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Monday, February 07, 2005
Sunday, February 06, 2005
MIA in Iraq: $9 Billion U.S. Taxpayer Dollars
Demand that the thousands of millions of dollars be accounted for. Follow this money, and you're bound to find news.
via Iddybud
via Iddybud
American Conservative warns of a...Hunger for Dictatorship
Hunger for Dictatorship
pregnant excerpts:
The last weeks of 2004 saw several explicit warnings from the antiwar Right about the coming of an American fascism. Paul Craig Roberts in these pages wrote of the “brownshirting” of American conservatism—a word that might not have surprised had it come from Michael Moore or Michael Lerner. But from a Hoover Institution senior fellow, former assistant secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, and one-time Wall Street Journal editor, it was striking.
Several weeks later, Justin Raimondo, editor of the popular Antiwar.com website, wrote a column headlined, “Today’s Conservatives are Fascists.” Pointing to the justification of torture by conservative legal theorists, widespread support for a militaristic foreign policy, and a retrospective backing of Japanese internment during World War II, Raimondo raised the prospect of “fascism with a democratic face.” His fellow libertarian, Mises Institute president Lew Rockwell, wrote a year-end piece called “The Reality of Red State Fascism,” which claimed that “the most significant socio-political shift in our time has gone almost completely unremarked, and even unnoticed. It is the dramatic shift of the red-state bourgeoisie from leave-us-alone libertarianism, manifested in the Congressional elections of 1994, to almost totalitarian statist nationalism. Whereas the conservative middle class once cheered the circumscribing of the federal government, it now celebrates power and adores the central state, particularly its military wing.”
...
But Rockwell (and Roberts and Raimondo) is correct in drawing attention to a mood among some conservatives that is at least latently fascist. Rockwell describes a populist Right website that originally rallied for the impeachment of Bill Clinton as “hate-filled ... advocating nuclear holocaust and mass bloodshed for more than a year now.” One of the biggest right-wing talk-radio hosts regularly calls for the mass destruction of Arab cities. Letters that come to this magazine from the pro-war Right leave no doubt that their writers would welcome the jailing of dissidents. And of course it’s not just us. When USA Today founder Al Neuharth wrote a column suggesting that American troops be brought home sooner rather than later, he was blown away by letters comparing him to Tokyo Rose and demanding that he be tried as a traitor. That mood, Rockwell notes, dwarfs anything that existed during the Cold War. “It celebrates the shedding of blood, and exhibits a maniacal love of the state. The new ideology of the red-state bourgeoisie seems to actually believe that the US is God marching on earth—not just godlike, but really serving as a proxy for God himself.”
...
It is impossible to overstate my pleasure at being on the same side of the barricades with him today. That side is, of course, that of the antiwar movement; the side of a conservatism (or liberalism) that finds Bush’s policies reckless and absurd and the neoconservatives who inspire and implement them deluded and dangerous.
(“Now the word ‘freedom’ has become a newly invoked justification for the occupation of a country that did not attack us, whose people have not greeted our soldiers as liberators. … The world knows that all manner of traditional rights associated with freedom are threatened in our own country. ... The essential element of a democratic society—trust—has been weakened, as secrecy, mendacity and intimidation have become the hallmarks of this administration. ... Now ‘freedom’ is being emptied of meaning and reduced to a slogan. But one doesn’t demean the concept without injuring the substance.”)
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...And yet the very fact that the f-word can be seriously raised in an American context is evidence enough that we have moved into a new period. The invasion of Iraq has put the possibility of the end to American democracy on the table and has empowered groups on the Right that would acquiesce to and in some cases welcome the suppression of core American freedoms. That would be the titanic irony of course, the mother of them all—that a war initiated under the pretense of spreading democracy would lead to its destruction in one of its very birthplaces. But as historians know, history is full of ironies.
pregnant excerpts:
The last weeks of 2004 saw several explicit warnings from the antiwar Right about the coming of an American fascism. Paul Craig Roberts in these pages wrote of the “brownshirting” of American conservatism—a word that might not have surprised had it come from Michael Moore or Michael Lerner. But from a Hoover Institution senior fellow, former assistant secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, and one-time Wall Street Journal editor, it was striking.
Several weeks later, Justin Raimondo, editor of the popular Antiwar.com website, wrote a column headlined, “Today’s Conservatives are Fascists.” Pointing to the justification of torture by conservative legal theorists, widespread support for a militaristic foreign policy, and a retrospective backing of Japanese internment during World War II, Raimondo raised the prospect of “fascism with a democratic face.” His fellow libertarian, Mises Institute president Lew Rockwell, wrote a year-end piece called “The Reality of Red State Fascism,” which claimed that “the most significant socio-political shift in our time has gone almost completely unremarked, and even unnoticed. It is the dramatic shift of the red-state bourgeoisie from leave-us-alone libertarianism, manifested in the Congressional elections of 1994, to almost totalitarian statist nationalism. Whereas the conservative middle class once cheered the circumscribing of the federal government, it now celebrates power and adores the central state, particularly its military wing.”
...
But Rockwell (and Roberts and Raimondo) is correct in drawing attention to a mood among some conservatives that is at least latently fascist. Rockwell describes a populist Right website that originally rallied for the impeachment of Bill Clinton as “hate-filled ... advocating nuclear holocaust and mass bloodshed for more than a year now.” One of the biggest right-wing talk-radio hosts regularly calls for the mass destruction of Arab cities. Letters that come to this magazine from the pro-war Right leave no doubt that their writers would welcome the jailing of dissidents. And of course it’s not just us. When USA Today founder Al Neuharth wrote a column suggesting that American troops be brought home sooner rather than later, he was blown away by letters comparing him to Tokyo Rose and demanding that he be tried as a traitor. That mood, Rockwell notes, dwarfs anything that existed during the Cold War. “It celebrates the shedding of blood, and exhibits a maniacal love of the state. The new ideology of the red-state bourgeoisie seems to actually believe that the US is God marching on earth—not just godlike, but really serving as a proxy for God himself.”
...
It is impossible to overstate my pleasure at being on the same side of the barricades with him today. That side is, of course, that of the antiwar movement; the side of a conservatism (or liberalism) that finds Bush’s policies reckless and absurd and the neoconservatives who inspire and implement them deluded and dangerous.
(“Now the word ‘freedom’ has become a newly invoked justification for the occupation of a country that did not attack us, whose people have not greeted our soldiers as liberators. … The world knows that all manner of traditional rights associated with freedom are threatened in our own country. ... The essential element of a democratic society—trust—has been weakened, as secrecy, mendacity and intimidation have become the hallmarks of this administration. ... Now ‘freedom’ is being emptied of meaning and reduced to a slogan. But one doesn’t demean the concept without injuring the substance.”)
