Aaron Roe(bot) Fulkerson Open source entrepreneur and digital viking.
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Lead (Pb) is Good, Global Warming Doesn't Exist
November 16, 2006 — Aaron FulkersonSome snippets from a recent Wired article.
Two federal agencies are investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research, a senator said Wednesday.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) said he was informed that the inspectors general for the Commerce Department and NASA had begun “coordinated, sweeping investigations of the Bush administration’s censorship and suppression” of federal research into global warming.
He said the investigations “will uncover internal documents and agency correspondence that may expose widespread misconduct.” He added, “Taxpayers do not fund scientific research so the Bush White House can alter it.”
In February, House Science Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) and other congressional leaders asked NASA to guarantee scientific openness. They complained that a public affairs officer changed or filtered information on global warming and the Big Bang.
The officer, George Deutsch, a political appointee, had resigned after being accused of trying to limit reporters’ access to James Hansen, a prominent NASA climate scientist, and insisting that a web designer insert the word “theory” with any mention of the Big Bang.
I’m confused as to why it has taken so long for someone to take action on this. I’ve been stunned that there hasn’t been outrage over this sooner. Forget global warning! Does anyone remember when Bush dissolved a CDC committee on the effects of lead on children after receiving the shocking conclusion that lead is bad for children. He then replaced the committee with lobbyists for Lead producing manufacturers!
At the Very Top, a Surge in Income in '03 – New York Times
October 7, 2005 — Aaron FulkersonAfter falling for two years, the share of income going to the richest slice of Americans – the top tenth of 1 percent – grew significantly in 2003 while the share going to 99 percent of Americans fell, tax data released yesterday showed.
At the same time, the effective income tax rates paid by the top tenth of 1 percent fell sharply, declining at more than 10 times the rate reduction for middle-class taxpayers, the new report, by the Internal Revenue Service, showed.
FEMA Bans Photos of the Dead
September 8, 2005 — Aaron FulkersonNEW YORK Forced to defend what some critics consider its slow response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from New Orleans.
FEMA, which is leading the rescue efforts, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims, Reuters reported.
A FEMA spokeswoman told the wire service that space was needed on the rescue boats and assured Reuters that “the recovery of the victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost respect.”
“We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media,” the spokeswoman told Reuters via e-mail.
…”By and large, American television is the most sanitized television in the world,” he said. “They are less likely to show bodies, they are less likely to show graphic images of the dead than any television in the world.”
'Hang-and-Run' Artist Strikes NYC Museums
March 25, 2005 — Aaron FulkersonIn a reverse-theft of sorts, a British artist has been sneaking his works into some of New York’s top museums.
Sony offers pizza feature for hungry gamers
March 1, 2005 — Aaron FulkersonNEW YORK (AP) — Sony has built the ability to order pizza into its latest online multiplayer game. Type the command “/pizza” while playing Everquest II, a fantasy game with 330,000 active players, and get the Pizza Hut Web site, where you can place orders for delivery.
Chris Kramer, spokesman for Sony Online Entertainment, said he believes this is the first time a game accepts orders for real-world items.
Sony plans to integrate the pizza function more tightly into the game, so players can charge pizza to their monthly game subscription bill.
Now we never have to leave the house! I can already see parents suing Sony further for getting their poor children addicted to evercrack. “Billy used to get up and eat, now he doesnt have to”. Sign of things to come? This could get interesting though if it catches on in other games. Playing the Sims2 and you purchase a big screen tv? Hope you pressed the correct ‘buy this’ button…
