Gold in Them Thar Hills?

Anna Nicole's Lawyer Vows to Appeal Ruling.

Future Chief Justice?

Justice Thomas reports wealth of gifts. In the last six years he has accepted free items valued at $42,200, the most on the high court.

Full Courting Press

President Bush will spearhead an election-style public relations campaign early next year to try to convince Americans that Social Security is in urgent need of change but will keep dollar and cent details deliberately vague, analysts and officials say. If this campaign is like his last one, vagueness will only be the begining. Lies and distrotions will be the name of the game.

Global Test

Bush is only interested in countries when he's invading them. Bush bragged about the U.S. commitment of $35 million to help respond to a tragedy that has cost more than 100,000 lives and displaced millions of people in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Somalia and other countries. What the president did not say is that this initial commitment is less than the planned expenditure for his Jan. 20 inauguration: $40 million. It was, as well, less than the immediate commitment by smaller and less wealthy nations such as Spain, which has already promised to provide $68 million.

No More Boxes

Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic bottles, a growing number of schools are ditching those clumsy paper half-pint cartons many of us grew up with.

Busy Bee

Ryan in the Rain

Rock Around the Clock

Dick Clark plans to watch his annual New Year's Eve show from the hospital bed where he is recovering from a stroke.

Spin Me Right Round

The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation, shortening days by a fraction of a second and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said Tuesday.

GOP Non-Diversity Program

The first test of Atlanta's gay rights ordinance may never make it to court. The man expected to become the next chair of the Georgia legislature's powerful House Rules Committee says he intends to bring in a bill to block the city from prosecuting Druid Hills Golf Club for denying spousal benefits to partners of gay members.

A Win for Parents Everywhere

Arkansas Judge Ends State Ban on Gay Foster Parents.

Google Controversy

Google Doodle Complaint Department

20 Wackiest Courtroom Moments by Court TV

The same day a judge denied cameras in the courtroom during Robert Blake’s murder trial, the veteran actor gave media crews something to shoot. The “Baretta” star grabbed a street musician’s guitar outside the courthouse and spontaneously belted out a rendition of “Over the Rainbow.”

A Parents Fear

One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp

Cracked Judiciary

The Minnesota state Supreme Court removed a mentally ill Hennepin County judge from his post on Monday, saying his criminal behavior "undermines the public's confidence and respect for the judiciary as a whole."

Rest in PEACE

Susan Sontag, the author, activist and self-defined "zealot of seriousness" whose voracious mind and provocative prose made her a leading intellectual of the past half century, died Tuesday. She was 71.

Cuppa Joe

The Origin of Coffee and the Croissant.

Mothman and Bigfoot and Nessy, Oh My!

The Top Cryptozoology Stories of 2004

Snitch

Is your car spying on you?

Chocolate Health

And as the medical reviews keep coming in, there's evidence that chocolate may meet a variety of needs, from the libido to the heart.

Hopeful New Year

Calvert, the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds, announced today that Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) have become the first global corporations to formally endorse The Calvert Women's Principles, a comprehensive code of corporate conduct focused on promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. By endorsing the Women's Principles, Starbucks and Dell have committed to taking proactive steps to implement the Principles, where applicable, in their business practices and operations. The Calvert Women's Principles are published on the Calvert Website.

Bush's Iraq Plan

Persistent violence in Sunni Arab cities, most of which are under curfew, has raised fears that voters there will be too intimidated to cast their ballots, skewing the poll in favor of Iraq's 60-percent Shi'ite Muslim majority.

Fry It Up In A Pan

In January, Bacon's MediaSource will begin sharing with its clients the names of what it considers to be the 250 most reputable blogs, the messages they contain, and the frequency with which client-relevant information appears on them.

Move Over

While Women Say They Shop More Online, Men Are Actually Outspending Them.

Wishes Granted

Amazons most wished for items on Wish Lists.

Sound of a Bubble Bursting

More tales of the Bush economy. U.S. Nov. new home sales down 12%.

NORAD

I meant this for two nights ago, but you'll need to save it for next year.

50,000 Volts

This site is here to show those houses where the residents are likely celebrating a happy holiday, but have no sense of decency in how they choose to celebrate.

