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Monday, February 16, 2004

Meet the Press. Only a Kerry administration can ensure that Iraqis get every chance to produce their own representative government. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] 4:04:56 PM  Permalink  comment []

Milloy again. Crooked Timber bring up this  devastating critique  of Steve Milloy, operator of the "junkscience.com" site attached to the Cato Institute, and model for many of the similar party-line science sites that have proliferated in the blogosphere. I read Milloy's book a few years ago, and while some of it's good, in general it's just a conservative rant. It's more interested in protecting big corporations from lawsuits (which are, admittedly, sometimes on the edges of science) than it is in, say, the kind of religiousy-correct junk science promoted by conservatives around the country. 3:47:07 PM  Permalink  comment []

Junk science. Has either Flack Central Station or Junkscience.com thought about commissioning a few articles from David Icke and friends? It sounds to me as though there might be a real meeting of minds (although they might have to get the Icke crowd to soft-pedal the shapeshifting reptilians from outer space angle). [Crooked Timber] 3:25:52 PM  Permalink  comment []

Left-Wing Conspirators. Here's FollowTheNetwork.Org, apparently the brainchild of David Horowitz, it purports to be “a guide to the political left” and takes the form of a big database of people, funders, media, government and so on. The design of the site suggests that the left is a huge, interconnected web of shadowy figures and money flows. The database entries make for interesting reading. Trawling around in it (note that the site is in beta, so these links may stop working soon) I find that you can “follow the network” for people like these: Troy Duster. Described as a “Radical black sociologist.” Duster teaches at NYU is a past-president of the American Sociological Association. Jamal Ahmen Al-Fadl. Described as “bin Laden lieutenant, Sudanese …  Helped Sudan’s ruling NIF build world’s then-largest complex of terrorist training camps.” Bruce Ackerman,  “‘Progressive’ academic.” Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. Ben Ali Zinedine, ” President General of Tunisia’s democratic government.” Joan Baez, “singer, radical.” Osama Bin Laden, “Saudi Arabian financier … Issued fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Americans and Jews everywhere in the world. CIA notified Congress of this.” Barbara Reskin, “progressive academic.” Reskin is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and a former president of the American Sociological Association. Ahmad A. Ajaj, ” Associate of first WTC bombers. From Houston. Pizza deliveryman. ‘Mysterious connections and unlimited funds.’” Mary Waters, “‘Progressive’” academic. Waters is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department at Harvard University Mohammed Ali, “Special operations chief for Osama bin Laden in USA.” Michael Walzer, “political theorist.” Walzer is Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. Ayman Al-Zawhiri is “Second in command of al-Qaeda.” I could go on. And that’s just the database of individuals. There’s also the list of groups, where you can find invaluable information on terrorist groups like Hamas, Habitat for Humanity and the Harvard Alumni Association. And like any good blacklist, everyone is invited to submit any information they might have. Update: Blogger Jack Balkin is on the list, as another “‘Progressive’ Academic.” [Crooked Timber] This is a riot. They're grouping Habitat for Humanity together with Hamas! I think everyone should pass their own names and web addresses along to them, and maybe someone should make up a little web badge we could display proudly. 3:19:38 PM  Permalink  comment []

Ann Coulter's lies about Cleland torn to bits [bOing bOing] 1:48:42 PM  Permalink  comment []

Snopes exposes the fake Republican picture of Kerry and Jane Fonda. [Scripting News] 8:19:35 AM  Permalink  comment []

Female senator does not support women's right to vote Kansas State Senator Kay O'Connor, a Republican (almost needless to say) say she would have opposed the 19th Amendment, giving the women a right to vote. Asked if she supports the 19th Amendment, the Republican lawmaker responded: "I'm an old-fashioned woman. Men should take care of women, and if men were taking care of women (today) we wouldn't have to vote. "I'm sorry women have not been taken more care of," she said. "We have gotten the short end of the stick." If the measure were up for ratification today, she said, she would not support it. In her case, the short end of a lot of things, I'd say. [Secular Blasphemy] 8:04:59 AM  Permalink  comment []

Arew We Living in a Robert Anton Wilson satire? [Hit & Run] 7:57:36 AM  Permalink  comment []

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