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Shredder Alert

On November 3, the media should scrutinize the White House (and other executive departments) carefully because the paper shredders and disk destroyers may be in…

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Admitting Mistakes vs. Making Them

I'm generally unpersuaded by the argument that Bush doesn't ever admit mistakes.  Bush's failure as President is not that he refuses to admit error…

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Broadband over power lines?

Approved by the FCC. That's nice, I guess, though a bit weird. Is anyone seriously talking about providing this in the market?…

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Explosives vs. weapons

A Minneapolis TV station apparently filmed the Al Qaqaa facility on April 18th, nine days after Saddam's fall, with the boxes of explosives still intact.  B…

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Eminem's Call to Arms

Eminem's controversial new video for his song "Mosh," directed by Ian Inaba, sounds an anthem for a new generation.   And ends with a call to vote…

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Gone With the Wind heirs, at it again

Looks like the Mitchell heirs are at it again.  This time Project Gutenberg is their target.  Read more about it at Copyfight and at teleread.org. UPDATE 11.8.…