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- Oh, man. One of my favorite rockers got into a car crash. One of his bandmates in in the hospital... |
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- A few days ago, I wrote a piece about the legacy of the Clarence Thomas hearings: cynical use of sexual harassment charges for partisan political gain. In that piece, I cited Tammy Bruce as one of the latest examples of how this plays out. She responds on FrontPage with this piece that name-checks me and Reason columnist Cathy Young. Without going into a longer, detailed retort, let me just say that when I referred to Bruce as "amusing," I didn't mean to disparage her, as she claims. |
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- Oct. 17 - The FAA has ordered that all U.S. commercial aircrafts be searched within the next 24 hours, after boxcutters and other items were found on two planes Friday. |
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- Oct. 17 - A joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol enforcing a curfew clashed with gunmen guarding the headquarters of a Shiite cleric, setting off a firefight. |
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- Oct. 17 - Introducing the new Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Fantasy Bra, supermodel Heidi Klum says the bra is 'very flexible and movable.' |
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- Oct. 17 - Ever wondered what it's like to be at a Playboy party? The cable channel A&E took their cameras to the famed mansion, and is letting viewers in on the fun. |
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- Oct. 17 - Movie critic Dean Richards takes a look at the new 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'The Runaway Jury.' |
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- Oct. 17 - The new trend in the movies that are coming to the box office seems to be their grim message of drugs and violence. Is this what theatergoers want to see? |
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- Oct. 17 - Rather than chase performance, portfolio manager Richard Goldman recommends that investors look for companies with strong fundamentals. |
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- Oct. 17 - For that next business trip, you may have to do the planning yourself via Net services, says BW's Tim Mullaney. |
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Tahoe Beach (Oct 17 2003 18:37 GMT) - These are from July 4th, which shows just how far behind I am in posting...... |
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- http://www. thesmokinggun. com/archive/postcurse1. html... |
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Good Omens (Oct 17 2003 18:36 GMT) - A couple of pages of fan art by Phil Foglio, based on the Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett novel Good Omens. via BoingBoing... |
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- Workers at a Kettle Foods potato chip plant were feeding potatoes into a machine that sorts out stones and other debris this week when a 3-pound military bomb popped out. General manager Marc Cramer said the shipment from a Pasco, Wash., farm also contained a second bomb. ¬> |
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Friday Five (Oct 17 2003 18:36 GMT) - 1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Uh, milk, rye bread, butter, Gatorade, and half & half. 2. Name five... |
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"Ausreißer" (Oct 17 2003 18:36 GMT) - „Na, er hat halt auch einmal Ausreißer“, meinte mein Göttergatte, nachdem ich ihm berichtete, wie mustergültig sich Mr.P. heute benommen hat. So sehr, dass die geneigte Pferde-Erstbesitzerin schon fast ein unwohl-sein des Pferdes befürchtete. Ähm, normal ist das ja wohl nicht, sich bei einem friedlichen Orgu gleich Sorgen um seinen Gesundheitszustand zu machen ; |
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- Oct. 16 - The ultimate thrill ride will open on Halloween in Las Vegas. It's called the 'Stratosphere' and dangles passengers over the side of a tower. |
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2003-10-16 (Oct 17 2003 18:35 GMT) - LarsMagneIngebrigtsen seems to be back. |
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- A "Southern Heritage" website linked to a post by John Scalzi, causing him to receive another wave of email from... |
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- A "Southern Heritage" website linked to a post by John Scalzi, causing him to receive another wave of email from... |
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- This is a table about Kansas City Daily Feed Update |
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- This is a table about Import Values for Australian and Bew Zealand Beef |
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- This is a table about Minneapolis Daily Basis Report |
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- Fiel a su tradición, el pueblo boliviano, se levanta una vez más para impedir que se sigan pisoteando sus derechos más elementales y se enajene el destino de la nación a manos de un puñado de la burguesÃa cipaya y el imperialismo. La magnitud del levantamiento del pueblo boliviano sin lugar a dudas no pasarán en vano y su ejemplo tendrá repercusión para Latinoamérica y en todo el mundo. Desde este lunes estamos informando minuto a minuto sobre la lucha heroica de obreros y campesinos de Bolivia en www.ft.org. |
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- tate update, sun worshippers: the british public treats it as the real sun, laying out on their backs as if at the beach. |