Making A List

Directions on Microsoft has released a list of what it considers the top 10 challenges for the software giant in 2005.

I Rent In SF

Bay Area Apartment Rentals Most Expensive in Nation.

All Time Low

It's the Bush economy.

Bottom Ten

CoolWebSearch is the most dangerous program on Webroot's latest list.

Bohemian Art Show

A Flash Fandango

Thank you to Jenny The Shifted Librarian

Try Try Again

Bush to Renominate 20 Judges Whom Democrats Have Resisted

Reboot

Sign at Times Square

Thank you to Jenny The Shifted Librarian

Google Anachronism

What Famous People of the Past Would Have Googled

Logos of Ether

'Floating Logos' the images are inspired by signs perched high atop very tall poles in order for people to view them from a very long distance. The poles are digitally removed from the image in order to give the illusion that the signs are disconnected from the ground as they ominously float above us.

Thank you to pi22seven for pointing out this site.

Delays in Construction

A massive lunchtime explosion struck a flimsy mess tent filled with soldiers Tuesday at a military base near Mosul. It was one of the deadliest attacks yet against Americans in Iraq.

Ten More Years

Senior MPs warn British troops will be in Iraq for a decade, as Blair in Baghdad proclaims: 'We are not a nation of quitters' I guarantee that they will not be there alone, the US military must have the same plans.

Promise Land

"Just the existence of stone vessels is not enough to prove that this is a biblical site," and more excavations are needed, he said.

Reindeer Games

Silly Reindeer Greeting

Giant Grinch

But this year, the merry menagerie - worth about $150,000 in custom-designed props - stayed indoors. Instead, on the manicured lawn outside the couple's Tudor mansion stood a single tiding: a 10-foot-tall Grinch with green fuzz, rotting teeth, and sickly, beet-red eyeballs.

‘Denglish’

Many companies in Germany have used English, or some mishmash of German and English to appeal to their German customers.

Perfect Ephemera

Overheard in New York

'Twas the Night

A Visit from Saint Nicholas (In the Ernest Hemingway Manner)
Thank you to Dr. Web for the go to.

British Medical Journal

Poor diet, inherited disease made Gollum mad.

Christmas Day Brunch

Pumpkin Waffles from HistoryGirl

SF is #10

America's Most Literate Cities.

The Gaurdian's Best

Top 100 websites with a British Twist

15 Minutes

The Apple Girl

Whitewashed

On Tuesday night, the Sci Fi Channel aired its final installment of Legend of Earthsea, the miniseries based—loosely, as it turns out—on Ursala LeQuin's Earthsea books. The books, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, which were published more than 30 years ago, are about two young people finding out what their power, their freedom, and their responsibilities are.

I don't know what the film is about. It's full of scenes from the story, arranged differently, in an entirely different plot, so that they make no sense. My protagonist is Ged, a boy with red-brown skin. In the film, he's a petulant white kid. Readers who've been wondering why I "let them change the story" may find some answers here.

Contempt of Prosecutor

A federal judge today threatened to hold a prosecutor in contempt if he failed to get a letter from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft by the end of the day stating his refusal to explain why the only death penalty ever sought in an immigrant smuggling case is against a black man.

ABC Finally Catches the Wave

ABC cashes in on 'Desperate Housewives'

Oh the Irony

McDonald's Named 'Marketer of the Year'. By the way, has anybody seen 'Supersize Me'?

Isn't Homeland Security All Contracts?

In a detailed report totaling more than 400 pages, the General Services Administration's internal investigator has documented widespread and apparently systematic misuse of contracts and skirting of laws and regulations at the agency.

Dismantaling Social Security

Leaders of organizations representing millions of working Americans today declared at a Campaign for America's Future news conference that they will work together to stop President Bush's plan to dismantle Social Security shortly before the president delivered his closing remarks at the White House economic conference.

The Internet's Biggest Foe

While Powell has launched a vigorous censorship campaign against Howard Stern, the ABC show "Desperate Housewives," and Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction," he has allowed the near total reconcentration of the broadcast industry into a very few hands. Not only do we have fewer voices, but small businesses are now at the mercy of broadcast giants when buying radio or television advertising time.

