News from October 2008
October 31st, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Words and Music By: Lucine Finch
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October 25th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
October 23rd, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
October 22nd, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Could racism be the culprit? Ponder the following:
October 21st, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
I love jokes that have a strong foundation in Christian mythology.
October 20th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Mukoma wa Ngugi, poet and political analyst from Kenya spoke on the BBC World Service "Analysis" show about Africa, the US elections and what would the candidates do for Africa.
October 19th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
The Quote of the Week comes from Ricky Gervais, the king of cringe, but as there were so many priceless gems in his interview with the Guardian, we have presented the choice tidbits on which to noddle.
October 16th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Francis Fukuyama's latest column in the Times calls to task the US political and economic policies of the past 30 years, and suggests that "Tax cuts feel good but do not necessarily stimulate growth or pay for themselves; Americans must be told honestly that they will have to pay their own way." Surprising words from a NeoCon to be certain, but more poignant and more precise was his observation about the US voting public and why some of us vote against our economic interests.
October 13th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Email dated Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 4:12 PM from Jed Babbin to Eric Ruff, who was at the time the director of communications at the Department of Interior, discussing his theories about the military build up in China and the eventual military conflicts between China and the United States.
October 12th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Some problems arose when I built PostgreSQL from source to have the latest and greatest version (8.3.3 at the publication time of this article) and needed to use the headers for building Psycopg2 and other packages.
October 11th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Gary Trudeau has listed 84 McCain advisors who lobbied state and federal governments on behalf of the financial industry, the same industry that McCain has trash talked for its role in the current credit crisis and economic meltdown.
October 10th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
"What Kind of Amazing Grace?", a new song and video by a colleague of mine, Ian Rhett.
October 8th, 2008 by Bender Rodríguez
Outrage over the release from prison of an ETA sympathiser over shadows the ethical ramifications of IVF Treatment.
"Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."
John Ruskin