Saturday, March 27, 2004

Overheard in an airport: is Winn-Dixie going to close hundreds of stores in NC and VA? 2:42:48 PM    comment []

In a WSJ review (3/26; subscription only), Stewart Baker praises Lawrence Lessig's new book, Free Culture, and says the fight against "big copyright" should be a conservative cause, too: "(I)t looks like a constantly expanding government program run for the benefit of a noisy, well-organized interest group...It's asbestos litigation for the Internet age." Jeff Jarvis, interested in hearing your review. 11:06:47 AM    comment []

I just received, again, an email that is making the rounds about the discovery of fighter aircraft buried in the Iraqi desert. The text says that you won't see this in the media, that the Mig Foxbat fighters are highly advanced, and that it all adds up to evidence that we might just find WMD after all. Facts: Rummy announced this in August after the July discovery, the planes were Cold War-vintage, and antique jet fighters hidden in the sand in response to the long-standing no-fly enforcement over Iraq do not add up to a media conspiracy to hide progress on finding WMD. 10:24:40 AM    comment []

Van Halen will open its summer tour at the Greensboro Coliseum on June 11. I've never been a big fan of Van Halen (this will be the Sammy Hagar-fronted version) but I am a fan of Coliseum boss Matt Brown, who consistently delivers the goods. 8:44:24 AM    comment []

Finally, a letter to the News & Record in support of Billy Yow...of course, it's from Richard Vanderford of Siler City, a guy who routinely writes race-baiting letters to the editor,  and who reportedly has been involved in organized racist groups and reportedly has a vanity plate on his car that says "ARYAN"... Meanwhile, The Guilford County GOP has issued a statement on Yow, but Hoggard says it's weak: "as condemnations go... I give it a 'D-'...I said I would change affiliations unless my party called for Yow's censure and resignation...  they did neither.  Damn." 8:11:38 AM    comment []