News and Opinion from the Bug!
The USAF has deployed three C-17 Globemaster III’s from the 10th Airlift Squadron for Hurricane Gustav preparations The Air Force says the first of three C-17s flew members of the “615th Contingency Response Wing and 15,500 lbs of their equipment to New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, La., right in the heart of the [...]
VIN News has an interesting article today regarding Sarah Palin’s support for the Jewish community: “In light of recent media reports attempting to connect Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin with controversial historian and Nazi sympathizer Pat Buchanan, VIN News has learned that the Alaska governor has demonstrated strong support for Alaska’s Jewish community.”
WDSU is quoting New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin as warning his people that “You need to be scared. You need to be concerned. You need to get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now. This is the storm of the century.” Gustav’s minimum central pressure was 960mb as of 7am this morning. Gustav [...]
News of Russia’s impending oil cut off is sending shock waves through the West. Is this a duh moment or a doh! moment?
Congratulations to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on being selected as Sen. John McCain’s running mate! The Obama camp has just now realized they made a HUGE mistake with Biden. Jane Novak at the Jawa Report is just “beaming.” She writes, “She can shoot a moose, feed a baby and reform a state, all without smudging [...]
Advertising Age says Microsoft’s IE8 browser has the advertising world in a “tizzy.” Beth Snyder Bulik writes that new features in IE8 has “publishers, marketers and industry advocates worried that it could block their ability to distribute, track and even monetize what the Interactive Advertising Bureau values as a $21.2 billion-plus internet-ad industry.”
Guardian reports that Captcha systems have been “completely broken” by spammers.
US democrats and certainly millions of adoring European fans will be kneeling before the Temple of Obama tonight. At the New York Post, Jeremy Olshan and Geoff Earle write: “As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party’s nomination atop an enormous, [...]
From the New York Sun: “You heard it here first: The Democratic Convention in Denver will go down as a disaster the likes of which have not been seen since Patrick Buchanan’s 1992 speech to Republicans in Houston.”
A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has occurred near Vancouver Island, Canada. The epicenter of the earthquake is in the Pacific ocean about 95 miles from Port Hardy.
