en-us jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) http://blern.com/ News and Blog Articles Most Recommended to Blern users. http://blern.com/showurl/9203460/ This Is Why Our Founding Fathers Fought For Free Speech? This, just below, is a partial screenshot of one of numerous pieces of spam posted on my site yesterday by those who seek to punish and intimidate me for posting speech unapproved by Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:14:31 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9184725/ On to Denver! When it comes to rounding up John Edwards news and links, I can't hope to compete with Deceiver. ... See esp. Lee Stranahan's informed speculations about future developments in the story, which now looks like it will run right into the Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:26:33 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9182805/ We know exactly where the spill occurred: 44.7°N, 178.1°E. We know the day, January 10, 1992, but not the hour. Neither do we know the name of the ship nor of its captain nor of the shipping magnate who owned it. We do know the harbors from which it Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:39:44 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9176264/ Linux Gazette...making Linux just a little more fun! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:38:36 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156776/ Our earlier thread on this is full. Here's a news article with a recap of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain's answers at tonight's faith forum. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:37:31 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9171926/ If I stored a private key in a tamper-resistant hardware, which can be plug-in with my mobile device, how can I use J2ME to read and operate this private key? Comparing with RMS, which is better choice for security of mobile Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:08:42 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9169983/ Last night, during his Saddleback Church presidential forum, Pastor Rick Warren asked both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to "define rich." With regard to tax brackets, "where do you move from middle class to rich?" Warren asked. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:47:14 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9203459/ Dalrymple Again Here we go again. It's a repeat of a familiar tragic tale around these parts these past few days -- a tale of flagrant child endangerment -- but in a different color. I suspect when I tell it about a white lady, the tiny little Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:19:10 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9187499/ Ceasefire latest: Russia stalls on Georgia pullout Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:00:49 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9199014/ Viewpoint: Military dictators have been Washington's preferred interlocutors in Islamabad. But they can't get the job done Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:56:40 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9182043/ I got a request from a reader that I'll just pass on directly to any musically-inclined readers here… Any chance Pharyngula readers can help? I have been writing and posting songs under the band name Natural Wastage on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:44:05 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198782/ While we're waiting for the LA Times poll results that Big Tent Democrat will write about, here's today's Quinnipiac poll : American likely voters say 55 - 27 percent that Arizona Sen. John McCain is better qualified than Illinois Sen. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:39:38 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9181131/ Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., continued his sharper attacks on Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque, NM. "My opponent John McCain," he said as the crowd began to boo, "John McCain, you know, he has... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:13:28 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9192961/ 2008-08-19, rev -02: Ivip (Internet Vastly Improved Plumbing) is a proposed global system of routers and either collection of databases which control the tunneling of some of these routers. Database changes affect all Ingress Tunnel Routers (ITRs) within Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:56 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9199285/ BACK TO THE BOWELS OF HELL FROM WHICH YOU CAME! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:51:39 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9196928/ Another movie in the Zero Rules series for Mercenaries 2! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:37:02 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9157039/ A Movie A Day: PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (1962) For me? An island like this. Peaceful. Full of golden women and no men. -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:18:09 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9199894/ Like the rest of the political world, the blogosphere is preoccupied with VP rumors today. Now that journalists are reporting that Joe Biden sits at or near the top of Barack Obama's short list, liberal bloggers are discussing the DE... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:50:16 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9152025/ In May, I published Peniel Cronin's ground-breaking research report on the injustices in the 2008 state caucuses. The original report is here , the June revised report is here . ( Posts on the follow-ups and revisions here .) Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:05:09 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9178584/ After the Obama campaign tossed General Wes Clark under the bus for stating the obvious, that getting shot down in an airplane is not command experience, they better get used to this [McCain spokeperson] Nicolle Wallace: ""The Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:26:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9158347/ Reading Eagle | Submitted by: Sgt Huns "Standing amid a picturesque vista of cornfields and silos Wednesday, Elmer Zimmerman defended his action. "I thought there was no other way," said Zimmerman, wearing a straw hat and overalls." Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:20:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9206027/ RALEIGH, NC -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, is almost always diligent about saying "he or she" when discussing his potential running mate. But at a lively town hall meeting in the Tarheel State Tuesday evening, the senator -- who is... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:17 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9148541/ Vadim, a South Ossetian militiaman, raced through the deserted Georgian streets, a Soviet Makarov pistol in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other. Dishevelled, unshaven and wild-eyed, he was searching for someone to kill. For the first time in 10 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9153287/ It happened in Church - October 19, 1962 Chapter Eighty Five - No Rest Area Thursday Nov 23 (continues) Ear ache The Colonel  was in the car with the Irish Sergeant. They had an escort with lights and sirens. The good and bad news came in over the radio. