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The Skeptical Optimist: Apr 2006 GDP growth jumps significantly, reduces USA’s debt burden
This month’s GDP estimate (by the Bureau of Economic Analysis) resulted in a significant upward revision of our economy’s growth rate.

Guardian Unlimited
Iran has ignored the 30-day deadline set by the UN security council to stop its uranium enrichment programme, the UN nuclear watchdog ruled today.
As expected, Dr Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered a negative verdict on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The report said Iran had done little during a 30-day […]

I won the Riding Sun Caption contest #35.
You may all tell me how great I am now.

Sociopath
You are 71% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 71% Brutal, and 71% Arrogant.

You are the Sociopath! As a result of your cold, calculating rationality, your introversion (and ability to keep quiet), your brutality, and your arrogance, you would make a very cunning serial killer. You care very little for the feelings of others, possibly because you are […]

Monsters and Critics
Belarusian law enforcers on Thursday arrested Aleksander Milinkevich, the leader of the country’s embattled opposition, sources in the opposition camp said.Police took Milinkevich into custody in the offices of a Minsk newspaper. The former Presidential candidate had rejected a telephone ‘invitation’ to speak with police earlier in the day, the sources said.
Milinkevich had […]

Popular Mechanics - Crunching The Numbers On Alternative Fuels
In the lab, many gasoline alternatives look good. Out on the road, automotive engineers have a lot of work to do, and energy companies have new infrastructure to build, before very many people can drive off into a petroleum-free future. And, there’s the issue of money. Too […]

Reuters.com
President George W. Bush named Fox News Radio host Tony Snow as the new White House press secretary on Wednesday in his latest move aimed at shaking up his staff and breathing new life into his presidency.”I’m here in the briefing room to break some news, I’ve asked Tony Snow to serve as my new […]

CNN.com
Iran threatened Tuesday to begin hiding its nuclear program from the United Nations — while its supreme leader said Tehran was ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries.Iran’s warning to the U.N. watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, came from Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani. They were the country’s sharpest rebuttal yet […]

Newsday.com
Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of the capital yesterday to claim victory on the morning after King Gyanendra announced he would recall parliament.The celebrations came on a day when the alliance of the seven main democratic parties announced their choice for interim prime minister and the country’s rebel Maoists rejected […]

I have been thinking today what, if anything, I wanted to say about the Mary McCarthy leak story.
I actually agree with her premise that there are times when a person’s moral code demands the breaking of laws. In this case, she has argued that her oath to the constitution superceded her oath to not reveal […]