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Francis Fukuyama has a piece in The National Interest in response to the thinking of fellow neo-conservative Charles Krauthammer. It is a pay for view article, but has been copied in full into a comment thread at Matt Yglesias' blog (it's about the 10th comment or so.)
It's not so simple as Fukuyama switching sides, or turning against his neocon brethren, but still it's encouraging to me that there is debate and self criticism on that side of the fence. I don't agree with a lot of what he says, but I thought it was well worth the time to read.
question - i have an a/c that is leaking out the back and down the side of my building. is it likely leaking because the unit isnt level in the window or is it just a cheap piece of crap? i bought it last year so it isnt old.
kurtz on the WP and their coverage of WMD and the march to WAR
Personalized postage stamps for everyone.
review review
Spray painting bike activist. Very
cool.
Bloggers, Jr.: livejournal statistics
the 1962 manchurian candidate just started on ch 13
the young ones is also now on bbc america (later tonight)
My memory is short, to say the least, but last night Barack Obama gave the best political speech I've ever heard.
I can't find the video yet. If anyone finds it I'd appreciate a pointer...
TAC (Total Asshole Compression).
A five-year-old monkey at an Israeli zoo started walking exclusively on her hind legs after recovering from a serious illness. I find the picture strangely disturbing.
Genesis P-Orridge has a blog. And, apparently, breasts.
On Monday, July 12th - the 109th anniversary of Buckminster Fuller's birthday in 1895 and the 50th anniversary of the patent on his best-known invention, the geodesic dome - the U.S. released the Buckminster Fuller commemorative stamp
Thanks to the generosity of the Templeton Foundation, a team of scholars centered on UCLA is engaged in a three-year process of exploring the world of awe-inspiring experience: also called mystical experience or primary religious experience.The three day Awe to Action conference, one part of the UCLA program, has just wrapped up. Mark Kleiman has a quick report, and a slightly longer report.
postpone ?
Steve Jobs WWDC presentation on the next OSX (tiger) Supposedly impressive stuff related to the future of image & video processing, I haven't seen it yet as I'm on my land line. He gets into the capabilities of "core video" at about 1hr 10min.
an official finding that we went to war under false pretenses
anyone still follow GYWO ?
From Yahoo (IPS):
A report prepared by the top CIA official handling the matter says Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the [Halabja] massacre, and indicates that it was the work of Iranians.This is the infamous "gassing of the Kurds" incident that is the basis for the "Saddam used WMD against his own people" mantra. Before the war I remember hearing that it was really the Iranians, but then it seemed like anyone saying this was branded a nut job (or worse - a Saddam lover,) and I admit to being sort of convinced by this into believing it was Saddam.
Has anyone been following more closely? Is this the standard line now? Are you no longer crazy to suggest it was the Iranians? And has this been widely known, or is this new story big news?
That could be a little tough for the administration...