Archive for July, 2010

Al-Awda, the Palestinian right to return coalition, has released a statement about the way forward in Palestinian solidarity that says that BDS has changed the playing field, and BDS is aimed at one democratic state in historic Palestine. Here is the portion of the statement that opposes a two-state solution– against those who say that visions of one state are “unrealistic.” Myself I’m somewhat agnostic, but I recognize the importance/creativity of the statement, at a time when the 2SS has [...]

Mason-Dixon for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (pdf) (7/19-21, registered likely voters, no trendlines): Robin Carnahan (D): 42 Roy Blunt (R): 48 Undecided: 10 (MoE: ±4%)
Mason-Dixon takes its first look at the Missouri Senate race; they are not the bearers of good news, finding Robin Carnahan down 6 in the race against Roy Blunt to claim the retiring GOPer Kit Bond’s seat. The big problem here seems to be Barack Obama’s approvals in this reddish-tilting state, which are a terrible 34/57, and may be rubbing off [...]

Finding out how many vehicles the state owns, who uses them and for what is a complicated and confusing process, perhaps beyond achieving.

The state Department of Finance and Administration, headed by Richard Weiss, longtime aide to a string of governors, keeps track of most of the vehicles the state owns.

Matthew Bomer Can’t Help But Scope Out a Pretty Blonde Gal (27)
· Jeffree says: Qty is tanking: they can’ t support their own technical infrastructure (how many… »
Bill O’Reilly: Obama ‘Must Stop This Nonsense’ About DADT (19)
· Tallskin says: @Reason – Honeypie, I know we decadent Europeans laugh at dumb yanks for their… »

Judy L. Randall
From left: State Sens. Andrew Lanza and Diane Savino, and Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Matthew Titone.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In an historic first, only two of Staten Island’s six incumbent state lawmakers will face challengers this fall in what is supposed to be a “throw the bums out” election year.

Harry Reid and Sharron Angle were the boogeymen in the backdrop of this week’s political conventions in Las Vegas, with activists on the liberal and conservative side of the spectrum setting their sights on defeating the other. Reid (D-NV) and Angle (R-NV) each spent less than two hours addressing their respective groups — Netroots Nation and RightOnline — but their electoral showdown was high on the agenda at each.

AVCDVD released a 2009 British horror film called “Resurrecting The Street Walker”, which was directed by Ozgur Uyanik and starring Tom Shaw and James Powell. Size is 1CD.
PLOT: Whilst documenting his life as a lowly intern, James Parker (James Powell) uncovers the long forgotten film, The Street Walker. Desperate to make a mark on the film industry and to prove his ever-doubting parents wrong, James endeavours to complete the unfinished horror movie, resulting in a murderous obsession. Delving into the [...]

A teeming metropolis, home to at least 15 million inhabitants, the West Bengal capital city of Kolkata has achieved equal measures of fame and notoriety since its founding in 1690 with the arrival of the East India Company.
Calcutta thrived during the time of the British Raj in India, serving as its capital city until it was moved to Delhi in 1912. The visitor to modern-day Kolkata is still able to experience the imperial splendour of the architecture of the Raj [...]

The world is in the midst of an intense struggle for survival – Good versus Evil, Dark versus Light. We feel the grit of our times. So much of our focus has been on bank bailouts, regulatory reform and massive fraud. Bernie Madoff will live out his days in prison, yet investors are no less devastated. None of it matters if we don’t feel a reason to hope for the future.

Earlier this month, Google launched App Inventor, a tool that lets non-programmers develop basic Android applications for mobile devices. The obvious implication is that it also opens the door for all the programmers out there without a working knowledge of Java to produce simple Android apps as well.