Monday, November 27, 2006

An In-Between Post for the Dial-uppers

3 comments:

capt said...

Iraq troop withdrawal hint



Des Browne says he hopes to withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq by the end of next year.

Watch the report

"Thousands" of British troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of next year - that's the hope, if not the promise, from the defence secretary this morning.


But Des Browne gave no details on numbers, nor a timeline for exactly when the UK's 7,000 troops will be able to pull out.

His indication of troop withdrawal came as a coroner today criticized "serious failings" by the military in the case of Christopher Maddison, a royal marine who was accidentally shot by British troops in Iraq.

More HERE

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Maybe this can put more pressure on Bunnypants? I sure hope so. Bring our troops home.



capt

capt said...

Um, h/t to Hajji on the above too!

capt said...

From the Progress Report (email)


GLOBAL WARMING -- SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION REFUSES COPIES OF 'INCONVENIENT TRUTH': Global warming activist Laurie David reported in the Washington Post that the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) refused 500,000 free DVD copies of An Inconvenient Truth, which scientists gave "five stars for accuracy." David wrote, "In their e-mail rejection, they expressed concern that other 'special interests' might ask to distribute materials, too; they said they didn't want to offer 'political' endorsement of the film; and they saw 'little, if any, benefit to NSTA or its members' in accepting the free DVDs." The NSTA also expressed concern that accepting the DVDs would place "unnecessary risk upon the [NSTA] capital campaign, especially certain targeted supporters." But those supporters already include "special interests," including Exxon-Mobil, Shell Oil, and the American Petroleum Institute, which have given millions in funding to the NSTA. The NSTA has freely distributed oil industry-funded "educational" content like "Fuel-less: You Can't Be Cool Without Fuel," produced by the American Petroleum Institute (API). The film features the opening line: "You're absolutely not going to believe this, but everything I have that's really cool comes from oil!" An API memo leaked to the media in 1998 explains the motivation behind such videos: "Informing teachers/students about uncertainties in climate science will begin to erect barriers against further efforts to impose Kyoto-like measures in the future."