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"Can a fringe branch of mathematics forecast the future? A special adviser to the CIA, Fortune 500 companies, and the U.S. Department of Defense certainly thinks so."
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Stephen Colbert: I am running for president
"Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on "The Colbert Report," tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race."
San Diego mayor backs same-sex marriage
"In a tearful explanation to the San Diego community, Republican mayor Jerry Sanders explains why he decided that he would support the gay marriage bill."
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All the billions spent to curb drug use have been in vain
"I know from experience that policy initiatives have never had any effect on levels of use or on addicts themselves"
Vote-swapping Web sites are legal, appeals court (finally) says
"It took seven years, but a federal appeals court has finally vindicated the creators of vote-swapping Web sites that let Al Gore and Ralph Nader fans support their chosen candidates in the 2000 presidential election."
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William Safire talks about how the title "strategist" is all the hype.
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"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview."
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A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease
"Bush, Grasping for Answers and Fixated on Iraq, Remains Resolute"
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Required Reading: the next 10 years
"The bottom line: I have decided to shift my academic work, and soon, my activism, away from the issues that have consumed me for the last 10 years, towards a new set of issues. Why and what are explained in the extended entry below."
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Gladwell: "Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage."
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All about the recently redesign US passport, which "comes with 13 inspirational quotes, including six from United States presidents and one from a Mohawk Thanksgiving speech."
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Moscow's suburb for billionaires
"Most people in Britain are now familiar with the scruffy, boyish and invariably unshaven features of Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea football club, and Russia's most famous billionaire."
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"As someone who's on the Web too many hours, I have wondered what changing screens hundreds of times each day to access different gobs of "information" has done to the way our brains order the world, which is known as human consciousness."
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Obama's Stock: Financial Misdealings a Persistent Criticism of African American Candidates
"This past Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Obama purchased stock in companies that stood to benefit from Obama’s policy advocacy in the U.S. Senate."
"Stratfor specializes in providing situational awareness, focused insight and actionable intelligence in the areas of geopolitics, security and public policy to help our clients prepare for uncertainties and take action for maximizing results."
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Texas Governer Orders HPV Vaccine
Surprise move mandates shots for schoolgirls to prevent sex virus that leads to cancer
Plan Will Allow 911 and 311 Lines to Accept Digital Images
"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who built his fortune on innovations in information technology, announced a plan yesterday that will allow emergency 911 call centers and the popular 311 service line to receive digital photos and videos from callers."
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Stephen Colbert explains the whole AT&T thing!
"AT&T just bought Cingular? Cingular was already owned by AT&T? Bellsouth owns who?! Let Stephen Colbert help you figure this out!"
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"The Saddam Hussein footage is horrifying. But it is also informative. Now we definitively know the truth and can attribute this knowledge to the public online viewing of smuggled footage taken from a cell phone."
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"In an age when many politicians seem molded from plastic, Obama's smoking may actually help his image"
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A collection of North American front pages from the day after Saddam's death.
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"But, because of the nature of non-digital reality, taking up label space with a notice that the meat is cloned would itself be metadata indicating that the government thinks such information is worth noting. Metadata in the physical world is a zero sum g
The Bloomberg-for-president scenario starts with the mayor’s growing sense of himself as a man of destiny. Throw in the country’s disgust with the two parties, add a half-a-billion bucks, and you’ve got yourself a race.
"The Bush administration's crazy new HHS appointment." This is scary stuff, the new head of family planning doesn't believe in birth control and thinks pre-marital sex causes brain damage.
Acceptance (doesn't equal) Acquiescence
"So what I'm coming to grips with is accepting that I don't live in a democratic nation, and that the propaganda state attempted in 1930's Europe did finally reach fruition here in the U.S., just as Henry Ford and those of his ilk predicted."
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"If America's leaders want to hunt terrorists while transforming dictatorships into democracies, they must recognize that torture. . . has historically been an instrument of oppression -- not an instrument of investigation or of intelligence gathering."
"The surest defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face, and not a particularly common one at that."
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The CIA-Contra-Crack Connection, 10 Years Later
"Reporter Gary Webb was the victim of his own hyperbole, but he never got credit for what he got right."
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A False Sense of Insecurity [PDF]
How does the risk of terrorism measure up against everyday dangers?
