This page is an Atom formatted site feed. It can be syndicated to another Internet site or viewed in an aggregator or syndication software. Please visit blogdrive.com for more information. Dark Skies tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d 2006-07-18T03:00:03-08:00 Blogdrive.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/darkskieshttp://feedburner.google.com John Furie Zacharias 2006-07-18T07:56:20Z 2006-07-18T07:56:20Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.78 Washington insiders call David Addington the most powerful person in the Bush adminstration whom the public doesn't know anything about. He refuses to have his photo taken by the media and refuses interviews by the press. He doesn't give public speeches, but prefers to work long and hard in the corridors of power within the administration. Addington has been Vice President Dick Cheney's longtime ally and has now replaced indicted Scooter Libby as VP Chief of Staff. Why do I label David Addington as a dictator's lawyer? David Addington is the legal mind behind all of the Bush... (more) John Furie Zacharias 2006-07-02T07:19:04Z 2006-07-02T07:19:04Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.77 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently ruled on the Hamdan case and the court's ruling will affect prisoners held at the Guantanamo dentention facility set up and run by the Department of Defense (DoD). The Justices ruled 5-3 that the Bush administration's idea of military tribunals violated not only the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but also the Geneva Conventions. Chief Justice John Roberts recused himself from the case because he has heard arguments in an appeal prior to being confirmed. What does it all mean? Depends upon who you ask, of course. The... (more) John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-26T22:50:06Z 2006-06-26T22:50:06Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.72 According to NASA, "The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are set to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 3:49 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 1. Commander Steve Lindsey and his crew will continue evaluating new shuttle safety improvements during the 12-day mission. They'll also carry supplies and a third crew member to the International Space Station. At least two spacewalks are planned." There are two main objectives for the STS-121 mission, Return To Flight and International Space Station assembly. Return To Flight Since the Columbia space shuttle tragedy,... (more) John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-19T07:19:28Z 2006-06-19T07:19:28Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.76 Here are the top twenty stories about Technology that people have voted as popular on digg.com, a social networking website whose users submit and then also rank news stories and blog entries. This entry is generated dynamically using javascript and xml, so it will likely change everytime you look at it. Because of this, no comments are allowed. Honestly, this entry is for my own convenience, as much as it is for you. However, it is a menu item that I hope you also find helpful, useful or informative. John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-13T07:12:38Z 2006-06-13T07:12:38Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.75 Here are the top twenty stories about Environment that people have voted as popular on digg.com, a social networking website whose users submit and then also rank news stories and blog entries. This entry is generated dynamically using javascript and xml, so it will likely change everytime you look at it. Because of this, no comments are allowed. Honestly, this entry is for my own convenience, as much as it is for you. However, it is a menu item that I hope you also find helpful, useful or informative. John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-09T06:55:54Z 2006-06-09T06:55:54Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.74 Here are the top twenty stories about Space that people have voted as popular on digg.com, a social networking website whose users submit and then also rank news stories and blog entries. This entry is generated dynamically using javascript and xml, so it will likely change everytime you look at it. Because of this, no comments are allowed. Honestly, this entry is for my own convenience, as much as it is for you. However, it is a menu item that I hope you also find helpful, useful or informative. John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-07T06:13:59Z 2006-06-07T06:13:59Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.73 Here are the top twenty stories in Politics that people have voted as popular on digg.com, a social networking website whose users submit and then also rank news stories and blog entries. This entry is generated dynamically using javascript and xml, so it will likely change everytime you look at it. Because of this, no comments are allowed. Honestly, this entry is for my own convenience, as much as it is for you. However, it is a menu item that I hope you also find helpful, useful or informative. John Furie Zacharias 2006-06-01T14:12:27Z 2006-06-01T14:12:27Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.70 The Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) is attempting to crawl out of the decades of chaos that had previously characterized the large African nation and continues to do so. The Kabila government in Kinshasa has scheduled democratic elections in the coming weeks, something the Congolese haven't seen in 40 years. This coming election is a pivotal event for the DRC. If it will actually help the country is anybody's guess. Intrigue The situation in the DRC came to my attention recently when I read in the Orlando Sentinel that two local central Florida men had been detained... (more) John Furie Zacharias 2006-05-27T16:59:16Z 2006-05-27T16:59:16Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.69 One of the ways to make your blog more available to a wider audience of readers is to utiltize the syndication features available on all blogdrive blogs, even the free ones. While all subscription levels offer extended feeds, a free blog still automatically creates a feed with previews of your last ten entries and links back to your blogdrive blog. Now, all you need to do is use the feed provided and tell your readers how they can use it. People visiting your blogdrive blog can use its automagically generated index.xml or atom.xml file for their own news readers and feed... (more) John Furie Zacharias 2006-05-21T13:33:41Z 2006-05-21T13:33:41Z tag:blogdrive.com,2005:4393146a1c1798c49423e88ae08d584d.68 Since I was old enough to understand that there were other law makers out in the big world other than my mother, I've never really understood the logic or rationale underpinning government policies that advocate marijuana prohibition. Marijuana has been a naturally-growing herb for an epoch, specifically cultivated by mankind for thousands of years, and used by millions upon millions of people at one time or another -- right up to the present day. Apparently, "because I told you so" is the best government argument available. The U.S. federal government has some alligator clamp down... (more)