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1. | The FBI's Secret Scrutiny
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NSLs....Since the Washington Post was nice enough to create an excellent graphical summary of Barton Gellman's front page story about the skyrocketing use of "National Security Letters," I'm going to reproduce it here instead of writing my own summary. When you're done reading .... | 
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2. | Newsfilter: The NYTimes is reporting that
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| | ....Newsfilter: The NYTimes is reporting that the Democrats forced Congress into a closed session last week because of a recently declassified memo citing concerns by intelligence .... |
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3. | Wake up, Europe, you've a war on your hands
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| | ....Here's another bit from the same Mark Steyn piece I mentioned yesterday, Wake up, Europe, you've a war on your hands...... |
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4. | National Novel Writing Month - National Novel Writing Month
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Maybe you don't need to, any more...more fun bits; November is National Novel Writing Month, but others are using it more creative, hairier ways Go Team!Fred the Plumber stopped by and finished playing with our pipes (wheeee!), while we out to spend the day gathering building .... |
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5. | Just Googling It Is Striking Fear Into Companies
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| | ....Just Googling It Is Striking Fear Into Companies. As Google increasingly becomes the starting point for finding information, companies are beginning to view the company with some .... |
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6. | but U.S. intelligence had a pretty good idea the information was false as early as 2002.
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| | .... Times carries a story about Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, an al-Qaeda prisoner captured shortly after 9/11. According to a newly declassified memo, not only did al-Libi provide us with false information suggesting that Iraq had trained al-Qaeda to use WMD, but U.S. intelligence had a pretty good idea the information was false as early as 2002. Colin Powell nonetheless presented this to the UN as credible evidence of Iraqi WMD programs .... |
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7. | Energy Fiend » Death by Caffeine
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Death by Caffeine:For those of you who drink a lot of caffeine, here's a handy calculator that'll tell you how much of any caffeineated beverage it would take to kill yourself.Not for the kids:In 1975, it was apparently okay to sell colouring books .... |
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8. | CNN.com - Cruise liner outruns armed pirate boats - Nov 5, 2005
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Cruise liner fends off pirate attackyou can't beat that.i swear, i will start this paper. i'm done procrastinating.brand new is fucking amaze. just so you are .... |
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9. | McCain vows to add torture ban to all major Senate legislation
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McCain vows to add torture ban to all major Senate legislationSee, I've been saying all along that there are indeed Republicans in the government that act with honor and .... |
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10. | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Live
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| | ....Everyone, in a few minutes, Warners Brothers will be starting the live streaming footage from the London Goblet of Fire Premiere AT THIS LINK. Enjoy Enjoy! TLC will be updating throughout the day with more GoF Premiere coverage, so stay tuned!.... |
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11. | Spider-Man Official Movie Site
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| | ....Sony Pictures has revealed a first look at a villain, played by Thomas Haden Church, from the highly-anticipated Spider-Man 3 at the Sony Pictures Official Website. The studio is keeping the villain's name under wraps (though the Flint Marko name and clothes should give it away!)..... |
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12. | Chirac Vows Arrests and Trials in Riots - Yahoo! News
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| | ....Hasn't this gone on quite long enough, Mr. Chirac?.... |
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13. | The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper
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| | ....Then later in the day I stumbled upon this article about an 8-year old Korean physics prodigy who’s entering university and says he wants to invent anti-gravity cars that can fly. I just happened to .... |
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14. | A Journey to the Center of Yahoo
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| | ....A Journey to the Center of Yahoo: James Fallows spends a day in Sunnyvale, Calif..... |
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15. | Blue Ball Machine
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16. | DRM this, Sony! - CNET.com
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Further to the whole Sony Fucking With Your Computer story. Apparently it does even more than just hide itself on your computer, it has given hackers a new window .... |
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17. | Rage of French Youth Is a Fight for Recognition
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| | ....There is more than social policy at failure here, however. The vast majority of the rioters are poor immigrants from north Africa, mostly Muslims, who accuse the French society at large of being racist and unwelcoming. Some say that they just want to be recognised: “The only way to communicate is by burning,” said a young man. Interestingly, the period in which most of the rioting areas have dilapidated .... |
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18. | STLtoday - News - Politics
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| | .... right to defend itself against Wilson’s lies? In case you missed it, Zell Miller has written a commentary that places Plame-gate in its proper perspective.