...
...And yet the very fact that the f-word can be seriously raised in an American context is evidence enough that we have moved into a new period. The invasion of Iraq has put the possibility of the end to American democracy on the table and has empowered groups on the Right that would acquiesce to and in some cases welcome the suppression of core American freedoms. That would be the titanic irony of course, the mother of them all—that a war initiated under the pretense of spreading democracy would lead to its destruction in one of its very birthplaces. But as historians know, history is full of ironies.
What's new regarding the Triangle Bloggers Conference 2005?
"Well git me a pencil then, boy!"
Please allow Science And Politics to fill you in. An excellent summation of the latest...
Freedom and Democracy take Root in Iraq
Female soldiers dress down & get dirty for mud romps
Excerpts:
In front of a cheering male audience, two young women wearing only bras and panties throw themselves into a mud-filled plastic kiddie pool and roll around in a wild wrestling match.
At one point a man in the audience raises a water bottle and douses the entwined pair.
At another, a "referee" moves in to break up the scantily clad grapplers.
A young blond lifts her T-shirt to expose her breasts. A brunette turns her back to the camera and exposes her thong undies.
The photos were taken in Camp Bucca, the military prison at Umm Qasr in the hot sands of southern Iraq near the Kuwaiti border.
The women are not coeds but military policewomen who had left their uniforms in a pile not far off.
The men are soldiers, too.
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Kennedy: Solve Social Security? Simple! Give back 1/3 of Bush Tax Cut
Eleanor Clift also made this suggestion.
Now where have I heard this before?
Oh yeah! Here, here, here and here. I guess it was obvious.
As Russell Ackoff says, one can solve, resolve or dissolve problems. It is best to dissolve them.
The so-called Social Security "crisis" only became a crisis when Bush gave it all away with his permanent tax cut. Dissolve the crisis by simply making adjustments to the frivolous anti-Robin Hood permanent tax giveaway to those who need it least...yet are now threatening those who actually do need it. The many. It is not fair, and should be reversed so as to remove the unheathy threat to the American citizens.
Now where have I heard this before?
Oh yeah! Here, here, here and here. I guess it was obvious.
As Russell Ackoff says, one can solve, resolve or dissolve problems. It is best to dissolve them.
The so-called Social Security "crisis" only became a crisis when Bush gave it all away with his permanent tax cut. Dissolve the crisis by simply making adjustments to the frivolous anti-Robin Hood permanent tax giveaway to those who need it least...yet are now threatening those who actually do need it. The many. It is not fair, and should be reversed so as to remove the unheathy threat to the American citizens.
Rumsfeld: Abu Graibh happens in prisons today across the United States
This is a paraphrasis of what Donald Rumsfeld said today on Meet the Press.
Is this what he really meant to say?
Is it true?
Where are these things occurring?
What is going to be done to find out where it is occurring, and to make sure it is halted?
Who will be prosecuted for torturing Americans in American prisons... on "midnight shifts"?
These are Americans who are being tortured.
Is this what he really meant to say?
Is it true?
Where are these things occurring?
What is going to be done to find out where it is occurring, and to make sure it is halted?
Who will be prosecuted for torturing Americans in American prisons... on "midnight shifts"?
These are Americans who are being tortured.
Why do people hate John Kennedy?
There is not a dime's worth of difference between John and Ted Kennedy. Not really.
Ted is what John would be, were he alive.
And yet, there are a lot of people who loved John Kennedy yet hate Ted Kennedy.
Brainwashed mostly. They should think about the contradiction though, or at least ask themselves how they could harbor such antinomies.
Ted is what John would be, were he alive.
And yet, there are a lot of people who loved John Kennedy yet hate Ted Kennedy.
Brainwashed mostly. They should think about the contradiction though, or at least ask themselves how they could harbor such antinomies.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
An analysis of tsunami-related coverage in the blogsphere
An excellent report produced by Blogpulse:
An earthquake and tsunami devastated wide areas of Southern Asia on Dec. 26, 2004. As neighboring nations and relief agencies began organizing to help, so did another group of people: bloggers. Unlimited by geography and powered by easy blog-publishing tools, bloggers quickly sprang into action to provide information that was otherwise impossible or extremely difficult to find. In a remote part of the world, where traditional news crews wouldn't arrive for several days, bloggers provided some of the first eyewitness accounts, news of relief efforts, videos, still photographs, lists of victims and missing persons, and other helpful disaster aid and coordination information. View BlogPulse's analysis of tsunami-related coverage in the blogsphere.
An earthquake and tsunami devastated wide areas of Southern Asia on Dec. 26, 2004. As neighboring nations and relief agencies began organizing to help, so did another group of people: bloggers. Unlimited by geography and powered by easy blog-publishing tools, bloggers quickly sprang into action to provide information that was otherwise impossible or extremely difficult to find. In a remote part of the world, where traditional news crews wouldn't arrive for several days, bloggers provided some of the first eyewitness accounts, news of relief efforts, videos, still photographs, lists of victims and missing persons, and other helpful disaster aid and coordination information. View BlogPulse's analysis of tsunami-related coverage in the blogsphere.
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Link dump and transfer
These are some links retrieved off my original blog, which was found archived. Some may not still work, and I hope to weed those out. Most are pretty good though. I also noticed that the webarchive turns these links into their links. I am not sure what that means as yet. Guess I'll find out when I try them. If they fail I will delete the post. I also notice that they are all run together, but I'm feeling lazy today, and so they will probably stay that way for a least a while. If they are already on my blog, I will try to omit it.