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"Last week, AOL revealed three months' worth of people's web searches -- and the data is oddly fascinating."
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On the design of American State flags...
A look at a few of the best and worst designed state flags.
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Wonkette's Ingredients for a Successful Blog
"The idea that someone could enter into a conversation, you know, based just on having an opinion and an argument. And it’s a conversation that includes people who have real power in the world."
WE ARE ALL CNN (Or New Media That Matters)
Chartreuse is putting up $1,000 to send two people to New Orleans with a video camera to document what's going on.
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World War III: What's In It For You (Or Why The World Feels Like The Voice Of Nina Simone)
"Google and Terrorism works. GM and High Schools don’t."
Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time
Using video games to help people udnerstand complex topics.
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The story behind the man that powers our president.
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Wikipedia entry on the guy who's been living in Charles de Gaulle airport since 1988. Reportedly he's the person Tom Hanks modeled his character in The Terminal after.
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A leading atheist says people must embrace rationalism, not faith -- or they will never overcome their differences.
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"Conservatives have benefited in the recent past by keeping a firm grasp on talking points and positions. It is clear that they want to use the channels of CGM, but want that to be an amplifier of their messages."
Guardian targets American audience
"The Guardian plans to expand its print and online presence in America as part of its ambition to become the biggest liberal voice in world media."
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Officials in Sydney are going to pipe Barry Manilow music into a park "in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of hooligans." Awesome.
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Colbert Tells College Graduates: Get Your Own TV Show
"His suggestions for securing the U.S.-Mexico border went beyond walls to include moats, fiery moats and fiery moats with fire-proof crocodiles."
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"Why the country's reliance on imported brainpower is on a collision course with its home-grown distaste for science."
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"Whatever one thinks about this administration’s domestic and foreign policies, the White House’s garish type selections are so thoughtless they trivialize rather than enhance the rhetoric of our POTUS"
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"Why do so few American citizens care that our own government is spying on us?"
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"A video that explains why discrimination on the Internet is a problem and will continue to be as long as net neutrality rules are not enforced."
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"Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide."
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The Worst President in History?
One of America's leading historians assesses George W. Bush
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Danah Boy writes about her experience using marijuana for medicinal purposes over valium.
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What It Means To Be An Intellectual
"What is "this drive"? It's the tendency to not simply accept things as they are but to want to think about them, to understand them."
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Interview with the Pirate Party
A new Swedish political party with three goals: "Reform copyright, abolish patents, and strengthen the right to privacy."
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Banksy Takes on The Melbourne Street Art Scene
The biggest loser of the Commonwealth games, says graffiti artist Banksy, is Melbourne's street art scene - and London could be next for the whitewash
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Academic turns city into a social experiment
A different kind of politician: "Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change."
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A Guest Blogger, and an Unwritten Law
George Clooney doesn't really write a blog post. Arienna Huffington refuses to apologize and says the medium is not the message. Everyone gets real mad. Huffington finally realizes she's wrong and apologizes. Times picks up story.
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NYTimes: "Illegal spying and torture need to be investigated, not whistle-blowers and newspapers."
Behind the Eavesdropping Story, a Loud Silence
New York Times public editor Byron Calame asks some tough questions about the delay of the eavesdropping article.
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What do flag colors really mean? Using flags as visual tools for statistics.
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The Case For Intelligent Design: Spaghetti as the Creator
Bobby Henderson is getting an $80,000 advance to write The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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An Open Letter to the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney.
"But you and I together can continue the struggle for which Scooter Libby has become a martyr. Between us, we can shove the timid Colin Powells to the side until, as my future girlfriend Ann Coulter said the other day, "it's morning in America again!""
Alito or Scalito? If you're a liberal, you'd prefer Scalia.
"When Antonin Scalia starts looking good, you know you're in trouble."
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If Fox News Had Been Around Throughout History
Some screenshots of Fox News' coverage of important events through history
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"Jon Stewart is very funny and on his cult US television show he's a rare scourge of the rich and powerful, especially Bush and his court. Gary Younge puts it to him, is he really angry with America, or is he a man on a mission for the next joke?"
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"It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico."