A New Kind of Grinch

Battling the homosexuals, liberals and Jews, Bill O'Reilly and friends are making America safe for Christmas.

Die Net

World Sunlight Map

BrainTwister Two

I know you all have finished the first 80 page Internet Puzzle, so here is another.

A Bit Late, But Fun

jew-heyya

Another Roadblock

Ohio Justice Throws Out Election Challenge

Oh Canada

Legal pot? Legal gay marriage? Universal health care? What's next, free porn and candy?

The Other Brother

Neil Bush: Goodwill ambassador or sex tourist?

Frivolous Lawsuits

Bush Economic Forum on U.S. Legal System Is a Rehash of Lies and Distortions From Election Campaign. Nonpartisan, Independent Data Show That Businesses File Four Times as Many Lawsuits as Consumers, There Is No “Tort Tax” and Lawsuit Filings Are Down.

A Swiftboat to Iran

Jerome R. Corsi, a leader of the Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth campaign against former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry, is hard at work on his next political project: preparing American public opinion for what he sees as a likely war with Iran.

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New Catch Phrase: Frivolous Lawsuits

The Pentagon expressed concern Monday over a criminal complaint filed in Germany against US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, warning that "frivolous lawsuits" could affect the broader US-German relationship.

FCC Action Alert!

Fighting back against the Parents Television Council.

E-mail Christmas Card

W32.Erkez.D@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to email addresses gathered from the infected computer.

Cloud Over the Constitution

The problem with Gonzales is that he has been deeply involved in developing some of the most sweeping claims of near-dictatorial presidential power in our nation's history. These claims put President George W. Bush literally above the law, allowing him to imprison and even (at least in theory) torture anyone in the world, at any time, for any reason that Bush associates with national security . . . —Stuart Taylor Jr., former New York Times Supreme Court reporter, "America's Best Choice?," Legal Times, November 15, 2004

Queen of Sky

I was fired for blogging

"I Wanna Go To Miami"

Top 100 Wines

The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln

Was Abe Lincoln Gay?

Curious Facts

The holiday season, with its many traditions, family gatherings and general good feeling, will soon be upon us. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its data warehouse.

Sshhhhh

For the next time the annoying guy at the movies is talking to his buddy.

And I Can't Get Up

Fall-Related Injuries During the Holiday Season

Erasure

Laura Bush's lovely Christmas decorations may have bumped some of the White House's usual art out of the building. Like the official portrait of Bill Clinton.

Suprise Suprise

Retiring U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, the conservative Georgia Democrat who backed President Bush's re-election, is joining Fox News Channel as a contributor.

R.I.P.

Gary Webb, a courageous investigative journalist who was the target of one of the most ferocious media attacks on any reporter in recent history, was found dead Friday after an apparent suicide.

Checking it Twice

Tis the season for Santa Claus detectors, such as that shown in U.S. Patent 5,523,741. What ever happened to the bite out of the cookie proof?

Shattering The Myth

An Initial Snapshot of Voter Disenfranchisement in the 2004 Elections.

The Real Conspiracy

Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for "vote switching" software.

Wish Upon A Birthday Star

Tell the Birthday Stars computer when you were born, and it will look for a star that is your age in light years away from Earth.

Rasmussen

Who nailed the election results?

Googleplex Library

Google Will Digitize and Search Millions of Books From 5 Leading Research Libraries.

Faithless Elector

Minnesota Elector Votes For Edwards.

Select Gender, Name and Profession

"My husband is a 'Junior' and has a family business that he wants to continue in the family name," said Kristen, 37, of Grafton, Mass. I guess the girls just won't have a head for business?

Economy of Scale

Today's cost of the 12 days of Christmas has climbed to $17,297.

Christ Controlled Content?

In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell laid some startling statistics on U.S. senators. The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, “a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes.”

What Powell did not reveal—apparently because he was unaware—was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.

Radical Justice

Clarence Thomas is no conventional conservative. If he becomes the next chief of the U.S. Supreme Court, his willingness to overturn entire areas of law must be carefully scrutinized.

A Weekend with the Wookies

I don't know if you remember this, but I sure do. I thought I'd serve up a delicious reminder that not everything Starwars was golden.

