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Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004
swing, batter
despite what one would assume to be their mutual appreciation for a good piece of wood, i did not expect to be linking the words "baseball" and "g@y p0rn" in the same sentence when i woke up this morning.
Monday, Jan 26, 2004
poll to poll
"Survey USA joins Zogby with a poll showing Howard Dean gaining on Sen. John Kerry in New Hampshire. Kerry leads with 33 percent to Dean's 28 percent. Sen. John Edwards and Wesley Clark are battling for third place, 14 percent to 12 percent, respectively."
imperial yo-yo
"[T]he justices have voted to take up five cases that test the president's power to act alone and without interference from Congress or the courts," Savage explains. The description of these cases, as Savage has ably summarized them, is startling: "They involve imprisoning foreign fighters at overseas bases, holding American citizens without charges in military brigs, preserving the secrecy of White House meetings, enforcing free-trade treaties despite environmental concerns, and abducting foreigners charged with U.S. crimes."
"What the Supreme Court has placed on its agenda, in short, is the Imperial Presidency -- that is, the Presidency in which the Executive largely acts alone, pushing the Constitution to the limits and beyond. And how the Justices deal with this overwhelmingly important topic could affect the reelection prospects of the Bush presidency, for, as David Savage notes, at least four of the five rulings are anticipated to be handed down during the summer of 2004 -- right in the middle of the presidential campaign."
via pacific views
dove itch
interesting thread about a proposed saudi plan for peace between israel and the palestinians.
empire statement
josh marshall...the new yorker...perils of empire...
tri-lateral blogging
"I can't say I was surprised to find that this year's World Economic Forum included a session on blogs. If, as Ben Franklin says, (via Dick Cheney's Christmas cards) a sparrow can't fall to the ground without God noticing, then certainly a hot media trend like blogging can't go on too long without showing up on the agenda in Davos."
a bop on the head
heres a short exchange between atrios and andrew sullivan from the much touted christopher lydon radio show about the impact of blogs, etc. atrios certainly lacked sullivans polish as a talking head. despite his personal lack of transparency, at least his answers ring true, while sullivans truths tend to be opaque.
soon as i can find an archive for the whole show, ill post it.
Saturday, Jan 24, 2004
on the tellyputer
"The BBC is developing a new web application that will let you watch TV programmes at any time via the internet."
reign gear
"Twenty years ago, on January 24, 1984, Apple Computer launched the Macintosh. It contained virtually unknown features, including simple icons, and an odd little attachment called a mouse."
press for details
"The answer, I think, involves an open secret in political journalism that has been recognized for at least 20 years. But it is never dealt with, probably because the costs of facing it head on seem larger than the light tax on honesty any open secret demands. The secret is this: pssst... the press is a player in the campaign. And even though it knows this, as everyone knows it, the professional code of the journalist contains no instructions in what the press could or should be playing for. So while the press likes being a player, it does not like being asked: what are you for?"