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:41:10 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9170869/ The smartest answer on abortion EVAH: Here's the succinct version, narrowing it down to the good stuff: Rick Warren: OK, now, um, let's deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:59:56 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156629/ THE Scottish Government has been banned by Westminster from talking to Norwegian officials about radical plans to connect Scotland's electricity grid to the continent. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9205912/ i em {font-style:normal;} . . . Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:44:32 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9187558/ Following up on Moe's post. And yes, I do question Obama's commitment to his faith. " McCain did well because he understands the issues close to the hearts of the people at Saddleback. Obama did poorly because he does not Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:09:22 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9153141/ By MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI AND CONDOLEEZZA RICE PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI: Madame Secretary, we had almost five — hour discussion about mechanics to stop ongoing violence and deterring Russian invasion, as well as about massive assistance programs for Georgia Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9206708/ Something that came up in the comments section of the post on that new TV On The Radio song (which you should really listen to if you haven't already): While the numbers would seem to indicate that many Idolator readers visit the site Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9178574/ Sally Quinn would like to live in a simple, binary world where the choices between good and evil or right and wrong are easy to make. That's John McCain's world. Unfortunately, she lives in the real world, where nuance matters . That's also Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:18:55 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9189757/ Oh, you'll buy it and like it! I hope? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:12:54 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9151387/ Bush: 'We will not cast' Georgia 'aside': The Swamp   Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:42:58 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9190100/ Bloomberg - Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, on a short list of Democrat Barack Obama's possible running mates, may face questions about potential conflicts of interest from his wife's work on seven corporate boards that paid Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:01:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9151987/ Pastor Rick Warren * is interviewing Barack Obama and John McCain this evening, asking each candidate roughly the same set of questions for an hour each. Obama first. One of Warren's questions asked about the contrast between the Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:54:59 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198777/ ABC says Biden backtracked a little on his denial that he is Obama's Veep pick. My response: And a shout-out to Jerome at MyDD . It's also looking less likely Hillary or Kathleen Sebelius will be the Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:54:28 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9155543/ “What does it mean to you to trust in Christ?” Pastor Rick Warren asked Sen.. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Saturday evening. “And what does it mean on a daily basis? I mean, what does that really look like?” For the crowd... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:38:24 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9172226/ So the nascent anti-draft to stop Sen. Evan Bayh swelled from blogs -- including HuffPo -- to include everything from Twitter outreach to a Facebook... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:02:20 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9161993/ Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty did nothing to dampen the vice-presidential speculation swirling around him, during an appearance this morning on CBS News Face the Nation. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:19:18 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9184320/ Politico is reporting that McCain is going to announce his VP on August 29th in Ohio. This is not surprising, they don't want to cede the remainder of this week with the buildup of Obama announcing his VP, and the bulk of next week wrapped up in Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:53:18 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9169064/ Are you worrying yet? Steve Soto is . I'm getting there. And here is another reason why -- PPP (PDF) says its tied in Ohio (PPP had Obama up 8 last month): John McCain has pulled even with Barack Obama in Ohio, according Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:31:36 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9185792/ Over at Bloggingheads.tv , Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia discusses immigration, welfare, deportation, and much more with Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies. Click on the image below to watch. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9187567/ A woman's struggle to get to grips with Indian gender bias Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:08:38 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9142902/ A Bull on Energy, A Bear on Nearly Everything Else - Interview with Eric Sprott, CEO, Sprott Asset Management Barron's: You're a believer in the peak-oil thesis, which says that global oil production has topped out. How much time Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:34:38 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9175206/ The drawn out affair between Electronic Arts and Take-Two has been long and predominantly boring, with the former attempting all sorts of chicanery to acquire the latter. It seems that for now at least, the dodgy dealings are Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:52 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9185323/ The Consumerist is always a handy little site to check if you want to see what certain companies try and get away with, and every now and then you'll see some game-related chicanery pop up. Such is the case today, as one Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:45 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156610/ A VACCINE against cervical cancer will be given to schoolgirls without them receiving any safe sex advice as a result of a controversial deal struck between the Catholic Churc Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9184882/ First of all let me address one problem that we had over the last batch. One of the stories had more than 500 (something like 700) and some readers were wondering and complaining about it. It was my fault and not planned. Basically I was trying to Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:36:05 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198776/ Via Greta : Karl Rove was on Hannity and Colmes tonight: He was just asked who he thought Senator Obama should pick&he said the criteria should not be a political one (eg should not be whether VP can deliver a state) but rather who is Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:50:46 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9177283/ Roseanne Barr must've decided she wanted to feel relevant this weekend and posted an entry on her blog attacking Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. I'll give kudos to Roseanne for calling Glenn Beck a "used tampon" before she