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An impressive collection of posters from the Cuban revolution
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Look what I clicked on ... Snoop on the world's top secret sites from your desktop
"Google Earth, irritatingly, won't allow you to type in "top secret military installation" and then provide a handy list of sites to look at."
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Photo of a note Bush was writing while at the UN saying he has to pee
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Questions democrats should ask Roberts: "Would you consider instituting a casual Friday dress policy on the bench?"
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Telling the Truth About Chief Justice Rehnquist
Alan Dershowitz: "My mother always told me that when a person dies, one should not say anything bad about him. My mother was wrong."
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"What those who are afraid of civil society breaking down don't realize is that civil society has already broken down!"
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Boing Boing's $250,000 Intelligent Design challenge (UPDATED: $1 million)
"We are willing to pay any individual *$250,000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster."
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Acts Prohibited by the U.S. House of Representatives' Proposed Flag-Burning Amendment.
McSweeney's: "Assuring the flag that you consider it a really good friend, and then pressuring it to sleep with you."
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Art prankster sprays Israeli wall
Secretive "guerrilla" artist Banksy has decorated Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.
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Security researcher quits job and blows whistle on Cisco's fatal flaws
"Now he's under a restraining order from Cisco, arising from his disclosure of critical flaws in Cisco's routers that threaten the world's information infrastructure."
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Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over
Senator, would your probe of video games also take a look at the substantial benefits they can provide?
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The VERY LONG May, 1996 article about tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand that was the inspiration for the movie The Insider
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Face-to-face with Brian Eno, the brainiest person in pop
Brian Eno, aka the brainiest person in pop, tells Alexis Petridis why his attempts to oust the prime minster were destined to fail
Put up stickers in support of Darwin and evolution
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Supreme Court's unsound decision
Monday's ruling against Grokster will do nothing to stop peer-to-peer file sharing -- but it may well stifle technology innovation.
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The Speech the President Should Give
John Kerry walks through the things the President should do about the military situation in Iraq
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The Roving Thoughts of a Liberal Insomniac
Larry David's stream of concsciousness includes Karl Rove and an all child molester army. Strange.
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Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution
Scientists are opting out of state debates on evolution because they feel it only strengthens the idea that there's actually something worth debating.
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File-Swap Services Can Be Sued
Wired: "Internet file-sharing services will be held responsible if they intend for their customers to use software primarily to swap songs and movies illegally, the Supreme Court ruled Monday"
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The DOJ has wisely made the world safer by forcing anyone even remotely connected with publishing erotic images online to keep elaborate files on the true identities of everyone in said images for seven years.
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" war stories Military analysis. Let's Go to the Memo What's really in the Downing Street memos? By Fred Kaplan Updated Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at 3:00 PM PT Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day Listen to this story on NPR's
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Five subtle editorial changes at PBS
5ives: "Sesame Street abruptly changes name to The Big Bird Factor"
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Schiavo Autopsy Renews Debate on G.O.P. Actions
Not even an autopsy declaring Schiavo braindead can deter republicans
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Public Broadcasting Targeted By House
"A House subcommittee voted yesterday to sharply reduce the federal government's financial support for public broadcasting, including eliminating taxpayer funds that help underwrite such popular children's educational programs as "Sesame Street" . . ."
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How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI
Nation: "His cunning worked. He fooled Pat Gray. Nixon never came after him. And this clever bureaucrat continued to do exactly what Nixon feared: telling Woodward and Bernstein secrets that would help destroy a presidency."
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Chinese blogs face restrictions
The Chinese government has announced plans to police web forums, chat rooms and blogs alongside other websites.
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NYTimes: "Alienation is the only intelligent response to a political culture that insults our intelligence."
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Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant
As the Religious Right tries to ban the teaching of evolution in Kansas, Richard Dawkins speaks up for scientific logic
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Routine airport security won't thwart jihadists, but it does inconvenience and endanger the rest of us.
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How Mark Felt Became 'Deep Throat'
As a Friendship -- and the Watergate Story -- Developed, Source's Motives Remained a Mystery to Woodward
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Robert McNamara is worried . . . Today, he believes the United States must no longer rely on nuclear weapons as a foreign-policy tool. To do so is immoral, illegal, and dreadfully dangerous.
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An Open Letter to the State of New York.
