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Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004
22% margin of error
"Washington, DC: A just-released survey demonstrates that despite a four-year effort, GOP attempts to woo the Jewish vote for President Bush have failed, with likely Jewish voters preferring Senator Kerry over President Bush by a whopping 75-22 percent margin -- essentially identical to the 76-21 percent margin by which the same respondents voted for then-Vice President Al Gore over then-Governor Bush in 2000."
hut one
havent been mp3ing around lately or blogwhoring but since i receive a steady trickle of misguided souls from tofuhut i suspect they deserve another link. and because itsa good'n a'swell.
stranger than diction
"For the first time since Joan Rivers was touted as Johnny Carson's replacement in the late 1980s, a young female comic is the front-runner for a job behind the desk of a late night TV show.
Comic cut-up Amy Sedaris — star of the cult cable hit "Strangers with Candy" and a regular guest on the wee-hours circuit — finds herself at the head of a short list of names to take over "The Late Late Show" when Craig Kilborn steps down in two weeks."
price pointed
"SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 - RealNetworks plans to announce on Tuesday that it is putting its digital music offerings on sale at half price as part of an aggressive strategy to force its way onto Apple Computer's popular iPod digital music player.
At the same time, the company acknowledged that the sale - which lowers the price of songs on the online RealPlayer Music Store to 49 cents and the cost of most albums to $4.99, tentatively through Labor Day - would have an impact on the company's finances."
college exam
"A plan to scrap the winner-take-all system of allocating electoral votes in Colorado will be on the ballot in November, the AP reports. If passed, the amendment "would make Colorado the first state to allocate electoral votes proportionately according to the popular vote, rather than giving a winner all of the state's electoral votes."
Monday, Aug 16, 2004
save me from this ease
"From the Bible on, moralists and nags have promoted the benefits of hard work and early rising. They are mistaken, argues Tom Hodgkinson. For breathing space to create and time to reflect, indolence is essential. "
blue beard
electoral vote predictor
Sunday, Aug 15, 2004
boring header
nice mp3 blog - *sixeyes
free tirade
prescient
Saturday, Aug 14, 2004
opinionadir
Then, one by one, the producers pitch ideas, tossing them out like clay pigeons that O'Reilly shoots out of the air.
"C'mon, people," he says.
A female producer suggests a segment on the Palestinians, who it seems are -
"I'm asleep, Stephanie," O'Reilly interrupts. He looks around the circle. "Give me something I can put on the air, please."
A producer tosses out an idea about a doctor who recommends giving pot to kids with attention-deficit disorder. O'Reilly's eyebrows lift into two sharp points.
"Can we get the doc?" he snaps.