New Report, Decade Old Problem

"We conclude that the overall root cause of the sexual assault problems at the Air Force Academy was the 'failure of successive chains of command over the past 10 years to acknowledge the severity of the problem,'"

The Bush Economy

"Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts in fiscal year 2004 totaled more than 1.61 million--down 2.6 percent from fiscal year 2003, when a record 1.66 million were filed. It is the second highest total for any fiscal year."

Name That Tune

Grammy nominations announced.

Chocolate?

What Makes Women Happy?

Thank you to Dr. Web for pointing out the article.

Coal for Your Stocking

Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in November 2004

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

ASCAP announced an update of its Top 25 most-performed Holiday songs.

Serious Act-Tor

William Shatner "sings" Elton John's RocketMan.

NYT Book Review

100 Notable Books of the Year.

Most Popular

eBay has launched eBay Pulse, which includes information such as "Most Popular Searches" and "Largest Stores" and "Highest Priced Items." You might also want to see Google Zeitgeist.

Official Seal of the Republican Party 

For Lisa

Versace Barbie and Juicy Couture Barbie.

Oscar Race Has Begun

National Board of Review finds 'Neverland' 2004's best picture.

What is Freakin Smart?

'Jeopardy!' Whiz Ends 74-Game Win Streak

Still Rockin'

A new video for Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" directed by Michael Moore.

The FCC Protects Who?

Three of the country's most powerful media corporations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a thirty-day extension as they consider whether to submit arguments designed to eliminate media ownership safeguards.

Puzzle Addiction!

I have found a MAJOR time waster, and have fallen prey. Now I pass it on to YOU, so you can be sucked in! Seventy pages of internet savvy riddle puzzeling!

addendum: I have become stuck at screen 15, and don't have time to work past it, anybody let me know if you break through screen 15.

Rosey the Riveting

Posters for a new war.

Sharing a picture of my son Ryan 

Petty Larsony

Run to the Farside

Malware

CA slaps spyware label on Kazaa.

I'm Stuffed

Help Lines Hear Thanksgiving Horror Tales

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Found this article on Dr. Web's site.

Know It All

The latest book on my nightstand.

With or Without You

"As agency employees we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies," Goss said in the memorandum, which came after several top officers resigned.

And that's part of our world tonight

Veteran CBS news anchor Dan Rather to resign.

Gag Rule

“There has been a rather profound reorientation of government information policy in the direction of greater secrecy, and one finds it on every level,” Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy of the Federation of American Scientists, said in an interview. “... By every measure, this administration, led by the Justice Department, has been less forthcoming than any of its predecessors.”

Arbeh

"Either it's a sign of the coming apocalypse or a tasty afternoon treat. You decide."

Thank you Alan for point this article out and for the quote.

Non-Affirmative Action

Universities Record Drop In Black Admissions.

Pork Barrel

Despite soaring deficits, the government spending plan awaiting Bush's signature is chock-full of special items for industries and communities.

DeLay Tactics

Prosecutor Blasts GOP for Shielding DeLay.

Win, Place and Show

Little noticed in this month's election was that the nation's third biggest vote getter, behind only Bush and Kerry, was Sen. Barbara Boxer (voting record), a fiery California Democrat who proudly wears her liberalism on her sleeve.

Holiday Cheer

Some guy is drinking nothing but Pepsi Holiday Spice for 45 days and blogging about it.

Reform the System

The wildfire popularity of recent articles alleging fraud in the 2004 election may not prove that Kerry was "robbed" of a victory. But they do prove one thing beyond a doubt—many Americans feel a deep mistrust toward the U.S. electoral system that erodes the integrity of our democracy.

Voice of America

No longer the just-the-facts newsman, retired CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite, 88, blasted the Bush administration during a charity appearance on Fisher Island.

Can He Fire Them All?

Bush's 'Perception Management' Plan.

E-Voting

The first scientific analysis of voting machine irregularities has now been published by the University of California.

Heaven Sent

A 48-year-old woman became the first person in Chilean history to file for divorce Thursday, ushering in a new era for this heavily Roman Catholic country that had been the last in South America with no divorce law.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Pomp and controversy attend the opening of Clinton's presidential archives.