4ad Records Alchemy Journal Ampersand Amphetadesk Big Sur Tapes Blog of Collective Intelligence Blogpulse CafePress Boing Boing Bookslut, The Brad DeLong Bringthemhomenow.org Christopher Lydon CitiesForPeace Col. David Hackworth Conblog-The Indepundit Counterspin CrisisPapers Crooked Timber Cultural Creatives Cultural Elite, The Cyberjournalist.net
Daily Brew, The Daily Rant, The Dalkey Archives Dave Barry Dave Winer Daypop Dem Underground Democrats.com Desultor DonkeyRising Dreamvirus Journal EFF Esther Dyson ExitZero Facets Multimedia FastPolitics Finnegans Wake Concordex First Stone Florida Blog Freethinker's Page
Great American Speeches GreyMatter Guardian UK Hack the Planet Harvard Political Review In These Times Incendiary Introspection Indy Media International Sentinel, The Jim Hightower John Sugg Juan Cole Labyrinth (Medieval resources) LeanLeft Left is Right Lefty Directory, The LegitGov LiberalSlant Literary Kicks Live Journal Lucy Perkins
MadKane Mahablog Maureen Dowd MaxSpeak Media Matters Media Revolution MediaBurn Medieval Mayhem by Skelligsraven Meerkat Michael Moore Molly Ivens Mitch Kapor More from Harvard Mother Jones Movable Type MWO Mystic Fire Video Natalie Davis Native American Raven Lore News is Free NION NION - signers North Carolina Experiment, The North State Blogs
OJR Onion Online Journal Oxblog Oxford Democracy Forum Oxytocin PaidContent PBS Online Perfunctory Peter Merholz Philip Greenspun Plucky Popdex Project Censored Published.com Radio Userland RaptorMagic Raw Story Rebecca's Pocket Robert Anton Wilson RSSifyTool Rumi
Salam Pax Salon Second-Class Citizen Sisyphus Shrugged Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Slactivist Slash Slate Stand Down Syndic8 Take Back the Media The Nation The Rational Liberal thinking while typing Tom Tomorrow TomPaine TroubleTickets TrueMajority TruthOut
UK Parliament on the Web Unanswered Questions 911 Utne Online Village Voice w.bloggar Wallace Stevens Wanted: A Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Weblogs.com WhiskeyBar's List o' Lies
Who's Who in Mysticism Wintermute Z-Net Zope
RECENT ADDITIONS Broken Train Weblog Against War Peace Blogs LEFT is RIGHT Alternative Online News Outlets Eatonweb/NCDU Blogs The Rodent's Burrow CentrifugalForce Omega Point 2012
salonified blogs These are some of the blogs recommended by readers of TableTalk at Salon.com. Agonist ArmedLiberal BeetleSympathy Billmon T.Bogg Calpundit CitizenCites Claremont Weblog Command-Post Counterspin BarryCrimmins Cursor DearRaed Digbysblog DisgustedLiberal Ehrensteinland FailureIsImpossible TheGrandOldParty HermesPress Insurrection JaneGalt JubileeIraq TheLeftCoaster LetterFromGotham LiberalOasis
LinkPopularity LyingSocialistWeasels MainstreamList MajorBarbara J.Marshall
Maxspeak MingReport MyPhD NathanNewman NewLeftBlogs Nuisance NealPollack
Quasipundit Rittenhouse RogerAiles SalonBlog SDSessions SDPP.org RobertScheer
SkyeDreams SlicedAndDiced SmirkingChimp TAP Alternate Usn-dem-vet Vaara WealthBondage WorldCrossing/WebX
4ad Records Alchemy Journal Ampersand Amphetadesk Big Sur Tapes Blog of Collective Intelligence Blogpulse CafePress Boing Boing Bookslut, The Brad DeLong Bringthemhomenow.org Christopher Lydon CitiesForPeace Col. David Hackworth Conblog-The Indepundit Counterspin CrisisPapers Crooked Timber Cultural Creatives Cultural Elite, The Cyberjournalist.net
Daily Brew, The Daily Rant, The Dalkey Archives Dave Barry Dave Winer Daypop Dem Underground Democrats.com Desultor DonkeyRising Dreamvirus Journal EFF Esther Dyson ExitZero Facets Multimedia FastPolitics Finnegans Wake Concordex First Stone Florida Blog Freethinker's Page
Great American Speeches GreyMatter Guardian UK Hack the Planet Harvard Political Review In These Times Incendiary Introspection Indy Media International Sentinel, The Jim Hightower John Sugg Juan Cole Labyrinth (Medieval resources) LeanLeft Left is Right Lefty Directory, The LegitGov LiberalSlant Literary Kicks Live Journal Lucy Perkins
MadKane Mahablog Maureen Dowd MaxSpeak Media Matters Media Revolution MediaBurn Medieval Mayhem by Skelligsraven Meerkat Michael Moore Molly Ivens Mitch Kapor More from Harvard Mother Jones Movable Type MWO Mystic Fire Video Natalie Davis Native American Raven Lore News is Free NION NION - signers North Carolina Experiment, The North State Blogs
OJR Onion Online Journal Oxblog Oxford Democracy Forum Oxytocin PaidContent PBS Online Perfunctory Peter Merholz Philip Greenspun Plucky Popdex Project Censored Published.com Radio Userland RaptorMagic Raw Story Rebecca's Pocket Robert Anton Wilson RSSifyTool Rumi
Salam Pax Salon Second-Class Citizen Sisyphus Shrugged Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Slactivist Slash Slate Stand Down Syndic8 Take Back the Media The Nation The Rational Liberal thinking while typing Tom Tomorrow TomPaine TroubleTickets TrueMajority TruthOut
UK Parliament on the Web Unanswered Questions 911 Utne Online Village Voice w.bloggar Wallace Stevens Wanted: A Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Weblogs.com WhiskeyBar's List o' Lies
Who's Who in Mysticism Wintermute Z-Net Zope
RECENT ADDITIONS Broken Train Weblog Against War Peace Blogs LEFT is RIGHT Alternative Online News Outlets Eatonweb/NCDU Blogs The Rodent's Burrow CentrifugalForce Omega Point 2012
salonified blogs These are some of the blogs recommended by readers of TableTalk at Salon.com. Agonist ArmedLiberal BeetleSympathy Billmon T.Bogg Calpundit CitizenCites Claremont Weblog Command-Post Counterspin BarryCrimmins Cursor DearRaed Digbysblog DisgustedLiberal Ehrensteinland FailureIsImpossible TheGrandOldParty HermesPress Insurrection JaneGalt JubileeIraq TheLeftCoaster LetterFromGotham LiberalOasis
LinkPopularity LyingSocialistWeasels MainstreamList MajorBarbara J.Marshall
Maxspeak MingReport MyPhD NathanNewman NewLeftBlogs Nuisance NealPollack
Quasipundit Rittenhouse RogerAiles SalonBlog SDSessions SDPP.org RobertScheer
SkyeDreams SlicedAndDiced SmirkingChimp TAP Alternate Usn-dem-vet Vaara WealthBondage WorldCrossing/WebX
Revenge of the Bond Traders - by Robert B. Reich
American Prospect Online - ViewWeb
"Meet some folks on Wall Street who might not like Bush's Social Security privatization. "
"Meet some folks on Wall Street who might not like Bush's Social Security privatization. "
The Dreams of George Bush by Robert L. Borosage
The Nation
My fellow Americans, my invasion and occupation of Iraq has cost thousands of lives, wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and provided a recruiting boon to Al Qaeda across the world. It has left America more isolated and less respected than ever. The election went better than I hoped, but there's no way to get out without the country descending into civil war and no way to stay without the insurgency and our casualties growing.