dives Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:45:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9182950/     Oh, the spectacle of it all - and don't think I'm referring to those opening ceremonies in Beijing, where North Korean-style synchronization seemed to fuse with smiley-faced Walt Disney, or Michael Phelps's thrilling hunt for eight gold medals Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:09:43 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9177764/ You might want to check out my colleague Lester Hunt’s excellent new edited collection on Grade Inflation: Academic Standards in Higher Education, which is just out. It originated in a rather well-thought-out conference Lester organized back in 2004. My Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:12 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9191974/ Filed under: Internet , Windows , Macintosh , Linux , Mozilla , Browsers I've never been particularly put out by needing to click the "Next" button on a blog. Sure, there are always exceptions, like when Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9201412/ Europe has entered the new 19th century. The Russia-Georgia war of 8-12 August 2008 has acted as a time-machine, vaporising the "end of history" sentiment that shaped European politics in the 1990s and replacing it with an older geopolitical calculus Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:54:21 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9202930/ Vanessa has some behind the scenes footage of her Neutrogena commercials. She talks about how she gears up for a shoot, how her summer s going, Identified, and what she has on her iPod. Two more videos under the cut! Tags: behind the scenes, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:27:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9181412/ Blogger Maurice Broaddus , attending GenCon 2008, caught up to the  Christian Gamers Guild , which presented a panel discussion at the show. While the group seems primarily oriented toward board game play, their issues have a great deal of Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:30:51 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9189422/ A group of 100 college presidents has come together to state that the 21 year-old drinking age is not working, and, specifically, that it has created a culture of dangerous binge drinking on their campuses. They want to encourage a dialogue Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:02 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9183457/ Americans in Beijing who are hungry for New York-style bagels have relief: a Brooklyn-bred Chinese-American entrepreneur offers "doughnut-shaped Jewish bread." Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:43:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9152031/ Yesterday the DNCC announced an Unity-Faith Breakfast in addition to the Interfaith event that will open the Convention. Today, they announced interfaith caucus events . In addition, the release says: Senator Obama Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:30:34 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9197989/ The 3-year-old came home in tears from his public pre-kindergarten program, unable to adequately describe what had happened to him or how he had sustained bruises that stretched around his hips to his stomach. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:02:46 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9184328/ 2008-08-18, rev -13: This document defines the forwarding element (FE) model used in the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) protocol [2]. The model represents the capabilities, state and configuration of forwarding elements within the Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:47 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156620/ A RAPE victim who successfully challenged the decision to cut her compensation because she had been drinking has offered to help legal experts boost conviction rates for the c Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198775/ Having been joined now by a chorus of Obama blogs in concern with Obama's post partisan unity schtick campaign, I am somewhat amused that no one noticed the problem before. TPM has been on it all day but this e-mail Marshall posts got my Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:18:31 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9177738/ The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Greer Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:16 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9174621/ The New York Times reports this morning that despite the assurances of Pastor Rick Warren that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would be in a "cone of silence" and not able to hear his "Civil Forum" questions ahead of time as... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:57:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9203350/ Diversity is more of an escape-the-house game, rather than escape-the-room ; in order to finally achieve freedom, the player must exit first a bedroom, then an office, then a nursery and finally a bathroom. This aside, Diversity is a well-executed, Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:11:52 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9153618/ As is often the case here at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), while in the course of investigating one report of... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:04:36 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9202657/ Tenet Healthcare Corp., which owns Des Peres Hospital and Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, said Tuesday it completed the sale of its interest in its Broadlane Inc. health-care services subsidiary to New York-based private equity firm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:49 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9178363/ We all regret the loss of Blue Collar Scientist to cancer a short while ago. Now we have an account of his last few days — he died dignified and living well to the last moment, on a visit to Down and Westminster Abbey. Read the Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:36 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9178275/ Tom Engelhardt Six questions about the conspicuous and forgotten anthrax case that few in the mainstream media are asking. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:02:27 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9181094/ Why would anyone want to be a comedian, anyway? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:54:34 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9189614/ Here's a disturbing case. A judge named James DeWeese in Richland County, Ohio, was ordered by a Federal court in 2002 to take down a poster of the Ten Commandments from his courtroom. In that ruling, Judge Kathleen O'Malley concluded that the poster Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:02:03 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9157446/ A sharp split on the right to choose. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:25:04 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9203026/ Here's an AP story about Jefferson High in Los Angeles, one of the worst schools in a very bad school system. Jefferson as a 58 percent dropout rate. Last year, the district launched a $200,000 marketing campaign to convince kids school is Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:42:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9177112/ Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population by Matthew Connelly, a review from New York Review of Books by Helen Epstein. