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Saturday, October 09, 2004

Fun Translation Fun Translation: "Some Google college humor via Ding Deng: Type my mom is cool and nice into the Google Translator and translate it from English to Spanish. Now translate the result back to English again." (Via Google Blogoscoped.) 7:24:45 PM  Permalink  comment []

Bush tries to factcheck Kerry Bush tries to factcheck Kerry: " I was just watching the debates and Kerry was making a comment about tax cuts for "Small Business Owners". Kerry mentioned that Bush's ownership in a timber company would qualify him as a small business owner under the Republican definition. Bush said, he didn't own a timber company and made a joke about it. It looked for a moment like Kerry had gotten factchecked by Bush. The FactCheck.org page seems to be down, but from the Goggle cache: FactCheck.org President Bush himself would have qualified as a "small business owner" under the Republican definition, based on his 2001 federal income tax returns. He reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise. However, 99.99% of Bush's total income came from other sources that year. (Bush also qualified as a "small business owner" in 2000 based on $314 of "business income," but not in 2002 and 2003 when he reported his timber income as "royalties" on a different tax schedule.) Nice try President. Thanks to Jess' for the link UPDATE: ABC just picked up this story from FactCheck.org too. ;-) Comment - TrackBack" (Via Joi Ito's Web.) 7:20:49 PM  Permalink  comment []

Preaching to the converted Be sure to give a listen to this NPR piece on the heavy-handed tactics the Bushies are using to make sure only true-blue loyalists are present at Bush's campaign appearances. It's chilling stuff. Only the politically correct are welcome, the others are hustled off by the secret service. 5:31:09 PM  Permalink  comment []

Thucydides Thucydides: "Here's a quote from another Greek wise-guy , Thucydides, on the impact of the Peloponnesian wars on the people: "Words had to change their ordinary meaning to take that which was now given them. Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act upon any. Frantic violence became the attribute of manliness; cautious plotting, a justifiable means of self defense. The advocate of extreme measures was always trustworthy; his opponent a man to be suspected (3.82.4)."" (Via Arianna's Blog.) 9:44:01 AM  Permalink  comment []

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