We’re not selling squat in the way of ads this month and I had to pay for two servers the past two months as I transferred over to a much faster server. I could use a little financial assistance if you have any extra dough lying around.
Have you noticed the site is moving faster lately? I hope so. What else is on your mind?
I have to say being able to watch Olympics coverage on the net is nice. Good to catch up on the more interesting events like Judo, Archery and Fencing without a billion commercials, even if it’s delayed 13 hours.
<shameless plug>Also I have my own blog</shameless plug> and stuff.
FT
Foreign policy pulls in Obamacans
and Steve Clemons, TWN is all excited ( has goosebumps – the good kind ) over the draft of the Democratic Party platform read it here .PDF here
Building a High Trust World: Obama and the Democratic Platform
I’ll chip in when I get paid in a couple of days. Thank you for everything you do, Booman.
I ditto this – I’m completely broke at the moment, but look forward to being able to donate to you. (Anyone need a freelance web designer? Nearly no one does, these days…)
opening night speakers announced for dnc
no surprises.
So four days of rousing political speeches.
Yaaaawwwwwwwwwn!
the jugglers, illusionist, and sad clowns are all booked for Minneapolis…
so “just speeches” is all they could book for Denver.
I think it’ll be fine.
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MOSCOW – TBLISI (BBC News) – Russia and Georgia have approved a plan brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy intended to end fighting between the two nations.
Mr Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU presidency, held talks in both Moscow and Tbilisi. Under the plan, both sides would agree not to use force, and all troops would return to the positions they were in before the conflict began last week.
Earlier, Russia’s President Dimitri Medvedev announced its military activity in the area was completed.
SIX-POINT PEACE PLAN
Georgia peace deal all in the timing
Georgia’s president said in a press conference he also agreed to the EU plan.
“There is a text. It has been accepted in Moscow, it was accepted here in Georgia. I have the agreement of all the protaganists,” Mr Sarkozy said at a press conference in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said talks were the only forward to a permanent solution while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice welcomed the EU mediation and said the US supported Georgia and its people. A US official also warned that Russia’s actions put its integration into global economic institutions at risk.
Revealed: how U.S. funds Georgian arms
Absent as partner in ceasefire and peace plan are of course the UN Security Council and the sole superpower the US.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence.".
McCain, after injecting a rare note of campaign razzmatazz with his grand entrance into a cavernous arena in this Pennsylvania town, said he had told Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili that now, “we are all Georgians.”
Attacking Russia’s “aggression” and its alleged expansionist designs on neighboring nations that lean to the West, McCain said: “My point is we live in a dangerous world.”
As he does often, the Republican spoke about his torture and imprisonment during the Vietnam War but with the flare-up in the Caucusus, the point about leadership credentials was sharper than ever.
“When Russia moved in on Georgia, John McCain stood up immediately and told them to get out,” Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, who is battling cancer, told the “town hall” meeting in York.
Bush a paper tiger
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."i enjoie laff at LOLBush olympik. u 2?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
WOW. I usually hate LOLcatz style humor, but that was really really good. Here’s the permalink to the page:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/aug/12/bushlol?picture=336501045
…you’re on a roll with excellent writing this week BooMan. I just threw a little in the old pay pal. Wish it could be more.
Hi Lil! < waving >
Hey Boran2! < waving back > Nice to see you.
thanks to you and everyone that has contributed. You all raised a little over $300 this afternoon, which is enough to pay for the last two months of superfluous server costs with a little left over for snacks. Muchos gracias.
De nada.
The site does seem quite zippy by the way.
Learn about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) via rap. This is fantastic.
CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo.
And I wish I could help. Personally it’s been one financial disaster after another. I should have cashed out my 401k, took the tax hit, and paid my debts, because now my k isn’t worth much, and the debts have grown….