July 2, 2009

Japan's Amano selected to replace ElBaradei at IAEA

Japan's Yukiya Amano was chosen today to replace Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The 35 member IAEA Board of Governors selected Amano over South Africa's Abdul Samad Minty by a vote of 23 to 11 with one abste...

June 12, 2009

IAEA Straw Poll on new Director General

Japan’s Yukiya Amano of Japan failed to receive a two-thirds majority in a straw poll taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors on June 9, 2009 to replace Mohamed ElBaradei as Director General. Amano received 20...

April 30, 2009

New Round of Voting for IAEA Director General

Five candidates were nominated in the second round of voting to replace Mohamed ElBaradei as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ElBaradei’s term ends in November.Yukiya Amano of Japan was renominated for the p...

April 14, 2009

New vote soon on IAEA Director General

The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors will vote again for a successor to its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, since the favored candidate, Yukiya Amano of Japan, failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority.Am...

May 3, 2008

A Rezko plea deal?

The CBS TV affiliate in Chicago is speculating that Tony Rezko may try to cut a deal with prosecutors in his ongoing corruption trial. If so, it could spell trouble for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and possibly even Barack Obama. The defense has...

April 25, 2008

Another Dem governor may lose his job

Illinois Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich is facing impeachment talk from within his own party in the wake of the plea agreement of Rezko pal Ali Ata. The Chicago Sun-Times reportsThe impeachment drumbeat at the Statehouse grew louder Wednesday, a d...

April 7, 2008

Sanctuary city fights border crime?

San Francisco officials have taken US taxpayers for $5.7 million by using grant money designed to prosecute Mexican border related drug and alien smuggling crimes according to an audit conducted by the US Department of Justic...

March 25, 2008

NYT admits frogs not global warming victims

In 2006, the New York Times published an article headlined "Frog Killer is linked to global warming". However it was not true. The Times now has a half-hearted retraction where the author, Andrew Revkin, goes to great lengths to t...

May 24, 2007

The IAEA Report on Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency has released a updated report on Iran's efforts to enrich Uranium. The BBC reports that Iran is continuing to defy UN demands to stop enriching uranium and is expanding its controversial work, the UN nuclea...

May 12, 2007

Disposing of CFLs with mercury

According to current California State law, fluorescent bulbs (which contain mercury) over 4 feet in length need to be taken to a hazardous materials collection facility (one wonders about the level of compliance). The CFL's currently appear to fall i...

April 14, 2007

Pelosi's First 100 Days

AP has a flattering story about the first 100 days of Nancy Pelosi's term as Speaker of the House:Nancy Pelosi won her biggest victory in her first 100 days as speaker by making peace among her own House Democrats. Mollifying moderates and ...

March 29, 2007

California Heating Up Due to Land Use

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California have recently found that California is warming up, but the main cause seems to be land use. The largest temperature increases were in the urban areas of t...