Category — General

Michael Powell to Leave FCC:
Anonymous Slashdotter writes “Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC, will be stepping down from his post soon. ‘Powell, who maintained a light regulatory hand as the nation’s chief media watchdog but collected some of the largest indecency fines against U.S. broadcasters, planned to issue a statement Friday but was not expected to hold a formal news conference, these officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.’”

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hmmm, who is worse…. who is the worse person they can appoint.

Satannnnn | CafePress:
http://www.cafepress.com/satannnnn

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that the bush family loves satan shouldn’t surprise anyone….. time between hand signal and t-shirt product less than 8 hours.

Keychain Plants:
SorobanGeeks has pictures of what they say is the latest fad in Japan: keychain plants. Each one sells for around $10 and features real, live plants that grow in a tiny arboretum until they become too large to be contained, after which they can be transplanted to a larger pot. I wanted to find a reason this was a bad idea, but I really can’t—the more greenery the better.
Plantes à emporter… [SorobanGeeks]

i want some.

Self-Destruct Button DX:
The Self-Destruct Button DX is a handy bit of kit to have around, especially if you access your living space through any manner of airlock. Noted as the “luxurious edition” on the product page (only the best for your last milliseconds in corporeal form), it’s made perfectly clear that ” Installing in the reception table, and on et cetera the foot warmer please enjoy. As for function this way as a switch completely being not to be, please note.” Noted.
Home Page [LiveDoor via TechJapan via SlashdotJP]

i need one of these for my office door.

STS (R)Evolutions Conference Web Site:
http://www.sts-gso.org.vt.edu/STS(R)Evolutions/

Discourse.net: On the fringes of the public sphere:
Nine months later, the threat level has been lowered, and Ridge, speaking at a news conference last week, said there is no evidence of a plot to disrupt President Bush’s inauguration. Previous warnings, Ridge explained, stemmed from threat reports tied to the elections — not to the inauguration more than two months later.

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lying and manipulation. there was terrorists at the polls though, with terror devices such as rigged voting machines, intentional miscounts and scare tactics…..

How Nerdy Are You???:

Did Justice Clarence Thomas Really Say It?:

As Atrios and Ignatz say, if this is true, it’s a very big deal: An Alabama SC justice claims, according to a Birmingham News reporter, that Clarence Thomas told him: [A] judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds…

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supreme court justices have one job to hear cases of the court and in that job they do not reference their personal opinion or beliefs, they

reference the constitution, case law, and its interpretation. many people confuse some references to god and interpretation in the constitution, let me assure you… the constitution does not mention god at all, and few if any other documents in u.s. history do in any sense other than in the universalist sense of people likeThomas Jefferson

and Joseph Priestley

Bare Bones Guide to HTML:
Award winning resource for HTML development, available in multiple languages.
this could be handy

Development Gateway Launches Software Tool For International Relief and Development Coordination:
January 11, 2005 – The Development Gateway Foundation has launched an open source software tool that organizations can use to coordinate international relief and development efforts. Called the Local Projects Database (LPD), this tool can be downloaded from the web. See http://lpd.sourceforge.net/

very interesting……