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Thursday, May 20, 2004

hack license

"You might take this all as a joke," he said, "but perhaps it is not entirely absurd. It may be the explanation for why the world we live in is so weird. On the evidence, our universe was created not by a divine being, but by a physicist hacker."

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Sunday, May 16, 2004

cuff daddy

i think they chose this picture because it looks as if rumsfeld has been handcuffed and arrested.

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Friday, May 14, 2004

general dismay

"I'm privileged to spend a good bit of time with our military officers, from generals to new lieutenants. And I have never seen such distrust of a public official in the senior ranks. Not even of Bill Clinton. Rumsfeld & Co. have trashed our ground forces every way they could. Only the quality of those in uniform saved us from a debacle in Iraq.

Of course, those in uniform don't get to pick the SecDef. And they continue, as they always will, to loyally carry out their orders to the letter. But to be effective, a SecDef must be respected. He doesn't have to be liked. But, especially in wartime, he must be trusted.

Rumsfeld has failed the most important test of all.

Clinging to power isn't a mark of strength, but of weakness, arrogance and brute obstinacy. Rumsfeld has wounded our military and sent our troops to die for harebrained schemes. In place of sound plans, he substituted political prejudices. Election year or not, he has to go.

It's time to bring integrity, mutual respect and a focus on the realities of warfare back to the Pentagon. The White House has Sen. McCain's phone number."

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never the twain

this mark twain quote is eerily prescient.

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Thursday, May 13, 2004

beck to the future

beck live at coachella 2004.

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depressing read

"While I conceive of this blog as a journal, I have no interest in recounting day to day activities; rather, this is an online space for my thoughts on depression and literature. My hope is that, in assembling an honest account of my depression and by providing relevant excerpts from writers’ autobiographies and psychiatric literature, I can offer readers moments of identification that undermine the loneliness and shame of mental illness. And I suspect that blogs can contribute to the public discourse on depression in ways that more traditional representations of depression can’t; since a blog is continually updated, its representation of depression is less likely to hide or mitigate contradictions and ambiguities, and more likely to challenge practiced wisdom and “pop psychology” simplifications."

via large


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laugh now

armchair generalists

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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Sep. 30, 2002

(flashback)


"McDermott also said on "This Week" that Bush might mislead Americans about the threat Iraq poses, comparing the situation to misleading statements by President Johnson about the Vietnam War.

"It would not surprise me if they came with some information that is not provable," he said. "I think the president would mislead the American people."

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe responded that Bush has made a "very clear case" regarding Iraq's actions.

"The American people know he hasn't misled anyone, and the American people know he won't mislead anyone," he said."


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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

chain gang

"But General Taguba said that he did not conduct his investigation any higher in the chain of command than General Karpinski, leaving open the possibility that responsibility for the failure in leadership went higher than General Karpinski."

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Saturday, May 08, 2004

and now for something...

"He's had success against me? You must be smoking Kool-Aid," said Bonds, now 9-for-30 against Leiter. "What success have you been reading? I don't fear no pitcher, dog."

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