Archive for July 15th, 2003

MP3′s of Supreme Court Arguments

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Jerry Goldman at Northwestern University has created a project to make mp3 recordings of historic and noteworthy oral arguments before the Supreme Court available for free online. The project and site are called Oyez (pronounced o-yay).

from Wired

The Deck of Hillary

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Sick of the media’s puffery of Hillary Clinton
and her new book in an obvious effort to help her presidential chances?

Now, NewsMax.com has the perfect antidote to the liberal media’s Hillary
love fest: the Deck of Hillary

from NewsMax.com

Dubya Resume

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Cute but overdone anti-Bush “Dubya Resume” including such dubious accomplishments as:

I am the first president in decades to execute a
federal prisoner.

I am the first president in US history to enter office
with a criminal record.

In the first year in office I set the all-time record
for most days on vacation by any president in US
history.

from Jeff Cohen via Mom

Illegal Art

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Touring exhibit tests the limits of copyright
laws that block artists from using corporate images

Artists by nature challenge conventions and make us think about what we
are seeing or hearing. Now an exhibit called ”Illegal Art: Freedom of
Expression in the Corporate Age,” from the Museum
of Modern Art in San Francisco is moving around the country, attracting
controversy wherever it goes.

Think Barbie in a Blender,the Starbucks logo, but says ”Consumer Whore,”
Bert, from ”Sesame Street,” in a noose, Pez candy dispensers topped
with the heads of dead rap star, pillows shaped like Zoloft, Prozac and
Thorazine tablets, etc. No lawsuits yet, but organizers are hopeful….

Boston
Globe Article

Illegal Art
Web Site

Female-Only Spam?

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My ignorance of what is euphemistically known as the fair sex is exceeded only by the abject failure of all of the stratagems I have developed over the years to remedy that ignorance. So let me take advantage of the relative anonymity of this forum to broach a few questions to any hypothetical female readers out there.

Is there a female equivalent to the flood of penile augmentation advertising which so persistently manages to evade the concerted efforts of the legions of white-hat wizards madly designing email filters and anti-spamming software? more…

Mass Backtracks on Bi-lingual Ed

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Obviously not because of my previous posting on the topic pointing out the incredible linguistic chauvinism of America, the Mass Legislature yesterday backtracked on their blanket condemnation of bi-lingual programs. Specificallly, they voted to continue, and in some cases expand, support for so-called ‘two-way’ programs in which English-speaking kids and other-language-kids learn each other’s languages simultaneously…..

Picture of the Day

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The Billboard Liberation Front struck again last night in San Francisco.
They hit a particularly homoerotic Banana Republic ad. Subtle, eh?

The Latest from Chief Wiggles

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“I quickly remembered the homework assignments I had given a few of my boys the night before. I made my way down to another tent to see if they had been diligent in fulfilling my assignment. As expected they each had taken the time to provide me with the list of where they wanted to work in the new Iraq.”

“My favorite air force general had spent his time writing down he ideas for successfully rebuilding the new government and the new army. His insights are amazing. His profound ideas rejuvenated my positive attitude, propelling me into a number of great uplifting discussions with other generals.”

The latest, Straight from Iraq

Blog History: First Howard Dean Posting

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As everyone who follows the Blogs knows by now, fab Presidential contender
Vermont Governor Howard Dean is guest-blogging this week for the inestimable
Lawrence Lessig.

This is the first time ever that a Presidential Candidate has held forth
from Blogylonia, and by all accounts Dean, the most techno-saavy of the
current crop of candidates, is cleaning up in cyberspace.

Read Dean’s first
post here….

Special Report on Mexican Elections

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The party of President Fox was hit by voter dissatisfaction over the state of the economy and the seeming inability of the president to make meaningful headway with his reforms. Despite the issue of Congressional deadlock over reforms, we are still positive about Mexico’s medium-term prospectsfor investors….

Analysis of investor implications from KWR Advisor

As Promised – Giant Condom Photo

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GULLIN, China. — Soon to appear in the Guiness Book of World Records,
this 30-story giant yellow condom was unfurled over a luxury hotel in
the southern Chinese city of Guilin to mark U.N. World Population Day.

The Guilin Latex Company has applied to the publishers of the Guinness
Book of World Records to recognize their giant condom, 80 meters (260
ft) tall and nearly 100 meters (330 ft) around, as the world’s biggest,
the Xinhua news agency said.

from
CNN

The Princess and the Pea, KC Version

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Workers at a motel found a dead man under a mattress Sunday while cleaning a room where a guest had spent three nights, complaining repeatedly about a foul odor, police said.

The guest first complained about the smell when he checked in Thursday at the Capri Motel, just east of downtown Kansas City. But management told the man nothing could be done about the odor, police Capt. Rich Lockhart said in a media release.

The man checked out Sunday because he said he could no longer tolerate the smell, Lockhart said.