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Bartleby.com – Loads of Books on the web
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Tons of stuff to read and research over at Bartleby.com [via J-Walk]
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Why we'll never have peace
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Statements like this are why the world will never be peaceful until one religion wins in totality. Remember, this statement was made on 17 Oct 2004 “Sir, why do the government clerics ignore the killing of the prisoners during the time of the Prophet? 600-700 prisoners were killed in the raid on the Qurayza tribe. […]
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Heinz Kerry Separates Self From Mrs. Bush
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“Well, you know, I don’t know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good,” Heinz Kerry said. “But I don’t know that she’s ever had a real job – I mean, since she’s been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from […]
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News Flash – Jennings Worried About Being "Objective"
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If anything tells you about the sad state of journalism in this country, just read what Peter Jennings has to say. “I’m a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective,” Jennings said. Yeah, that would be terrible if you were held to, you know, standards. No wonder Peter had to come […]
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Operation Clark County
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This is asinine. The Guardian, a United Kingdom (that England, y’all) newspaper has the roster of 85,000 registered voters in Clark County, Ohio. You go to the linked page, enter your email (supposedly, you’re an concerned English person) and you get the name and address of a voter in that county. You’re then supposed to […]
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The required Jon Stewert post
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Everyone in the world with a blog is posting this today, but I’m going to link to someone who has the transcript up. If you have the means (and by that I mean broadband), download the video. There are bittorrents everywhere (a page here, as a matter of fact). Even if you don’t have broadband, […]
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Kerry Haters for Kerry
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Brilliant. Love the stickers. Link [via Micahel Totten]
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Court Halts Sale of September 11 Coins
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About damn time, too. Fricken vultures. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday obtained a court order to temporarily suspend the sale of commemorative Sept. 11 coins heavily advertised as being minted from silver recovered at ground zero. Link
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I can't keep up anymore
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To the Christian right, “Dred Scott” turns out to be a code word for “Roe v. Wade.” I can’t keep all this crap straight anymore. Can we just get rid of Ashcroft and make some of us conservatives feeel a hell of a lot better about voting based on other issues? By the way, I […]
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Page-addressable PDF
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Awesome tip.. thanks to Jon for the info! I’m putting this here so I don’t lose it. In yesterday’s item I complained about the opaqueness of PDF files. As Mark Kunzmann pointed out (in email), the situation is less dire than I suggested. He illustrated by pointing me to page 100 of the government’s energy […]