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This Would Sure Give Me Confidence
Bush said he had spoken twice in the past few days with Gen. John Abizaid, the overall commanded [sic] of the Iraq war, and that Abizaid "knows full well when he speaks to me, if he needs additional manpower, he can ask for it."(AP article, via Salon)
Spontaneous combustion happens all the time, it's just not widely reported.
Holy shit, Bush really is a uniter. Who'd a thunk?
The cross-community demonstration of support for Fallujah had been organized by Baghdad clerics both Sunni and Shiite amid reports that the death toll in the town had reached 105 since late Tuesday.To put it very mildly, I've had a dim view of this whole affair since before the beginning. But even my tin foil capped head never imagined anything bring together the Shia and Sunnis. Way to go Georgie! Mission accomplished!
Arianna Huffington loves blogs (super annoying Salon day pass required.)
Simply put, blogs are the greatest breakthrough in popular journalism since Tom Paine broke onto the scene....
All of which has made the blogosphere such a vital news source in our country -- and has made me besotted with blogs. It's a crush that I'm betting will quickly progress to going steady.
Thought Tom or someone might be interested in this (via boingboing): Classic Gamer Magazine. 6 meg .pdf download. Apparently chock full of screen shots from all the old classic video games.
THEATER OF WAR
"Bomb the Mosque":
I think that I'm going to make an effort to incorporate this expression into my everyday chatter, as a phrase synonymous with "throw the baby out with the bath water..."
Ex: you can come up with your own. If this were vietnam, soldiers might already be using it.
As in, "Hey! Whatever you do, man, don't bomb the mosque!!!"
(don't insult your guest and crash into his car as well, or don't fire all teachers just because you don't like the way the school is run. . .)
made me laugh
Has George Bush ever been asked, on the record, if it is his personal opinion that we are in (what fundamentalist Christians describe as) the end times?
Just got the following in an email from an author I'm working with: "In terms of the other articles - I have some minor connections to unput on some of them" ...I'm thinking we should maybe let someone else input the minor corrections...
from atrios:
Go Pelosi!
Why does Bush need to appear in front of the commission with his minder?
WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says it's baffling and embarrassing that President Bush (news - web sites) is appearing before the Sept. 11 commission with Vice President Dick Cheney at his side instead of by himself.
"I think it speaks to the lack of confidence that the administration has in the president going forth alone, period," Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday. "It's embarrassing to the president of the United States that they won't let him go in without holding the hand of the vice president of the United States."
"I think it reinforces the idea that the president cannot go it alone," she said. "The president should stand tall, walk in the room himself and answer the questions."
Pardon my ignorance Alex, but how big are those hawks? They look huge. That third pic is really nice.
Has this been posted? Ghost Town: my rides through chernobyl.
New York State Voter Registration Form:
If you call 212.868.3692 or 866.vote-nyc you can ask for up to 200 registration forms (one for you and 199 to hand out). I got them delivered two days after placing a call. A visit to my local post office resulted in the following admission:
“well sure you can come back and see if we get them in – but I’ve worked here seven years and I’ve never seen them.”
Sally and Tom have encouraged me to post these picts. I have a cold and my new relationship to the TP got Ico a bit wound up.
Cory Doctorow transcript of another good Bruce rant. (at SXSW)
Howard Stern .mp3 "Bad American Presidents": [1:14, 2.3 MB]
looking for a jukebox to play the mp3s on your server? I'm one of the happy, ignorant interface users referred to in this correspondence below. Go Glirnath!
B. Smiley writes to Glirnath creator: The last few times I have had friends over for dinner and games we have been using Glirnath (0.16.2) to play music. It has been very popularly received. We pass around an iBook (with WiFi) at the table so people take turns picking a few tunes. Everybody has been able to use the system with a minimum of introduction -- ususally I point out that the file path is partially an HREF and then they are able to navigate.
I have evaluated several jukebox packages, and Glirnath is appealing for its simplicity. Another appealing factor of Glirnath is the inclusion of mixer control -- very useful. This is not a feature in rdtj, for example.
The id3 is a good addition, the extra information is often sought after by listeners, and not all my mp3's are well-named.
The quicktime module is missing, which generates the occasional error, but you probably know that. The Glirnath site becomes unavailable to the browser until the mp3 which generates the error is finished playing. So it is not fatal, merely an inconvenience.
nice work!
Glirnath replies: That's great! I always love to hear creative ways that people use the Glirnath. I also tried several jukeboxes a few years ago, and I wrote the Glirnath because I didn't particularily like any of them. I'm glad you agree.
Support for more formats and better security and error/sanity checking are coming in the next release, as soon as I have time to actually work on it.
It's been a busy year. But hearing from people who use it certainly helps in terms of motivation.
I'd also welcome any other suggestions you (or your friends) may have.
Thanks for supporting the Glirnath!
"It is difficult/ to get the news from poems/ yet men die miserably every day/ for lack/ of what is found there."
-William Carlos Williams
Manga and anime artist Leiji Matsumoto designs a water taxi. For real.
Hey, Mr Wilson, I looked out my window yesterday and guess what I saw.....
a hawk. Do you think it was just passing through or do you think Tompkins has it's own? The Christadora seems like a good perch.
The Memory Hole has a cool page up
Inside The CIA Museum
Some amazing stuff there, the place resembles The Museum of Natural History as much as it does Q's workshop.