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Monday, February 14, 2005
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2004 Presidential Transition
Here's a weblog dedicated to avoiding an attack on Iran. Iranians for Peace write, "This weblog is dedicated to the Iranian people who are against a military attack on Iran. We believe that no war can contribute to the establishment of liberty and democracy in our country. 'Iranians for Peace' welcomes the opinions of Iranian people around the globe who are in opposition to war."
I have no idea about the politics behind the website.
6:09:55 PM 
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 RSS Goodness
Here's a list of newspapers with RSS feeds. Sidewalk Theory writes, "We created this database as part of Jackie's thesis, but decided to open it up as wiki-style community tool. Currently you can only suggest RSS feeds, but eventually we are going to track advertising programs and archive access as well. This will be something of a combination of Columbia Journalism Review's Who Owns What?, the US Newspaper List, iBibilo's U.S. News Archives on the Web, and the work Tom Biro of The Media Drop did compiling a list of newspapers with RSS feeds in December of 2004."
Thanks to Dave Winer for the link.
5:48:34 PM
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Iraqi Election
Juan Cole: "Lebanese Broadcasting Co.'s satellite television news is reporting that the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), comprising Shiite religious parties, has won an absolute majority (141 seats) after adjustments were made in accordance with electoral procedure. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the list leader, expressed his pleasure at this 51 percent outcome for his coalition. The UIA still needs a 2/3s majority, and therefore a coalition partner or partners, to form a government (which involves electing a president and two vice-presidents, who will appoint a prime minister). But it can now win votes on procedure and legislation without needing any other partner."
"Robin Wright of the Washington Post points out that an electoral victory of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the Dawa Party, both of them close to Tehran, is not what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the Neoconservatives had been going for with this Iraq adventure. The United Iraqi Alliance is led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric who lived over 2 decades in exile in Iran. I point out that the likely coalition partner of the United Iraqi Alliance is the Kurdistan Alliance, led by Jalal Talabani, who is himself very close to Tehran. So there are likely to be warm Baghdad-Tehran relations."
6:59:12 AM
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Colorado Water
All is not well down south of Denver regarding regional cooperation to save the acquifer Castle Rock, Parker, and other South Metro cities rely on, according to the Denver Post [February 14, 2005, "Short on water, not disputes"]. From the article, "A new study shows the water supply beneath Castle Rock is falling much faster than the town is pumping it out. A Castle Rock well that the town has not pumped in a year continues to dwindle as nearby towns and utilities pump from the same underground source that feeds much of the south metro region. Castle Rock leads the south metro region in stretching the relatively inexpensive underground water supply - drafting tougher development codes, passing turf restrictions and studying ways to capture and reuse irrigation. But the town's efforts to save water, which will cost residents millions of dollars, are diminished by the thirsty practices of its fast-growing neighbors that share the Denver Basin aquifer."
6:41:36 AM
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Denver May 2005 Election
Here's an editorial is support of the new Denver Justice Center from the Rocky Mountain News [February 14, 2005, "The moment of truth for justice center"]. They write, "As early as next year the city should begin implementing some of the task force's recommendations. But while alternative approaches are worth exploiting, they're not a complete solution. And Denver urgently needs to solve its overcrowding problem before some judge elects to do it the hard way: through a court order."
Meanwhile the Denver Post editorial staff is also on board with the new plan [February 14, 2005, "City should go forth with Justice Center"]. They write, "The county jail on Smith Road, built more than 50 years ago and expanded since, is designed for 1,500 inmates but often holds more than 2,000. Also, the city jail downtown handles more than twice as many people as it was designed to. These crowded conditions are dangerous to inmates and staff alike."
David Harsanyi brings up some of the issues around the new Justice Center in his column in today's Post [February 14, 2005, "Jail plan shackled by questions"]. He writes, "An efficient government, saving your money, is hard to imagine. But how can anyone oppose a justice center?"
6:20:20 AM
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