#2 Iraq – Joseph Wilson IV isn’t the only person running around telling lies. According to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ex-Marine Jimmy Massey has been telling lies about what members of the USMC did when they .... |
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19. | CNN.com - Unrest reaches French capital - Nov 5, 2005
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20. | CNN.com - Bush sends staff back to ethics class - Nov 5, 2005
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21. | My Way News
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| | ....Today the AP tells us of a bomb making factory found in a southern suburb of Paris, [h/t: Drudge]..... |
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22. | OpinionJournal - Extra
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| | ....The liberals are so anxious to have another investigation of Plamegate that they shut down the Senate last week. They're right; another investigation is necessary as Victoria Toensing pointed out on Friday. Some possible topics for investigation:.... |
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23. | died last night of a heart attack.
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The Greens' co-leader Rod Donald died last night of a heart attack.That...kinda sucks. I mean, I like the Greens, generally, and he and Jeanette Fitzsimmons have done an excellent job of leading them. Plus, he was only .... |
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24. | Maunsell Towers
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Cory Doctorow: These WWII UK defense towers loom and tilt in rusty majesty and have previously been used as pirate radio stations. Link (Thanks, Quickie!)
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25. | Sex at School Increasing, Some Educators Say
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Read it all..... |
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26. | Silicon Valley Sleuth: Yahoo Maps pranks Google
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| | ....That alongside the latest Yahoo pranks and rumors show a playful side of competition between the Net's two leading power brokers..... |
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27. | FBI mines records of ordinary Americans - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com
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28. | CNN.com - Tornado kills 22 in Indiana - Nov 6, 2005
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A powerful tornado has caused extensive damage and killed at least 11 people in Southern Indiana and Kentucky according to a CNN news story.
One resident of the trailer park told WFIE of Evansville she saw a tornado pick up a car with members of her family in it and toss the vehicle into a tree. .... |
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29. | myklm
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My personal world map
visited 13 countries- like to visit 0 countries
Create your own world map
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30. | Gateway Pundit: Cindy Sheehan's Anti-War Marine is a Fraud!
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| | ....Some people claim the war in Iraq is very similar to the Vietnam War. I beg to differ on several points, but it’s clear the anti-war side to the protests in both wars are quite similar. They both offer ‘heroes’ who just make things up and become celebrities throughout the world for doing what they do best, lying..... |
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31. | Michelle Malkin: AN ANTI-WAR SMEAR ARTIST EXPOSED
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| | ........are alive and well, telling the same lies that Kerry told, with the same lack of specific knowledge that Kerry had and for the same purpose — to defame the American soldier and undermine the public's .... |
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32. | Daily Kos reported an alleged dirty trick
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| | ....Today, Daily Kos reported an alleged dirty trick by Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore in Virginia. He claims one of his readers received a flyer in the mail that appears to be .... |
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33. | Rage on Rue Picasso - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com
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| | ....Okay, enough is enough! Even the Huffington Post has had the sense to stay away from analyzing the Paris riots. So, why is Newsweek parroting the party line?.... |
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34. | Pholph's Scrabble Score Generator v1.0 :
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| | ....Pholph's Scrabble Generator
My Scrabble© Score is: 18.
What is your score? Get it here..... |
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35. | distillation
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| | .... "raging hormones" without bursting out laughing, or at least cracking a smile and breaking a straight face. There are some similar absurdities elsewhere. But along with them are some thought-provoking, if not thoughtful, observations. In a distillation of her book at New York Times Magazine, we find the following about the crisis of who pays, on dates or otherwise:
"There are plenty of ways for me to find out .... |
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36. | A Tortured Debate - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com
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| | ....Oh, and Newsweek is reporting that Libi was tortured, thus invalidating the questionable value of that interrogation method..... |
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37. | STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County
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| | .... the skies now correct the story? Not likely. They still believe Kerry. Why would Massey be any different?
UPDATE: Bruce Kesler weighs in on the story and points out an aspect I hadn't noticed. The same reporter who exposed Massey as a fraud exposed the media as a fraud as well.
edia outlets throughout the world have reported Jimmy Massey's claims of war .... |
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38. | Something Awful
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| | .... Shown here is the box art for Katamari Damacy, an amazing game where you roll a ball around, picking up successively larger objects from thumbtacks to islands, remixed with the more descriptive title, "Magically Adhesive Ball of Garbage." Link (via Waxy)
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39. | World City Reviews
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40. | http://abroad-abroad.org » Blog Archive » BWI (Blogging While Intoxicated)
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First Entry:Well, I've received my first encouragement on NaDruWriNi, as Dawn of Caterwauling responded to my NaDruWriNi comment on her blog.So far, I've had n shots of Skyy Vodka (such that n > 1 ). No serious inspiration so far. My typing is about par, as I've .... |
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