January 31, 2004
Price of Loyalty:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/01/31/square_peg.html
The
NY Times takes
a second look at O'Neill's book and finds it's even worse for Bush than the headlines suggest.
White House Fights for Secrecy:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64628-2004Jan30.html?nav=hptoc_p
Now Bush is battling to keep the 9/11 from seeing
its own notes! Why!? What does the White House have to hide?
January 30, 2004
Ginsburg Warns Against Civil Rights Apathy:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=703&e=10&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_ginsburg
"On important issues, like the balance between liberty and security, if the public doesn't care, then the security side is going to overweigh the other," she said.
FEC May Limit 527 Spending:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=703&e=9&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_go_ot/shadow_parties
Theoretically this is a good thing; however, in 2004, a change like this would probably only help Bush.
MD Voting Machines Flawed:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_el_ge/voting_machines
Diebold machines are voter fraud just waiting to happen.
Dems Increase Pressure on Scalia:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_go_su_co/scalia_cheney
It's pretty clear the "reasonable person" standard's been met, Nino. Recuse yourself already!
Survivor "All-Stars":
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4002341/
It starts Sunday after the Super Bowl. You know you want to watch!
January 28, 2004
Kerry Disses the South:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Politics/Vote2004/kerry_south_040126-1.html
Has his "strategy" changed since NH?
Reaction to New Hampshire:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3423465.stm?display=1
A sampling from BBC News readers...
Dean is Unelectable?
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0347/sutton.php
Says who?
Dean Revitalized:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/28/despite_a_second_defeat_dean_says_he_feels_revitalized/
"For those of you who believe that America needs real change, and someone in the White House who really delivers change, we're all together in this. Stand with us to the very end, which is Jan. 20, 2005."
Why Not Impeachment?
http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2004/01/28/kay/index.html
So it's increasingly clear that Iraq was not an imminent threat and Bush either lied or used extremely poor judgment. Congress has voted to impeach for much less...
You Say Deserter, I Say More Dessert:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?messageDate=2004-01-27
Michael Moore on Bush going AWOL (w/a good summary of what's known on the question).
Is Dean the Internet Candidate?
http://davenet.scripting.com/2004/01/27/davenetIsForEpiphanies
Dave Winer comes around to the Dean side.
Bush Sticks to His Fantasies:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/01/27/bush_wmd/index.html
Joe Conason: "How dare the press mock Howard Dean when they listen respectfully to this arrant lunacy?"
January 27, 2004
Rehnquist Balks At Ethical Questions on Scalia:
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/01/26/scalia/index.html
Fascinating. Rehnquist claims there's absolutely no mechanism to police the ethics of a Justice.
January 26, 2004
Foldable Screens for E-Newspapers?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040126/tc_nm/tech_philips_displays_dc
If this works, I'd take one of these over a newspaper or book any day.
SOTU 2004: Claim vs. Fact
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=22985
Ah shucks, is Georgie tryin' to shine us on again?
Kerry's Good Intentions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/24/opinion/24BROO.html?th
Hey John, how about a little less conversation, a little more action?
President Bush:
Doonesbury was right: The President is nothing but a podium!
Happy Birthday, Mac:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4052227/
Now, no matter what computer you use, you're using, essentially, a Mac
SOTU by the Numbers:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=482947
Do these numbers lie? [link via
a mi parecer]
Bush Seeks More Corporate Protections:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
More good news from the "leave no corporate interest behind" administration. (OK, I know, reasonable people disagree on this...)
Educated Guess:
http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/educated_guess/listen.html
Listen to Ani DiFranco's new album (yes, the whole thing!) online.
Cool.
SCOTUS Clashes Over Death Row Appeals:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=703&e=10&u=/ap/20040122/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penalty
In a 5-4 split in favor of killing, Justices Souter, Stevens, Ginsberg, and Breyer are the four who understand why the death penalty is counter-productive and inhumane. The "judicial equivalent of a train wreck," and a sick, sad comment on American culture.
Toyota Overtakes Ford as World's #2 Automaker:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20040126/bs_nm/autos_toyota_ford_dc
What? All those Ford Explorers and pickups polluting the environment aren't enough to keep Ford on top?
