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- When I lived in Southern California in the early part of the 1990s, I saw earthquakes, wild fires, droughts, floods and the worst civil riots in recent American history. Not necessarily for those reasons exclusively, I found it hard to nurture much affection for the Golden State, but I still do have good reasons to remain sympathetic to the plights of its citizens — not the least of which is because my mother, sister and nephew all still live there. And, from fiscal crises to horrific lapses in Democratic judgment, I always feel at least a little bit saddened by the unfortunate events that always seem to beset the world’s fifth largest economy. |
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- President Bush just nominated a judge for elevation to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that I think I can really get behind. The DC Court is arguably the "first among equals" of the federal appellate courts that function one level below the US Supreme Court. Judge Janice Brown has had some very interesting things to say that I think many of a libertarian bent will find appealing: In Santa Monica Beach, Ltd. v.... |
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- Forget the Wintel duo, the real stock market leaders are reporting this week. |
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- Not the best performance by the market today, but it's a start. |
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My Failure (Oct 28 2003 23:42 GMT) - I doubt that I got a quarter of these--I quit keeping score after the first few. Quote: "The challenge is this: there are sixty album... |
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oct 28 03 (Oct 28 2003 23:42 GMT) - Missed the Hands-on Tutorial 'Getting Up and Running with Apache 2.0 on Linux' at LinuxWorld San Francisco in August? Not to worry, you can catch it again at LinuxWorld New York this coming January. |
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- Smokers Raise Risk of MS - "Smokers face twice the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a crippling disease that destroys the lining of nerve cells, new research shows. Norwegian and American scientists have found people smoked -- including those who've quit the habit -- have... Posted by Anthony at 05:42 PM Reuters - Iraq UpdatesBreaking news as it happens. War updates and video footage. |
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- The chipmaker says its much-anticipated combination 802.11a/b part is ready for shipment, and its new combination 802.11b/g part is being sampled by major customers. |
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- Fiendish Halloween icons to freak out your Mac! |
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- Boy, every weekend recently, Natty and I have been combing through the 'Classified Ads' section of the Gleaner with a fine toothed comb, in hopes of finding an apartment for us to move into... Natty has been doing it moreso... |
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What a Day! (Oct 28 2003 23:40 GMT) - On my way to work this morning I was very nearly involved in an accident. I was sitting the intersection of Mannings Hill Road, Constant Spring Road and a little minor road, a place they call Mary Brown's Corner. I... |
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- Hooray for Paul Simon -- not the singer or the former U.S. senator, but the justice of the peace down in Tucson, Arizona who's refused to throw out drug charges against Portland Trail Blazer player Damon Stoudamire. Stoudamire's the guy... |
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- Halley, David Weinberger and Dan Bricklin blog about Microsoft using Visicalc to show the backward compatibility of Longhorn. The irony is Dan's comment that the only reason that he, an author of Visicalc, has a working copy is because someone had made an illegal bootleg copy of it. In May, I blogged about Brewster testifying about why the DMCA is preventing him from breaking copy protection on old software which he wants to archive. I think this is an important issue. Old films are decaying in the cans, books are decaying. |
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- I don't pray, but I am going to keep Shawn in my thoughts and I hope those of you who know her will too. |
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- Go here. Beat this (ha!):... |
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- Andrei is 14, and one of the patients of Russia's first clinic for child alcoholics. Two others are aged eight. 'I wanted an unknown feeling,' said Andrei. 'For the last year I have been drinking regularly. I like both the drink itself and the feeling it gives me. |
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- According to a new Nielsen//NetRatings study (link not available, and commissioned by Newsstand), "users of so-called e-editions of print publications... |
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- They may be Saudi Arabia's First English Daily Newspaper, but they need to work on their English a little better. Apparently, "Human Rights" is a phrase they have a lot of trouble with these days. Case-in-point: ARAB NEWS: Saudi Constitution... |
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- Weblogger BoF Well, a few other people have posted about the Weblogger's BoF, with mostly good stuff to say. Frankly, I was rather disappointed. I realize that bloggers are by nature “ |
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- Forbes.com reports on the Inside Dope... |
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- Mud and rocks collapsed in a zinc-lead mine in southern China, killing seven people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The accident Sunday at a mine in Tingle, a village in the Guangxi region, was blamed on excessive digging and the owner's disregard for safety regulations, Xinhua said. |
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- Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing... |
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Nanny Hunt (Oct 28 2003 23:37 GMT) - The search continued across two counties Tuesday for a nanny allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed two small children in Danville. |
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- A preliminary hearing will get under way Wednesday to determine whether Scott Peterson must stand trial on murder charges. |
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- San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown today gave what could be the last public speech of a political career that has spanned nearly four decades. |
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- (SOURCE:Jon Udell: Open source citizenship)- +1. I'd rather use XUL and Mozilla; then I wouldn't be locked into one platform. |
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- (SOURCE:Jon Udell: Open source citizenship)- +1. I'd rather use XUL and Mozilla; |
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- For people interested in journalism, the Times internal investigation after Jayson Blair is not only a fascinating read, it's a serious act of self-reflection at the top. And that's rare. |
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- It often seems like American conservatives are just not humane enough to be true Christians. Sometimes a single picture says much more than any number of words. Here is a link to a picture that shows just how unloving and unchristian conservatives can be. This is how conservatives love their neighbors We already know that for the 2004 election the right is planning to try to scare the American people with their virulent phobias against gays, against affirmative action, against gun control, and... |
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- Roger Ailes sums up the competition of FNC as well as the attitude of much of the left: Q: So if Fox News is fair and balanced, then why do so many other people not believe it? A: Because they're getting their ass beaten. |
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- MEGAN MCARDLE ON RACISM IN THE SENATE: George Bush is going to nominate conservative judges because George Bush is a conservative. If you have said that no conservative minorities (or fewer conservative minorities) will be allowed on the courts, then you are effectively saying that you will not allow minorities... |
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- MEGAN MCARDLE ON RACISM IN THE SENATE: George Bush is going to nominate conservative judges because George Bush is a conservative. If you have said that no conservative minorities (or fewer conservative minorities) will be allowed on the courts, then you are effectively saying that you will not allow minorities... |
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- (US) He said anti-doping officials will have to change their approach to detecting drug users and get in the minds of scientists creating products to cheat, instead of to help athletes. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) The baddest of the new bad guys is Ramon Salazar (Joaquim de Almeida, "Kingpin"), a cruelly handsome drug lord with a perma-sneer and an extensive network of villainous associates, including . . . [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $propaganda_theme6(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- the best monkey store... ...*nodding, knowingly* yeah, baby! it's so me! |
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Time's Scar (Oct 28 2003 23:35 GMT) - I got some really cute halloween pictures today from LTS. Gregor had an AMAZING costume. Adrian had a pretty good... |
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