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Sunday, September 7th, 2008Caroline Kennedy Endorses Obama & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-01-27
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
A President Like My Father - New York Times
Senator Obama .. has built a movement that is changing the face of politics in this country, and he has demonstrated a special gift for inspiring young people — known for a willingness to volunteer, but an aversion to politics — to become engaged (tags: 2008 politics)
Bury Strangers/Holy F*ck Tour on JamBase
February 14th marks a Valentine’s Day Massacre as the total sonic annihilators in APTBS begin a North American tour which includes dates with “Toronto’s Evil Supergroup,” Holy Fuck. This will be the band’s first time visiting many of these markets (tags: aptbs)
2008 Election Guide, A Place to Bury Strangers, NetBeans, Binary Numbers, Programming Languageslinks for 2008-01-26
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
- Election Guide 2008 - Presidential Election - Politics
To become the Democratic nominee for president, a candidate needs to capture a majority of the 4,049 delegate votes. State primaries and caucuses select 3,253 “pledged” delegates, who are obligated to vote for the candidate their state chose. (tags: politics primaries election 2008 primary democratic map) - Only A Northern Song: A Simple Plan
If you haven’t yet heard of this group, trust me, you will. They bring Joy Division, Cure, and Stone Roses to mind, but they are modern, hard and a bit glammy. (tags: aptbs) - NetBeans attempts to eclipse Eclipse | InfoWorld | Review | 2006-04-13 | By Andrew BinstockNetBeans
5.0 is a substantial upgrade to what was already a very solid IDE. This release reveals many new features, enhancements, and a slight repositioning, as Sun attempts to shine the spotlight on aspects that take NetBeans beyond the pure-play IDE. (tags: netbeans eclipse java ide) - Binary Numbers
The purpose of this little article is to better explain the binary number system, how to convert from the binary to decimal number systems, and how to convert from the decimal to binary number systems. (tags: binary number system) - O’Reilly — The History of Programming Languages
Now there are more than 2,500 documented programming languages! O’Reilly has produced a poster called History of Programming Languages (PDF: 701K), which plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline. (tags: computer history languages programming)
Remarks about Bush in the Toronto Star
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Today’s Toronto Star contains an opinion piece titled “Bush’s woes ensure little will get done.” The piece discusses the situation that since Bush is unpopular, unsuccessful, and generally viewed as inept, that while the leaders of Mexico and Canada and Bush meeting today, it is likely that they will try to keep their distance from Bush and his ideas.
“Bush is viral,” says a long-time insider who has seen two generations of Canadian and Mexican leaders interact privately with this Uncle of Sam. “Politically, no one can afford to get too close to him.”
An infectious president creates two problems: One for the staggering process to advance shared North American interests, the other for a minority Prime Minister struggling for a majority.
Bush’s unpopularity makes it virtually certain leaders will leave the nearby Montebello resort having accomplished little more than deepening conspiracy theories that the security and prosperity agenda is a cover for accelerated continental integration. Sure, a final communiqué, both written and leaked before the meeting began, boasts new commitments to open borders, but progress on most of the 300-item, two-year-old to-do list is too small to measure.”
The piece also describes Bush as “crossbreed of elephant and lame-duck.” Well put.
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| U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: | 3706 |
| Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: | 1 |
| Total | 3707 |
DoD Confirmation List Latest Coalition Fatality: Aug 19, 2007
Source: Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count
bush-cheney web site blocks foreign visitors
Thursday, October 28th, 2004Doesn’t this seem to be xenophobic? The Bush-Cheney Web site, http://www.georgewbush.com/, has blocked access to the site by clients (browsers) that are located on foreign computers - those outside of the U.S. It’s not a complete ban because computes form Canada can view the site. Reports are available in the Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2668-2004Oct27.html.
Maybe it’s not that surprising since they only allow people who agree with them to attend campaign rallies, they get their news only from hand-picked resources, and don’t bother to respond to charges published in news outlets they don’t agree with (until the story gets so big they have to make some response.)