January 25, 2004
Kerry Beats Bush In National Poll:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040124/nysa010a_1.html
Guess I was wrong yesterday (shock!). Can it hold?
Mixed-Breed 'Doodle' Dogs All the Rage:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=602&ncid=602&e=6&u=/nm/20040122/lf_nm/life_dogs_dc
There's the labradoodle, the schnoodle, the bagel, the goldendoodle, the cockapoo, and, of course, the yorkipoo. That would make my dog a dobrador pointer or a labrapointerman, maybe?
Second Rover Lands Successfully on Mars:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=1&u=/ap/20040125/ap_on_sc/mars_rovers
Nerds rejoice again!
January 24, 2004
Howard Dean = Tom Cruise?
http://yin.blog-city.com/read/449416.htm
Professor Yin thinks Dean's lost his mojo. But if Kerry's Ice Man, won't Dean win in the end?
GOP Stockpiling Dirt on Kerry, Edwards:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/7784280.htm
My take: Kerry's got no chance against Bush. Edwards, maybe, but...
Kerry's Top Contributors:
http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/indus.asp?id=N00000245&cycle=2004
Compare Kerry's numbers with
Dean's.
Scalia's and Cheney's Unethical Liasons:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040118/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_scalia_5
Oh gee, we're just friends; it don't mean nothin...
Halliburton to Repay Small Fraction of What It Stole:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040124/ap_on_bi_ge/halliburton_iraq_11
Only a few billion dollars and we'll be even...
January 23, 2004
IL Gov's Death Row Commutations stand:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040123/ap_on_re_us/death_penalty_illinois_9
The IL Supreme Court said the Governor's power to pardon convicted criminals is "essentially unreviewable." Score one point each for justice, humanity, and sanity.
NASA Gets Data from Rover:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=1&u=/ap/20040123/ap_on_sc/mars_rover
Perhaps the cause is not lost...
Al Hamburg for President:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/misc/flag.html/103-6827675-4838244?cid=7&s=name&v=Detail&ref=ah%5fxs%5fcc
Look! Someone from Wyoming is running for President! Who knew!?
NASA Loses Communication with Mars Rover:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/20040123/ap_on_sc/mars_rover
Well, at least we got a few hundred pictures -- a real bargain at about $1 million each.
January 22, 2004
Professor Leiter endorses Edwards:
http://webapp.utexas.edu/blogs/archives/bleiter/000712.html
The professor makes a pretty good case, and I certainly agree that Edwards is looking better than Kerry (or Clark) if Dean is unable to "recover."
Firefighters Go All Out for Kerry:
http://www.nozell.com/cgi/blosxom/2004/01/20#20040120_who-is-behind-doubting-dean-vote-kerry-signs
Apparently they've plastered NH w/large signs reading: "Doubting Dean? Vote Kerry." Great.
Death by Negatives:
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/16274.htm
Dick Morris quickly surveys the history and finds that negative campaigning is a loser every time [also via
Political Wire].
Has Edwards Gone Negative?
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/01/22/has_mr_positive_turned_nasty.html
Political Wire rounds up the news about Edwards encouraging supporters to dish dirt on the other candidates. Tsk tsk.
January 19, 2004
Wal-Mart Lock In:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/national/18WALM.html?hp
Wal-Mart, where we treat our workers as badly as we possibly can so we can be grossly profitable and you can save an extra nickel!
Boblog:
http://modulate.blogspot.com/
Bob Mould (of Huskerdu and solo fame) blogs. And he's in D.C.!
FavIcon Generator:
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
Make your own FavIcon in about 30 seconds. Cool.
Get Your War On, page 30:
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war30.html
Why are we going to Mars, again?
Ad Rejections by CBS Raise Policy Questions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/business/media/19super.html?ex=1389848400&en=bb1e305bce6c6770&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
No "issue ads," unless they come from the White House?
Airline Gave Passenger Data to Government:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040118/ts_nm/airlines_northwest_security_dc
Thanks, NWA. Now, how exactly is this ethical?
Bush Eyes Space as Possible Battleground:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20040118/sc_nm/space_weapons_dc
Great. Yeah, hurry, we need to make sure we're first to open a new theater for war!
