A bridge inspires us. A bridge overcomes an obstacle and connects someplace to someplace else, with strength and often with grace and beauty. A bridge lets us go to the other side.
I don’t know about all that, but these are neat looking bridges, regardless. The only one that I’ve walked over is the Ponte Vecchio.
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Shocker! CDM is a big, old mess:
Leading academics and watchdog groups allege that the UN’s main offset fund is being routinely abused by chemical, wind, gas and hydro companies who are claiming emission reduction credits for projects that should not qualify. The result is that no genuine pollution cuts are being made, undermining assurances by the UK government and others that carbon markets are dramatically reducing greenhouse gases, the researchers say.
(via Majikthise)
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Interesting summary of Sen. Durbin’s recent hearing on Global Internet Freedom:
Durbin said he called the hearing to examine “the role that American companies play in internet censorship, and displayed a lot of passion on the issue. He asked whether Congress should find that it’s wrong for an American company to in any way cooperate with censorship and repression.
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You know, if the worst “the Man” has to fear is vegans and Critical Mass bicyclists, I’d say he can safely fire his food taster and stretch out in his throne.
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A prediction: I predict that when Obama gets the nomination, we’re going to have whole crapload of articles about how all of Clinton’s female supporters are now supporting McCain (even though there won’t be any actual evidence of this) because (and this will certainly not be overtly stated, only heavily implied) women are so freaking stupid that they don’t understand or care about real political issues – they just wanted a girl, and now they’re pissed.
Of course, I could be totally wrong, and we won’t see any articles like this. Shall we take bets now?