McSweeney's: "Feel free to use my body as it lies dormant as a site for school field trips. Make sure there is what I will call a "poker stick" next to the bed. Television has told me that kids enjoy taking a stick and poking bodies that don't move, so I
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John Taylor Gatto: "Teaching means many different things, but six lessons are common to schoolteaching from Harlem to Hollywood. You pay for these lessons in more ways than you can imagine, so you might as well know what they are:"
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FT.com: "If we don’t look at the evidence and we ignore the role of the public domain in fostering innovation, how can we possibly hope to make good policy?"
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Manhattan User's Guide: "But Wal-Mart is a different matter. It is the antithesis of everything for which New York has stood and for which it should stand."
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US accused of trying to block abortion pills
Guardian: "The US government is trying to block the World Health Organisation from endorsing two abortion pills which could save the lives of some of the 68,000 women who die from unsafe practices in poor countries every year."
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Bush bares soul with 'iPod One'
On his iPod: "No black artists, no gay artists, no world music, only one woman, no genre less than 25 years old, and no Beatles."
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A Few Notes from the Grokster Argument
A great summary of the MGM v. Grokster case
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What should we make of blogging? Is it simply the latest internet fad, a truly democratic tool for change or, as some have suggested, a vehicle for mob rule? David Reid finds blogs are rocking the boat both East and West.
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Well written thoughts on the Schiavo case and machine-assisted living
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General approved extreme interrogation methods
Guardian: "The highest-ranking US general in Iraq authorised the use of interrogation techniques that included sleep manipulation, stress positions and the use of dogs to "exploit Arab fears" of them, it emerged today."
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Barack Obama - U.S. Senator for Illinois
The Latest from the Office of Senator Barack Obama
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College Faculties A Most Liberal Lot, Study Finds
Washington Post: "College faculties, long assumed to be a liberal bastion, lean further to the left than even the most conspiratorial conservatives might have imagined, a new study says."
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Family of the lawmaker involved in the Schiavo case decided in '88 to let his comatose father die.
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Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News
NYTimes: "Under the Bush administration, the federal government has aggressively used a well-established tool of public relations: the prepackaged, ready-to-serve news report that major corporations have long distributed to TV stations . . ."
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An opinion on the Terri Schiavo case from the New England Journal of Medicine
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NYTimes: "When does saving a life mean stealing a death?"
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NYTimes: "The founders believed in a nation in which, as Justice Robert Jackson once wrote, we would "submit ourselves to rulers only if under rules." There is no place in such a system for a special law creating rights for only one family."
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Students Use Tags to Protest Chinese Govt Restrictions on BBSs
Smart Mobs: "This is a very effective way to aggregate "sensitive information" through a distributive process in a politically censored cyberspace ."
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Madrid: Terrorism, the Internet and Democracy
Keeping the internet free and open is important to democracy
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The coming crackdown on blogging
Is the government going to crackdown on political links?
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Spinning Frenzy: P.R.'s Bad Press
The New York Times covers all the bad P.R. that P.R. has recieved as of late. Also includes some good history.
State of the Union Parsing Tool
Find words within the State of the Union. I've preloaded it with "terror" and "freedom" for your convienence.
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TOP TEN MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS OF 2004 ...
I can't believe there's one person insane enough to say something like this, nonetheless ten
Joe Trippi: What the next chairman of the Democratic Party has to do, and why I'm coming out for Simon Rosenberg.
It is puzzling that if you add X (no exit strategy) to Y (Why are we there?) you get W²: George Bush's second inauguration.
By the Numbers: The U.S. After Four Years of Bush
33% national debt increase aint good
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What Jenna Bush was really thinking at the inaguration
Five more slightly misleading revelations of federally-funded abstinence programs
Things the government wants you to know
Will the Real Michael Moore Ever Re-emerge?
An open letter from Ralph Nader to Michael Moore
Jon Stewart, Al Franken and Tom Wolfe reflect on the election
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He is out of his mind
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Frist: Tax-returns measure indefensible
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that "accountability will be carried out" against whoever slipped a provision into an omnibus spending bill that would have allowed two committee chairmen to view the tax returns of any American
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To Avoid Divorce, Move to Massachusetts
With all those red states voting on morals why is it that the bluest of the blues have the lowest divorce rates?
