Incumbent Senate Candidate Russ Feingold has a 4 to 1 fund raising lead over his Republican challengers, according to Graema Zielinski.
TSA Flight Security Comments
Paul Saffo forwards comments from a senior carrier pilot on the airport security morass:
In consideration of the change in flight crew procedural response, armed pilots, air marshalls, and especially the reinforced flight deck door, there is no reason to screen passengers for anything other than explosives, and we do not have the effective means to do that. Screening for nail clippers, scissors, and any other portable implements including guns is meaningless
We in Madison are generally fortunate that the security lines at MSN are nothing like those at SFO, LAX, CVG, LGA (Friday night!) or other major airports.
100 Black Men of Madison Golf Event
Johnny Winston emailed:
Please feel free to share this information with all interested persons or
parties –
100 Black Men of Madison, Inc. Golf Outing
On Monday July 26, 2004 The 100 Black Men of Madison, Inc., cordially
invites the public to participate in their 4th Annual Golf Outing at
Cherokee Country Club located at 5000 North Sherman Avenue.
Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. with a shotgun scramble at 12 noon. The
$125 fee includes 18 holes of golf, motorized cart, dinner, prizes and a lot
of fun!
The 100 Black Men of Madison is a non-profit, tax exempt organization.
Participation in this event helps the 100 Black Men of Madison to fund the
organization?s charitable activities in the Dane County area for
underprivileged youth. A free youth golf clinic will be presented to all
registered youth from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Walk ups are welcome the day of the event. For more information and to sign
up, please contact Derrick Smith at 608-831-0525.
Schoolinfosystem Great Posts
Check out the www.schoolinfosystem.org site for many great post on:
- Curriculum
- Governance/Budgets
- Bilingual education, among others.
Chip Implant – Mexico’s Attorney General
“Rafael Macedo de la Concha, Mexico’s Attorney-General, now has a non-removable microchip in his arm, to track his movements and to give him access to a new crime database, according to Bloomberg. The article says that eventually around 160 Mexican officials will have a chip implanted.”
Democracy’s Decline
Today’s WSJ editorial correctly identiifes the major problem we, as a democratic society have with limited, or no ballot choices. I believe one of the reasons for this problem is the increasingly cozy ties between a concentrated media (which growing numbers of citizens are turning off) and politicians.
Cheney & Davies Award
Interesting summary by Tom Schultz on the link between Watertown’s Davies Award, the UW and controversial VP Dick Cheney.
Used book sales “threaten” the publishing business
Is Amazon.com becoming the Napster of the book business?
The analogy may not be far off, say some observers of the used-book industry. Publishers, particularly textbook publishers, have long countered used-book sales by churning out new editions every couple of years. But the Web, particularly sites like Amazon and eBay, have given millions of consumers an easy way to find cheap books – often for under $1 – without paying royalty fees to publishers or authors.
Mass-market publishers are not certain the used-book phenomenon is a problem worth addressing, but others in the industry have already made up their minds.
Buying a Car on the Internet
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I’ve summarized my recent experience shopping and buying a new used car on the internet here. Quite a change from 10 years ago.
Impressive Internet Radio Site
http://www.publicradiofan.com/ provides a very useful schedule of public radio streams around the country (and schedules). Some are in friendly mp3 format, while others lock up the audio streams in proprietary formats such as real and windows media (not very public). Via Doc Searls.