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November 30, 2003
A long and sad article in The New Yorker about the lack of planning for post-war Iraq
Planning began a mere 7 weeks before the war, with very limited resources, no coordination, and focused on the wrong things
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Pitiful people gaming a Blog Ranking system to raise their position
Geez, people, they’re blogs! If you must cheat, do it something from which you can profit, not a silly traffic ranking.
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November 29, 2003
Counterpunch author can’t even tell time right, making a mockery of himself
Bush bashing over a Thanksgiving ‘breakfast’ that never happened ... the author can’t tell AM from PM
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November 28, 2003
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Photo: Protest against American Genocide
Boy, those are some disapproving stares
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November 27, 2003
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November 26, 2003
Potential Spam Hole in Movable Type
Yet another way spammers make online life a misery
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Iraq: The Three-State Solution
“The general idea is to strengthen the Kurds and Shiites and weaken the Sunnis, then wait and see whether to stop at autonomy or encourage statehood”
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November 25, 2003
Photo: Palace Basketball
A beautifully graphic shot of a soldier and a basketball in one of Saddam’s palaces.
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Photo: Santa’s got a new sleigh
All the kids are gonna want a Santa Scooter
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Bag Ladies: “Why do we carry around all that stuff and more important, what is all that stuff?”
I never stick my hand in a woman’s purse, for fear of losing an appendage. But now I can look at the pictures
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November 24, 2003
iPod’s Dirty Secret
A $255 battery replacement is a bit of a deal breaker for me
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From the KGB Archives: How Moscow Undermined the Warren Commission
“Stone’s 1991 movie is the only American feature film made during the Cold War to have, as its very axis, a lie concocted in the KGB’s disinformation factories.”
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Ann Coulter: the intellectual equivalent of Andrew Dice Clay with Breasts
I’ve seen crack whores who emit less sleaze and more sense than Coulter. And how many other serious columnists sell their ‘talking action figure’ Barbie Doll at the bottom of their column? She’s become a parody of herself.
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November 23, 2003
How to post about Nazis and get away with it - the Godwin’s Law FAQ
“It has, over time, become the closest thing to an impartial moderator that Usenet can get”
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TSA and Airlines loosen policies on photographers ... you can carry-on an extra bag!
”...you are allowed to carry on two bags - when at least one is photographic equipment - along with a personal item”
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November 22, 2003
Are Memorial Designs Too Complex to Last?
“What happens to all those water features in case of drought? Can such vast spaces underground be free of columns?”
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November 21, 2003
Photo: Michael Jackson doing his Carol Channing imitation
I used to think he was trying to make himself look like Diana Ross, but I may have to rethink that...
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Daniel Drezner gets so mad at Lileks he uses the F-word in response
“Yeah, they owe us for getting rid of Saddam. But we owe them for going back on our word in 1991.”
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Baghdad Graffiti: “You want to know what Iraqis are thinking? Read these walls”
“Saddam the dirty, the son of the dirty, in which septic tank are you hiding now?”
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November 20, 2003
Cat Dancing: It’s not just for Burt Reynolds anymore
“The earliest written record of a cat dancing with a person dates from 1692”
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November 19, 2003
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Rich Lowry vs. Al Franken: fisticuffs over books
“I still contend that you can’t call Democrats ‘sissified’ and then refuse to fight”
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November 18, 2003
How the once mighty name “Netscape Navigator” has sunk to a new low
Instead of foisting a toolbar, AOL could be promoting a whole browser ... idiots.
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Kevin Sites: Dispatch from Tikrit
“I empathize with each, but sense no convictions for either, nodding with understanding at the explanation from both sides”
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November 17, 2003
Metafilter: “Is the president not expendable?”
Metafilter does a cost-benefit analysis on protecting the President
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NYT covers Nick Denton and his “Web Media Empire”
“All this blogging is kind of paid for by the cocktail parties of the boom”
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November 16, 2003
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Fast Company: The Wal-Mart You Don’t Know
The story of the *real* price of a $3 gallon of pickles
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November 15, 2003
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Photos: Through the lens of a soldier
An amazing collection from a soldier in the 101st
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November 14, 2003
Dem vs. Repub FundRace 2004: The Money Map
Absolutely fascinating, to a numbers and map geek like me
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November 13, 2003
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November 12, 2003
US goods set to double in price as Europe plans huge trade war
“the EU has deliberately selected products from states which are crucial to President Bush’s electoral hopes”
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Colors of San Diego: the photography of Emese Gaal
“I’m just a girl with a hobby” ... she’s more than that, on both counts
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November 11, 2003
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November 10, 2003
A Fairy, a Low-Fat Bagel, and a Sack of Hammers
“Never underestimate the importance of words on the web”
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November 07, 2003
Photo: A life of crime can be butt ugly
A ‘Half Monty’ display of the traditional tattoos of Japanese mob members
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The Messopotamian: Another “Blog Voice” from Iraq
“To bring one more Iraqi voice of the silent majority to the attention of the world”
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November 06, 2003
Senate passes $87 Billion Iraq appropriation on a voice vote, so you’ll never know exactly who voted yes or no
”...it wasn’t Democratic critics who forced a Republican-run Senate to cast an unrecorded vote on the occupation.”
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Headline of the Week: “Krusty, Homey, Bozo, Spurrier”
“The Redskins have become the white Bronco in a low-speed freeway chase.”
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November 05, 2003
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November 04, 2003
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Gambling with the devil
A very intriguing “personal puzzle.”
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November 03, 2003
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November 02, 2003
Jeff Jarvis takes on the sloppy rhetoric of the “Media Haters”
This is more evidence that tenured academics are out of touch with copyright and media realities
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November 01, 2003
80’s Lyrics Quiz
I thought I’d mop up on this one, but scored a 52. It’s tough.
