CARACAS, Venezuela — Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush’s Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she called the California lawmaker’s support for the war in Iraq.
“She voted for the war. She continues to vote for the funding. [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2006 by pwyll
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There has been a lot of criticism of Google’s decision to practice censorship on behalf of China. I think the Chinese have made a deal with the devil. Information is a very tricky genie, one very hard to keep in the bottle. Sure, Google and China can try to censor search results, but there will [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2006 by pwyll
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The following story is taken from the News-Telegraph.
Gianna Jessen grew up believing that she was born with cerebral palsy because she had been delivered prematurely in a particularly traumatic birth. That was the story told to her by her adoptive mother and it was not until she was 12 years old that she discovered the [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2006 by pwyll
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This is worth checking out, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hacker. Today is the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.
Posted on January 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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This has been getting a bit of press, and I think it is worth passing along.
Arlington, Va.—BB&T, the nation’s ninth largest financial holdings company with $109.2 billion in assets, announced today that it “will not lend to commercial developers that plan to build condominiums, shopping malls and other private projects on land taken from private [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2006 by pwyll
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If you have a decent broadband connection and like to listen to new music, give Pandora.com a try. It’s free, and pretty damn good at suggesting new music based on stuff you tell it you already like. Build up to 100 virtual radio stations. Top notch.
Posted on January 24th, 2006 by pwyll
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