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In an NBC Today show interview broadcast Monday, U.S. President George W. Bush said the war on terror probably couldn't be won. What a difference 24 hours makes! The Washington Post quoted him thusly: Bush, asked about “this war on terror” in an interview aired Monday on NBC's “Today” show, had said: “I don't think [...]
Tue, August 31 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
There is no master list. It's a joke. It's meant to be an ironic play on the category immediately above; you know, blogs i admit to viewing. Because if I really gave a list of blogs I didn't admit to viewing, I'd be admitting to viewing them, right? Oh, forget it. Just forget I mentioned [...]
Tue, August 31 2004 » Minutiae » Comments Off
nyc.IndyMedia.org was the vessel through which personal information about 1,700 delegates to the Republican National Convention was made (well, more) public.
Tue, August 31 2004 » Main Page, Media, politics » Comments Off
USA Today, in a bright move, hired Michael Moore (he made a little movie called Fahrenheit 9/11) to write about the Republican National Convention. But they sure made it hard to read him. Here was the rationale they gave for giving Moore a soapbox (and Jonah Goldberg of the National Review, who covered the Democrats [...]
Tue, August 31 2004 » Main Page » Comments Off
From a WashingtonPost.com account of Sen. John McCain's speech Monday night. He took at shot at Michael Moore (who was in the audience as an accredited columnist for USA Today). Here is the exchange: But amid his generally conciliatory remarks, McCain drew thunderous applause when he delivered a sharp jab at Michael Moore, a filmmaker [...]
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