Lunch-break update, Tuesday, April 27, 2004… “hot heat” edition…
Heat wave strikes Southern California: The “downtown” Los Angeles weather station (on the USC campus) reached a record high of 99 degrees yesterday, easily topping the previous record, 91. Long Beach hit 101, shattering the old record of 89. West Hollywood hit 98, and BoiFromTroy is hot. (Erm, not like that. I mean, maybe he is, but I don’t play for that team. Not that there’s anything wr… oh, nevermind. :)
Yesterday was also Phoenix’s hottest day of the year so far — though not as hot at USC! — as the mercury hit 98 degrees here. And the forecast calls for another 98-degree day today. So, will Phoenix have its first 100-degree day in April? It looks like today might be our last, best chance to reach triple-digits before the new month begins Saturday. (The forecast calls for 96 tomorrow, and then low 90s for the rest of the week.) Right now, it’s 93. Stay tuned.
The heat is on Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter (like the segue?) as he faces a tough primary challenge from a conservative Republican today.
The U.S. will be able to deflect North Korean missiles by the end of the year. Maybe.
Or maybe we’ll use blimps. Big Brother wants to watch you from 100,000 feet using an airship 25 times the size of the Goodyear blimp. Doubleplusgood or doubleplusungood? We report, you decide.
An NYU student who was living in the library basement has been evicted from his “home” after campus officials discovered his blog, www.homelessatnyu.com. Note to self: when squatting illegally in subterranean lair, do not publish location on the Internet.
Breaking news: Explosions in Syria.
That’s all for now.
UPDATE: CNN reports:
An hour-long battle between police and gunmen broke out Tuesday in downtown Damascus, the capital of Syria, killing at least one passer-by and injuring several others, according to Syrian television and other sources.
At least one attacker was killed and one wounded, according to the Syrian ambassador to the United States.
At least six explosions preceded the gunfire at about 8 p.m. (1 p.m. ET) in an area between the Iranian and Canadian embassies and near the residence of the British ambassador to Syria, according to witnesses.
Syrian TV quoted security sources as saying a “group of terrorists engaged in random fire with Syrian security forces.”
April 27th, 2004 at 1:02:57 pm
“…BoiFromTroy is hot. (Erm, not like that. I mean, maybe he is, but I don’t play for that team. Not that there’s anything wr… oh, nevermind. :)”
whah whah whah whah V good. (Note to Self’s Son: open Mouth, change Feet. Hee hee… :)
“…Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter (like the segue?) as he faces a tough primary challenge from a conservative Republican today.”
Yeah, a real red-hot segue. :) Yes & the rightie challenger would just Have to be a bigfat Mickyank, wouldn’t he? / Unnamed Senate insider, some recent article: “There are two kinds of U.S. Senators. There are Republicans who don’t like Arlen Specter, and there are Democrats who don’t like Arlen Specter.” :) Prediction: yer man Pat Toomey beats “Scottish Law” Specter today, and Dem Rep. Joe Hoeffel gains a Senate seat for the Party in November. “…[Specter’s defeat] also might make the state even tougher in November for President Bush, who narrowly lost the state in 2000. Running alongside a conservative firebrand like Toomey could keep swing voters at home and bring Democrats to the polls in larger numbers.” GO PADDY GO PADDY GO PADDY GO!!! :)
April 27th, 2004 at 2:31:01 pm
Reuters’ analysis is cute, Joe, but then how does Rick Santorum do so well? I mean, the guy has a byproduct of gay sex named after him, and he won reelection in Pennsylvania quite handily. It’s pretty simple: Pennsylvania will go to Bush unless Kerry does as well with blacks as Gore and Clinton did. I doubt many blacks will be fired up to vote, however, and don’t discount the possibility of Bush reducing the Dems margin in the black vote from 92% to 80% or so–significant enough to swing a crapload of states Bush’s way.
April 27th, 2004 at 4:10:17 pm
No, the heat is on YOU!:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1471&ncid=1471&e=4&u=/ibd/20040427/bs_ibd_ibd/2004427tech
Enjoy Gitmo.
April 27th, 2004 at 7:53:19 pm
No Mike, I think you misread the article. This was not the FBI saying they were tracking people’s comments and posts to look for illicit behavior, this was an intelligence analyst saying we could read blogs and follow links to perhaps gain access to information about potential threats. In other words, blogs are being considered as a source, not as a law enforcement measure. Then again, if you’re posting about how great it was shtooping your 14 year-old sister last night, you’re likely to find yourself in a load of hot water regardless of whether or not the federal government begins tracking blogs.
April 27th, 2004 at 10:02:20 pm
I may have misread, the article, but I swear I did so in my own self-interest. It’s easy to misinterpret an article that starts off:
People in black trench coats might soon be chasing blogs.
Still, I know Brendan is somehow sending signals to bloggerist cells through his website. I haven’t translated all of the code, but I do have some:
McDonalds clearly is a Clinton reference and thus probably is code for POTUS
The animal references are clearly orders to take some sort of action. The fact that the cats and dogs are often clashing is a pretty strong indicator.
John Kerry is code for John Kerry, to the best of my translation abilities (sorta like that West Wing joke about the VP’s codename).
I think if I review A Beautiful Mind I will crack this case. I hope I can solve things in time for Sweeps!
Ugh, back to Habermas and Communicative Raionality