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Monday, May 12, 2003
kick start
"(Saturday, April 26, 2003) - "Beckham Wants to Be Big in United States," blared the headline from a Reuters story this week, commenting on David Beckham's interview in the European edition of Time magazine.
The Mad Brit nearly choked on his Cadbury Chocolate Easter egg when he read that stunner. Is it really true that Beckham, the great English bender of balls, would ever consider crossing Atlantic to display his skills for a club under the Stars and Stripes?"
still unsettled
"Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Israel and the Palestinian areas over the weekend, ostensibly to spur momentum for the blueprint, which calls in its first phase for a Palestinian halt to violence and security crackdown and an Israeli freeze on Jewish settlements. But Mr. Powell was forced to admit that he had made little progress on the outposts issue, telling journalists it would be discussed further during this week and during Mr. Sharon's visit to the US."
unsettlements
"Settlers know they could be caught in the diplomatic crossfire if post-war America loses its patience with Mideast squabbling. In fact, never before have settlers and their rightist allies worked harder to put their case at center stage in a bid to cement past and present gains and keep from becoming what they fear most: the price that America and the Palestinians will exact for progress toward a return to a viable peace process."
peacrock
"NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- NBC announced a fall 2003 line-up in New York Monday that includes new shows starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alicia Silverstone and John Larroquette.
The new lineup -- announced at the Metropolitan Opera House -- will also feature such stars as Christine Baranski, James Caan, Rob Lowe and Ryan O'Neal. The network revealed its plans for the upcoming prime time season at the "upfronts" -- the annual meetings with advertisers at which the major networks announce their programming schedules and pre-sell as much advertising time as they can."
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