January 18, 2004
No More Text Messages from Jesus:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040116/tc_nm/odd_finland_jesus_dc
Those wacky Finns—always pushing the boundaries of cell phone technology.
Katherine Harris Won't Run for Senate:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=683&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20040116/ap_on_el_se/senate_harris
I'm shocked. Finally the GOP has found a line it won't cross? Let's hope it starts finding some more.
Bush's pro-corporate agenda crowds out GOP principles:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&ncid=742&e=1&u=/usatoday/20040116/cm_usatoday/bushsprocorporateagendacrowdsoutgopprinciples
"what's good for business is not always good for America"—
you can say that again.
Cold Postmen Probed for Not Delivering Mail:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040116/od_nm/canada_post_dc
At 40 below zero, do people really care about their mail getting delivered?
Braun to Support Dean in Primary States:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040116/ap_on_el_pr/dean
She's giving more than a simple endorsement.
January 16, 2004
Iowa Caucuses Background:
http://www.iowademocrats.org/article.php?story=20030429134155982
How do these things work, anyway? All you wanted to know and then some.
Beware the Citizen Blogger:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/01/15#a2290
Be the media.
People Interview w/Howard Dean and Judith Steinberg:
http://people.aol.com/people/features/peoplespecial/0,10950,576954,00.html
Gee, I'm worried these two aren't protecting marriage enough.
Candidates' Wives Run the Gamut:
http://www.freep.com/news/politics/wives14_20040114.htm
What to make of this?
Judges Uphold GOP-Drawn TX Districts:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=684&ncid=696&e=2&u=/ap/20040107/ap_on_el_ho/texas_redistricting
This case is going to the SCOTUS. Let's hope they stop the madness.
Bush Makes Appeal on Faith-Based Programs:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=4&u=/ap/20040115/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
Wasn't the Taliban a faith-based program? Isn't Al Qaeda also a faith-based program? The neocons' supply-side economics is another. Yeah, love those faith-based programs...
January 14, 2004
Wes Clark's Loose Lips:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2093825
None of these quotes seems that outrageous, but if Dean had said them, they would have been blown into week-long media orgies.
Pholph's Scrabble Score Generator:
http://solfire.com/scrabble/
How many points is your name worth?
Abandoned Bicycles of New York
http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/abandoned_bikes/
Bikes deserve love, too!
Dean Fights Fire with Fire:
http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4107420
Is Dean angry? Sure. Does he have reason to be? Absolutely. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention.
Microsoft slams HP's iTunes move:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=7643
Suddenly Windows is about "choice"! Coulda fooled me.
Find the M&Ms colors:
http://www.mms.com/us/bw/quest/details.jsp
If you get a color, will you give me the Beetle, please?
Thanks!
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Microsoft Issues New Batch of Security Updates;
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17300689
Didn't I see this same story yesterday? And the day before that? And the day before that? And the day before....
'Friends" close to the end:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-01-14-friends_x.htm
The cast is going to miss each other. Oh, and probably those fat paychecks, too.
January 13, 2004
Hugo Chavez Tells U.S. Not to Meddle:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040111/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_3
The Bush Administration's
treatment of Chavez provides an interesting index of its true support for democracy.
Bombay Protests Target Bush:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040109/photos_pl_afp/040109144207_0pnhcunb_photo0&e=11
Substitute "proponents of social justice" for "anti-globalisation activists" and you'll get more of the story
here.
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Soros Says Bush Must Go:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=1&u=/nm/campaign_soros_dc
He's putting his mouth where his money is.
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Court Tacitly Approves Secret Detentions:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20040113/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_detainee_names
This I don't understand. How could it ever be ok for the government to "detain" people in secret?
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January 12, 2004
MythTV:
http://www.mythtv.org/index.php
Build your own Tivo!? Looks very cool. Apparently,
Nontraditional Student has one.
Amazon Enters Fundraising Business:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/01/12/amazon_enters_fundraising_business.html
Buy books about your favorite candidate, and Amazon will apparently give money to that candidate. Is this a good idea? [link via
Political Wire]
Baker Backed Loans that Added to Iraq Debt:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_baker
"U.S. officials were well aware at the time that Saddam had used chemical weapons against Iran and Iraqi Kurds."
