Day: January 16, 2005
MLK Day: A National Holiday?
Judging from the comments left here, it appears that few people really believe that Martin Luther King day is anything more than a holiday for the federal government, and banks.
Tsunami: America’s Fault
So says the UN, via The Independent:
Scientists at the Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii did not use an existing rapid telecommunications system set up to get warnings around the world almost instantly because the bureaucratic arrangements were not in place.
UN officials have revealed that the scientists did not use the World Meteorological Organisation’s global telecommunication system to contact Indian Ocean countries because the “protocols were not in place”.
Whatever.
Rather on SNL
Well, not really Dan Rather, but Darryl Hammond “playing” Dan the reporter man, delivering several late breaking details of his September 20 non-apology. (via RatherBiased.com)