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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Kerry on science. Today's New York Times reports on comments by Senator John Kerry about science policy: "We need a president who will once again embrace our tradition of looking toward the future and new discoveries with hope based on scientific facts, not fear," Kerry said in a campaign statement issued as he traveled to Denver. "It's about investing in the future of our country. I won't let ideology and fear stand in our way." [David Harris' Science & Literature] 4:50:40 PM  Permalink  comment []

[Hero]    "I was deathly afraid," says Mike Melvill, pilot of SpaceShipOne. (IrelandOn-Line) [Fark] Sounds like it was scary as hell. Also worth reading is the steelypips post on the private enterprise meme that's going on around this flight. 1:53:27 PM  Permalink  comment []

News.Com: "Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the tech calendar, has been canceled this year," [Scripting News] 1:10:07 PM  Permalink  comment []

Dr. Dylan Bob gets his honorary degree at St Andrews. The 8th picture is the best, I wonder if he's watching to see if Sir Kenneth Dover's head explodes? 12:06:47 PM  Permalink  comment []

The Three Faces of Bush on Patients' Rights. Following yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on the Texas patients’ rights law, Texas state senator Rodney Ellis and Texas state representative Elliot Naishtat made the following statements about George W. Bush’s duplicitous record on HMOs as Governor of Texas: "He's not just two-faced – he’s three-faced on HMO reform: first, he opposed Texas’s Patients’ Bill of Rights; then he took credit for it during the 2000 election; then he asked the Supreme Court to kill it. Bush has taken us in... [The Official John Kerry Blog] 9:08:56 AM  Permalink  comment []

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