August 31, 2004
Just looking around in Manhattan
The gaze economy in nyc
People tend to project disgust properties onto groups of people in their own society who come to figure as surrogates for people’s anxieties about their own animality. Such irrational projections have been involved in anti-Semitism, misogyny, traditional Hindu caste hierarchy, and discrimination against homosexuals.
August 30, 2004
Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote
the quote: "The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect 'domestic security.' Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent."
Sheri Dew, who will lead the RNC invocation, equals support of gay marriage with support of Nazi's
August 27, 2004
How Long Can the Country Stay Scared?
Want to learn how to create and sustain psychosis on a national scale? Look carefully at the public statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
Hoodwinked - Why is Florida's voting system so corrupt?
Following the contentious 2000 recount, e-mails on former Sec. of State Katherine Harris' computer revealed that she had been in contact with Jeb Bush during the recount, contrary to both their claims. Miami Herald reporter Meg Laughlin discovered that e-mail messages sent to Jeb Bush from Harris had been deleted after the recount. Harris then had the operating system of her computer changed, a procedure that erased all its data. "What was odd about what she did," said Mark Seibel, an editor at the Herald, "was that they installed an old operating system—not a new one—which makes you wonder why they did it."
Crush. It's That Time of Year: How grapes turn into wine
Great intorduction of how wine is made
August 26, 2004
Today was one of the worst days I've ever had at work. Allow me to explain.
Gallons of urine poured on my sightseeing boat and passengers today
What a confused bunch of loons: a critique of the 'The Constitution Party's' platform
Designer trying to persuade MTA to adopt his subway map
His map is too complex, and is not a good enough improvement on the existing maps to be a worthwhile change
August 24, 2004
MIchelle Malkin claims Kerry's first Purple Heart was self-inflicted
In Defense of Internment: The Case for "Racial Profiling"
August 23, 2004
Judge threatens community center for housing RNC protesters
not really - the squatters don't own the building, and it is about as much of a community center as my living room is
August 19, 2004
Detroit automakers lobby Washington hard for health care reforms
Since tax payers would already be paying for health care, why note institute a single player system? Or would that be *gasp* socialism?
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring team
New Yorkers are equally pissed off fro the same reason
August 17, 2004
Germans opening beer bottles (flash)
The US Gini coefficient is presently 40.8 (pdf)
From the UN Human Development Report 2004, p50-53
A measure of income inequality where 0 means perfect equality (everyone has the same income) and 1 means perfect inequality (one person has all the income, everyone else has nothing)
President Bush's tax policy is concentrating wealth to the rich
August 16, 2004
August 6, 2004
Decentralized Intelligence - What Toyota can teach the 9/11 commission about intelligence gathering
That, and other
greatbad developments that have dropped off the media landscape
August 5, 2004
Fundi Chritians debating whether or not Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ
An acre is approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day
August 4, 2004
A discussion of movie aspect ratios, or, How boom mics show up in badly projected movies
The Washington Times is a (loss-leader) conservative newspaper
August 3, 2004
Pray For Mojo: Helper monky meets little boy at grocery store; problems ensue
Wired interviews Cameron Sinclair
of Architecture for Humanity