"My tax cuts left the country with record deficits, the slowest jobs growth since the Great Depression and the greatest inequality since the Gilded Age. My trade policies have racked up the highest trade deficits in the annals of nations, and left us dependent on the willingness of the Chinese and Japanese governments to keep buying our bonds despite the continuing fall of the dollar.
My fellow Americans, my invasion and occupation of Iraq has cost thousands of lives, wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and provided a recruiting boon to Al Qaeda across the world. It has left America more isolated and less respected than ever. The election went better than I hoped, but there's no way to get out without the country descending into civil war and no way to stay without the insurgency and our casualties growing.
"My tax cuts left the country with record deficits, the slowest jobs growth since the Great Depression and the greatest inequality since the Gilded Age. My trade policies have racked up the highest trade deficits in the annals of nations, and left us dependent on the willingness of the Chinese and Japanese governments to keep buying our bonds despite the continuing fall of the dollar.
Think Progress | Nick Lewis's Weblog
Think Progress | Nick Lewis's Weblog
The Center for America Progress is now publishing a new blog called Think Progress. I'm Impressed. Listed below is their explanation of "what we're all about":
What We're Fighting For:
Social and Economic Justice
Healthy Communities
Global Leadership
A Secure America
What We're Fighting Against:
Corrupt Establishment
Incompetent Establishment
Braindead Media
Radical Right-Wing Agenda
The Center for America Progress is now publishing a new blog called Think Progress. I'm Impressed. Listed below is their explanation of "what we're all about":
What We're Fighting For:
Social and Economic Justice
Healthy Communities
Global Leadership
A Secure America
What We're Fighting Against:
Corrupt Establishment
Incompetent Establishment
Braindead Media
Radical Right-Wing Agenda
"I used to be known as quite the conservative."
Jake To The Bone: What I've been saying.
"I used to be known as quite the conservative. I listened to lame-brained Limbaugh on a regular basis, and even listened to the re-runs on the weekends. I voted for Reagan and Bush I...twice. As a church-owned teen, and as the son of a preacher, I opposed evolution.
Thank God that somewhere, somehow along the way something in my brain -- that nagging little voice that serves as everyone's baloney detector -- clicked, and I started doing homework. Maybe it started in college in my Anthropology class. Who knows.
The main point is, I started thinking, I started suspecting I was being lied to, and I started to do the hard work of being a citizen -- homework...with the TV sound turned down. " MORE
"I used to be known as quite the conservative. I listened to lame-brained Limbaugh on a regular basis, and even listened to the re-runs on the weekends. I voted for Reagan and Bush I...twice. As a church-owned teen, and as the son of a preacher, I opposed evolution.
Thank God that somewhere, somehow along the way something in my brain -- that nagging little voice that serves as everyone's baloney detector -- clicked, and I started doing homework. Maybe it started in college in my Anthropology class. Who knows.
The main point is, I started thinking, I started suspecting I was being lied to, and I started to do the hard work of being a citizen -- homework...with the TV sound turned down. " MORE
Is Bush Senior...Deep Throat? And is he ill?
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Poetsarus.com: Exclusively For Blogging Poets
Blog aggregators are popping-up all over the Internet, but to my knowledge, this aggregator created Feburary 4, 2005, is the first aggregator for blogging poets. If you'd like to add your poetry web-log to this aggregator please send me an e-mail to: idlehandsmag@gmail.com Be sure to include your URL and your feed(s).
(via Billy the Blogging Poet)
(via Billy the Blogging Poet)
UNC-Chapel Hill creates Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity
names former Sen. John Edwards as director
(via Ed and Zhoodah)
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is launching a Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity that will be led by former U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
The Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity will be a nonpartisan initiative, bringing together UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and other national public policy experts to examine innovative and practical ideas for moving more Americans out of poverty and into the middle class. The center will have an advisory committee of senior faculty representing multiple disciplines across campus. In addition to leading the center, Edwards also will serve as a guest lecturer on campus.
"John Edwards is a distinguished Carolina alumnus, and we are delighted that he will return to campus to bring together today’s best minds to focus on issues that affect us all," Chancellor James Moeser said.
(via Ed and Zhoodah)
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is launching a Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity that will be led by former U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
The Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity will be a nonpartisan initiative, bringing together UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and other national public policy experts to examine innovative and practical ideas for moving more Americans out of poverty and into the middle class. The center will have an advisory committee of senior faculty representing multiple disciplines across campus. In addition to leading the center, Edwards also will serve as a guest lecturer on campus.
"John Edwards is a distinguished Carolina alumnus, and we are delighted that he will return to campus to bring together today’s best minds to focus on issues that affect us all," Chancellor James Moeser said.
Bucky Goldstein, I mean Kinky Friedman To Run For Governor of Texas
Unconventional country singer/author Kinky Friedman has announced he will run as an independent for governor of Texas in 2006. The 60-year-old planned to announce his candidacy in front of the Alamo. After that, all bets were off as to how Friedman would run his campaign.
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Friday, February 04, 2005
Progressive Bible
The American Street puts it all together
George Lakoff is not the only genius helping to put Progressives on the map and into office. Now The American Street has done the work that will keep Progressives in good stead for months and years to come.
Come to the site. Bookmark it. Join. And if you can...donate.
It really is haaard work! This page should be a staple in every Progressive library and blogroll. 5 stars! *****
George Lakoff is not the only genius helping to put Progressives on the map and into office. Now The American Street has done the work that will keep Progressives in good stead for months and years to come.
Come to the site. Bookmark it. Join. And if you can...donate.
It really is haaard work! This page should be a staple in every Progressive library and blogroll. 5 stars! *****
The Propaganda President - George W. Bush does his best Kim Jong-il.
By Jack Shafer
If "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il of North Korea and George W. Bush ever meet, I suspect the two will bond like long-lost brothers. Both men are first-born sons of powerful fathers who partied like adolescents well into their adult lives, after which they submitted to their dynastic fates as heads of state.
Both avoid critical thought, preferring to surround themselves with yes men and apply propagandistic slogans to the onrushing complexities of justice, culture, economics, and foreign policy. Bush churns out buzz phrases with the best of them: He believes in "compassionate conservatism" and fancies himself part of the "army of compassion." He's the "reformer with results" who embraces the "culture of life." He shouts his paeans to "liberty" and "freedom" (a combined 27 times during last night's State of the Union speech, according to today's Washington Post) while reducing civil liberties at home.
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If "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il of North Korea and George W. Bush ever meet, I suspect the two will bond like long-lost brothers. Both men are first-born sons of powerful fathers who partied like adolescents well into their adult lives, after which they submitted to their dynastic fates as heads of state.
