Archive for January, 2009

Obama to reverse foreign abortion rule

January 23rd, 2009

More good news for the first week of President Obama. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortions, officials told The Associated Press on Friday. More details at: Obama to reverse foreign abortion rule – White House- msnbc.com

Green light for US stem cell work

January 23rd, 2009

More change we can believe in US regulators have cleared the way for the world’s first study on human embryonic stem cell therapy. The move comes three days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama who has been a strong supporter of embryonic stem cell research. Full story at: BBC NEWS | Health | Green [...]

Another Twitme test

January 22nd, 2009

Another test of Twitme after changing the text that is included in the Twitter notifications.

Testing Twitme

January 22nd, 2009

If everything works okay this post should generate a tweet on Twitter notifying people following me about a new post to the Soapbox. EDIT: to see if edits generate Twitter notifications.

Making progressive conservatism a reality

January 22nd, 2009

David Cameron gave a speech today on Progressive Conservatism. Still have to read it. I’ll comment on it if required after I read through it. You can read the whole thing at the URL below. David Cameron: Making progressive conservatism a reality From: The Conservative Party | News | Speeches | David Cameron: Making progressive [...]

Obama orders Guantanamo closure

January 22nd, 2009

This is brilliant news. Obama promised it on the campaign trail but it’s good to see it happen. This does not mean that all the people in the prison will just be turfed out the gates. Nor should it. It means that those that have charges to answer will be tried in proper courts with [...]

New stuff from Macworld Expo 2009

January 5th, 2009

This entry will be a place to find the new hardware and software that gets released this week to coincide with Macworld 2009 and CES 09. Check back over the next week or so as this page gets updated with stuff that catches my eye. Productivity Applications Apple iLife ’09 – Latest version of the [...]

Happy 2009

January 1st, 2009

Just want to wish everyone who stumbles upon this blog a Happy 2009. If you want to be where the action is online in 2009 joint Twitter. I think 2009 is going to be very historic for several reasons. Number 1 being the inauguration of Barack Obama. The fact that he is African American is [...]