…in case you missed it on CSPAN this weekend, and there’s a good chance you might never hear about it, check out the video of Colbert roasting Bush on YouTube
In Tape, bin Laden Urges Fight in Sudan – Yahoo! News
Interesting how religious fundamentalists all over the world use similar tactics in their zeal to spread their religous views.
Muslim Taliban:
In the Sunday broadcast, bin Laden called for a global Muslim boycott of American goods similar to the recent ban on Danish products after the publication of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad that outraged the Muslim world.
American Taliban:
AFA has created a Web site — www.boycottford.com — to inform consumers of the depth of commitment Ford has to the homosexual agenda.
Asleep at the wheel.
He was reading without his glasses?
By MATT SLAGLE, AP Technology Writer Thu Apr 13, 1:05 AM ET
SAN ANTONIO – A team of three students from Russia proved their brainy prowess Wednesday, winning an academic competition in which they had just five hours to solve perplexing computing puzzles such as how to connect gears of a clock when given a specific shaft speed.
Open Computing Takes Center Stage at ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition, Sponsored by IBM
April 11, 2006; 04:04 AM
ARMONK, NY – 05 Apr 2006: The most talented students of computing, from all corners of the world, will travel to San Antonio for the 30th annual World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest, April 9-13, 2006. The ICPC is the world’s most prestigious university competition in computing sciences and engineering, according to ACM.
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IBM announced yesterday at the opening ceremonies, that they have exercised their option to renew their sponsorship of the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Contest for another five years, through 2012.
Feingold Backs Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 5, 2006; Page A09
Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), a prospective 2008 presidential candidate, said yesterday that he thinks bans on same-sex marriages have no place in the nation’s laws.
Feingold said in an interview that he was motivated to state his position on one of the most divisive social issues in the country after being asked at a town hall meeting Sunday about a pending amendment to the Wisconsin state constitution to ban same-sex marriages.
Take Action: Tell your Senators to keep discrimination out of the Constitution
After a request from notoriously anti-gay Senator Rick Santorum, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced his intention to force a vote on the so-called Marriage Protection Amendment during the week of June 5.
In the next month, the Senate Judiciary Committee is planning to vote on the amendment, which would ban marriage for same-sex couples, and threaten domestic partnerships and civil unions for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Americans. Your Senators need to hear from you today.
Take Action: Tell your Senators to keep discrimination out of the Constitution
First time I’ve seen one of these critters that wasn’t dead along the side of the road in Texas. Having the dogs here is an adventure.
More pictures here.
The 8th annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk to benefit Texas Hearing and Service Dogs (THSD) will be on Saturday, April 8, 2006, starting at 9:00 AM at Tony Burger Stadium, Sunset Valley,Texas (map to location) (route map – Word Doc)
Texas Hearing and Service Dogs (THSD) adopts dogs from animal shelters and trains them as working partners for Texans living with disabilities — free of charge.
Joe and Sidney will be going to the dog walk again in 2006.
Nhut with the dogs at the 2005 dog walk.
