i havent read the article but i appreciate the irony.
another bauble unearthed by woodward -- james carvilles scumminess. serves kerry right though for his efforts to smear dean.
another bauble unearthed by woodward -- james carvilles scumminess. serves kerry right though for his efforts to smear dean.
Suposedly Google just bought YouTube for 1.65 billion.
more surprising than noko setting off an atomic bomb?
operation hollywood
i was going to link to josh marshalls post about this yesterday. theyre starting to give fascismo a bad name.
yacht rock
Third season of Lost begins at 9 tonight. What happened when Desmond Hume turned that key? Why does the love of Desmond's life care about the "the electromagnetic anomaly"? What's so special about Jack, Kate, and Sawyer to the Others? Who are the Others? Important questions, all.
saw some odd numbers on my fresh direct invoice this morning. called in to complain but they assured me the numbers were high due to some credit card authorization bs. so i waited and waited. my delivery came 45 minutes late and 2 pounds heavy, or light actually.
the weight on the aspargus said 2.48lbs. i had ordered 1lb. i got 1lb but was charged for 2.48. i had a similar problem with the onions in my order. fortunately, like every good cook, i have a scale handy. fuckers reimbursed me but i should have made more of a stink and got some freebies.
the weight on the aspargus said 2.48lbs. i had ordered 1lb. i got 1lb but was charged for 2.48. i had a similar problem with the onions in my order. fortunately, like every good cook, i have a scale handy. fuckers reimbursed me but i should have made more of a stink and got some freebies.
Okay, sure, the Guinness really is superior here in Ireland. But I have to admit I've shifted my attention a bit more to the whiskey. The bar at the Brooks Hotel has, they argue, the best selection in all of Ireland. Despite my efforts it wasn't possible to sample them all, but I took quite a liking to the Green Spot. I've never seen it in NYC, but I usually don't drink whiskey there, so maybe it's not a find. Still I might bring back a bottle just in case. Smooth.
LONDON (Reuters) - Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct. That is the sort of service Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years.
Politicians have yet to appreciate the impact of the online world, which will also affect the outcome of elections, Schmidt said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Wednesday.
He predicted that "truth predictor" software would, within five years, "hold politicians to account." People would be able to use programs to check seemingly factual statements against historical data to see to see if they were correct.
Politicians have yet to appreciate the impact of the online world, which will also affect the outcome of elections, Schmidt said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Wednesday.
He predicted that "truth predictor" software would, within five years, "hold politicians to account." People would be able to use programs to check seemingly factual statements against historical data to see to see if they were correct.
i try to steer clear of the gratuitous news stories but i caught one line about the amish girls case. sounds awful.
fox has foley excommunicated from the party.
jus' fer fun (assuming wretching is your idea of fun)
The 9/11 Commission -- pull on a few loose threads and the whole thing starts unravelling
spence vineyards of howell mountain in the nappa
my old friend allen spence is making excellent wine in his garage and my brother is his graphic designer and this is their new website.
my old friend allen spence is making excellent wine in his garage and my brother is his graphic designer and this is their new website.
the only thing surprising about this is that...well, its being reported. abramoff discusses invasion of iraq with rove one year before we invade. funny thing is it only makes me more mad at the democrats for being such pathetic enablers. im glad to see they havent lost their touch.
not iraq, vietnam.
Heard a talk yesterday by Julie Taymor. Wow. Incredibly smart woman.
To start the program there was a 15 minute video with clips from many of her works, including a 5 minute preview of her upcoming film Across the Universe, parts of which were filmed on Clinton Street.
Not really much to report, except that I couldn't have been more impressed by her. She reminded me of my favorite professor from college in the way she combines an overpowering intellect with a genuine sense of compassion and caring. Very rare in my experience (where such smart and accomplished people are often arrogant, or worse.)
On a side note, the one line I took away actually came from the Irish interviewer who gave a rather pithy definition of mythology: "a past that never was, and always will be." That's a good one I think.
To start the program there was a 15 minute video with clips from many of her works, including a 5 minute preview of her upcoming film Across the Universe, parts of which were filmed on Clinton Street.
Not really much to report, except that I couldn't have been more impressed by her. She reminded me of my favorite professor from college in the way she combines an overpowering intellect with a genuine sense of compassion and caring. Very rare in my experience (where such smart and accomplished people are often arrogant, or worse.)
On a side note, the one line I took away actually came from the Irish interviewer who gave a rather pithy definition of mythology: "a past that never was, and always will be." That's a good one I think.
I'm not too much of a theatre person, but I saw a play last night called The Exonerated that was really powerful. Very simple and very moving. Nine people sitting in a row on stage reading excerpts from actual legal cases involving death row inmates. Each story involves a person wrongly accused, and eventually exonerated for their crime after spending years in prison.
One of the actors, Sunny Jacobs, was playing herself. This was announced after the play and it was one of the most emotional group moments I have ever been a part of. The crowd gave her a standing ovation until our hands hurt. I feel lucky to have seen this. The world is so horrible and so beautiful at the same time.
One of the actors, Sunny Jacobs, was playing herself. This was announced after the play and it was one of the most emotional group moments I have ever been a part of. The crowd gave her a standing ovation until our hands hurt. I feel lucky to have seen this. The world is so horrible and so beautiful at the same time.
ABC's This Week had Tori Clarke on the roundtable, you know, as an objective pundit. (They also had Donna Brazile.) The former Pentagon flack provided a defense to Woodward's criticism of her former boss Rummy. How chummy. She said that those attacking Rumsfeld have not "experienced his leadership." So the generals speaking up against Rummy don't know Rummy like Tori knows Rummy? What a crock. You don't have to report directly to the fucking idiot to know when your boss's boss's boss is a fucking idiot. Everyone knows this, but no one on the chummy roundtable challenged Tori.
The emerging talking points in response to Woodward's "State of Denial", as spoken by George Will and Dan Bartlett, is that government is by its very nature ineffective, and that it's not Junior's fault. Yeah, society is responsible, not Junior. I'm so glad the "adults" are in charge.
The emerging talking points in response to Woodward's "State of Denial", as spoken by George Will and Dan Bartlett, is that government is by its very nature ineffective, and that it's not Junior's fault. Yeah, society is responsible, not Junior. I'm so glad the "adults" are in charge.