Both avoid critical thought, preferring to surround themselves with yes men and apply propagandistic slogans to the onrushing complexities of justice, culture, economics, and foreign policy. Bush churns out buzz phrases with the best of them: He believes in "compassionate conservatism" and fancies himself part of the "army of compassion." He's the "reformer with results" who embraces the "culture of life." He shouts his paeans to "liberty" and "freedom" (a combined 27 times during last night's State of the Union speech, according to today's Washington Post) while reducing civil liberties at home.
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MrWondrous : One-Man Internet
MrWondrous : One-Man Internet
More memory lane stuff dug from the webarchives. This is an index of a few dozen old webpages dating from 1994.
More memory lane stuff dug from the webarchives. This is an index of a few dozen old webpages dating from 1994.
World Peace Treaty 2000
World Peace Treaty 2000
I created this back in 1995. Needless to say, it didn't happen.
It is archived at the Wayback Machine...replete with broken art.
Memory lane stuff.
I created this back in 1995. Needless to say, it didn't happen.
It is archived at the Wayback Machine...replete with broken art.
Memory lane stuff.
Diane Gail Kelly Goldberg ( -2005) - SFWA News
Death of a friend...
:(
If you knew Kelly, you may sign the guestbook. Her works, pictures and writing can be found here and here.
:(
If you knew Kelly, you may sign the guestbook. Her works, pictures and writing can be found here and here.
Adolescent General loves to play shoot-em-up
Sick General
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Marine Corps general who said it was "fun to shoot some people" should have chosen his words more carefully but will not be disciplined, military officials said on Thursday.
Lt. Gen. James Mattis, who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and is slated to be portrayed by star actor Harrison Ford in an upcoming Hollywood movie, made the comments at a conference on Tuesday in San Diego, California.
"Actually it's quite fun to fight 'em, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling," Mattis said.
"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said during a panel discussion. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
Kids!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Marine Corps general who said it was "fun to shoot some people" should have chosen his words more carefully but will not be disciplined, military officials said on Thursday.
Lt. Gen. James Mattis, who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and is slated to be portrayed by star actor Harrison Ford in an upcoming Hollywood movie, made the comments at a conference on Tuesday in San Diego, California.
"Actually it's quite fun to fight 'em, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling," Mattis said.
"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said during a panel discussion. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
Kids!
Antarctic ice sheet is an 'awakened giant'
New Scientist Breaking News - Antarctic ice sheet is an 'awakened giant'
From the scientific point of view it is now very likely that there will be again another Ice Age, quite soon, in the world, that we shall have the north part of the world all frozen like it used to be, and we're beginning to have natural disasters, from the scientists' study it seems likely that we should soon begin to have these great changes in the earth's climate so people will not be able to live where they have, and the oceans will rise, and many cities will be flooded, like London, and Calcutta, and so on. These things, they say, will happen, according to scientific theory, in about forty years at the most, but maybe even quicker. - J.G. Bennett as heard on Robert Fripp's "Exposure" album, circa 1979.
From the scientific point of view it is now very likely that there will be again another Ice Age, quite soon, in the world, that we shall have the north part of the world all frozen like it used to be, and we're beginning to have natural disasters, from the scientists' study it seems likely that we should soon begin to have these great changes in the earth's climate so people will not be able to live where they have, and the oceans will rise, and many cities will be flooded, like London, and Calcutta, and so on. These things, they say, will happen, according to scientific theory, in about forty years at the most, but maybe even quicker. - J.G. Bennett as heard on Robert Fripp's "Exposure" album, circa 1979.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
The Independent Weekly: Winners, quitters and bloggers
Triangle bloggercon and more
Building community--both online and offline--is the theme of the conference. Zuiker hopes the Triangle will develop the kind of community that's been going strong in the Greensboro area.
The conference is free and open to the public. It starts at 9 a.m. and officially ends at 12:30 p.m., though conversations are sure to follow at Franklin Street eateries. Special guest Dan Gillmor, a blogger from the Bay Area who's become an evangelist for grassroots journalism, will also give a free public presentation on Monday, Feb. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall at UNC-CH.
Patrick Eakes reminds me that the legend himself, Mr. Dave Winer of DaveNet, Scripting News, and Harvard Shorenstein, is also slated to attend.
A splendid time is guaranteed for all...
Building community--both online and offline--is the theme of the conference. Zuiker hopes the Triangle will develop the kind of community that's been going strong in the Greensboro area.
The conference is free and open to the public. It starts at 9 a.m. and officially ends at 12:30 p.m., though conversations are sure to follow at Franklin Street eateries. Special guest Dan Gillmor, a blogger from the Bay Area who's become an evangelist for grassroots journalism, will also give a free public presentation on Monday, Feb. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall at UNC-CH.
Patrick Eakes reminds me that the legend himself, Mr. Dave Winer of DaveNet, Scripting News, and Harvard Shorenstein, is also slated to attend.
A splendid time is guaranteed for all...
Social Security Stolen: Bush raids Lockbox then complains of shortfall
Kids. This never would have happened under a Gore Presidency
You never heard the word, Lockbox. Instead you heard Bush warning that there will be a shortfall. Well, duh! Why don’t you just put the money back, Doofus, and tell the top 1% to “do it for the kids”.
Should Bush back off on the tax cut to the top 1% which has led to the shortfall in the Social Security, and which would have been protected under a Gore administration, and, so to say, “do it for the kids”? Take the poll.
You never heard the word, Lockbox. Instead you heard Bush warning that there will be a shortfall. Well, duh! Why don’t you just put the money back, Doofus, and tell the top 1% to “do it for the kids”.
Should Bush back off on the tax cut to the top 1% which has led to the shortfall in the Social Security, and which would have been protected under a Gore administration, and, so to say, “do it for the kids”? Take the poll.
semidi :: Privatization Pitfalls
From Semidi: on Social Security: "Think Progress has a few excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article that examines the many ways that privatizing retirement programs in other countries as the Bush Junta wants to do with Social Security has been a miserable failure. "
Dave Winer comes to North Carolina
via EdCone.com
Dave Winer will visit the News & Record next week and plans on "going to school on their citizen journalism project. On Wednesday the 9th (Ed Cone is) going to lead a discussion at the News and Record, with bloggers and pros, 7PM at 200 East Market St, Greensboro, open to all."
From Dave Winer:
"I spend three nights in Greensboro, North Carolina, going to school on their citizen journalism project. On Wednesday the 9th I'm going to lead a discussion at the News and Record, with bloggers and pros, 7PM at 200 East Market St, Greensboro, open to all. On Friday head over to Chapel Hill for the North Carolina BloggerCon."
Dave Winer will visit the News & Record next week and plans on "going to school on their citizen journalism project. On Wednesday the 9th (Ed Cone is) going to lead a discussion at the News and Record, with bloggers and pros, 7PM at 200 East Market St, Greensboro, open to all."
