THE MT VERSION OF NFZ IS DEAD HURRAH.- February 27, 2006 Blog engine change, feed address has changed. LJfeed will be broken until LJ updates the address.http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000800.html Fun With Numbers, Part 2- February 27, 2006 Daily Kos user FleetAdmiralJ has been running a monthlong, multi-part tournament-style poll of possible Democratic candidates for President in 2008. A few days ago I ran some numbers on an early result of the poll to deduce relative power rankings...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000799.html Stupid Pride- February 26, 2006 In my area of the country, a young paladin of politics once recounted for the local newspaper how he had become set in his ways. A moment of truth came for him in high school when a public school teacher...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000798.html Pardon our Dust- February 24, 2006 The NFZ is about to change. Are you readyhttp://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000797.html Statehood- February 24, 2006 Not seeming to have made much noise in the blogosphere is the LA Times' recent mention that Puerto Rico will soon be voting on statehood, possibly as early as May 1 of this year. Personally, I'm favor of statehood and...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000796.html Major Shiite Holy Site Bombed In Iraq- February 23, 2006 (before and after image from BBC, from AP and Reuters sources) Terrible news from Iraq as Sammara's al-Askari mosque was bombed, destroying its landmark golden dome. This might set off a full-fledged holy war that previous sectarian violence has...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000795.html Fun With Numbers- February 22, 2006 Over on Daily Kos, user FleetAdmiralJ has been plugging a tournament-style poll of potential Democratic Presidential nominees for 2008. While the number of votes is small (as I said before, NFZ's readership could skew the poll), I believe it could...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000794.html Secrecy- February 21, 2006 The information I am about to provide is classified, according to the U.S. government. You have been warned. On October 12, 1950, the CIA transmitted -- from the context of the report, I believe to the State Department -- its...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000793.html Yyyeah.- February 20, 2006 I'm just gonna link to Pharyngula, who takes a certain proud illiterate apart better than I could. Said illiterate is a math illiterate, but that doesn't really excuse the Washington Post for hiring a guy who thinks that it's supportable...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000792.html Sometimes The Fake News Gets It Right- February 18, 2006 The Onion has done a splendid report on the Middle East peace process with the article Hamas Calls For "Giant Summit" With All Israelis. It is articles like this that make the Onion the best source of newsworthy items in...http://www.nukefreezone.net/archives/000791.html |