links for 2008-03-21

• Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen
  Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which was so bright it could have been seen without b
  (tags: space gamma+rays supernova astronomy)
• Frank Schaeffer: Obama’s Minister Committed “Treason” But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero – Politics on The Huffington Post
  When Senator Obama’s preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father — Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer — denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government
  (tags: usa war 2008 america Clinton conservative election elections fundamentalism government hypocrisy Obama politics propaganda race racism read Robertson religion terrorism theology campaign)
• The media’s race problem | Orcinus
  Probably the most remarkable aspect of the recent feeding frenzy about Barack Obama’s so-called “pastor problem” — besides the agility and smarts that Obama has displayed in handling it — is not as much what it reveals about the state of race in America
  (tags: race media USA obama racism punditry)
• Lawmakers want probe of accidental electrocutions in Iraq | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
  Electrocutions – it’s not just for prisoners of war anymore!
  (tags: KBR Halliburton Cheney electrocutions army war Iraq stupidity wtf)
• Lawyer and Client Sanctioned Over Client’s Outbursts
  A federal judge has levied sanctions of more than $29,000 on a lawyer and his client after finding that a deposition was a “spectacular failure” because of the client’s constant use of vulgar language and insults and dodging or refusing to answer question
  (tags: guilty wtf Legal deposition arrogance stupidity)

~ by SAP on 21 March 2008.