I used to live in Lubbock Texas. You may have heard about it last night on Heroes wherein our chirpy protagonista Claire is supposedly skipping school to visit the aquarium there (Aquarium? Lubbock? Bobby Knight must have brought it with him). Apparently, there’s been some excitement recently. Enough hit the AP wires at least. A …
Category Archives: News
Georgia Tourism = Thumbs Down
Georgia isn’t doing so hot in the tourist attraction business these last few days. First we had a british professor allegedly mauled on Courtland Street, now we have blind people being denied access in Savannah.
Southern Hospitality III
Professor Felipe Fernandez-Arnesto has weighed in(registration required) concerning the stories of his alleged abuse during a routine encounter with a police officer in Atlanta. In this opinion piece in the AJC, he outlines his side of the encounter and his opinions about his treatment both by the officer and the rest of the legal process …
Southern Hospitality II
Like wikipedia articles, breaking news stories are best left to sit and smoulder until the facts come out. Yesterday, I passed along quotes from an AJC article concerning the arrest of a British historian for jaywalking. Well, there’s another story today, with the officer insisting that he used an “excessive amount of discretion.” Here’s the …
Southern Hospitality
Atlanta Police handcuffed and jailed a British author in town for a conference. His crime? Jaywalking. Here are some choice quotes from the AJC article (registration required). Fernandez-Armesto said. “I asked him what his authority was because I didn’t see a badge. Where I’m from you don’t associate young gentlemen in bomber jackets with the …
Eating FrankenCows
The FDA has released its draft assesment of the safety of cloned animals entering the human food supply. They are inviting public comment for the next 90 (89, today) days. I don’t intend to read this thing, but I will skim it. If only to see what people are concerned about. How can an animal …
Cobb less Anti-Evolutionary Today
According to the AJC, the Cobb County, GA, biology-book sticker case has been settled. In an agreement announced today, Cobb school officials said they will not order the placement of any “stickers, labels, stamps, inscriptions, or other warnings or disclaimers bearing language substantially similar to that used on the sticker that is the subject of …
Internet to the Rescue!
A man watches his house being burglarized from across the globe. Alerts police. Laughs hysterically… Gacked from Back 80 Loop.
Day of Quotes
I love reading news stories and finding some gem of a quote deep inside. For example, with respect to the French Goverment’s policy of selling various historical properties to reduce maintenance budgets and pay down the national debt: (gacked from the NY Times) Many investors buy with only a vague idea of how they will …
Requeim for a Civil Defense Logo
FEMA et al have released a brand new logo to replace the old Civil Defense logo initially adopted in 1939. Quoting the NY Times: The CD insignia, which the association called “a relic from the cold war,” was eulogized by Richard Grefé, the executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. “The old mark …