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OK, so Newsweek may have run a short story about US Military activity in Afghanistan that had not been thoroughly checked out.
And I think we can agree that allowing a false sense of urgency to encourage one to jump to conclusions based on partial or doubtful evidence, especially in powder-keg environments where a small mistake [...]
Oh, alright already. Stop pestering me[1], here’s my “Friday Random Ten”:http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/05/13/friday-random-ten-the/.
# Shunned + Falsified, _Mike Doughty_
# The Sound of Fear, _Eels_
# Ride Together (Live), _Tea Leaf Green_
# Opposites Attract, _Paula Abdul_ (no _American Idol_ jokes please)
# Day’s End, _DJ Krush_
# Naar Oostland, _Jams_
# Who Knew, _Eminem_
# In Your Eyes, _Béla Fleck_
# Early in the Morning, _The [...]
“Blogactive”:http://www.blogactive.com/2005/05/take-action-right-wing-tries-to-ruin.html points out that there is such a thing as a reverse boycot. While the American Family Association threatens a boycott of Kraft foods, Blogactive suggests adding a few of their products to your shopping list as a way to reward good behavior.
Michael has it exactly right. Some companies (”like Microsoft”:http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/business/microsoft-gay-rights-ballmer-126009S94AA0.xhtml) bought the line that [...]
As one of the folks evacuated today in the “stray Cessna scare”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/11/AR2005051100887.html on Capitol Hill, I assure you _I_ saw no “Mass Hysteria”:http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dc/the-evacuationgate-debate-continues-103179.php. And I did quite a bit of walking and saw hundreds and hundreds of fellow evacuees. Undoubtedly there was some hysteria — I know people who get hysterical over a bounced email message — but from [...]
The more I lived with the more simple one-column layout the more restricting it felt. For one thing, I was having difficulty finding a space for one of my favorite features, the recent-comments board. Not only do I find it handy, I really think it helped out with the occasional discussion.
So we’re back to two columns. [...]