The American Conserative - Kerry’s the One

The American Conserative: "Bush has behaved like a caricature of what a right-wing president is supposed to be, and his continuation in office will discredit any sort of conservatism for generations."

Obligatory Bush Joke

Joke: "Q: What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?

A: George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War."

From the defective yeti.

MSNBC - Frequently Unasked Questions

MSNBC - Frequently Unasked Questions



"Most professionals at the C.I.A., the State Department and the Pentagon who’ve devoted their lives to working in the Middle East have a fundamental rule for dealing with its very complicated problems: define them realistically and address them individually. Don’t try to tie everything together with a nice bow (or even a Gordian knot) and pretend they can be solved with a single idea like “liberty.” As much as possible, unravel the problems, or, in diplo-speak, disaggregate them.



If the Bush administration had followed that rule, we wouldn’t be up to our eyeballs in Iraq, we would be much safer, and the president would richly deserve a second term for his administration’s performance in the immediate aftermath of 9/11."

US launches 'talking' book to help Afghan women : HindustanTimes.com

US launches 'talking' book to help Afghan women : HindustanTimes.com

I have a gmail invitie!

I have a gmail invite to give out. Send me an email if you are interested.

Chicago Tribune | 50 best magazines

Chicago Tribune | 50 best magazines: "What makes a magazine great? The writing. The ideas. The photography. The design. Sure. But more importantly, a magazine's worth depends on how it catches readers' glances, and then their hearts. Here, Tempo presents its second annual 50 Best Magazines list."

The Year's Best Headlines

The year's unintentionally funniest headlines, from Car Talk. For example: "Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says"

The Super Dollar - North Korea Perfects Counterfieting

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | What is a superdollar?: "The superdollar is the name given to an almost perfect forgery of an American banknote."

Yahoo! News - Squirrel Steals Yellow Ribbons From Tree

Yahoo! News - Squirrel Steals Yellow Ribbons From Tree: "BETTENDORF, Iowa - A couple has finally discovered what was happening to the yellow ribbons they were tying to the trees in their yard in support of their son and other troops in Iraq"

The 100 greatest British albums

The Observer | OMM | OMM June 2004: "The 100 greatest British albums
It is the most authoritative poll of its kind and over the following 50 pages, OMM's outstanding team of critics introduce each of the best British albums of all time. Before revealing what made it to Number 1, celebrated pop writer Paul Morley explains the purpose of such an undertaking and trumpets the wealth of music contained herein "

The Serious Implications Of President Bush's Hiring A Personal Outside Counsel For The Valerie Plame Investigation

FindLaw's Writ - Dean: The Serious Implications Of President Bush's Hiring A Personal Outside Counsel For The Valerie Plame Investigation: "This action by Bush is a rather stunning and extraordinary development. The President of the United States is potentially hiring a private criminal defense lawyer. Unsurprisingly, the White House is doing all it can to bury the story, providing precious little detail or context for the President's action."

THE NEXT REAGAN? Many on right doubt that the mantle will fit on Bush

THE NEXT REAGAN? Many on right doubt that the mantle will fit on Bush: "'I think he's trying, but he's no Reagan in my view,' said Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute who worked for Reagan as a special assistant to the president for policy development.



'No. 1 is the fact that Bush really doesn't have a vision,' Bandow said. 'Reagan clearly had a set of ideas that he had thought about very deeply, and believed in very deeply. There is nothing to indicate that George W. Bush does so.' "

Added links to Furl.net and everything2

Added a link to my Furl links on Furl.net in the "my links" section in the left sidebar. Furl allows you to archive sites you visit on the web, and retrieve them from any computer, as well as share them with others. Very cool. (Make sure you click on the link - or type Furl.net. Furl.com is an ugly ad site.)



Also added a link to everything2 in the "Cool" section in the right sidebar. This is an online user community/user written encyclopedia. It recently won a Webby award for Technical Achievement.

The Way We Eat Now

The Way We Eat Now: "Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace."

Father of SigAlert Dies

KTLA.com | LA's WB | Television Los Angeles | Father of SigAlert Dies: "Loyd Sigmon, 95, coined L.A.'s favorite term for traffic jam. "