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:01 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9197343/ After HIGH TENSION and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, French director Alexandre Aja stays firmly grounded in horror territory with MIRRORS. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:05:06 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9174273/ It's who you know. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:29:43 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9155540/ To hear the crowd at Saddleback Church tell it, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., definitely had a good night. One of the reasons cited by parishioners had to do with McCain telling his personal story. A sked the most gut wrenching... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:07:53 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9158737/ Math Will Rock Your World Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:11:11 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156621/ . Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198781/ Update [2008-8-19 20:6:26 by Big Tent Democrat]: NBC says it does not matter, because Biden does not know if he is "the guy." And NBC reports Biden wlaks it back completely. Now we know. Biden IS the pick. From First Read : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9184233/ AP - Amid the verdant lawn and leafy trees of the tidy Jefferson Senior High School campus, a police officer patrols the grounds and a sign warns that guns are illegal. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:46:27 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9206021/ At a Martinsville, Virginia, town hall meeting just now, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said that the public thinks of his opponent's war record, but it's his responsibility to remind them of his policies. "John McCain – let’s face it –... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:29:16 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9191705/ The first generation of biotechnology products commercialized were crops focusing largely on input agronomic traits whose value was largely opaque to consumers. The coming generations of crop plants can be grouped into four broad areas, each presenting Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9181762/ Michael Goldfarb calls any questions about the cross-in-the-dirt story desperate smears: Those desperate to discredit Senator McCain's record will have to impugn his fellow prisoners as well. Orson Swindle, who was held as a prisoner of war along with Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:42:32 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9185799/ If you've already read Thomas Frank's new Washington tome The Wrecking Crew , you might have seen this observation. Or you might see it for the first time in the New York Times review. The reason that we have so many Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:43:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9169573/ MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Coast Guard heightened its alert in major ports in the country following attacks by suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front members in Lanao del Norte province Monday. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:27:23 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9178389/ During the forum at Saddleback Church the other day, McCain told a familiar story, about the guard that drew a cross in the dirt and gave him hope and faith to survive his time as a POW. Many are now accusing him of stealing the story, making it up or Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:09:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9179800/ Excerpt: No one ever believed the Americans' explanation of why they wanted to base interceptor missiles in Poland, of all places, some 20 years after the fall of the Soviet empire -- not even the Americans. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156650/ Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps? Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:25:28 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9153082/ Obama is done, and McCain is joining him on stage. So here is the first shot of Obama and McCain together since the Manchester January debates, and it lasted less than 30 seconds. Neither looked completely at ease, although I'd say Obama seemed a tad Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:59:33 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9152007/ So say the Rocky Mountain News poll : Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are neck-and-neck in Colorado, solidifying the state as a key, swing area that will be pivotal in deciding who becomes the next president of the Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:41:41 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9206034/ "Now, the drive-bys, when it comes to (Sen. John) McCain, are all excited that he might choose a pro-choice and/or liberal pro-choice running mate," conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh said today. “This is crap," he continued. "What is this... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:09:01 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9156787/ Upclose and personal on the man, Nouriel Roubini , who predicted the subprime crisis. Apparently we're in for a long long haul out of this mess. Oh, and it may be the end of America (reg req'd) as we know it. His blog . Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:23:38 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9183464/ Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be improved by further baking. Anyway, to have many ideas is to have too many for a campaign's concluding sprint, and McCain's Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9198635/ NATO and Russia remained at loggerheads Wednesday as senior figures within the military alliance accused Moscow of failing to honor the full terms of the cease-fire agreement brokered by the European Union last week aimed at ending the fighting in Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:39:26 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9182500/ When I first went to talk to someone about investing in stocks, it was carefully explained to me that I should not be concerned over daily fluctuations but rather should look at longer-term outcomes of events. So it has been with the recent price Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:52:18 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9192966/ 2008-08-19, rev -23: For the purpose of this document, subnetworks are defined as virtual topologies that span connected network regions bounded by encapsulated border nodes. These virtual topologies may span multiple IP- and/or sub-IP layer forwarding Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:28 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9203025/ The buzzed-about politi-bot of the moment is Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. , senior senator from Delaware, Foreign Relations Committee chairman, and frontrunner ( according to people who bet on these things) for the plum job of Barack Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:33:00 -0400 http://blern.com/showurl/9146433/ BAGUIO CITY -- IMPRESSED by the city’s success in stopping government gambling projects here, Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio on Friday asked Baguio’s antigambling crusaders to help him reopen a plunder case against gambling lords who were identified Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:38:12 -0400