American Cancels More Flights Of course people get whiny about the cancellations and blame the airlines. Perhaps they should keep in mind that the FAA demands certain requirements in order to keep the airlines safe. Yes it is an inconvenience, but these things happens.
Dreamliner Delayed More bad news for Boeing. Or good news depending on how you look at it. Certainly fixing the problems before going into full production is the best course of action and the one Boeing has opted to go for. The 787 will be far more efficient that current airliners, so in the long run could actually help airlines and air travelers.
White House hopefuls call on China to Do More Surprisingly, all three candidates get it, though Obama’s a bit naive about the Olympic being used for political hash. This gives me some hope that the next president may actually hold China to account for it’s activities in Tibet and elsewhere.
Egypt Braces For Strike I’ve been following this on Sandmonkey’s blog. I suggest taking a look there for a general feel of what’s happening instead of following the milquetoast version presented by CNN.
Spiegel has several interesting pieces on China and the Olympics.
Tensions Mount In Zimbabwe Over Delayed Election Results I’m hoping Mugabe won’t try to hold on to power should the results show him losing, but unfortunately the man has a history of only giving lip service to democracy when it suits his purpose. Already Mugabe and the Z-PF is ordering police, security forces, and his party’s thugs to target white Zimbabweans, the opposition MDC, and journalists. Even African nations in the region are rapidly becoming suspicious at the delay.
High-tech Swimsuit Causes Controversy I have no problem with the suit so long as it is available for all to use in competition. After all, competitive sport is supposed to be about the athletes, not who has the better technology.
Astronauts Test New Repair Substance Hopefully the new tile repair ablator dispenser and it’s material will prove successful.
Florida Airports Test Hydrogen Buses Good to see someone taking a real look at alternative fuel sources.
ETA: Weird. Whenever I put China as a tag, it’s changed to china. Yet this doesn’t happen with other nations. How odd. I never noticed that before.