Other reports on this story are available from Netcraft, “Bush Campaign Web Site Rejects Non-US Visitors and BBC News, “Bush website blocked outside US. The report by Netcraft suggested that the blocking may be done to manage hosting costs. It does trim transfer rates to IP addresses outside of North America.
Cheney caught in a lie again
Wednesday, October 6th, 2004Cheney needs to check his facts:
“Xeni Jardin: During last night’s vice presidential debate, Dick Cheney advised viewers interested in his version of the facts about Halliburton to visit factcheck.com. Evidently, he meant to direct them to factcheck dot ORG, but mis-spoke. Factcheck dot COM redirects you to GeorgeSoros.com which contains arguments on “why we must not re-elect President George Bush.” Whups. :)” - from BoingBoing Blog.
From http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/003152.html
Cheney Met Edwards In and Out of the Senate
During The Vice Presidential Debate, Cheney Said The First Time He Met Edwards Was At The Debate That Night. During the first vice presidential debate, Vice President Cheney said: “In my capacity as vice president, I am the president of the senate, the presiding officer, I’m in the senate most tuesdays in session. The first time I met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.”
HOWEVER
Cheney Thanked Edwards At the National Prayer Breakfast. Addressing the National Prayer Breakast, Cheney said: “Thank you. Thank you very much. Congressman Watts, Senator Edwards, friends from across America and distinguished visitors to our country from all over the world, Lynne and I honored to be with you all this morning.” [FDCH Political Transcripts, Cheney Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, 2/1/01]
Senator Edwards Escorted Elizabeth Dole When She Was Sworn In As North Carolina’s Other Senator. Elizabeth Dole was sworn in as North Carolina’s other senator on January 8, 2003. Gannet News Service wrote: “As per Senate tradition, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., escorted her.” [Gannet News Service, 1/8/03]
• Dole Took The Senate Oath Administered By Vice President Dick Cheney. According to Gannet News Service: “[Dole] raised her right hand and took the oath administered by Vice President Dick Cheney, the Senate president.” [Gannet News Service, 1/8/03]
• Dole Was Also Escorted By Her Husband, Bob Dole. Gannet News Service wrote: “Her husband, former Senate majority leader and GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, also was by her side.” [Gannet News Service, 1/8/03]
“[Elizabeth Dole] carried her grandmother’s Bible and was escorted by her husband and Edwards as Vice President Dick Cheney administered the oath.” [Charlotte Observer, 1/8/03]
Posted by Ari Rabin-Havt on October 5, 2004 at 11:20 PM
With God on Our Side
Sunday, September 12th, 2004“With God On Our Side” by Bob Dylan was released in 1964 on his album The Times They are A-Changin’. It think that song echoed the feelings of many of us that the world seemed to be headed for self-annihilation.
I was thinking about the song yesterday while working in the garden, some 40 years after its release. It doesn’t seem that the world is as close to nuclear war as it was then. If we take it that the end of the cold war and collapse of the Soviet Union alleviated that threat, then maybe god was on our side, if you give, as is currently popular, President Reagan some of the credit for that. But we paid the price.
God in fact punished us because Reagan was president and the policies he and his cronies encouraged, and implemented through legislation and decrees, have done nothing but hurt this country for 20 years or more.
It’s a good song, though. “Masters of War” on Freewheelin Bob Dylan is another great one - with Dick Cheney being the poster boy for that song.
The usual: Republicans slander and lies
Friday, September 3rd, 2004Once again the RNC showed its colors at its convention this week. The speeches were particularly hateful, slanderous,and filled with lies. Who can believe or trust them? They want my vote? I know I can do better than that.
Here are some links that I found interesting to read on the subject:
Lies, Damned Lies, and Convention Speeches
Smear and Pivot
Feel the Hate
Why doesn’t the RNC deal with the real issues, such as the economy, health care, and quality of life for our society?
Running From Reality
Saturday, September 6th, 2008Anothe excellent op-ed piece in the NY Times today. “Running from reality,” by Rob Herbert. He accurately and succintly puts the Republican gobbleygook where it belongs.
Or, as Joe Biden said today “What fo you ttalk about when you have nothing to say about 8 years of failed policies?”
Tags: disingenuous, fantasy, Politics, republicans
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