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Bush vs. a real journalist
Seems that the White House screwed up and allowd Dubbyah to be interviewed by a journalist from Ireland. He didn’t do very well. Here’s a review of the interveiw from Stupid Evil Bastard and the video of the interview itself. One question that a US journalist would never ask: “Do you think the hand of God is guiding you in this war?”
Category: ie, video
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Ghost Of A Chance
Like a million little doorways
All the choices we made
All the stages we passed through
All the roles we played
For so many different directions
Our separate paths might have turned
With every door that we opened
Every bridge that we burned
Somehow we find each other
Through all that masquerade
Somehow we found each other
Somehow we have stayed
In a state of grace
I don’t believe in destiny
Or the guiding hand of fate
I don’t believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state
I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above
But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love
And make it last…
Like a million little crossroads
Through the back streets of youth
Each time we turn a new corner
A tiny moment of truth
For so many different connections
Our separate paths might have made
With every door that we opened
Every game we played
Somehow we find each other
Through all that masquerade
Somehow we found each other
Somehow we have stayed
In a state of grace
I don’t believe in destiny
Or the guiding hand of fate
I don’t believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state
I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above
But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love
And make it last…
— Rush
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Well, we’d never used it… ’till now.
Seems that just one month after ol’ Ashcroft said that section 215 of the PATRIOT act had never been used, the FBI went and used it.
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At the copa
Today the Supreme Court declared the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPA) unconsitiutional and sent it back to the lower courts to give the chance for the feds to reargue the case since technologies have chanced in the five years since the law was originally passed.
In this MSNBC.com article Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo is quoted as saying “Our society has reached a broad consensus that child obscenity is harmful to our youngest generation and must be stopped.”
Excuse me but just what is “child obscenity.” There is “child porn” and there is “obscenity”. Child porn is legaly defined as obscene. So just what the heck is “child obscenity”?
Category: pornography
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The record player that will play any record
On June 17th, Cory Doctorow gave a talk to the folks at Mircosoft about Digital Rights Management (DRM) basically telling them how bad for everyone the whole idea is. Even if you have no idea what I’m talking about you should read the transcript of his speech. It is very non-technical, funny, and educational.
Category: drm
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Seattle photos
I’ve created a page of photos from my Seattle trip. These photos are of better quality, (i.e. not from my Treo) and include images of the Seattle Public Library and the Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame.
Category: treo
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Quote
“In politics, when you find yourself in a hole, the first rule is to quit digging; if you’re blind to the possibility of error or determined not to admit it, you just look for a bigger shovel.”
— My Life, Bill Clinton
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Web design book update
The Neal-Schuman web site has a picture of the cover and I actualy like it. IT’s a lot more interesting than the last three covers. In other news, the cover price for the book is oficially $75.00 but Amazon.com has it currently listed for $55.01 and are selling it for a disounted price of $37.41. Order your copy now before they fix the mistake.
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More on those cds for libraries
According to the NPR station in Seattle this morning, the Seattle Public Library received 48 copies of “Scarry Sounds for Halloween” by Martha Stewart as part of the CD settlement.
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