From the BBC: The international exclusion zone around georgewbush.com was spotted by net monitoring firm Netcraft which keeps an eye on traffic patterns across many different sites. Netcraft said that since the early hours of 25 October attempts to view the site through its monitoring stations in London, Amsterdam and Sydney failed. By contrast Netcraft’s four monitoring stations in the … Read More
A bit about podcasting
Rory at Neopoleon.com talks a little about his opinions on podcasting and crosses over a bit into a description of traditional record contracts: For those of you who haven’t ever seen a real record contract (I’m talking about something from big media), allow me to summarize exactly what you should expect to see as a Rising Star in the world … Read More
The Legendary John Peel Dies
Veteran BBC broadcaster John Peel has died at the age of 65, while on holiday in Peru.
Would Kerry Throw Us To The Wolves?
From factcheck.org’s new article about the already infamous ‘Wolves’ ad: A new Bush ad claims Kerry supported cuts in intelligence “so deep they would have weakened America ’s defenses” against terrorists, and shows a pack of hungry-looking wolves preparing to attack. Actually, the cut Kerry proposed in 1994 amounted to less than 4 percent, as part of a proposal to … Read More
More Republicans for Kerry
Here’s a very clever and persuasive site that is nothing but Republicans who are voting for Kerry and why. Former Minnesota Republican governer, Elmer L Anderson says: "Kerry has … far superior intellect and character than Bush. He speaks honestly to the American people, his ethics are unimpeachable and, clearly…he has far better credentials…"
Another Clever Joke
A Joke I saw at Stephen Elliott’s site: Q: What’s the difference between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War? A: George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
How Skewed are the Polls?
Bush or Kerry – Are Pollsters Making the Connection? New CEA Survey Finds Consumer Shift to Cellular Phones, New Telephone Technologies Leave Millions out of Polling Process Perhaps I missed it because I never pay that much attention to polls anyway, but apparently polls rarely touch cell phone users. I know that I rarely use anything *but* a cellphone, and … Read More
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION: “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION: "Rapper’s Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang I’ve always been fascinated by these babelfish translators: It has said is history felt and is fables you feel that they are incorrect on the mic and the revolving platform This reporter who young adore, so as to I have oscillated some incorrect rhymes as I have not made never before She … Read More
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION: "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION: "Rapper’s Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang I’ve always been fascinated by these babelfish translators: It has said is history felt and is fables you feel that they are incorrect on the mic and the revolving platform This reporter who young adore, so as to I have oscillated some incorrect rhymes as I have not made never before She … Read More
How to Argue with Someone Who Deceives Themself
A new study shows (surprise!) that Bush supporters wrongfully believe things like Saddam was found to have a weapons program or WMD’s and that (!!) the rest of the world supports the US in invading Iraq. "The roots of the Bush supporters’ resistance to information," according to Steven Kull, "very likely lie in the traumatic experience of 9/11 and equally … Read More