Monday, October 24, 2005

Apocalypse

On Saturday Nebraska lost to Brad Smith, 24-41. Mr. Smith plays for Missouri. He had 246 yards rushing and 234 yards passing. That’s great. What happened to our defense?

And why did our offense have to make me cry?
Nebraska rushing yards versus Missouri: -2

On a positive note, holding was called on the opposing offense for the first time this season when Missouri was flagged early in the third quarter.

In the news…

Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PCs, Report Says
why don't poor people care about the environment

Senate Pushes Back Stem-Cell Debate to '06
this will give the edifice of bain time to lobby

House Republicans Put Off Vote on Cuts
of course they did, they are fiscally irresponsible
fiscally flatulent

Belarus Resumes Farming in Chernobyl Radiation Zone
organic farming?

Mao: The Real Mao
mao was good, or was he evil.

Paying for media content
Information wants to be free because it has become so cheap to distribute, copy, and recombine - too cheap to meter. It wants to be expensive because it can be immeasurably valuable to the recipient. That tension will not go away.

Erasing the Image of the Ugly American
arrogance, ignorance, insensitivity
hmmmm

A dose of double standards over bird flu
The US has convinced Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to share its patent on Tamiflu, the only drug capable of fighting the H5N1 strain of bird flu. Yet the West has never shown similar flexibility on drugs produced by its pharmaceutical companies, despite such medicines being desperately needed in the Third World.

Rice's tour raises China's energy hackles
Hovering in the background of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent visit to five Central Asian states was the energy competition between China and the US, involving various aspects including pipelines and the PetroKazakhstan takeover by China's CNPC.

Unions woo Indian call centers
India's business outsourcing industry is growing in leaps and bounds, and many Indians are more prosperous as a result. But in developed-nation terms, the industry is an IT sweatshop. Enter the unions.

House Approves Bill Shielding Gun Industry From Suits
This just in: guns don't kill people. Congress gave the gun lobby its top legislative priority Thursday, passing a bill that would protect the firearms industry from massive lawsuits brought by crime victims.
The bill is S. 397.

Extreme Makeover: Lake Street
Hennepin County and Minneapolis are spending millions to rebuild south Minneapolis's main east-west thoroughfare in a new image. But whose vision is it?

2 comments:

klink said...

It was a sad state of affairs. Again, the Huskers spot the opponent a lead, this time 21-3. They claw back to make it 24-24....just to crush me again with 3 third quarter turnovers. Yeah, Brad Smith ran wild, but so did Husker mistakes.

This week OUch comes to Lincoln. Last week the sooners escaped with an overtime win at home....against Baylor. I pick the Huskers, 27-13.

aaron said...

Yo Ben,
Are you gonna be around for the fabulous MIAC Cross Country meet this weekend? I'm planning on coming up and chillin' wit homies, inshalla. As for klinker, congrats on the wedding, live long and prosper.