From Dave Winer:
"I spend three nights in Greensboro, North Carolina, going to school on their citizen journalism project. On Wednesday the 9th I'm going to lead a discussion at the News and Record, with bloggers and pros, 7PM at 200 East Market St, Greensboro, open to all. On Friday head over to Chapel Hill for the North Carolina BloggerCon."
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Charlotte Astronomical Society
Diagram shows the comparative apparent size of the Sun as seen from some planets.
Charlotte Astronomical Society is a project by Garrick Wells.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Nonny is over at The American Street today...
The American Street
Among his offering:
- Moses Mistook “His” “Roses”
- Being-For-Itself Meets Godzilla
- Bullets May Cause Lead Poisoning
- Guns Are For Chickens
These things and more...
Among his offering:
- Moses Mistook “His” “Roses”
- Being-For-Itself Meets Godzilla
- Bullets May Cause Lead Poisoning
- Guns Are For Chickens
These things and more...
Monday, January 31, 2005
Iraq Election: The Day After
Now that the Iraqis have had the opportunity to stain their finger, the world can rest assured that all is well, everyone can go home now. Freedom and Democracy has arrived. Mission accomplished. Lapis is the new vermillion. But was it lapis? Maybe my colors have been adjusted. My horizontal. My verticle. (O how I do love to misspell that word!)
So see ya later, Iraq! We'll be leaving now! Thanks for all the good times!
Ingrate bastards! And after all we have done to, I mean, for, them. Sheesh!
And so the saga continues. Will George be able to move the soldiers from Iraq and into Iran and Syria without people getting all huffy and squishy?
Wait and see!
FREEDOM
Coming to a theater near you!
So see ya later, Iraq! We'll be leaving now! Thanks for all the good times!
Ingrate bastards! And after all we have done to, I mean, for, them. Sheesh!
And so the saga continues. Will George be able to move the soldiers from Iraq and into Iran and Syria without people getting all huffy and squishy?
Wait and see!
FREEDOM
Coming to a theater near you!
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Scrutiny Hooligans: Is This Photo Propaganda?
Scrutiny Hooligans: Is This Photo Propaganda?
Includes photos and images of Iraq you probably haven't seen.
Includes photos and images of Iraq you probably haven't seen.
Daily Kos :: Collapse of The Military--Vietnam's Lesson of What's To Come
by Paul Rosenberg
An astonishing account of the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and much more, framed nicely by Mr. Rosenberg.
An astonishing account of the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and much more, framed nicely by Mr. Rosenberg.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Brother Blue - Where do we go from here?
Brother Blue - Where do we go from here?
What a delight to run across Brother Blue at the Where do we go from here? site...which I highly recomment, and which has recruited Joe Wilson, Larry Fahn of Sierra Club, John Passacantando, of Greenpeace, John Stauber of the Center for Media & Democracy, Andrew Boyd of Billionaires for Bush among others as contributors. Check it out!
Brother Blue was a fixture in Harvard Square back in the '80s, where he would delight crowd upon crowd with his delightful stories and antics. Imagine Sammy Davis Jr. dressed entirely in blue, and you've pretty much got Brother Blue.
Some of his work is here.
What a delight to run across Brother Blue at the Where do we go from here? site...which I highly recomment, and which has recruited Joe Wilson, Larry Fahn of Sierra Club, John Passacantando, of Greenpeace, John Stauber of the Center for Media & Democracy, Andrew Boyd of Billionaires for Bush among others as contributors. Check it out!
Brother Blue was a fixture in Harvard Square back in the '80s, where he would delight crowd upon crowd with his delightful stories and antics. Imagine Sammy Davis Jr. dressed entirely in blue, and you've pretty much got Brother Blue.
Some of his work is here.
Conservatives vs Progressives
Over at the Principles Project, there is a discussion on the difference between Progressives and Conservatives.
Here were my general observations:
1. Lakoff is spot on when he locates one major difference between the two POVs in each's image of God, and their imitation thereof.Conservatives tend to think of a Strict Father, Liberals and Progressives tend to think of a Nurturing Parent -- certainly less sexist right from the start. And their umbrella metaphor covers nearly aspect of each's worldview.
2. A second distinction cuts across the egoism/ego-transcendence spectrum, or egoism/altrusm. It has been my experience that people who are involved in, or who have transcended the Ego...tend toward the Progressive side of the dial. Same with altruists.
3. Creative vs Reactive. Bob Fritz wrote eloquently about these competing worldviews. Artists and other creative types tend to be progressives, while those who react against their creations are the Conservatives.
4. Conscious vs Mechanical. As DH Lawrence says, "Death is not evil, Evil is mechanical." Well so is War and so much else. As Gurdjieff says, humans are asleep. Mechanical automatons in the main. Consciousness is the way out. Progressives are not afraid of being conscious, living life authentically, not mechanically nodding the head to every bloviation that comes their way.
5. Fear vs Love. Conservatives are moved and motivated by fear, Progressives by love, its antonym.
6. Visionary vs Rote. Progressives dare to dream big, GOOD dreams. Not PNAC-grade malevolence. We know that vision is a reality, so to speak, and that visionaries, not just echatologistic armageddonists are to be valued and heard.
7. The world is our oyster. Progressives can draw from the wisdom of the ancients and the east, or wherever it is to be found. Conservatives tend to shun universities, professors, yogis, gurus, sages, seers...if they don't fit into their little box of acceptable reading. We can read Darwin AND the Bible...AND the Bhagavad-Gita, AND the Tao te Ching...
8. When money is no longer the summom bonum, and human capital, wisdom, intellect, creativity, goodness make their overdue rise...tides will turn, tipping points will be reached, and bright outcomes can once again be anticipated.
9. Racism. At least down here in the South, there is the racial component which cannot be underestimated. Some folks are Conservatives just to be among white folk, and many Progressives are so in order to stand in solidarity with non-whites, knowing among other things, that there is still gross inequities and injustices that need addressing.
10. Deference vs Autonomy. Conservatives tend to toe the party line, and defer to those they perceive as more powerful. Progressives are less likely to do this, especially when facing untruths or bad behavior.
11. Competition vs Cooperation. Consider the relationship between sports and competition, sports and war, war and competition. They are interrelated. Libs and Progressives tend more toward diplomacy, cooperation. And speaking of which...every Progressive should read "The Evolution of Cooperation", as it will will help build a better organization, society and citizenry.
Not comprehensive, but a start...
So...which is the most important distinction? Take the poll!
Here were my general observations:
1. Lakoff is spot on when he locates one major difference between the two POVs in each's image of God, and their imitation thereof.Conservatives tend to think of a Strict Father, Liberals and Progressives tend to think of a Nurturing Parent -- certainly less sexist right from the start. And their umbrella metaphor covers nearly aspect of each's worldview.
