July 30, 2004
Instead of war, we could have built 1,788,422 additional housing units as of Friday, July 30, 2004
Will the human brain evolove only with the help of technological devices?
July 29, 2004
Derek's Big Archive of WalMart Purchase Receipts
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Crif Dogs for sale on Craigs List?
Say it ain't so?
July 28, 2004
Power washing away the years of truck grim off the facades
Thinking About Strauss: An Introduction of Sorts
I too have been thinking about Strauss, and how Straussian views are played out in current affairs
Moral of the story, store dead computers upside down for a while and they will work again
July 27, 2004
Simeoni/Armstrong flap enters new phase
"Italian authorities are now considering whether to open legal proceedings against Armstrong 'for sporting fraud, violence and intimidation of a witness.'"
Newsplex Wireless Election Connection
Using cellphone cameras to cover the Democratic Convention
Drag performer Bill Pietrucha tries to get into Ann Coulter's panties
Fox News was the only news organization to talk over the National Anthem, and the 9/11 Remembrance
July 26, 2004
Steel Cage Death Match: Protester holding pins at the DNC Convention
29 Evidences for Macroevolution: the Scientific Case for Common Descent
One man against an oil behemith: Selling cheap gas in New York
Exxon gas pumps show Fox News on them
Better living through chemistry, indeed
Lessig take O'Reilly to task for his pathological attacks on Jeremy Glick
July 23, 2004
{coney island & the mermaid parade}
by lisa whiteman
July 22, 2004
The story behind the podium women (hotesses) at the Tour de France
Ex-sorority girls create new, better, WASP sorority in DC
Idiot sportscaster doubts Tour de France sport status
Vande Velde of Liberty-Seguros wants to know
"I do have one question, though. I just want to know who is painting the big penises on the climbs, and why. Anyway, I get a little chuckle every time I roll over one"
July 21, 2004
Women wanted sensitive Men, and they got them; then some complain about it. Good thing we can still take a few cases and then extrapolate it to the larger group. Great reporting, wait...
Flying Shirttails, the New Pennants of Rebellion
I liked this style (and practiced it too), guess now I will have to stop it (It was in the Times)
Brooklyn Target Opening: Hipsters by invite only
Crass consumerism and Star Fucking go hand in hand in my city
White House Pool Report written entirely in AA BB CC rhymes
And this is our national media?
July 20, 2004
The US is arguably much less safe because of the invasion of Iraq
Anil's goodbye letter to New York
Amen
Frank Gehry will lend his voice to the next season of The Simpsons
July 19, 2004
How a reading of Bush v Gore could be used by state legislators to bypass popular vote
Tyler Hamilton's Rider Diary explaining why he pulled out of the Tour de France
Big surprise: Athletes like to have lots of sex with other Athletes
Useless "feature" Auto Correct changing protein names to dates
Centralized political parties are changing the structural foundation of Congress
July 16, 2004
President Bush has a history of hiding key memoranda and documents
Citing Falwell's Endorsement of Bush, Group Challenges His Tax-Exempt Status
About time
July 15, 2004
The French pronunciation of Spiderman 2 is - "Speederman du."
News from Stage 11 of the Tour de France
July 14, 2004
July 12, 2004
July 9, 2004
U.S. Cuts Number of Delegates to World AIDS Meeting
Protesters jeered HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson in 2002. Some say the cutback in this year's attendance is payback. This is insane - the #1 source of research is from the US, and BushCo is fine with the, "'go-it-alone' attitude in the administration's global AIDS program."
Tribute in Light to remain for the next 5 years
The twin columns of lights at World Trade are imporessive - we are happy about this
Scientists Say White House Questioned Their Politics
Nominees to scientific advisory panels were questioned about whether they had voted for President Bush.
Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed
Funny coincidence, huh? Just "happened" to burn in a "tragic" "accident"
July 8, 2004
Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication
Cool implentation of del.icio.us data - taking your links and weighting them on a scale of importance
White House downplays Bush-Lay relationship
"Lay clearly favored the GOP. He and his wife, Linda, donated $882,580 to federal candidates from 1989-2001, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. All but $86,470 went to Republicans." That's just over 90% of his money going to the GOP.
Fairy grants Central Park Wishes
Where have I seen these people, hmm...
Photography student is questioned for taking pictures of river locks
Bush signs parts of Patriot Act II into law - stealthily
What happened last time a High Value Target was captured
Analytic Cycling, Interactive Methods for Estimating Eycling Performance Parameters
Lots of equations, diagrams, and charts for analytical study of cycling
From the Bush Administration: it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July
these are the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston.
July 7, 2004
Fugly Gwathmey-Siegel Astor Place Development
Man, nothing like an ugly version of an Aalto vase on a plinth
Woodrow Wilson was elected President at age 56 after serving only two years as governor of New Jersey, from 1911-1913
New York opened the first public nautical training school in 1897
Affiliates can earn up to 30% back on commission on donations to the RNC
I can't see how this is legal
July 6, 2004
NY Post has its own Dewey moment
Just confirming my theory that the Post is the Worst Paper Ever
And now every resident of Montreal with even a drop of ouzo in his blood wrapped himself in a Greek flag, jumped into a car, and joined the long queue of vehicles waiting to honk directly in front of my apartment
Michael Moore is OK with online piracy
“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that.”
July 2, 2004
Welcome to the Machine: How the GOP disciplined K Street and made Bush supreme.
"The underlying theme was [to] place Republicans in key positions on K Street (the center of DC lobbying). Everybody taking part was a Republican and understood that that was the purpose of what we were doing," says Rod Chandler, a retired congressman and lobbyist who has participated in the Santorum meetings. "It's been a very successful effort."
Forward, Down, Down, Forward + Punch
July 1, 2004
I'm pretty sure that this isn't what Jesus would do
Focus on the Family included Michael Moore's home address in their daily email to supporters
Rare 'Corpse Flower' To Bloom In UConn Greenhouses
Watch it live on "Corpse Flower Cam"
