October 31, 2003

The Persistence of Howard Dean:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/986258.asp?0cv=CB10 Is Dean all about certitude, combativeness, and impatience? Perhaps, but what I think people find appealing is the way he translates these traits into hope and vision. He's certain a better world is possible, he's willing and able to fight for it, and he's ready for it to happen. So am I.
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October 28, 2003

The Great Library of Amazonia:

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60948,00.html Book lovers rejoice! Amazon now lets you search the full text of over 120,000 books!
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October 27, 2003

Clark’s entrance doesn’t affect Dean’s lead:

http://www.nhprimary.com/stories/10-2003/102703-clarkdean.htm Well of course it doesn't. Dean supporters want different, Clark's turning out to just be more of the same. Too bad; he really seemed to have promise. I still think he'd be a killer choice for VP...
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October 24, 2003

Wal-Mart knowingly employs illegal workers:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031024/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_arrests_18 This is only the tip of an iceberg; Wal-Mart may not engage in a lot of other illegal activity, but it's certainly not good for U.S. workers. Maybe now people realize all those "everyday low prices" come at the cost of socially just business practices.
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October 23, 2003

Tired of fighting off new viruses? Get a Mac!

http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20031023.html Hey, when the Wall Street Journal recommends it, how can you resist?
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October 22, 2003

New iBooks get G4 processors:

http://www.apple.com/ibook/ Too bad the 12" is only offered at 800 Mhz, and no option for a super-drive. 1 Ghz G4 eMacs now start at $799, though. That's kind of insane.
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R.I.P. Elliot Smith:

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,12754,00.html What a tragic waste; he was only 34 years old! Is the line between rocking and hurting really so thin?
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October 21, 2003

When spam is outlawed, only outlaws will spam:

http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07395 An examination of California's attempts to ban spam. Of interest to 1Ls because it reviews key provisions of personal jurisdiction, service of process, the commerce clause, and more!
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ABA threatens CU law school with loss of accreditation:

http://www.legaled.com/cubuilding.htm This seems crazy. How important is a building to a good legal education? A robust and diverse faculty is another matter, though. [link via jd2b]
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Interesting things we've learned from Republicans lately:

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2003/10/20/tomo/index1.html Yes yes, but "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," kids.
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October 20, 2003

Irony in Apple's deal with Pepsi is hard to miss:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7035815.htm Oh yes, it was John Sculley, former CEO of Pepsi, who kicked Steve Jobs out of Apple. But corporations don't seem to often let grudges stand in the way of profit, even if they are corporations run by the notoriously controlling Steve Jobs.
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Dean on Bush:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2003-10-16-zingers-usat_x.htm A few zingers, including: "[Bush's] view of life starts at about $250,000 a year and goes up."
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iTunes for Windows—Apple's hidden agenda:

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031020.gtsandyoct20/BNStory/TechReviews/ Ah yes, the "trojan horse." Well, it worked for Microsoft, didn't it?
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Democrats set to filibuster class action bill:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/20/financial1351EDT0123.DTL So much ambivalence here I'm not sure what to make of it.
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Howard is More than just Hype:

http://www.theunionleader.com/opinion_show.html?article=27721 Real or schtick to get votes? I hope we get the chance to find out.
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October 16, 2003

Wesley Clinton?

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0343/mondo5.php Will the former General give Bush a boost by inflaming Bush's Clinton-hating base?
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October 14, 2003

SCOTUS to Decide Pledge Case:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20031014/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_pledge_of_allegiance They'll hear the case "sometime next year," but will they make a decision before the Nov. elections? And how will the campaigns play this? I'm thinking it could be ugly...
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Justices Reject Govt. Medical Marijuana Appeal:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031014/hl_nm/court_marijuana_dc_2 Hooray!! Strike a vote for sanity in the midst of the so-called "war on drugs."
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School board weights "intelligent design":

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/10/12/news/wyoming/3d736b9975a8a119bddbf04d11c6dc8b.txt Ok, this is not smart, but isn't "Wyoming Taliban" taking things a bit far?
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Many Soldiers, Same Letter:

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20031011/frontpage/121390.shtml Gee, I guess the Bush and Co. PR strategy has a longer reach than we thought.
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Grocers, Union set for prolonged strike:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031014/us_nm/retail_strike_dc_4 Roll the union on!
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The 100 greatest novels of all time:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1061037,00.html Man, I've only read a quarter of these; obviously, this is a bad list. ;-)
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Bush approval rating back up:

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/10/13/bush_rating/index.html "President Bush's job approval rating, which had slumped in several recent polls, has bounced back to 56 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll released Monday." Why?
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October 13, 2003

Dude, You voted for Arnold:

http://vhost.oddcast.com/test/vhostexport/ Why did people vote for Arnold? Maybe because he's "cut"? Maybe because they wanted to support corporate fraud? [links via SuperD and boy]
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Lost jobs won't come back:

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/10/10/jobs/index.html It's no longer a "jobless recovery," it's now a "job loss recovery." Next time someone points to the Dow or the Nasdaq and tries to convince you things are getting better, ask him/her about how that relates to the 2.7 million jobs that won't be coming back.
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Poor left behind as courts go high-tech:

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/10/11/courts/index.html This is not an unsolvable problem, but do enough people care?
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October 12, 2003

