Brian Gongol
(6.12.2005)
"Michael Jackson Suicide" E-Mail is a Virus
(6.12.2005)
New Airbus Super-Jumbo, Military Aviation Top Attractions at Paris Air Show
(6.12.2005)
US Trade Deficit $57 Billion in April
Record imports and record exports. Just that the imports column was bigger.
(6.12.2005)
Company Running the Chunnel Could Be Bankrupt By October
(6.12.2005)
British Government Wants to Target Potential Criminals Starting at Age 3
Would look at behavior in preschool classes and parental histories. Could put worst kids in foster homes. Seems too extreme.
(6.12.2005)
Bomb Attack on Train from Chechnya to Moscow
About three dozen passengers injured
(6.12.2005)
British Doctors Plan to Insert Chips in Patients with Chronic Illnesses
Could give them better monitoring and allow instant changes in things like insulin delivery to diabetics. Downside would be if everyone were implanted with chips of the sort.
(6.12.2005)
Japanese Government Plans to Impose Tax on Plastic Bags
(6.12.2005)
Mike Tyson Quits Boxing After Beat-Down By Irishman
(6.12.2005)
Anti-Oil Protesters Bike Naked Through London
(6.12.2005)
Russian Military Pulling Out of Georgia, but Planning to Expand Presence in Caucasus
(6.12.2005)
Charging Road-Use Fees with Electronic Monitoring
Planned for 2006 in Slovakia. Probably not as efficient as a basic annual factored mileage tax
(6.12.2005)
Malaysia Building Two of Its Own Submarines
Recent article in Atlantic Monthly said US needs all the military allies it can get in southern Asia
(6.12.2005)
G8 to Write Off $40 Billion in Debt for 18 Poor Countries
Huge amount of work still needed on issues like corruption crackdowns and expansion of free trade if the poverty problem is really going to be solved. Tony Blair is focused on bringing Africa into the Anglosphere, just as the US should be workign just as hard on Latin America. Nigeria wasn't on the list for write-offs, and the US is worried about an outright collapse of the country.
(6.12.2005)
Japan Irritated at US for Not Supporting Bid for UN Security Council Seat
Under-estimating Chinese hostilities also seems to have hurt the effort
(6.12.2005)
US Trying to Persuade North Korea (Nicely) to Re-Enter Nuclear Talks
(6.12.2005)
Hamas, Islamic Jihad Threatening to Resume Fighting Against Israel
Four-month truce may not hold
(6.12.2005)
Toddler Has Businessman Father, Amish Mother, and a Confusing Custody Case
(6.12.2005)
Hate Groups Planning to Attack Hispanics
(6.12.2005)
Series of Small Bomb Attacks in Tehran
Government news agency won't say who's behind them, but independent reports say the attacks were targeted at the government in anticipation of upcoming elections
(6.12.2005)
Class and Racial Conflicts in Bolivia a Powder Keg
Ex-president thinks war is coming
(6.12.2005)
Notes on the Futility of Air Security
(6.12.2005)
Winery Claims its Vintage Gains Special Powers from Sitting in a Pyramid
...In British Columbia
(6.12.2005)
Milwaukee Paper Surveys Private Schools Under Voucher Program
Finds some bad, some excellent. Composition (in terms of student performance) roughly equivalent to public schools. No "theft" of best students by voucher schools. Overall, identifies potential for great success, but a lack of quality information on which schools are best -- a market opportunity for someone to act on in order to improve consumer choice. Overall, finds education reinvigorated by the competition.
(6.12.2005)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Could Push Soybean Rust North
(6.12.2005)
Fighting Forest Fires from Space
(Spanish) Satellite imagery improves forecasts, command and control
(6.12.2005)
45% of American Racial/Ethnic Minorities Prefer "Ethnic" Media to "Mainstream" Media
That represents 13% of the entire US adult population
(6.12.2005)
It Would Have to be Embarrassing to be Arrested by a Robot
(6.12.2005)
Latin America a "Reserve of Stability" for the Expanding World Economy
(Spanish) Growth there complements growth in Asia, says a banking official from BBVA
(6.12.2005)
Nigerian Government Trying to Create "Cashless Society"
Talk of being able to do it by the end of the year. What's unclear is whether they're simply talking about giving everyone access to electronic payment systems like credit cards (a perfectly acceptable idea), or the more radical step of moving to electronic payments only without any hard currency at all (a very bad idea).