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News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments
Latest Conspiracy Theory -- Kerry Won -- Hits the Ether
Puts to rest some of the theories that Kerry actually won the election
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View Election 2004 Exit Poll Results
Links to exit poll results by state and station
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Breakdowns of who voted for who from where
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Did Michael Moore lose the election?
I've said before that I believe his style was damaging to the democratic party
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Red States Feed at Federal Trough, Blue States Supply the Feed
32 states (and the District of Columbia) that are "winners" -- receiving more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 76% are Red States that voted for George Bush in 2000.
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Wow
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The Guilfoile-Warner Papers: Obit.
Now, with the election behind us, they discuss Bush’s victory, what the Democrats have to do between now and 2008, and what we’re supposed to do with all this time on our hands.
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From here on out, blue state voters should simply stop caring about what happens to red state voters.
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Howard Zinn on maintaining hope
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Free Press is a non-profit organization working to involve the public in media policymaking and to craft policies for a more democratic media system.
Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked
What really happpened in Florida?
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The Vote was Rocked... Don't Believe Those Exit Polls
Youth did come out more than expected, despite exit poll numbers
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That's what conservatives call people who vote for Democrats based on values rather than their own self interest.
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Democrats must understand several things about Republicans to beat them in 2008.
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A plan on how to break up this country
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Some historical perspecitve on the election
Bush and the Republicans will claim a great victory (a mandate, even), but the numbers (from 1900 on) tell a different story
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Five possible career moves for John Ashcroft
via 5ives
The Day the Enlightenment Went Out
It is not too early to start yearning back toward the Enlightenment.
A Blue City (Disconsolate, Even) Bewildered by a Red America
How New York is coping with the loss
Looking Forward to the Internet and Politics, circa 2008
Finding some 2004 trends that will stick
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NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate
Physicist says imaging techniques prove the president's bulge was not caused by wrinkled clothing.
Young Mobile Voters Pick Kerry Over Bush
55% to 40%, Rock the Vote/Zogby Poll Reveals: National Text-Message Poll Breaks New Ground
Top 100 American Speeches by Rank
Cool listing of the top 100 speeches with audio for many of them
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United Fascist Union presidential candidate
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Triumph goes on Crossfire
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The outcome of Washington Redskins home football games has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1936.
2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes
A Do-It-Yourself Guide to This Season's Quickest, Least Expensive, and Spooky-Ookiest Halloween Costumes
Never Forget: Internets Vets for Truth
Our goal is to present you with these clips to help you make an informed choice next Tuesday.
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With a heavy heart, we think American readers should vote for John Kerry on November 2nd
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Bottom-up is turning everything upside down
From Napster to Howard Dean, the Internet is changing American culture and politics
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Andrew Sullivan: Why I am Supporting John Kerry
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Marc Perkel Rantz is distributing it on his website for free
Taking a Dim View of Politicking Luminaries
Check out the second item . . . Ashton Kutcher got punk'd by George Bush
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The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration
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DEAD LETTER OFFICE: GeorgeWBush.org: Bush/Cheney in 2004!
GeorgeWBush.org recieves letters meant to be sent to GeorgeWBush.com
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The Guilfoile-Warner Papers: A Week Away
his week: the possible effects of such last-minute topics as lesbians, pejoratives, and conservatives vs. conservatives
Bush/Cheney '04: Leave No Billionaire Behind
Your chance to get some good, old fashioned conservative ice cream and knock those dirty hippies Ben and Jerry out of the market!
The role the internet has played in the 2004 presidential election
Take a quiz to tell you who to vote for
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Listen to Real People who voted for George Bush in 2000, but will be voting for Kerry in 2004.
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Reaction from the US to the Guardian's Clark County project
Dear Limey Assholes
Government is using technology to burden their future - and it's all our fault
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HELP, I'M STONED, WHO SHOULD I VOTE FOR?
High times weighs in on the presidential race
New site by Lessig to connect people with political content
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Transcript of The Daily Show host on CNN Crossfire
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Poll reveals world anger at Bush
Eight out of 10 countries favour Kerry for president
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A breakdown of the presidential logos
It's code for Roe v. Wade
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Not to vote for George W. Bush
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It's quite impressive . . . and sad
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Conspiracy theory or truth?