2. A second distinction cuts across the egoism/ego-transcendence spectrum, or egoism/altrusm. It has been my experience that people who are involved in, or who have transcended the Ego...tend toward the Progressive side of the dial. Same with altruists.
3. Creative vs Reactive. Bob Fritz wrote eloquently about these competing worldviews. Artists and other creative types tend to be progressives, while those who react against their creations are the Conservatives.
4. Conscious vs Mechanical. As DH Lawrence says, "Death is not evil, Evil is mechanical." Well so is War and so much else. As Gurdjieff says, humans are asleep. Mechanical automatons in the main. Consciousness is the way out. Progressives are not afraid of being conscious, living life authentically, not mechanically nodding the head to every bloviation that comes their way.
5. Fear vs Love. Conservatives are moved and motivated by fear, Progressives by love, its antonym.
6. Visionary vs Rote. Progressives dare to dream big, GOOD dreams. Not PNAC-grade malevolence. We know that vision is a reality, so to speak, and that visionaries, not just echatologistic armageddonists are to be valued and heard.
7. The world is our oyster. Progressives can draw from the wisdom of the ancients and the east, or wherever it is to be found. Conservatives tend to shun universities, professors, yogis, gurus, sages, seers...if they don't fit into their little box of acceptable reading. We can read Darwin AND the Bible...AND the Bhagavad-Gita, AND the Tao te Ching...
8. When money is no longer the summom bonum, and human capital, wisdom, intellect, creativity, goodness make their overdue rise...tides will turn, tipping points will be reached, and bright outcomes can once again be anticipated.
9. Racism. At least down here in the South, there is the racial component which cannot be underestimated. Some folks are Conservatives just to be among white folk, and many Progressives are so in order to stand in solidarity with non-whites, knowing among other things, that there is still gross inequities and injustices that need addressing.
10. Deference vs Autonomy. Conservatives tend to toe the party line, and defer to those they perceive as more powerful. Progressives are less likely to do this, especially when facing untruths or bad behavior.
11. Competition vs Cooperation. Consider the relationship between sports and competition, sports and war, war and competition. They are interrelated. Libs and Progressives tend more toward diplomacy, cooperation. And speaking of which...every Progressive should read "The Evolution of Cooperation", as it will will help build a better organization, society and citizenry.
Not comprehensive, but a start...
So...which is the most important distinction? Take the poll!
voting on progressive principles begins
from Daily Kos Diarist "Juls"
the 2020 Democrats have spearheaded a wonderful and important project: using a highly interactive website to aid discussion and drafting of a set of progressive principles. this is a four week project, now into its second week. people have been logging in to discuss and propose various changes to the first draft. today and tomorrow everyone has an opportunity to vote on the proposed changes.
the 2020 Democrats have spearheaded a wonderful and important project: using a highly interactive website to aid discussion and drafting of a set of progressive principles. this is a four week project, now into its second week. people have been logging in to discuss and propose various changes to the first draft. today and tomorrow everyone has an opportunity to vote on the proposed changes.
Can you trust a man with bangs?
The Michael Jackson of the Blogosphere
Who is this strange-looking man, who wears his hair in bangs long after his age dictates that he do otherwise, and goggles that would scarely improve Al Yankovic? Why it is none other than the famous Instapundit himself. Glenn Reynolds. The man who had he named his blog "Glenn Reynolds" would have wound up licking crumbs from the basement of the blogosphere.
Read more about Mister Reynolds the Instapundit as anonyMoses explores his latest struggle with superficiality at Daily Kos.
Greensboro News & Record vs Charlotte Observer : 43-0
Go to the Charlotte Observer and do a search for "blog".
When I did it today, I came up with a big ZERO.
Search the Greensboro News & Record and what do you get?
43!
Someone should tell the folks at the Observer that they are atavistic, behind the times, missing the boat. And someone whould applaude the Greensboro News & Record for besting the Observer by being frankly more relevant.
When I did it today, I came up with a big ZERO.
Search the Greensboro News & Record and what do you get?
43!
Someone should tell the folks at the Observer that they are atavistic, behind the times, missing the boat. And someone whould applaude the Greensboro News & Record for besting the Observer by being frankly more relevant.
Friday, January 28, 2005
The Wayback Machine: A decade of old stuff, archived alas!
I had heard for years that such a thing existed, and one day hoped to look up some old websites. Well, that day is today, thanks to Roch Smith Jr. from Greensboro101 who brought to my attention The Wayback Machine. In many cases the art didn't survive, and many of the links are defunct, but the basics are still there, simplistic though they certainly are.
The following are links to Wayback's archival copies of the original web pages:
VIRTUAL BOHEMIA: THE LEFT BANK OF CYBERSPACE
My first webpage, composed in 1995, was called Virtual Bohemia: The Left Bank of Cyberspace, and had links to other creations such as:
IBMW : Internet Business Marketing World
Master List
Charlotte Internet Society
Virtual Charlotte
Seers Catalog
Advanced Tones of Voice
David the Letterman
Snail World
Genius Search
Rapid Ear Movement
Society of Future Trillionaires (SOFT)
Life After Money
Nicotine Addicts Anonymous (NAA) "Just say NAA !"
Nostradavid
RH Positive
Explaining each would take too much time. Most have long outlived their usefulness. These are compiled here. The name Microjesus was picked up in 1995 after I had dropped my AOL account under the name of Megajesus, which was my first screen name online.
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CHARLOTTEINTERNET.COM
Eventually I moved to Sprynet, where I had what I call a fortified mirror site. The previous work was housed on my computer in Massachusetts, and my Sprynet work was on my Charlotte computer, and is sadly unarchived. Later, I moved to charlotteinternet which is compiled here. You may note that it changes considerably over the months and years.
For example, see this different months:
Oct 01, 1999
Mar 01, 2001
Sep 25, 2001
Dec 02, 2001
Aug 06, 2002
Feb 13, 2003
Some of the links that were archived are:
Genius Search
Dave Beckwith Art Gallery
Dave Beckwith Sculpture Gallery
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BIRDFINGER.COM
Then I decided to get into comedy, so I created a website called Birdfinger, which was not entirely unlike The Onion, although lacking the humorous element.
Birdfinger is archived here.
June 2000 July 2000 Aug 16, 2000
Special Amerigeddon Issue
Jan 24, 2001 Mar 02, 2001 Jul 23, 2001
Jan 21, 2002 Jul 22, 2002 Sep 26, 2002
Jan 30, 2003
IDEACONSULTANTS.COM
It being the '90s, I was holder of dozens of domains, most with great names, and one I stupidly turned down half a mil for in the late 90s. Worldssexiest.com. Maybe Hugh Hefner or Larry Flynt will make me a reasonable offer...
