Posts from — June 2004

Bizzare Spider-Man comic strip remixes [bOing bOing]

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some of these are really great

Study of porn distribution outside US. “Secure Computing Corporation…today announced the release of the first study of the global distribution of pornographic web pages… The study examined pornographic web pages in the Secure Computing SmartFilter(R) v4 Control List by non-U.S. country suffixes, such as .DE for… [InternetPolicy.net]

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interesting research….

Gore blurts out the truth. Fantastic speech by Gore today about the administration's dangerous consolidation of executive power: The seductive exercise of unilateral power has led this president to interpret his powers under the constitution in a way that would have been the worst nightmare of our framers… …In the end, for this administration, it is all about power. This lie about the invented connection between al Qaeda and Iraq was and is the key to justifying the current ongoing Constitutional power grab by the President. So long as their big flamboyant lie remains an established fact in the publicâs mind, President Bush will be… [Joho the Blog]

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my opinion is that… it isn't just about power, it is the will to use that power to oppress, to disempower, and as such to consolidate that power and build their vision of the new xtian 'merica which looks to me to be much more like the nostalgia of the 50's found in the movie harrison bergeron…….

If Only Gore Had Campaigned Like This. Joho at Hyperorg has the full text of Al Gore’s latest speech. It’s a wow…. [Discourse.net]

College Chief's Comments Air Unexpectedly. When the new president of the University of Texas-Pan American told the university system's regents that she wanted to sack her campus's provost, she didn't know her remarks were being heard online. (Associated Press) [Chronicle.com - The Wired Campus]

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not that suprising, or that humorous, but it is interesting and i'd guess more of this will happen over time.

there is a difference between earning grades and learning material….

there are some of eagles mere, some of sullivan county, some of the joseph priestly house and some other things.

some flowers, some buildings, and things dealing with water.

The Hill's property rights showdown. With the DMCA under attack from all quarters, Congressman Rick Boucher says it's time to rethink the controversial law. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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this is good.

AP Sues for Access To GWB Military Records (What Took You So Long?). AP suing the Pentagon to get 100% of GW Bush’s service records. It has always seemed odd to me that (1) Bush did not in fact ever make all his records available, and indeed reneged on his pledge to do so; (2) requests for the records now go through the White House; (3) there are things missing that have no right to be missing, notably the discharge papers with their separation codes; (4) no one in the press seemed to care about the loose ends in the story. Is it a coincidence that this law suit comes just after Bush starts falling in the polls? I would hate to think the press corps was so craven that they only dare ask hard questions when they smell blood. But how else to explain the timing?… [Discourse.net]

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it is about time. but by now the grand ole party prolly have completely fouled things up and the truth sought in the records will never be found.