the road linking Nyala in Southern Darfur with Al-Fashir in North Darfur..."

Despite hopeful news from Sudan earlier this week, the region is far from stable and a massive loss of human life seems imminent.

C | #

Friday, June 4

[02:07PM EDT] Yahoo! News : "the ban of mobile phones might have been imposed after the North's security service decided that a deadly train blast in the town of Ryongchon in April was triggered by mobile phones in a botched attempt to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il."

Hmmm. This makes what RIAA did to Napster look like a kids game.
C | T (60) | #

Tuesday, May 25

[05:44PM EDT] IOL:

Nairobi - Sudan's government and southern rebels have resolved key disputes in peace talks, removing hurdles blocking a comprehensive deal to end Africa's longest-running civil war, host Kenya said on Tuesday.

The agreements will not cover another war that has raged for over a year in Sudan's Darfur region, creating what the United Nations says is one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

C | T (98) | #