10 Things to Dig About Panther:

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/10/panther.html A rundown of the best bits in the all new Mac OS. Oct. 24 is only a week from this Friday, you know.
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Threat of lawsuit passes for student:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/10/10/news/8797.shtml The fact that SunnComm could even make a credible threat of a lawsuit is an example of why the DMCA is such fundamentally bad law.
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$87,000,000,000.00:

http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/ You have to see this. This is why so much craziness happens—it's just too crazy for the human mind to understand.
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70,000 SoCal grocery clerks on strike:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/11/state0120EDT0149.DTL Thanks, Wal-Mart! Your "everyday low prices" deliver misery to millions! Hooray!
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Many women are starved for sleep:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/hsn/20031011/hl_hsn/manywomenarestarvedforsleep Hmm. Sounds plausible, in which case it's a good thing someone's starting to pay attention. But could this also be just another way for pharma companies to sell more drugs?
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October 11, 2003

IBM emancipates 8,000 wage slaves:

http://www.theonion.com/3939/news1.html I bet IBM would love to spin it this way, but we're not quite that stupid. Not yet, anyway.
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October 10, 2003

Mac ax of choice among bloggers:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2003/10/09#a1402 Well, duh. ;-) [link via Scripting News]
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Democratic hopefuls blast Bush in debate:

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16929 To be fair, they blasted each other some, too...
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Limbaugh admits addiction to pain medication:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/10/rush.limbaugh/index.html Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Maybe Rush and Bill Bennet should get together to pop pills and gamble!
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Defense cash brings Shakespeare to troops:

http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2003/10/09/shakespeare/index.html Cool.
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October 09, 2003

iTunes for Windows may arrive next week:

http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=217 Apparently Apple may also introduce two iPod peripherals, but don't get too excited—rumors about Apple's unannounced products are notoriously inflated. One thing is certain, though: Panther pounces 10/24; I might even be there. Check out Exposé—wow!
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Catholic churches say condoms don't stop AIDS:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031009/ts_nm/religion_condoms_dc_1 I'm all for religious freedom and tolerance, but let's get real here.
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October 08, 2003

Campaign manager for Wesley Clark resigns:

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3574399 So the rumors are true: the DNC fatheads are trying to destroy all of Clark's grassroots support. Um hello? Gore already proved you can't win that way! Learn from your mistakes, kids!
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Male contraceptive results show promise:

http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2003/10/08/male_contraceptive/index.html It's about time...
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Answers please, Mr. Bush:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/michaelmoore/story/0,13947,1056922,00.html Michael Moore is on the case, and his new book is number one at Amazon.
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October 07, 2003

Bush pens a poem:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/bush.poem.ap/index.html How is it a term of endearment to call your wife "a lump in the bed"?
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How do electronic voting machines threaten democracy?

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=15722 Researcher Bev Harris counts the ways.
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Tiger attack may cost Mirage huge loss:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031007/ap_on_re_us/tiger_attack_magician_56 Uh, yeah, that's right, the most important thing here is the bottom line.
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Bob Graham ends presidential campaign:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031007/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_graham_2 He's a class act, and it's kind of sad to see him go, but the field will definitely have to be narrowed somehow.
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October 06, 2003

Companies lining up for huge laptop order:

http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20031006.htm Michigan's buying 130,000 laptops, one for every 6th grader. The decision is simple: iBook good. Inspiron bad.
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Preserved Passenger Pigeon is Unveiled:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=7&u=/ap/20031006/ap_on_re_us/exp_passenger_pigeon Tragic how quickly we can destroy every single iteration of a species.
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The Spin is Not Holding:

http://thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=991 David Corn thinks the Bush teflon has turned into swiss cheese.
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October 04, 2003

Lick me, I'm a Macintosh:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/10/01/notes100103.DTL "What the hell does Apple think they're hawking here, art?" Yeah, it's like that.
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Apple updates already stellar OS:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1292&e=1&u=/mc/20031003/tc_mc/macosxv1028updatefixesethernetbatterystatus&sid=95573662 ;-)
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Internet Explorer Vulnerability Exploited Again

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20031003/tc_cmp/15201154 Surprise surprise...
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October 03, 2003

Apple to overhaul iBook product line:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=212 It's just a rumor, but new form factor and 1.1Ghz would be pretty damned cool.
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Nader undecided on presidential bid:

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/10/02/nader/index.html Please Ralph, don't run!
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Microsoft faces class action over virus crashes:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20031003/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_security_dc Veeeeery interrreeesting...
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Poll shows increased doubts about Iraq war, Bush:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031003/us_nm/bush_poll_dc_6 Bush now has a 44% approval rating and dropping. Boo hoo for the Great Misleader.
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October 02, 2003

Empower Play: The Pitch that works for Dean:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25308-2003Sep30.html "Most politicians treat voters like consumers," said Karen Hicks, Dean's New Hampshire state director. "Dean treats people like participants."
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Environmentalist Attacks Hit Suburbs:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=3&u=/ap/20031001/ap_on_re_us/urban_eco_terrorism "Now they're are moving from a save-the-wilderness focus to an anti-capitalist focus." What's the difference?
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October 01, 2003

Bush, Dean Sail to New Fund-Raising Records:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20030930/ts_nm/politics_money_dc Dean's average contribution was approx. $80. Bush's average contribution? We'll probably never know, but I'd bet it's darn near $2000.
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