Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Gregory Stanford wrote a column the other day in which he includes part of a discussion he had with Lani Guinier. Stanford includes a paraphrase of Guinier putting down the Republican Party. Stanford writes, The Republican vision sustains a materialistic, individualistic, consumeristic culture, Guinier said. And that’s a problem how? If…
November, 2004
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Normally I don’t buy computer game magazines because game-oriented web sites do a much better job of covering games. But the January 2005 issue of Computer Games has an extensive preview of Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, Irrational’s sequel to Freedom Force. Whereas the first game was a Silver Age-driven comics game, FFVTR is…
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Free Fiona is a website put up by Fiona Apple fans trying to convince Sony/Epic to release Apple’s third album, “Extraodinary Machine.” The album was finished in May 2003, but Sony/Epic won’t release it because they don’t think it will sell in the United States. A couple tracks from the album were leaked on the…
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Back in October, Tom Brokaw complained that bloggers and Internet sites were too focused on the fake documents that Dan Rather used to try to impugn George W. Bush. Apparently, we should have been following NBC’s lead and been digging up dirt on Prince Charles’ sex life, The 83-minute video will be shown in two…
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Boing! Boing! again confirms its need to avoiding cognitive dissonance (emphasis in the original), Olli sez: “Just found this link to some really interesting anti-communist propaganda from the 1960′s. It’s a comic book that looks at what *COULD* happen to *YOU* if those evil commies get their hands on the USA. Endorsed by none other…
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BlogTorrent is software designed to, . . . make it much easier to share and download files using the bittorrent protocol. . . . Blog Torrent is easy for users: even if they don’t know what bittorrent is, they get an installer that downloads the file they want. But most of all, Blog Torrent makes…
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Hmmm…Minnesota Timberwolves player Michael Olowokandi had to be tasered by police after he refused to leave a club around 3 a.m. Thursday. The Timberwolves are supposed to play the Indiana Pacers Thursday, and Olowokandi has been suspended from that game. Wouldn’t want to give the Pacers the idea that outrageous behavior is acceptable in the…
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One of the nicest treats this Christmas season has been watching Warner Brothers’ “Polar Express” fall on its face while Pixar’s “The Incredibles” has soared at the box office. Warner actually slotted “Polar Express” to come out the week after “The Incredibles” because they thought the Pixar film was not going to do well. And…
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Boing! Boing! points to this awesome comic book cover database. Anyone want to take bets on how long it takes Marvel and DC to cease-and-desist this site out of existence?