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Anniston meet Bozeman. http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/city_of_bozeman_demands_passwords_from_job_applicants/C564/L564/

This goes nowhere other than directly to a huge Streisand effect.

I did a story on this as well. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/city_of_bozeman_demands_passwords_from_job_applicants/C396/L396/

I think it is a scandal that China ever came to host the Olympics.

I hate Government oppression as anyone but I've got to call you out here. I think the Olympic Committee was hoping that the Chinese government would clean up it's act for it's people as a direct result of planning The Games.

In some respects this is true, there has been great infrastructure and environmental improvements in China recently. In terms of infrastructure, you might like to consult this interesting article, PART 1, PART 2 comparing the difference between credit crunch enlaboured American cities and shining new developments in China.

In terms of environmetal issues, Greenpeace have applauded many of the Chinese Governemnt's efforts. Efforts include a focus on reducing emmisions and river pollution, switching to renewable energy sources such as hydro and geo-thermal, expanding public transportation and air quality improvements. In America, the government is actively trying to prevent any improvements relating to global warming.

In terms of censorship, also recall that employees at the American Environment Protection Authority have been prevented from talking to journalists. How's that for "extreme censorship"? Also, don't forget about warrentless wire tapping and the subsequent bill to protect the government and telcos from any repercussions.

Chinese doping is as organized as in the former East Germany

Remember that testing for doping is overseen by the Olympic Committee, not the Chinese government. You should also be aware that America is involved with doping too and stripped of medals.

Admittedly, the improvements aren't as good as they could have been, but if you ask the average Chinese on the street, I'm sure he's very satisfied with the changes and his governments ability to effect them. I'm not trying to imply that America is worse than China or even close, just that it has it's problems too and they are pretty much the same ones. It's time to get off your high horse and realise that he who is without guilt should cast the first stone. Not you.

It gets worse: Bukowsica!: the Bukowski musical.

The first number sets the scene perfectly with lyrics about coughing up blood and screwing whores, all done as a hilarious send-up of musicals, complete with jazz hands and jazz squares. ("You can be Bukowskical too!" they sing with all their hearts.)

I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry. I couldn't read the article all the way through to find out if it was any good (funny, campy, jaw-droppingly absurd). I suppose I would see it if it came to town. But the whole concept makes my head hurt.

Broadway has jumped the shark.

Ballot initiatives don't have much of a direct effect (although the actual news story I found says that they're still deprioritizing non-felony possession), but one of the commissioners who voted to change the initiative needs to run for re-election in 2008. If anyone plausible wants her job, it probably wouldn't be hard to defeat her on a platform of not second-guessing the electorate and the pot declaration that voters already went for.

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/miss oula_county_comission_amends_marijuana_deprioritiz ation_initiative/C8/L8/

There was no link in the story, so here's some that seem to be relevant.

An article

relevant Google news search

I found this story doing a Google search. From TFA:

The tone of the hearing shifted when Van Valkenburg said that he had proposed the amendments because of a "gut feeling" that Missoula voters were not "detail-oriented" enough to understand the complete scope of the initiative.

I think the only ones who failed the "detail-oriented" test are the slashdot editors who posted a story that references an article and a blog but failed to provide any links.

GMD

There are no links to the actual news story... surely this was covered in the local paper or something???

A Google News search revealed this story which elaborates on the details in the article summary.

If your going to include production for solar panels you need to remember that fossil fuels don't exactly jump out of the ground and into your furnace. Strip mines, refineries, natural gas production all have a significant environmental cost.

Study everything. Don't make new pollution. Reduce what pollution we're creating now. Cleaner is better on every level, so pursue that.

• Paul Mockett, elementary particle physicist at UW - not a climate scientist
• Fersheed K Mody, who appears to be a groundwater petroleum physicist - not a climate scientist
• Bruce R McAvoy, who I can only take to be an crystal acoustics physicist based on googling and this http://www.ieee-uffc.org/archive/ul/1979.htm - not a climate scienist
• Lawrence J. Rouse Jr., associate professor of oceanography at LSU, who in fairness is a practicing climate scientist, but seems to publish mostly on Louisana Coast issues and in those journals, and not on basin-scale phenomena or climate systems.
• Michael McCardle "Mike has over thirty years of successfully applying geology and geophysics to petroleum exploration and exploitation, with emphasis on integrating technology with complex geologic plays."