TODAY'S SHOW: FRIDAY AUGUST 31ST 2007
This is an Elseya Irwini turtle, named after the late Steve Irwin who discovered it. It is in danger of becoming extinct, which is sad. It also breathes out of its butt, which is funny.
Moving on.
Rachel will be joined by Salon.com writer Glenn Greenwald who will be talking about how "unforgivable" the GOP finds Larry Craig's malfeasance, but how totally forgivable all the other hooker scandals have been. "Cost-free moralism," it's a great political investment!
And then the band Ozomatli joins Rachel in studio to talk about their new album and what it's like to form a band at a union rally.
MENTIONED ON TODAY'S SHOW
Vatican Air has its own special set of security problems
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are suing the Bush Administration due to an invasive new questionnaire on loyalty
Solomon Island man who saved John F. Kenney's life during World War II is finally honored by the US Navy. Bonus: They fixed his roof
The Justice Department is having a tough time convincing its own attorneys to prosecute GITMO detainees
Millions of White House emails were mysteriously lost. Weirder? That a private company was in charge of them. Weirder still? The White House will not release the name of that company.
MISSING: Nuclear bomb parts, REWARD: Living in a country without loose nukes
And Rachel's suggested Labor Day weekend creep-you-out reading, brought to you by The New Republic
Skool daze
O.k., I promise, no more 1st-day-of-school anecdotes ... after this one (and, well, until the next one):
This past week, I met my 4 new first-year advisees and discussed their academic programs for the start of their college careers. Our students don't declare a major until the end of their 4th semester, so the first-years only have academic "preferences," per se. But our Dean's Office does a good job of matching first-years interested in science with advisers from science depts.
Anyhoo, in what may be a world record, one of my advisees emailed me this morning (time stamp, 2:22am) with a stream-of-consciousness message -- the train of thought is priceless -- saying she wants to transfer. I should add that this student has been on campus for FIVE days and has not yet even set foot in a single classroom or lab. Ah, 18-year-olds, they crack me up. :)
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By chemgirlSeptember 1, 2007 - 12:18pm