Apology Accepted

The world accepts our apology.

Southern Response

Here is a Southerners response to the 'F' the south website posted here and elsewhere. Which by the way, I posted here really to show the rage that was being caused by the results of the elections, and not as statement of agreement. Not only does the diatribe neglect that many liberals, both Black and White, voted for Kerry (and Blacks in very large numbers), but it blames the victims and not a corrupt system (including blatant vote stealing and suppression). Besides that, Lisa (who posts here and at here own site) is a Southener and is what I consider to be my political sister.

Nail This to the Door

The Official Rules of Calvinball.

Peter and the Coyote

Mass Media In 'Lock Down' Not To Cover Vote Fraud.

Shooting Star

The Leonid Meteor Shower 2004: Modest Peak Expected Nov. 16-19.

Less Cash in Their Pockets

The economic well-being of middle-income families has changed significantly over the last few years.

Good Housekeeping

Much to the dismay of eleven states in the union, good parenting is the key to success with children, and gay parents are equally as likely to raise well-adjusted kids as heterosexuals.

250 Million to One

Unexplained poll discrepancy.

Price to Pay

Many believe the popular Barghouti is the only leader capable of unifying squabbling Palestinian factions, reining in militants and possibly restarting peace efforts with Israel.

Filed under: What the Hell...

A woman and her boyfriend are accused of plotting to sacrifice the woman's three children on a church altar.

Learning from Mistakes

As liberals and Democrats sort through what went wrong in Election 2004, they should put at the top of their list the dangerous imbalance that now exists in the national news media.

White Diamonds

Italy's warty white truffles, once aphrodisiacs for the ancient Romans and now the most expensive funghi in the world, are finally getting their own museum.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Jurors find Scott Peterson guilty of murder.

Good Things in Small Packages

Stanford University doctors successfully replaced a heart valve on the youngest infant ever, a 9-month-old girl, in an experimental operation that has only been performed once before in the United States.

Shakeup Begins

Does this mean Alberto Gonzales won't be on the Supreme Court?

A Dove from the Phoenix?

I don't understand why Ariel "The Butcher" Sharon thinks a smear campaign against a dead man is going to help an ongoing 'peace' process. I definitely don't think that Arafat is the kindly man of peace that the Arab news is trying to portray, but he did lay down his arms and come to the peace table. My point being, and I think everyone will agree, there is bad blood on both sides. Sit down and hammer out a peace plan and then you can sling as much mud as you want.

Old is New, Again

HOORAY FOR WHAT!, a hilarious send-up of fascism, jingoism, and war profiteering. Lost musical opened in San Francisco November 10th.

Judgement Day

The last election showed that we have slow witted people, and now America has the fastest Super Computer, Blue Gene. What is next?

Rage and Sorrow

Fuck The South (Dot Com) Sorry Everybody (Dot Com)

East, East, and Away: Will Your Job Move to China?

East, East, and Away: Will Your Job Move to China? :

You heard the subject brought up in the presidential debates, but how much do you know about the effects of foreign outsourcing? The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania published an informative article and book review on this subject, looking at both sides of the issue, as excerpted below.

"Although outsourcing eliminates many jobs, it also creates employment. It does so directly by creating demand for employment in sectors associated with the mobility of production inputs and finished goods (such as logistics, shipping and retail) and indirectly by enhancing the competitiveness of the local firm. Outsourcing permits a company to focus on what it does best (for example, designing and developing new products) and allows for the deployment of resources into areas of comparative advantage that, at least in developed economies, produce more value added and better paying jobs. President Bush’s chief economic advisor was alluding to those benefits when he suggested that outsourcing was good for the U.S. economy, though he neglected to consider its downside potential or show sympathy for the workers displaced."

But, "... as numerous studies have shown, the jobs created by exports seldom go to those workers displaced by imports; close to one-third of the manufacturing employees displaced by foreign competition were unable to find a job. Two-thirds of those able to find work made less than in their old jobs, and while the average earnings loss was 13%, one-quarter suffered earning losses in excess of 30%. Those who found employment in the service sector, where average wages are barely more than half the manufacturing wages and where newcomers lack know-how and seniority, suffered an especially steep drop. "

Click the link above for the whole article.

