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- So We Will Be Weirdos Together - Dirk Deppey explains that he doesn't have any animosity toward superhero comics, he... |
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- Outrage of Last Week - Peter David's argument against the validity of obscenity laws reminds me that I didn't write... |
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- Fires and Theaters - Peter David has a useful item on the famous Oliver Wendell Holmes quote about conflagrations in... |
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- There are 6 things you should now about when buying a home. Details are provided about, getting a mortgage, mortgage payments, down-payments, closing costs, making offers, and the condition of the home. [PRWEB Aug 12, 2003] |
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- European Commission may create a task force to plan for fire prevention across the Continent. [Christian Science Monitor | World] If Europe was already very concerned with global warming, this will raise the alarm several notches. The proximate causes may include mismanagement, underinvestment, and archaic land use and ownership systems, aided and abetted by a Common Agricultural Policy that preserves untenable arrangements. But there is accumulating evidence for increase in extreme weather. |
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- Hell damn - old-fashioned civic pride irony-marketed at hipsters. Should mine say "Annex," "T-Dot", or just plain "Sankey"? (via the modern age) |
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- Via an excellent MeFi post: a postcard reveals that Lincoln offered command of the Union forces to an Italian revolutionary, who refused since Lincoln wouldn't declare abolition to be the purpose of the war. Further evidence that the Civil War was only about slavery after the fact, which has been mentioned as an historical precedent to the shifting justifications for war in Iraq. But as the Mefi post mentions, it's also one of those examples of how history would be radically different save for one apparently minor decision. If Cato hadn't stonewalled Caesar, say, we'd have a pretty shitty calendar right now. |
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- Traser Glowring X2 These tritium-filled tubes are illegal to sell in the US, unfortunately. I'm not sure about possession. Traser Glowrings glow in the dark for over 10 years without batteries or recharging. |
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- Any Excuse to use 'Avuncular' in a Headline: Nation's Toddlers Critically Under-Photographed (The Onion) WASHINGTON, DC—Citing a desire to more closely monitor the growth of U.S. nieces and nephews, the National Coalition of Aunts denounced the severe under-photographing of the nation's precious toddlers Tuesday. |
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- Just for the record.... The California recall is a Bush-backer conspiracy. Issa may have been duped, but Arnold "Gropenator" Schwarzenegger is just another Bush stooge. It's just another part of Rove's nation-wrecking strategy. You could say The Groper isn't against gun control, abortion, or gay rights, but that would betray your ignorance. |
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- Just for the record.... The California recall is a Bush-backer conspiracy. Issa may have been duped, but Arnold "Gropenator" Schwarzenegger is just another Bush stooge. It's just another part of Rove's nation-wrecking strategy. You could say The Groper isn't against gun control, abortion, or gay rights, but that would betray your ignorance. |
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- rispondo a chi mi ha fatto qualche domanda: 1. Gaspare: ho gia' chiamato i Cinesi tre volte e tutti gli addetti al callcenter mi hanno confermato che il mio volo e' veramente per il 12 settembre, comunque mi sono prefissato di richiamarli tutte le settimane per verificare che non facciano scherzi. 2. |
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- You're Chile! You're really skinny, and kind of bumpy in frame, but you're not as rough a person as... |
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- Law Professor Jack Bogdanski's blog has a new address: You can now access "Jack Bog's Blog" here. As they say in the biz, please adjust your links accordingly. |
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- Here's comes Mickey-D's into the WiFi space. My essay for Wired claiming free is the right price for Wi-Fi ("free" in the sense of being bundled with another offer in what marketers call a "customer loyalty strategy") seemed risky when I proposed it back in May. Already, in early August, it reads more like the final nail in the coffin. Over the summer, wireless industry insiders reached the same conclusion, as documented by Scott Rafer and Pyramid Research last month. As usual, my role seems to be providing the snappily-written executive summary of what everyone already knows: |
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- The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe drinking water, today announced a new column titled "Market Outlook," premiering in the August 2003 issue of the Journal AWWA. |
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- Last week, a company called Six Apart launched a new blogging service called Typepad (www.typepad.com). It is slick, sophisticated and stylish, allowing anyone to have a very professional-looking blog up and running in minutes. Well, this guy certainly |
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- see the post below for more info. for zach: 1. describe yourself using seven action words 2. what do you... |
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- Baseball Prospectus says hits leader, baseball have signed deal |
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- California broadcasters will be unlikely to show Arnold Schwarzenegger movies or TV shows with Gary Coleman in them for fear of other gubernatorial candidates requesting equal time. |
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- The best case that the Bush administration ever made on Iraq’s alleged WMD was Colin Powell’s briefing before the U.N. Security Council shortly before the war. In hindsight, how did he get so much wrong? By Fred Kaplan. |
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- I opened the Vancouver Province (one of two daily Vancouver newspapers) on my lunchbreak today only to be surprised to see Batman, Homer Simpson, R2D2, Mickey Mouse and others on the editorial page cartoon for today. Here is the link for the pic The cartoon does make a point that is being reiterated much the past week in particular: does the entry of Gary Coleman (!) and Arnold into the race for Governor of California not make the whole thing seem like a big, fat joke. Well, yeah, it does. |
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BTW (Aug 13 2003 00:17 GMT) - Spoons, I haven't been able to get to your website for days now. I don't know why, since everyone else... |
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- Three people, including a British man, were arrested in the New York City area Tuesday in an alleged plot to... |
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- MVR Deputy Iris Varela said today that she had the Constitutional Amendment ready to be considered by the National Assembly. The amendment would allow the naming and removal of Supreme Court Justices with a simple majority. The opposition said the idea was "ridiculous" and "stupid" among other interesting epithets. The threat of this amendment does not bother anyone as it would never get to a referendum before the recall vote would. In any case, even if it did where would the Chavistas get the votes to approve the amendment? |
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- MVR Deputy Iris Varela said today that she had the Constitutional Amendment ready to be considered by the National Assembly. The amendment would allow the naming and removal of Supreme Court Justices with a simple majority. The opposition said the idea was "ridiculous" and "stupid" among other interesting epithets. The threat of this amendment does not bother anyone as it would never get to a referendum before the recall vote would. In any case, even if it did where would the Chavistas get the votes to approve the amendment? |
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- Remember how fun it was to get your first Net connection working? It's like that. |
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- Remember how fun it was to get your first Net connection working? It's like that. |
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- Remember how fun it was to get your first Net connection working? It's like that. |
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- for shits and giggles i stole this from my friend sassy's lj. PastFehu - Increase of wealth and possessions, protection of valuables. Used to send energy on its way, fire in its uncontrolled, primal state. PresentBerkana - Growth, abundance, fertility, Mother Earth, protection, the zenith of an idea or situation. FutureJera - Harvesting tangible results from efforts already sown, fertility, culmination of events, abundance. |
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- Diversity of opinions...ya gotta love it. Barry [url]www.superbcert.com[/url] |
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- [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by synicgrrl [/i] [B]Part of the thrill of owning diamonds |
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