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Month: July 2004

  • Wag the Dog?

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    Wag the Dog??? Just-in-time-production? See CNN’s… Just-in-time-production? See CNN’s Breaking News Alert: “Security forces have captured a high-level al Qaeda operative in a raid in central Pakistan, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said.” Then, after you see that, remember that we noted in May and then The New Republic reported out extensively early this month,…

  • The Fear III

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    The Fear III Fear of Death Wins Minds and Votes, Study Finds: “President Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the Sept. 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Talking about death can raise people’s need for psychological security, the researchers report in studies to be…

  • Reporting for duty

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    Between one of the Kerry kids saying she knows all 6’4″ of her dad (ew) and Kerry saluting and saying he’s “Reporting for Duty,” I’m not feeling the love tonight.

  • Group Warns DVRs Endangered

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    The EFF, via my friend Wendy Setzer, is telling people how to make their own Digital Video Recorders: “The FCC has required that manufacturers make their devices less capable, and that’s all at the urging of Hollywood and the entertainment companies,” Seltzer said. “We think this is a ridiculous way to advance digital television.” Group…

  • Oceanside in the HOUSE

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    Caught my old friend and Technorati founder David Sifry on CNN tonight. He had only a few second to comment, and though a little nervous, I think he did amazingly well. Let’s hope they let him make some really intelligent remarks soon, as we know he’s capable of doing so. Check the Technorati Politics site…