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thudfactor on
September 22, 2004
OK, so I’m doing the get-a-free-ipod thing. Basically, if you haven’t heard about it, the way it works is like this: you sign up for one of several services (you can cancel if you like) including a subscription to the New York Times, trying out Blockbuster’s new by-mail rental service, a coffee subscription, etc, then [...]
Posted in Diary
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By
thudfactor on
August 27, 2004
It’s always interesting to compare “how people view the condition of illegal aliens”:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/27/dairy_farms/index.html to “what those conditions actually are”:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/27/dairy_farms/index.html:
bq. By and by,
I got plenty money,
Thanks to you,
American dummy.
Write to friends
in motherland,
Tell them ‘come
fast as you can.’ [from _Illegal Immigrant's Poem_]
bq. For six years, Ramirez’s duties included maintaining a pump that sprayed liquid dung onto the [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Bella Blaubergs, Kansas City, Mexico, Missouri, the New York Times, Wal-Mart
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By
thudfactor on
July 8, 2004
Dave Kopel is working on a review of F911 for National Review Online. You can
preview it here. This is certainly more along the lines of how I think people ought to address the film. Far from saying F911 is unconvincing and leaving it at that, Kopel actually goes into detail.
However, for the most part I [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Afghanistan, Al Gore, Al Smith, al-Qaeda, America, Arbusto, Ashcroft, Brian Wilson, Brit Hume, Britney Spears, Bush administration, Byron York, Carlyle Group, Caspian Sea, CBS, Chris Ullman, Clinton Administration, CNN, Congress, Craig Unger, Dan Briody, Data Base Technologies, Dave Kopel, Democratic commission, Edward Koch, Emma E. Booker, Emma E. Booker Elementary School, energy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida, Florida Victory, George Soros, George W. Bush, Gwendolyn Toseï, Hamid Karzai, Hizballah, House Permanent Select Committee, Houston, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, James Bath, Jeffrey Toobin, Jim Jeffords, Jim McDermott, Julian Borger, London, Michael Castle, Michael Moore, national guard, news media, oil, oil interests, oil man, oil pipeline, Oliver Burkeman, online journal, Osama bin Laden, Peter Gross, Poland, Republican Party, Richard Ben-Veniste, Rosa Parks, Saudi Arabian government, Secret Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, senate, servile tool, SGD, Spain, Taliban, Texas, The Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, U.S. military, UAE, United Defense, United Kingdom, United States, United States Army, Unocal, USD, VA Hospital, Vermont, Washington, weapons systems, White House, World Trade Center
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By
thudfactor on
December 18, 2003
I recieved email today from Blather.net letting me know (among other things) that Google pulled their Adwords accounts because Blather.net contained language critical of George W. Bush.
Google told Dave Walsh:
bq. We permit sites containing commentary, analysis, and opinions, as long
as they do not advocate against specific individuals, groups, or
organizations. Please keep this in mind as you change [...]
Posted in Archived Unsorted
| Tagged Al Franken, Blather.net, Dave Walsh, George W. Bush, Google, Molly Ivins, oppressive advertising guidelines, Paul Krugman, the New York Times
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By
thudfactor on
December 3, 2003
“Scott clues me in”:http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/001830.html#001830 to more evidence of the Bush’s administration’s religious intolerance.
Now, I know Bush doesn’t think Wicca and other neo-paganisms are real religions. But I hadn’t heard some of the more sneering attacks against them. I particularly like this one from Bush’s Domestic Policy Advisor, Stephen Goldsmith. When asked whether or not Wiccan [...]
Posted in Archived Unsorted
| Tagged Bush's administration, John McLaughlin, New York Times building, Oklahoma, Stephen Goldsmith, the New York Times
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