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Monday, May 12, 2003
drugdeal
OTTAWA— The federal government has backed off plans to make pot possession a mere ticketing offence, the Star has learned.
Instead, sources say the Liberal government will keep simple possession of marijuana on the books as a criminal offence under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
matchmaker
heres a couple new blogs ive found through that blasted matcher machine.
incoming signals
dj martianand one more trolling about -- doublethink.
also, the sixth rectangle on the left (not including the purple square at the top but i didnt need to tell you that) has all new links, although ive linked to many before. you all can read shorthand, non?
our daily dread
in the land of reciprocity, i shine a light on thee.
Saturday, May 10, 2003
babbling brook
brookings review: spring 2003
throw down
"NBC plans to air an entire installment of its "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in stop-motion clay animation for next Thursday's broadcast of the show, the network said on Friday."
neo's matrix
"Strauss also emphasized that one of the great errors of modernity was the faith that human beings could, through an assertion of will, overcome nature and fortune; Strauss, while far from existentialism in most ways, shared in its insistence on human limitation. Strauss might therefore believe that the war on Iraq was morally justified – and I doubt he’d have had that much patience for talk of the legal authority of the UN – and the term ‘regime change’ might have been music to his ears, with it’s invocation of classical theories concerning the nature of regimes. However, I think Strauss would’ve been rather more cautious than some contemporary neo-con publicists. But this is, perhaps, the difference between a philosopher, and intellectuals or would-be statesmen."via matt yglesias
Friday, May 09, 2003
bloogle call
"Google is to create a search tool specifically for weblogs, most likely giving material generated by the self-publishing tools its own tab."
getting defensive
may have linked to this carlyle group page before but i just saw this book about them so........
cutting remarks
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After nine hours of deliberations, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday night emerged with a tax bill that largely resembles the agreement reached a day earlier among committee Republicans.
In a 12-9 vote, primarily along party lines, the committee approved a 10-year, $438 billion tax bill. Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln, up for re-election in 2004, voted with committee Republicans for final passage of the bill."
Thursday, May 08, 2003
iraq pax
"Mosul, IRAQ -- The U.S. Army issued orders for troops to seize this city's only television station, leading an officer here to raise questions about the Army's dedication to free speech in postwar Iraq, people familiar with the situation said. The officer refused the order and was relieved of duty."