I included many of the domains within and under the umbrella of IdeaConsultants.com, which is archived here. Unfortunately the projects link doesn't work. Haven't checked the others. Never did much with it anyway. Better as a blog. Oh, but I did find the list of domains listed here.
They include:
HighTextiles ShadeWear PeaceGoods FutureGoods
UnitedStatesofEarth PeaceFutures Sharevenue EarMusic
TheFirstTrillionaire BrainchildPress iBMW WorldsSexiest
YouthInternational SeersCatalog Birdfinger GrowLife
TheHomeLoaner MajorAdvances SexyJets FloodMoney
UpperClassifieds GreenModerate LilithAge WritersCafe
TradeStreetJournal HDcableTV OutreLimits
CharlotteInternet PeoplesEmpire VirtualBohemia GeniusSearch
IdeaManagement eBizIncubator GiftEconomy GreenWitchVillage
TofuChicken FreeSouth 4-MD LoanLow
RVking GoToDo INeedSpeed Enviropress
InfoMinutes CharityBrokers a1Eats BandwidthRX
And now I own but three... Ah the ups and downs!
NUCULUS
I had a couple of Blog-city blogs go defunct on me, and the Wayback Machine picked them up too. Here is Nuculus. Now if I can just remember the names of the others...
ANONYMOSES THE FIRST
Once there was a time when the sidebar on this site was on the left, and not the right, side. Even the blogroll was different than it is now, considerably. But I had to be a smarty pants and change templates, thus wiping out my former work. Well I found the first Anonymoses as well.
Wonders never cease!
AUTOARCHAEOLOGY
Having only just begun this walk down memory lane, I am reminded of a concept that has long trotted through my mind, and that being autoarchaeology, or autopsychoarchaeology...although that might be an unnecessary iteration. Many of you who have a history that you may have thought was lost, for good or ill, may well find riches, or otherwise, within these archives.
MOREOVER...
You can, say, find the front page of the New York Times on 9/11. Things like that...
Happy mining! And thanks, Roch!
For ye Word Joneses: Urban Dictionary
Nick Lewis:
"Urban Dictionary is my favorite new site. It allows users to make their own definitions for words, and other users can either give their definition a thumbs up or thumbs down. The highest rated definition always appears on top."
I personally can't wait to give it a whirl. Meet ya there...
"Urban Dictionary is my favorite new site. It allows users to make their own definitions for words, and other users can either give their definition a thumbs up or thumbs down. The highest rated definition always appears on top."
I personally can't wait to give it a whirl. Meet ya there...
The Glasses Go Dim : The Death of Philip Johnson
My favorite Johnson
Philip Johnson obituary (via Rafe Coburn)
Whilst traipsing through the Wayback Machine, I discovered, or recovered, some old "art" with the AT&T building taking center stage, and showing it's relationship to Central Park.
Silflay Hraka: Sixty Years After
Silflay Hraka: Sixty Years After
Photos of the arrogance of power. May we evolve, dear God, from this type of inhumanity.
Photos of the arrogance of power. May we evolve, dear God, from this type of inhumanity.
Bill Clinton at Davos
At Davos Forum, Every Topic Is Fair Game for Bill Clinton
Watch as Big Dog shows the world what being a leader is all about. It has nothing to do with killing.
Watch as Big Dog shows the world what being a leader is all about. It has nothing to do with killing.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Eliot Weinberger : What I Heard about Iraq
London Review of Books (via Mathew Gross)
In 1992, a year after the first Gulf War, I heard Dick Cheney, then secretary of defense, say that the US had been wise not to invade Baghdad and get ‘bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq’. I heard him say: ‘The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is: not that damned many.’
MORE
Not that many? Bring out the parsers!
In 1992, a year after the first Gulf War, I heard Dick Cheney, then secretary of defense, say that the US had been wise not to invade Baghdad and get ‘bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq’. I heard him say: ‘The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is: not that damned many.’
MORE
Not that many? Bring out the parsers!
"Art serves to rinse out the eyes". - Karl Kraus
RECENT CARTOONS FROM AROUND THE WEB
We'll be greeted as liberators...
Bush: On Freedom
BushWorld: Reward Incompetence
Again...
Congress gets tough with Condi
The Real Cost of the War
Is Bush A.D.D.?
"Take us to your leader!"
How Bush is like JFK
Republicans reach across the aisle...
...and, of course, the great collections at ZenComix.
(Thanks to Jonathan McVity for the wonderful translation of Karl Kraus' marvelous words in his Dicta and Contradicta. If you see this, old boy, do pay a visit!)
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Vote Iddybud: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Wampum: The Koufax Awards: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Our friend, Iddybud, is in the running at the Koufax Awards, in the aforestated category. She is one of the hardest working and gifted bloggers around and would appreciate your vote. Please take two minutes and post a comment in favor of her selection.
-Dave
Our friend, Iddybud, is in the running at the Koufax Awards, in the aforestated category. She is one of the hardest working and gifted bloggers around and would appreciate your vote. Please take two minutes and post a comment in favor of her selection.
-Dave
China: Meet the New Boss
Yahoo! News - China's economy grows 9.5 percent in 2004 vs 9.3 percent in 2003
Ni hui shuo zhongwen ma?
Ni hui shuo zhongwen ma?
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Johnny Carson Dies at 79
The torch passes...
No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.
-Hermann Broch
No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.
-Hermann Broch
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
SnailWorld Sucks Up to Godly Bloggers
As bloggers take their rightful place as Jesuses of the Newish Age, the snail world will want to latch on and pretend they are cool too. Do not let them. Scrape them from the bottom of your shoe like daagpu. Here are some examples of their egregious diffidence:
Writers and Bloggers Wanted
When Bloggers Make News
When blogging can get you locked up
Blog nice, everyone
Judiciary will need to know bloggers' rights
Bloggers could save journalism
Bloggers, Do Your Thing
CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers
Bloggers' newest power: rating Super Bowl ads
The Betrayal of the "IraqTheModel" Bloggers
Search Leaders, Bloggers Band to Fight Comment Spam
IP Bloggers at ABA TechShow
Writers and Bloggers Wanted
When Bloggers Make News
When blogging can get you locked up
Blog nice, everyone
Judiciary will need to know bloggers' rights
Bloggers could save journalism
Bloggers, Do Your Thing
CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers
Bloggers' newest power: rating Super Bowl ads
The Betrayal of the "IraqTheModel" Bloggers
Search Leaders, Bloggers Band to Fight Comment Spam
IP Bloggers at ABA TechShow
Monday, January 17, 2005
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