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Entries from December 2003

They haaave gone MAD

December 10th, 2003 2 Comments

Comedy Central has aired some terrible shows n the past. Original programming and syndication alike has always been hit or miss for the channel. For every The Critic, there is a Tough Crowd with Collin Quinn.
Essentially the Comedy Central executives have struck a delicate balance. They give you the half hour spoonful [...]

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Taste the Thunder!

December 10th, 2003 No Comments

With a win over the T-Wolves, the Warriors are now over .500 in December for the first time in forever.
I hereby declare myself officially on the bandwagon.
They ought to be saying something like this:
Wa-wa-wa-Warriors
It starts low and ends high. Kind of like how their season is gonna be.

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Le Tigre Aire

December 9th, 2003 No Comments

Singapore is set to create a new value airline called Tiger Air. A whole clump of companies are rushing to provide no-frills type service in Asia localities. We can only hope this affects fares far wider, across the Pacific.
The Singapore Airlines flight my family took to and from India last winter was undeniably [...]

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The Unaccountably Partisan Associated Press

December 9th, 2003 No Comments

I was under the impression that wire services like the AP were supposed to be entirely neutral. This polemic on the Democratic Candidates’ debate in Durham, NH reads as if it were written by the RNC.
I am sure the liberal media is to blame. Everything is their fault.

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Eat this up

December 9th, 2003 No Comments

Reading Roger Simon’s inane, I would support Howard Dean, only I won’t because I won’t post. I came across an interesting site in the comments section, dinner for america.
As they say about imitation and flattery, the best way to flatter someone is with a mildly earnest parody.
They steal just about all the layout [...]

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Die Bold Die

December 9th, 2003 No Comments

Wired reports that several ATMs were infected by a computer worm last August. Unsurprisingly, the ATMs were running Windows, and made by everyone’s favorite computing kiosk manufacturer Diebold.
It is gonna get worse before it gets better:
Computer security experts predicted more problems to come as Windows migrates to critical systems consumers rely on.
If consumers [...]

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Al Machiavelli stays holed up in his den

December 9th, 2003 No Comments

Atrios has one of the better responses yet to the “What is Al Gore and the Clintons’ super secret plan?” crowd.
Any pundit who think that Gore’s Dean endorsement has anything to do with some secret plan to position him, or someone else, in 2008 is a ridiculous fool. Anyone who thinks that Gore, or the [...]

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No time to lose, all this time to win

December 8th, 2003 No Comments

Ron Fournier of the Associated Press reports that Al Gore will endorse Howard Dean.
Certainly this is the restraining hand on Joe Lieberman’s shoulder.
Gore has continued to surprise just about everyone since his not quite defeat in 2000. While Mr. Gore was early and often a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, lately he has [...]

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In our midst

December 8th, 2003 No Comments

An article in New York Magazine, The Return of Anti-Semitism, considers many aspects of contemporary anti-semitism. The article includes a wide sampling of Jewish opinion on the state of affairs today.
All the article is good, but the most relevant quote about anti-semitism on American campuses comes from Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.
He says:
the goal [...]

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Heavy Duty AIM, nothing to admire

December 8th, 2003 No Comments

Some dude named Dennis has gotten coverage from TechTV and Fark.com for his utility DeadAIM.
He is asking $5 from users of AOL’s Instant Messenger Client who want a subset of the useful features long available at no charge to users of GAIM and Trillian.
This small scale story resonates with the condition of the [...]

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