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Archive for June 3rd, 2004
Poetry and Politics
Posted in Politics on June 3, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Comment Spam Cleaning
Posted in Bloggin on June 3, 2004 | 3 Comments »
All right, the comment spam problem is just getting out of control. I have closed all comments on entries older than ten days, and will be doing so on a regular basis. I am installing and running the latest MT-blacklist now. If these do not work, I am afraid that I will have to resort [...]
NRO: The Home For Really Stupid Conservatives
Posted in Politics on June 3, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Matt Rosenberg is really pretty stupid: Did Cosby’s speech really happen or not? The answer for several days seemed to be barely, or at best, maybe judging by coverage in major U.S. daily newspapers. They should have been all over the story the second Post columnist Richard Leiby issued his two-days-later scoop on Wednesday, [...]
I Did Not have Political Relations With That Man
Posted in Politics on June 3, 2004 | Comments Off
Atrios has goods: George W. Bush last February, on Meet The Press (emphasis added): Russert: If the Iraqis choose, however, an Islamic extremist regime, would you accept that, and would that be better for the United States than Saddam Hussein? President Bush: They’re not going to develop that. And the reason I can say that [...]
Looking For an Intern
Posted in Bloggin on June 3, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Political Wire could use the help, and it even pays, a little. Taegan runs one of the best political sites around, and is scrupulously fair, in my experience. If you are interested, it sounds like it could be a good gig. Link via Daily Kos
Enron Manipulated Markets
Posted in Economics on June 3, 2004 | 2 Comments »
In their own words On the calls, traders openly and gleefully discussed creating congestion on transmission lines, taking generating units offline to pump up electricity prices and overall manipulation of the California power market. They also kidded about Enron’s hefty political contributions particularly to President Bush (news – web sites)’s campaign and how [...]
Max's Contest
Posted in Bloggin on June 3, 2004 | 1 Comment »
if you have a strong enough stomach, go vote
Sistani Backs New Iraq Government
Posted in Iraq on June 3, 2004 | Comments Off
This is good news: June 3–Iraq’s new interim government Thursday won crucial recognition Thursday from Iraq’s most revered cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the Iraqi Shiites’ supreme religious leader. Sistani, in a written statement issued by his office in the holy city of Najaf, shied away from a formal endorsement of the new government. But [...]
Doctors Without Borders Leaving Afghanistan
Posted in Terrorism on June 3, 2004 | 2 Comments »
International > Asia Pacific > Aid Agency Halts Operations in Afghanistan” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/international/asia/03CND-AFGH.html”>it is no longer safe Doctors Without Borders suspended operations in Afghanistan today, a day after five of its workers were ambushed and killed, officials said. The suspension will affect the organization’s staff of 80 foreign employees and 1,400 Afghan employees, Nelke Manders, director [...]
Tenet Resigns
Posted in Politics on June 3, 2004 | 10 Comments »
No link, but it’s on the top of the Times front page. I am not unhappy to see him go, but I hope that the press does not allow him to be the fall guy for the intelligence failures before 9/11 and before the Iraq war. In the former case, it’s well documented that the [...]
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