| Boeing launches work on 777 cargo jet
The day before Boeing reports its 2007 earnings, the company marked the beginning of major assembly on its latest cargo jet by loading the 777 Freighter's wing spar into its first position. The sixth and newest model of the 777 family, the freighter accounts for more than 20 percent of the 777's backlog of 357 unfilled orders.
"The spar shop is one of the happiest places on Earth -- just like Disneyland," said Elizabeth Lund, director of 777 manufacturing.
Boeing will hope some of that happiness carries over as the company provides its fourth quarter 2007 results early today. The company's shares rose 4.3 percent to $80.96 Tuesday. After pushing back deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner jet, analysts will be anxious to see both Boeing's earnings and its assurances for getting back on track.
Soldiers brave weather
Fifty-three Soldiers stood on the all-weather surface of the Macon R-1 High School track. Some jogged in place, others stretched out in their sweat pants and sweatshirts against the harsh January wind. For many, this would be the hardest part of the weekend."All right, line up!" shouted Sgt. Cody Fields, training instructor for the Missouri National Guard Company H. Against the wind, he called out the rules and requirements for the physical training test.A promotion was on the line, and for many, this was their final hurdle. .
Hillary Stuns--Four Theories
Frank Murkowski's loss in his state's Republican primary, in which the big issue was a natural gas pipeline, as a referendum on the Iraq war. After a tense struggle, the NYT's William Yardley eventually gets there, in paragraph 18 of a 19 graf story. But just barely: Paul Pierson, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, said Mr. Murkowski's loss, while rooted in local issues, might show something broader about voters as polls show high disapproval over how some incumbents handle issues like the Iraq war. [Emphasis on conceptual bungee cords added] Hanging on by both fingernails, but it's in! ... Thank God for professors of political science. ... [This seems like another one Taranto had days ago--ed Nope.] 5:57 P.M. link Friday, August 25, 2006 Headline of the Day: "Kazakh Elites Divided Over Borat." 11:13 P.M.
Unifying candidate or bigoted clown?
No presidential candidate of the United States should endorse officially flying a flag that represents not only slavery and racism, but also the desire and intention to do away with the unity of the nation. While it is well within an individual's right to fly any flag, a state should surely refrain from invoking the legacy of the Confederate cause. The governor, however, failed to stipulate such a distinction. Mr. Huckabee has also expressed a strong desire to amend the Constitution to reflect “God's standards." Mr. Huckabee would be hard pressed to define satisfactorily what “God's standards" are to every Christian. Would this new Constitution provide for punishment in the case of premarital or extramarital sex? While I ask that my leaders' decisions be somehow informed by a reverence for the Almighty, I'd be afraid to allow a man's interpretation of God's will to run roughshod over America's Constitution.
Marijuana legalization debate turns heads on campus
Interested students stuck around after the debate to meet the debaters and discuss the issue. OU junior Bill Hein said he spoke with Hager about the prospect of starting an OU chapter of NORML or SSDP for about 20 minutes after the debate. Hager suggested starting an SSDP chapter as a way to build membership and bolster student support, according to Hein. Hein has since started an SSDP Facebook group that had 41 members as of Sunday. The membership hasn't stopped growing, he said, and he hopes "the people who join the organization have the cause in mind." After the debate, OU senior Nick Greiwe created a sign-up sheet that drew the contacts of 19 students who were interested in starting a pro-legalization student group. He said he's now working with Hein to start up the OU SSDP.
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