When thinking about security measures, ask yourself “what threat could this measure deter?” For example, the last time I flew I had to present my driver’s license three distinct times. What does this accomplish? Well, it ensures that a prospective hijacker must have a driver’s license, or at least some reasonably good counterfeit identity [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by pwyll
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If you want objectivity, stop reading here.
Just after midnight on October 30, 2005, Sheryl Crow entranced this viewer with her debut of the song “Good is Good” on SNL, from her new release Wildflower. Forty minutes later she had unplugged the electric guitars and proceeded to reinvent, Nashville-style, her classic “(Are you) Strong Enough [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Paco Malo
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November 21, 2005 — QUIT. It’s that simple. There are plenty of more complex ways to lose a war, but none as reliable as just giving up.
Increasingly, quitting looks like the new American Way of War. No matter how great your team, you can’t win the game if you walk off the field at [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2005 by pwyll
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I have re-written this post because readers were taking the original as a personal attack on Mr. Murtha. My intent was to criticize his proposed policy, specifically, his implied military doctrine. I care not one whit about the man himself.
Open Source Media quotes Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa:
“Our troops have become the primary target of [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2005 by pwyll
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One of the many slices of ancient wisdom John Lennon crystallized for my generation was that life is what happens when you’re busy making plans.
Well, you may currently be planning to pay next month’s cell phone bill. But if Harold Prince’s resurrection of Sir Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita is in town, [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2005 by Paco Malo
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