GOD HELP AMERICA- A View From Across the Pond

Mirror.co.uk - GOD HELP AMERICA

Youth Vote

18-29 year olds are the only age bracket that voted for Kerry and overwhelmingly so, if that age bracket had been the only one to vote that Electoral Vote map would have looked like this.

The Titanic

Could the 4,530 votes lost due to a data storage error be only the tip of the e-voting iceberg?

Backdraft

Can somebody tell me how they are going to "maintain peace" in Iraq and then attack Iran without a draft?

Take Action

Thousands of election protection workers kept things from being worse, but, unfortunately, more than 1,000 cases of vote suppression were still reported on and around Election Day. Moving Ideas has put together a list of many of the instances—mostly against students and people of color. Read the list, then take action: Send an e-mail to Attorney General John Ashcroft demanding a full investigation into the cases of voter suppression.

Spoilage

Did you know that votes spoil?

Grassroots

The Democrats Need a Spiritual Left.

Jane, you ignorant slut

Need a Saturday Night Live transcript?

Deep Purple

I trying to think if this voter distribution map makes me feel better or worse.



Thank you to Infojones for posting the map.

Break It Down

This graph made me proud to be Jewish



Thank you to Andrew Tanenbaum at electoral-vote.com

Paying Dividends

Whatever else the U.S. election means for a variety of issues and groups, among the biggest winners are oligopolies.

Can we Secede?

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Thank you Fey for sending this to me.

Fool me Twice, Shame on Me

Shoplifting the election. Thank you to Eric for leading me to this article.

Christian Science

Bush FDA appointee helps stop over the counter sale of 'Plan B' post-contraception pill.

Depths of Hell

Kerry concedes. I don't even know how to express my devastation over the realization that there will be four more years.

Cross Your Fingers

Look for election results.

November Suprise

The GOP is making an all out push to steal this election in the swing states.

Googlicious

Today Google has a new Halloween Google Logo displayed, here is where they keep all their past logos and even more Google fan logos here. Thank you to Alan for pointing them out.

The Govinator

California Governor's job commission fights conflict of interest disclosure.

Election Watch

Keeping an eye on the hidden hand of corporate interest in the 2004 elections.

The Election Shenanigans Have Begun

The Republican aren't even making a pretense of a legitimate election. They will use whatever it takes to win.

Eminem Stakes His Election Position

Guerrilla News Network

Watch and Listen.

File: Curious Things

Another wonderful site ABOUT ephemera. What's in Jeremy's Wallet?

Breaking an 80 year record of Silence

The New Yorker endorses Kerry.

Greetings from the Shire

It is a fundamentally new creature that bears more of a resemblance to fictional, barefooted hobbits than modern humans.

Visualize Swirled Peas

A friend forwarded this site on the power of positive thinking, I see it as a cute reminder to go out and vote November 2nd.

Occupation

Eric of Emptyself.com and ThinkResponsibly.blogspot.com has a wonderful track on his new web EP EmptySelf entitled Occupation.

Isolationist

International access to the official re-election website of Us President George W. Bush (www.georgewbush.com) has been blocked.

The Clean Slate

I post this because in my opinion the SF Bay Guardian publishes the best voter guide and endorsements for the San Francisco Bay Area. Which means that they think alot like I do, it is very rare that I disagree with them.

Critical Issue!

Whoever wins the presidential election Nov. 2 could reshape the court, the world's most powerful judicial body, in ways that long outlive his presidency.

Hunter's Moon

The pale-white moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red during totality.

Stand up for your Rights

The bipartisan U.S Commission on Civil Rights has released a draft report on the Bush Administration's CR record Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004 (PDF 1.5 MB). It's a pretty scathing indictment

Against the Grain

Is the U.S. prohibiting Iraqi farmers from planting seed they've saved so they have to buy imported seed from big corporations? This report says so.

Some day you just can't get rid of a bomb!

The U.N. nuclear agency warned Monday that insurgents in Iraq may have obtained nearly 400 tons of missing explosives that can be used in the kind of car bomb attacks that have targeted U.S.-led coalition forces for months.

