The Big Trunk has a tribute to the late and justly lamented Ray Charles on the first anniversary of his birthday since his recent death.
John Kerry, Nuanced Diplomat
The Senator seems to think that he knows what’s going on in Iraq better than the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Of course, he probably just thinks that Allawi is an illegitimate puppet installed by the imperialist criminal Bush regime.
[Update at 2:20 PM EDT]
It was in response to this amazing question by a reporter:
Prime Minister Allawi told Congress today that democracy was taking hold in Iraq and that the terrorists there were on the defensive. Is he living in the same fantasy land as the president?
Did anyone hear this? Was the question serious, or was it veiled sarcasm at Kerry’s description of the president’s views? I can’t tell from just the words–one would have to hear the tone as well.
If the former, if the press thinks that this is helping their candidate, they’re living in a fantasy land.
It would seem that Mr. Kerry is only interested in cultivating “allies” whose foreign policy is opposed to that of the US, while treating with contempt our actual allies in this war (Britain, Australia, Italy, and now Iraq).
I don’t think that’s going to play well on November 2nd.
The State Of The Kerry Campaign
Mark Steyn has a current snapshot. It’s not a pretty picture:
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Nice Shot
From Ratherbiased.com:
In other news, TV Barn reports that “60 Minutes” Sunday is going to kick off its new season with a premier episode about “a cruel scam that preys on the elderly.” No word on whether Bill Burkett is involved.
The New Space Race
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is running a series on the history of the Ansari X-Prize (based in its home town). Here’s the first installment.
[via Alan Boyle]
[Update at 9 AM EDT]
Here’s a story about judging the event, with the focus on head of the judging committee (and former NASA astronaut) Rick Searfoss.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
Computer Problems Continue
Which is one of the reasons that blogging is light. I ordered a new motherboard that arrived today. It was the same as the one that failed (only thirty-six bucks plus shipping), so I figured it would be a painless swap.
Almost. It loads Windows, and then prompts me for name and password. Shortly thereafter, it bluescreens with a bunch of hex and a message:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
The problem is with a file called portcls.sys
I tried reinstalling Windows, to no avail. I cannot get the system up. Does anyone have any theories? I’m wondering if it’s a memory problem, but I don’t have any spares of that type to test with.
[Update at 5 PM EDT]
Never mind.
I found the problem. It was some new audio de-vice on this version of the board, that I apparently installed the wrong driver for. I uninstalled it in safe mode, and got the machine up.
I should add that one of the things that added to this joyful computer experience was a relatively new keyboard on which the F8 key didn’t work…
More On Weightless Flights
Here’s a long article by Leonard David.