VirusHead – Page 153 – Contagious Thoughts, Mutating as Needed

Roosevelt 100 Years Ago

2006/04/23 VirusHead Comments 5 comments

In April 100 years ago: “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” –Teddy Roosevelt. (April 19th, actually – I’m a few days late with this.) Looks like the “invisible government” he was referring to has surged forward and become a lot more…

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Happy Earth Day – Take Action

2006/04/22 VirusHead Comments 7 comments

Happy Earth Day! Join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March Read the Progress Report See the HBO Special “Too Hot Not to Handle“. They have also done a great job of creating a list of resources (including organizations who are committed to fighting global warming). Reward companies that have a triple bottom line: People, Planet AND Profit. Buy Blue. Visit The Wilderness Society’s collection of past Earth Day memories and practical tips for protecting our planet and its wild places….

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Earth at Night

2006/04/21 VirusHead Comments 1 comment

NASA has a composite picture of the earth at night. Note the concentrations of light! I wonder how far out the lights would be visible to the naked eye. Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth’s surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they…

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Impose Freeze on Oil Prices

2006/04/19 VirusHead Comments 5 comments

How can the gas/oil companies still continue to defend rising prices when they are making millions of dollars a minute? Anger over oil profits is justified, especially now that we know about things like the $400 million retirement package for outgoing chairman of Exxon, Lee Raymond. Give me a break. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights released a new study yesterday that confirms that rising gasoline prices in California are because of “corporate markups and profiteering” not rising crude…

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Got a Digital Camera!

2006/04/18 VirusHead Comments 1 comment

All RIGHT! My Canon Powershot A610 has arrived! The only flaw in the package is that I’ll have to get a bigger memory card. Here’s what it could do right out of the box. I’ll learn all the options and settings later. This is a kind of lavendar-colored plant called Plectranthus. I have two, outside on the deck. It’s a pretty plant with fuzzy heart-shaped leaves, but I wanted them because of the beautiful detail of the tiny tubular flowers….

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