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February 2006 Archives
10:08 AM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Bourbocam, from Nola.com, is at the corner of Bourbon and St. Peter Streets in the French Quarter. People were milling and dancing there at 1 a.m. It's oddly compelling this morning to watch people go to work -- mostly on......
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3:26 AM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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Updated: 12:06 p.m. Economic jihad? Maybe this is the source of the vague discomfort that the Dubai Ports World deal is not merely a business deal. By David Jonsson, at Canada Free Press (Dubai Ports — Strategic Implications), it begins,......
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11:16 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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Some quick hits on a busy morning: Ask A Mexican: Irreverent OC Weekly column confronts impolite questions head on. President’s men with chicken: That's the actual headline from the Calcutta, India, Telegram Wednesday about the arrival of the presidential party......
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10:07 AM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink |
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Why would George W. Bush toss away the organizing principle of his administration since 9/11 -- "tough on terror" -- in the ardent pursuit of a deal to give management of six American ports to Dubai Ports World --......
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11:42 AM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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New Technorati Feature: Favorites. Techorati, the search engine that scours the blogs, has launched a new feature to help us sift through the 28.4 million or so blogs out there now. Here's founder David Sifry's explanation: It's really very simple.......
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11:22 AM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
This just in: Religious use of ayahuasca ruled lawful in U.S. This MeFi post is first with the links. (The first one goes to the Church, which calls its sacramental substance "hoasca.") The comments below it are likely to be......
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12:14 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
12:14 p.m. "When the Vice President shoots a man, it's news." -- Helen Thomas Dick Cheney's in cultural trouble. 'Cheney's Got a Gun' is a really good song. The 'toon is funny-scary. (The quail keeps it safe for work.)......
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12:52 PM Sun, Feb 19, 2006 | Permalink |
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Paul Iverson/AP Austin Attorney Harry Whittington speaks with reporters, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, after being discharged from the hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Whittington was shot in the face, neck and chest with birdshot by Vice President Dick Cheney......
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10:01 AM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iTunes: WSJ (free today) reports, Amazon, the world's No. 1 online retailer, is in advanced talks with the four global music companies about a digital-music service with a range of features designed to set......
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7:07 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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Call me blogmama: Our newest guest blog here is a group blog called R.I. Students Abroad. At Christmastime we put a notice in the paper and on projo.com asking for volunteers for a guest blog. About a dozen responded, and......
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8:54 AM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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Updated 7:04 p.m.: Transcript of Vice President Cheney's interview by Fox News --Corpus Christi Caller-Times Shoot, this is serious: Corpus Christi, Texas, Caller-Times (reg.req.) photographer and avid shooter George Gongora simulates Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting of a hunting partner......
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10:22 AM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink |
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Cheney Accident Triggers Jokes on Late-Night TV: Here's one of them (Video at Crooks and Liars -- Video-WMP Video-QT: : Rob Corddry: "Look, the mere fact that we're even talking about how the vice president drives up with his rich......
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10:39 AM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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Free mp3s: Neil Young: Going Back To Canada, two CDs of a 1971 Toronto concert, is downloadable as Singapore magazine BigO's ROIO of the Week [Recordings of Indeterminate Origin] Mr. Naturals: Pioneers of Country Music, a set of 40 collectible......
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10:58 AM Sun, Feb 12, 2006 | Permalink |
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10:58 a.m. It's not deep -- 4 or 5 inches of fake Christmas snow with drifts. It's quiet, fine powder falling like delicate rain. Snow fog falling. And falling... 7:37 p.m. "1 to 2 feet": The forecasters' discussion published at......
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6:33 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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It was January, and maybe my gardening brain was hibernating. Whatever, I'm sheepish about having neglected the news of garden blogs that arrived despite the short days and drab yards. My apologies to these patient garden bloggers, who have each......
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9:44 AM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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Public records mashup: How much is your house worth? Zillow knows, reads the headline at CNet about Expedia founder Richard Barton's Seattle startup, Zillow. Zillow uses public data to come up with "Zestimates," although at the moment it seems to......
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9:43 AM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Cute fun: Valentine Doll Dress-up offers lots of pink, red and purple outfits to drag, mix and match. Or, you could dress up a penguin. Just in time for Valentine's chocolate: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study......
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9:50 AM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Herman the giant rabbit. BBC. Spook blames you and me: Seeing Only Evil: An Interview with Retired CIA Agent Robert Baer: At Chronogram. Baer is the author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in......
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11:04 AM Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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Super Bore XL: The wrong teams played, and the officiating was terrrible -- again. Seattle made enough of its own mistakes, but a questionable Roethlisberger touchdown call and a late offensive-pass-interference call on Seahawk Darrell Jackson in the end zone......
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12:42 PM Sun, Feb 05, 2006 | Permalink |
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This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! The jingle goes so well with football that it leads into......
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10:46 AM Sun, Feb 05, 2006 | Permalink |
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Fernando Sant'Anna died suddenly, unexpectedly Monday at home as a result of a stroke. He was 42, played bass and leaves two children and an awful lot of friends. He was a happy man. His combined wake and funeral yesterday......
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9:08 AM Fri, Feb 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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Cops vs. cops: Surveillance Prompts a Suit: Police v. Police. NYT, The demonstrators arrived angry, departed furious. The police had herded them into pens. Stopped them from handing out fliers. Threatened them with arrest for standing on public sidewalks. Made......
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7:42 AM Thu, Feb 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) on the House floor, saying his wife Beverly was called "a demonstrator and a protester" and removed from the gallery by Capital hill police for wearing this shirt to the State of the Union address.......
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10:46 AM Wed, Feb 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
The most beautiful Firefox extension ever: Colorful Tabs helps you distinguish among the many tabs you have open. The color goes with the tab's position, though, so if you use Tab Mix Plus, which lets you drag tabs around,......
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