Utah Utes Suffer Two Big Injuries

The Utes lose two very important players in their opening game loss at Oregon State and this may open the door for one of the projected middle of the pack threesome of Wyoming, Colorado State, and New Mexico to move up and finish in the top tier of the conference.


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2999680


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Friday 31 August News Articles and Observations

Here are some recent news articles from Friday 31 August and some brief observations on them.


A. Survey Finds Widespread Evidence of Bullying in the Workplace

I have personally experienced this in a number of jobs I have had over the years so this news does not surprise me. Legislation needs to be enacted on the federal and state level to address this problem and eliminate it.


http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1353


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B. The End of American Automobile Manufacturing Looms


Like most other manufacturing employment in the nation, it seems inevitable corporations like Ford and General Motors will be employing no employees in their manufacturing operations within the borders of the US within the next decade to 15 years unless American citizens wake up and elect a government that stops cold this ruthless abuse of American citizens by greedy heartless unpatriotic corporations.


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2156191,00.html


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C. Close Call for Politicos in Iraq


If the unfortunate would have happened, this may have become one of the biggest news stories of the year, and the political fallout would have been enormous from coast to coast.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083001697.html

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D. Osama the Elusive Ghost


Bin-laden and his cronies and criminal syndicate are still out there. Will he and his hoods ever be located, captured and brought to justice ? This has the potential for the October Surprise in 2008 by the Bush Junta to keep the GOP in control of the White House and on good ground in Congress.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430170/site/newsweek/


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E. Another GOP Senator Announces His Retirement


Along with Allard of Colorado and Craig's imminent resignation over the weekend in Idaho, Warner of Virginia's looming retirement after his current term ends on 3 January 2009 now make three open seats for the US Senate in '08 and I expect a few more yet to be announced in the next six to eight months. One could also argue the Barrasso seat in Wyoming is also an open seat as well.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083100986.html



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F. National Football League Announces New Shield Logo Design

Ironically, this may serve to facilitate counterfeiters of NFL merchandise. It is being done by the league to increase sales and revenues of their products and merchandise obviously, so even the non-licensed vendors stand to gain as well.


http://bizoffootball.com/blog/207/08/30/nfl-releases-new-shield-logo-to-debut-in-2008/


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G. As We All Already Knew...


http://consortiumnews.com/2007/082607.html


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H. Bush to Be Arrogant and Hard-Headed on His Pick for New AG


The man and the junta just cannot get it through their thick heads: politics is all about compromise and respectful negotiation. To be considering acting this way to fill a job for just about 16 months is just plain foolish, childish, and irresponsible.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801670.html?hpid=moreheadlines

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I. Bush/Cheney Impeachment

I am awaiting the Patraeus Report in mid-September concerning the results of the Iraq Troop Surge before making a final decision on whether to recommend or not recommend impeaching the President and Vice-President on a number of charges, failures, and shortcomings.


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J. Even Soldiers in Iraq Know Who the Sorry Politicians Are


And they are letting them know about it quite blatantly and strongly. Good for the troops sacrificing so much to impliment a failed policy.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083001848.html?nav=hcmodule


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K. Rare Meteor around 5:30am MDT Saturday 1 September


The rarely seen Aurigid Meteor Shower makes an appearance and the more west one is the better the viewing will be.


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/08aug_aurigids.htm


L. Biggest Comeback Victory For Colorado Rockies

Colorado came back from being down 3-0 going into the 8th inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 10 inning 7-3 victory over the NL West Leaders. The Rockies left numerous runners on base the first seven innings but showed heart and resilience to pull out the win. It was just last Friday 24 August that they had another great comeback scoring five runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Washington Nationals, 6-5. The win tonight is more impressive as the Diamondbacks are a much better club than the Nationals and the comeback also occured on the road in Phoenix. As September dawns, Colorado is 69-65 and five games out of first place and also the wildcard race. As I surfed and blogged tonight, I went from frustration to elation and joy while watching the game simultaneously.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270831129


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20070831&type=wild&br=5&year=2007&order=false&st=2


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30 Days of 110 Degrees Heat...with More Still Yet to Come

As I mentioned earlier this week, the inevitable setting of a new record in Phoenix did come to pass on Wednesday 29 August. And on Thursday 30 August, the record was added on to as it hit 113 degrees in the Arizona capital making it the 30th day this year the temperature has met or exceeded 110 degrees. It is likely at least a few more days will cross this threshold before summers end in Central Arizona.


http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0829HeatRecord0829-ON-CP.html


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