Secret Software Angers Customers:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/10/tech/main592516.shtml
At the request of the U.S. government, Adobe added anti-counterfeiting software to Photoshop CS w/out telling anyone. Big brother or...?
January 11, 2004
Some Bush Proposals Alarm Conservatives:
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/01/10/conservatives/index.html
Welcome to the "alarmed" club, kids. Nice to see ya.
O'Neil Savages Bush:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/01/10/oneill_savages_bush.html
Bush in cabinet meetings: "a blind man in a room full of deaf people." But of course, the Bush camp will just say this is sour grapes or something...
Team Dean Racing:
http://www.teamdeanracing.com/
A Dean for America Nascar racing team? Well, um, ok. [link via
L-Cubed]
January 10, 2004
Fontifier:
http://www.fontifier.com
Turn your handwriting into a computer font! Link via
Reenhead]
The Dean Tapes:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3908334&p1=0
90 hours of PBS footage show Dean is basically who he says he is.
Shock!
January 09, 2004
Tiny hard drive packs a big punch:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3381997.stm
Mini mini iPod, anyone?
Friends foil Olympia man's home:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040107/southsound/8191.shtml
See the pics! The cd cases still open and the appliances still work. Can you say attention to detail?
My iBook Failed Me:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/technology/personal_technology/7656706.htm
A relatively large number of iBook owners are very
unhappy.
January 08, 2004
Dean/Gephardt Cry Foul on Each Other:
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/003019.html#more
Gephardt's accusing Dean of trying to cheat in the Iowa caucus; Dean says that kind of ugly accusation is exactly what makes people dislike traditional candidates like Gephardt. Reuters
covers it all.
HP to Sell Own Version of Apple iPod:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040108/tc_nm/tech_hewlettpackard_apple_dc
Now Wintendo-lovers can have the greatness that is the iPod without carrying around an Apple-branded product. Will HP manage to make the iPod cheaper?
January 07, 2004
Arkansas Executes Mentally Ill Inmate:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/06/arkansas.executions/index.html
Aren't you proud to be an American, too? [link via
Think, Inc.]
Libraries lend audio books on mp3 players:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/zinescene/cst-fin-ecol07.html
Brilliant! [llink via
Scripting News]
RNC tries to smear MoveOn.org:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/politics/campaigns/06ADS.html?ei=5062&en=94c994412ebde935&ex=1073970000&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=
Ed Gillespie is making noise. This is what you call the sound of fear. Or as Agent Smith would say, the sound of ...
inevitability (the inevitable defeat of the neocons Gillespie spins for, that is).
Iraq's Arsenal Was Only On Paper:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60340-2004Jan6.html
Why don't more people care that the single greatest reason for going to war was never true?
iPod Mini too expensive:
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1005648.html
Russel Beattie thinks there's universal agreement on this...
New Mac Toys for sharing pics and video:
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/06/elgato/index.php?redirect=1073448229000
EyeTV 200 turns your Mac into a Tivo, and EyeHome allows you to stream your recorded video (as well as your photos and music) to your living room tv/stereo. Cool.
January 06, 2004
Dean Works to Smooth the Edges
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57289-2004Jan5.html
OminWeb 5 Preview:
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/5/
The Mac browser scene keeps getting better. Check out OmniWeb's implementation of tabs and its new "workspaces" feature. That alone will probably be worth my $30.
Labor Dept. Offers Tips On Paying No Overtime:
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jan/01062004/business/126482.asp
More doublespeak from the Bush administration: the "labor dept." is actually the "Anti-Labor Dept." At least they're not trying to hide their true goals...
January 05, 2004
Mac Maniacs Wait to Be Wowed:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61729,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
The
MacWorld expo begins tomorrow. What will the 20th Anniversary of the Macintosh deliver?
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Top Yahoo! Searches for 2003
http://search.yahoo.com/top2003
Hmm. Something to add to your scrapbook, perhaps, but not very impressive overall.
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06:41 AM
Banished Words List 2004
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2004.php
I'm happy to say goodbye to "metrosexual," but I really haven't used "bling bling" enough, yet.
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06:38 AM