Friday, October 26, 2007
FEMA employees play reporters at news conference
FEMA employees play reporters at news conference
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - One way to get decent coverage in this rough-and-tumble U.S. capital is to arrange to have your own employees interrogate you at your news conference.
That would seem to be the strategy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago...
NB: PEOPLE ARE STILL HOMELESS/DESTITUTE IN NEW ORLEANS!!!
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - One way to get decent coverage in this rough-and-tumble U.S. capital is to arrange to have your own employees interrogate you at your news conference.
That would seem to be the strategy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago...
NB: PEOPLE ARE STILL HOMELESS/DESTITUTE IN NEW ORLEANS!!!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Evangelicals, Scientists Join on Warming
WASHINGTON -- Saying they share a moral purpose, a group of evangelicals and scientists said Wednesday they will work together to convince the nation's leaders that global warming is real.
"God will judge us for destroying the Creation. Therefore, we as evangelicals have a responsibility to be even more vigilant than others," Cizik told a news conference.
"Science can be an ally in helping us understand what faith is telling us," he said. "We will not allow the Creation to be degraded, destroyed by human folly."
"God will judge us for destroying the Creation. Therefore, we as evangelicals have a responsibility to be even more vigilant than others," Cizik told a news conference.
"Science can be an ally in helping us understand what faith is telling us," he said. "We will not allow the Creation to be degraded, destroyed by human folly."
IRAQ: UN death figures paint a grim picture
UNAMI's latest figures
34,452 Iraqi civilians killed in 2006 36,685 wounded in 2006 6,376 killed in Novermber and December 4,731 killed in November and December in Baghdad
The report, which covered the period of 1 November to 31 December 2006, stated that 6,376 civilians were killed violently in November and December - 4,731 of them in Baghdad - and that most died as a result of gunshot wounds. This breaks down to be just over 100 deaths a day in 2006.
34,452 Iraqi civilians killed in 2006 36,685 wounded in 2006 6,376 killed in Novermber and December 4,731 killed in November and December in Baghdad
The report, which covered the period of 1 November to 31 December 2006, stated that 6,376 civilians were killed violently in November and December - 4,731 of them in Baghdad - and that most died as a result of gunshot wounds. This breaks down to be just over 100 deaths a day in 2006.
Senators oppose Iraq troop boost
The group - two Democrats and a Republican - said the plan was not in America's interests, urging an early transfer of security to Iraqi leaders.
The move came as Democrats - who control Congress - began their own initiatives to block the deployment.
But the White House said Mr Bush would continue to proceed with his plan.
Under the new strategy announced last week, Mr Bush wants to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, the majority of them to violence-hit Baghdad, in a bid improve security and end sectarian clashes.
The move came as Democrats - who control Congress - began their own initiatives to block the deployment.
But the White House said Mr Bush would continue to proceed with his plan.
Under the new strategy announced last week, Mr Bush wants to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, the majority of them to violence-hit Baghdad, in a bid improve security and end sectarian clashes.
Navy cancels patrols to save money
HALIFAX – The Canadian navy has postponed a fisheries patrol and is cancelling such things as overtime and travel as it scrambles to save money sapped by the army's costly mission in Afghanistan.
"Doomsday Clock" Moves Two Minutes Closer To Midnight
5 Minutes to Midnight
BAS announced the Clock change today at an unprecedented joint news conference held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC, and the Royal Society in London. In a statement supporting the decision to move the hand of the Doomsday Clock, the BAS Board focused on two major sources of catastrophe: the perils of 27,000 nuclear weapons, 2000 of them ready to launch within minutes; and the destruction of human habitats from climate change. In articles by 14 leading scientists and security experts writing in the January-February issue of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists (http://www.thebulletin.org), the potential for catastrophic damage from human-made technologies is explored further.
Expect a discrediting smear campaign from Fox News soon.
BAS announced the Clock change today at an unprecedented joint news conference held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC, and the Royal Society in London. In a statement supporting the decision to move the hand of the Doomsday Clock, the BAS Board focused on two major sources of catastrophe: the perils of 27,000 nuclear weapons, 2000 of them ready to launch within minutes; and the destruction of human habitats from climate change. In articles by 14 leading scientists and security experts writing in the January-February issue of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists (http://www.thebulletin.org), the potential for catastrophic damage from human-made technologies is explored further.
Expect a discrediting smear campaign from Fox News soon.
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