Three small bombs have exploded in the London Underground and one on a bus in London, two weeks to-the-day after four suicide bombers killed 56 (including themselves) in the same transport systems. The attacks were minor and only caused one reported injury, however preliminary reports indicate the bombs were intended to be much more powerful and malfunctioned.
Security Notice Affecting Main Eeltank.com Page
On or around May 3, 2005, there was a security breach at our hosting provider that resulted in a piece of malicious code being added to the main Eeltank.com page (this did not directly affect Off on a Tangent, Melissa’s site, or the Wedding Website). The malicious code loaded information from a website which may have attempted to install a virus or spyware. That site was shut down on or around May 8.
Bush Nominates Roberts to Supreme Court
President George W. Bush (R) announced last night that he will nominate Judge John Roberts Jr. to fill the first vacancy on the United States Supreme Court in eleven years. If confirmed, Roberts would take the seat currently held by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who announced on July 1 that she would step down from the highest court under U.S. law.
Roberts currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and his confirmation to that court was held up for two years by Democrats in the Senate. As an attorney, Roberts has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court. Conservatives have already begun lauding the nominee as a strict-constructionist who will faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of the United States. Some liberals—including some pro-abortion groups—have also begun to criticize Bush’s choice.
Under the U.S. Constitution, presidents must appoint members of the federal judiciary and Supreme Court with the advice and consent of the Senate. Minority parties in the Senate have increasingly used the filibuster to interrupt that process. Roberts’s confirmation hearings are expected to begin after Labor Day.
Weekend Happenings; Busyness Continues Unabated
So, we were driving to the luau at Chris’s on Saturday, and we had to make a stop to pick up some sodas. There’s a Food Lion near Chris’s house, so we figured we’d just stop there. We were driving down the road at about 45 miles-per-hour, and this crazy little bird flew out right in front of me and I swore we were going to hit it, but I didn’t hear the distinctive *thud* that I was expecting and assumed I had barely missed him.
Terror in London; U.S. Raises Alert Level for Transit
Three near-simultaneous blasts rocked the London Underground (subway) and one additional blast destroyed a double-decker bus in the city this morning, killing at least 37 and injuring more than 700 in a terrorist attack similar to the Madrid bombings of 2004. A previously-unknown group claiming affiliation with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.