News and Opinion from the Bug!
CBS has a great story about CD/DVD data backup options: CBS—you don’t have to be a potential hurricane victim to be concerned about losing data. Everyone lives in a potential disaster area and even if that never happens, there is always the real possibility of your hard drive failing or data being destroyed as a [...]
A law enforcement operation in Puerto Rico has apparently captured or killed Filiberto Ojeda Rios: FOX News—HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico — A gunbattle erupted Friday as FBI agents surrounded the hideout of a Puerto Rican nationalist leader wanted in the 1983 robbery of Connecticut armored truck depot, and at least one agent was wounded, police said. [...]
The tribal council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is planning to display a copy of the Ten Commandments: Smokey Mountain News—“We are a sovereign nation and we can pretty much post anything we want in our council chambers,” said Kephart. “For once the federal government is not going to tell us what to [...]
Joint Task Force-Rita has been activated: USAF—FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AFPN) — U.S. Northern Command has ordered 5th U.S. Army to activate Joint Task Force-Rita here to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency as it supports state and local authorities in their preparation for Hurricane Rita. The purpose of JTF-Rita will be to command and [...]
A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane has completed a pre-Hurricane Rita imaging mission: USAF—BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The first U.S. Air Force U-2 surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft tasked to collect images of the Gulf Coast before Hurricane Rita hits returned to Beale Air Force Base, Calif. at approximately 4 p.m. yesterday. The [...]
Blogging will be light over the next few days as we take a little vacation time.
WND reports that Cindy Sheehan says U.S. troops are occupying New Orleans and she is calling for their withdrawal: WND—”George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from power.” [. . .] I hate [...]
Loss of oyster beds, oyster contamination and difficulty resuming shrimp trawling will cost Louisiana alone close to $900 million: Washington Times—Most of the Louisiana and Mississippi oyster industry was wiped out by Hurricane Katrina, with the shellfish’s mortality in Louisiana along the impact area estimated at 99 percent, according to a Congressional Research Service report. [...]
A jury has found Chai Soua Vang guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of six Minnesota hunters: Chicago Tribune—HAYWARD, Wis. — Rejecting claims a Minnesota man acted in self-defense, a jury Friday afternoon found him guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths last fall of six deer hunters. [. . .] What do you [...]
A fault on the Olympic Peninsula that has been slipping for the past two weeks may increase the risk of a major earthquake computer models suggest: Seattle Times—The ground isn’t shaking, but a geologic fault in the Pacific Northwest has been silently slipping for the past 11 days — and may be raising the risk [...]