Clash of the Titans

NASA: Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn. Today, Oct. 26, Cassini will pass within 1,200 km (746 miles) of Saturn's giant moon Titan. The historic flyby will be the closest approach to Titan to date.

To the Editor

A new weblog, "Regret the Error," is devoted solely to reporting on newspaper errors. If only Bush/Cheney made such publications.

Playhouse Disney

Viacom and Disney will pay a combined $1.5 million to settle government charges in connection with violating the amount of commercials that kids are exposed to. This links back to a discussion that started on Lisa's blog.

Grand Slam

Charles Joseph Hiller

Osama Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

Ten days to go before we head to the polls, which means only 10 days left for an October Surprise, that rabbit-from-the-hat, ace-in-the-hole election cincher. As of today, there have been 59 "surprise parties" planned in anticipation of that event, the guest of honor, Osama Bin Laden.

In September, we were teased with a statement from Joseph Cofer Black, the US State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, that Bin Laden's capture was close at hand.

An article on the website of Spain's El Mundo, (translation here), places Bin Laden China. Rumors and speculation abound on the liklihood of Bin Laden's pre-election day capture.

Get you party favors ready, just in case.

Who Cares What the Rest of the World Wants?

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | World 'wants Kerry as president': A new poll in 35 countries suggests that people around the world would prefer Democratic challenger John Kerry as US president over George W Bush.

Too bad they don't get a say in this one.

KERRY WINS Election!!!

A recent survey has proven that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes true!! At least that is how I am interpreting the results of a survey reported in this troubling article. I will be testing this by repeating the "Kerry Wins" message often, you do it too.

Say Cheese!

While this site is not what could be classified as electronic ephemera, it would qualify as a site ABOUT ephemera. Ever wondered who that was lurking in the background of your delightfully composed photograph of the Eiffel Tower? Who was that guy who put two fingers up behind your head when you were manfully posing with your girlfriend? Well, now you might be able to find out (or just have a laugh at some nicely ruined photos) for FREE with this glorious website! It all depends if that someone will admit that was me!...

Not without a FIGHT!

Sen. John Kerry, bracing for a potential fight over election results, will not hesitate to declare victory Nov. 2 and defend it, advisers say. You may need a temporary login from BugMeNot.

Back up against the wall

rx has created a wonderfully satirical rendition of the war president singing U2's sunday bloody sunday.

Gone Phishin'

Here is news of the latest Phishing Scam.

A New Deal

SolitaireCentral is your "source for everything you ever wanted to know about solitaire and patience card games," including rules, downloads of games, online games, and more.

Master of Strategery

In March of 2004 the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign put a Sloganator poster creator on thier website. With this web application you could create your own Bush/Cheney re-election poster with your own slogan printed on it. Thousands of liberal activist flooded the site to create thier own posters, within a few weeks handlers at Bush/Cheney found out what was happening and took the Sloganator down. Here is a Sloganator Memorial site where you can see some of the best creations.

It's the most remarkable word I've ever seen

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Venal Ventriloquist

Is Bush Wired? Is an entire weblog devoted to the question and debate about whether Bush has been prompted through an earpiece during the presidential debates, and perhaps even earlier in his few press conferences.

Dear Limey Assholes

From Neil at Neil's World comes a selection of letters and emails received in response to the Guardian's Clark County campaign. The Guardian started a letter-writing campaign so that the British public could encourage the voters of Clark County, Ohio to get out and vote. Clark County has been shown in polls to be one of the most undecided counties in the US. The Guardian is generally left-wing paper and the majority of the people writing letters have been lobbying against Bush. Some of the Clark County responces to these emails have been stunning in thier Xenophobia.

First Post

I will hopefully be using this space to post that ephemeral electonica that passes so quickly out here in cyberspace. Those things that only have meaning in the topica of the moment, the flashes of news, mp3's, animations and even jokes. I expect that years, or even months down the line, many if not most of the links will be broken. If this blog succeeds I may even post on the topic of electronic ephemera and the efforts to preserve it. I have asked a few people to join me in making posts. I hope to create a community of posters and readers, and encourage people to comment and interact with the posters. If you would like to post, just leave a comment and we'll see if we can work something out.