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- A new land mine detector has been devised that uses the physics of light to reveal where mines have been recently buried. The new detector could be used to detect land mines from a safe distance 1,000-feet above ground and dramatically speed up the current method of specially trained soldiers arduously checking the ground with hand-held, ground-penetrating radar. ¬> Discovery |
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- With the 3rd quarter campaign finance filings in, David Bernstein notes that "few people examine the state-by-state expenditure allocation tables, but there is news there -- and bad news in particular" for Sen. John Edwards." The problem Edwards faces "is the little-noticed state spending limits imposed on candidates who accept... |
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- "In a move that takes corporate funding of politics out of the back rooms and puts it right up front for everyone to see," the Charleston Post and Courier says "the cash-strapped South Carolina Democratic Party has come up with a new plan: Get advertisers to pay for its first-in-the-South... |
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- Newt Gingrich reviews Winning Modern Wars by Wesley Clark in the Wall Street Journal and says it "will prove to be a useful book, but probably more to Karl Rove and the Bush-Cheney campaign than to its author's presidential ambition." The problem, says Gingrich, is that "Candidate Wesley Clark has... |
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- Although he decided against a Senate bid earlier this year, talk show host Jerry Springer "hinted Thursday that he may make another try for the Ohio governorship in 2006," the Akron Beacon Journal reports. Springer lost the Democratic primary for governor in 1982 after serving as mayor of Cincinnati. "He... |
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- The political organization built by Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken on a "quasi-party status," National Journal reports. "She has already replaced Bill Clinton as her party's most sought-after fundraiser." "And if Clinton ever does run for president, she'll have a full-blown fundraising infrastructure at the ready. She'll also be able... |
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- "Arnold Schwarzenegger met with President Bush. It's amazing if you think about it. It was the Terminator and the One-Terminator." -- David Letterman on the Late Show.... |
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- With campaign finance filings this week that show Howard Dean "had raised more money in the most recent quarter than" any Democrat in history, the Boston Globe says "the former governor of Vermont went on the offensive, seeking to deflate his image of front-runner in early voting states and resurrect... |
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- Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour (R) "says he will not ask for his picture to be removed from the national Web site of the Council of Conservative Citizens," the Clarion Ledger reports. "The site for the St. Louis-based group features Confederate flags and has links to articles such as 'In... |
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- Sen. Joe Lieberman "is emerging as the top alternative to" Sen. Bob Graham "among Democratic donors in Florida,' the St. Petersburg Times reports.... |
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- "More than a dozen national labor unions supporting" Rep. Richard Gephardt announced on Thursday "they are banding together to form a group that will promote his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination," the Boston Globe reports. The AP says the move "reflects labor's growing split over the best Democrat" to... |
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- A Democracy Corps survey of Democratic voters "in three states with key early contests in the presidential race finds the party united in hostility toward President Bush but divided on how aggressively its eventual nominee should challenge his policies on taxes and Iraq," the Los Angeles Times reports. "Democrats want... |
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- Ben Jacobs offers this column on last night's game. Two things I find worth quoting: There was no second-guessing of Little's move. It was obvious to every single person watching the game except for, it appears, Little that Martinez was... |
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- This is Jeannie Shawl reporting on what's new in international law. The Nigerian Senate has resolved to investigate a bilateral non-surrender agreement [PDF] entered into by the Nigerian government with the US and other countries to prevent the extraditi |
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- scott - it might be worth it to buy only some tracks that you like of different bands. i like to use it to find new bands, because of the preivew.By Nick RuncoFriday, October 17th, 2003 @ 11:32 amApple, Pepsi and iTunes for Windows |
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- By now, most of you have seen the picture of the groundscrew at Fenway Park painting the World Series... |
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- Und wieder ein Patent das die Welt absolut nicht braucht. |
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- Terrorangst: Riesige Suchaktion gestartet |
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