Tuesday, July 30, 2002

John Tudor. "A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way." [Quotes of the Day] 2:00:52 PM

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Lane Olinghouse. "Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address." [Quotes of the Day] 2:00:40 PM

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Untangling Muddy Waters and His Blues. Robert Gordon seeks out the details behind the legend of Muddy Waters, who followed the archetypal path of the blues. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Books] I met Robert Gordon some years back when I was on the blues panel at SXSW. I was impressed then with his dedication to the roots of American music, particularly Southern American music, and his encyclopedic knowledge. I look forward to reading his new, as close as possible to definitive McKinley Morganfield – aka Muddy Waters - bio. 2:00:10 PM

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Anti-Abortion? An ISP Wants You. Neal Horsley's new venture touts itself as 'The Internet Service Provider of the Abortion Abolition Movement.' The front door features a photo of a dismantled fetus. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News] Gee, guess who provides the backbone access for these hateful shit stains? Oh, come on, guess. Give up?   Global Crossings. That’s right, the same company in deep doo-doo with the SEC over blatant fraud, the same company with deep White House roots, the same company that has stolen BILLIONS – that’s with a “B” – from millions of average Americans. Moral, indeed. What a joke. 1:56:17 PM

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RIAA site hit with denial-of-service attack. Attacks began one day after RIAA-backed bill to crack down on peer-to-peer piracy [InfoWorld: Top News] Boy, talk about a lose-lose situation. Nobody likes the latest RIAA proposals. But the true moral center – or rather lack of - of the “File Sharing” – read stealing – movement is on public display with this childish DoS attack. 1:51:46 PM

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Grime pays. Bush's cuts to the Superfund reward corporate polluters for stonewalling and leave neighbors of toxic sites frustrated and desperate. [Salon.com] Here’s the truth about the Commander In Thief’s environmental policy. Surprise! It’s designed primarily to provide protection for his illegally polluting corporate masters at the cost of – you guessed it - Joe Taxpayer. 1:49:11 PM

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Fundamentally unsound. Left Behind, the bestselling series of paranoid, pro-Israel end-time thrillers, may sound kooky, but America's right-wing leaders really believe this stuff. [Salon.com] Who the fuck are the superstitious imbeciles who eagerly swallow such laughably ridiculous drivel whole as Gospel truth? You don’t have to look any farther than the White House to find out. 1:47:16 PM

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Bush Signs Broad Changes in Business Laws. President Bush today signed into law a broad overhaul of corporate fraud, accounting and securities laws. By David Stout. [New York Times: Politics] From the bulging “Hypocrisy On Parade” file, do we really need to comment on this? Did the Boy Blunder not get the memo? Irony is dead. 1:43:03 PM

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Bush Energy Proposal Seeks to 'Clear Skies' by 2018. President Bush announced on Monday that he had submitted to Congress legislation that he said would reduce most power plant emissions by 70 percent by 2018. By Christopher Marquis. [New York Times: Politics] Is anyone buying this unbelievable bullshit? If so, you’re even dumber than Boy George. Here’s a clue: Gutting virtually all environmental protections, as DUH-bya has done, will not, repeat, not result in less pollution. Except maybe in the Bizarro universe. 1:41:57 PM

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Democratic Aspirants Accuse Bush of Economic Blunders. A parade of prospective Democratic presidential candidates assailed President Bush's handling of the economy on Monday. By Adam Nagourney. [New York Times: Politics] Golly, I can’t imagine why the Dems are beating up on poor Idiot George for his handling of the economy. I mean, just because in the 18 short months since the SCoUS appointed this Dim Bulb, we’ve seen by far the biggest single year change from black ink to red in the history of our country combined with the worst stock market performance under *any* new president, it doesn’t mean His Accidency is a dolt, right?             OF COURSE not. He’s a dolt for entirely unrelated reasons. 1:39:58 PM

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Profound Effect on U.S. Economy Seen in a War on Iraq [New York Times: International News] Here’s a prime candidate for the “Well, DUH” file: Turns out an invasion against Iraq might harm the already fragile US economy.   Gee, ya think? You better, ‘cause the Idiot In Chief obviously doesn’t. All he cares about is avenging daddy and killing the Anti-Christ. Yep, the Smirking Chimp actually believes Sadam is the Anti-Christ. Is there no end to his stupidity? 1:31:50 PM

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