Michael Moore's letters from Iraq
Some disturbing letters from servicemen in Iraq
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Make your own George W. Bush stump speech!
Alternative Names for MoveOn.org.
IdAppreciateChangeButIllSettleForDreadlocks.org
Is Bush's biggest mistake too awful to admit?
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Why Evangelical Christians Should Not Vote for Bush
He makes a good point
Fabricated Kerry Posting Leads to Apology From Fox News
Can Fox still deny they are Conservatively biased?
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Protests in Madrid organized by SMS, chatrooms
I certainly hope Yoda didn't teach him that
Overheard in New York: New York's Only Republican
Real quotes from real New Yorkers who hate Kerry
Votergasm (Warning: Kind of Explicit)
Vote and have sex
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Debate Drinking Game and Not Drinking Game
Get all the rules for everyone's favorite drinking game . . . it only comes around once every four years after all
I pray for the day of his return
Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates
"We should crash this charade and jump up in the middle to declare ourselves hard opponents of this Kabuki dance"
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From Al Gore, the only man who has debated against him in a Presidential debate
Woody Allen on the 2004 Election
"I don't find politics profound enough to deal with it as an artist"
Survey Says: Cell Phones Left Out
What happens when cell phones get left out of polling?
John Kerry throws a football like a girl
Junky Kerry aint half bad
The Guilfoile-Warner Papers: Improving Kerry
In 2001 Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner lampooned the new president in their book, My First Presidentiary. Now, with the real possibility of four more Bush years, they discuss the issues facing today’s voters.
Liberals want to ban the bible
And do other terrible things like take 'under God' out of the Pledge . . . oh the humanity
Presidential mask purchases have correctly predicted election outcomes since 1980
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The Candidates, Seen From the Classroom
Comparing the speech styles of Kerry and Bush
Transcript from Jon Stewart on O'Reily
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Safire sets out a 10 step plan and includes this quote: "We must convince women that a vote for Bush means a return to back-alley abortions."
Bumper Sticker, Part 2 - This jerk works for John Ashcroft!
A follow up to the story about the woman who lost her job because she had a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker
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Why You Should Ignore The Gallup Poll This Morning - And Maybe Other Gallup Polls As Well
Interesting info on the problems with polling
A member of the blogging [Andrew Sullivan] class tells why they deserve your thanks
Looped animated GIF of JFK getting shot
This video just doesn't get old
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Dave Sifry has started a wiki to track the times when blogs have directly impacted politics
A former Harvard professor of W's explains why he can't be trusted
Larry David sounds off on undecided voters
What Spike Lee and Alan Keyes have in common
Quality's not great, but they're still funny
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Vote Drives Gain Avid Attention of Youth in '04
Young people are getting registered, but will they vote?
Kerry Drops Ball With Packers Fans
Kerry recovers fumble with Bears fans
Village Voice article recccomending that Kerry pull out the big guns and make a commercial asking why we haven't got Osama 3 years later
Bumper Sticker Insubordination
A Kerry fan gets fired, and then hired, for her politics
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The Last Gasp of the Sloganator
New slogans for the Bush/Cheney campaign
What Your College President Didn't Tell You
A former college president takes some bold stances
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A rundown of the weapons that can legally be sold in the US again
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What if the whole world could vote for the US president?
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"What If Bush Wins" by a panel of 16 experts
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What the two party's stand for
Profile of MoveOn
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Hot Girls, Frisky Delegates: RNC Diary of a Strip-Club Waitress
Public Lives: Covering the Convention for Laughs
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People want to write in Mel Gibson for president, this is scary
The futility of political involvement
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Video games find their political voice
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Yury and his MagicBike by Geeta Dayal
Beating the republicans with cool new portable technology
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Taking a closer look at the War Medals of George W. Bush
Bush template letter being printed by newspapers across the country
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Body as billboard (not suitable for work)
This guy almost got his book confiscated
A run in with the Port Authority
FTheVote.com: Trade Sex for Votes
Ugly politics, minus the ugly: Vote Kerry/Edwards (GIF)
Bruce Springsteen and friends hit the road against Bush
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