Wednesday, December 04, 2002

Oh, and damn the Sixers. Damn them to hell. We'll get them back, but it's still aggravating to watch my Celtics manage to have exactly three guys in double figures. Oh, and I think McCarty got all of his 10 in the first half. Pierce shot well, Walker did everything BUT shoot well, and no one else did *anything*. Arrrgh.
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Thoughts on last night's episode of 24. Ok, actually just one thought. So now Kim, crazy trouble-causing obnoxious as all hell with nice breasts daughter of Jack (Kiefer), is now dating a rock producer/hottie/karate badass. Uh...
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'Enemy Combatant' Wins Right to Obtain Counsel. A judge must decide whether Jose Padilla, an American accused of plotting a dirty bomb attack, was properly detained as an enemy combatant, a judge ruled today. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: National] Yes! This round goes to the Bill of Rights! Take that, Ashcroft!
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Today's number one sign that I need help: I just discovered that I'm the 220th Andrew you find at Google. I'm proud.
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Jemaah Islamiah's new leader? [BBC World] I haven't had an initial misreading of a headline as bad as I did this time in a looong while. Here's what I thought I saw: Jeremiah Islam's new leader? I'm thinking - Jeremiah? Isn't that Luke Perry? Wow.
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CIA Given Authority To Target And Kill American Terrorists. Plastic::Politics::Terrorism: If you're an American who is working for al-Qaeda, don't be surprised if the CIA doesn't just up and kill you. [Plastic: Most Recent] But if you're an American citizen working for Army of God, the terrorist anti-abortionist group, you've got no worries: Brother Ashcroft's got your back!
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Too bad AOL didn't do something bold yesterday. Here's an example. Pretend Steve Case said this. "Hi my name is Steve Case. I work for AOL Time-Warner. We own a lot of record companies. I was talking with my friend and colleague Ted Turner, while we were trying to figure out what to do with our online system, and he told me the story of how he bought MGM to establish Turner Classic Movies, and what a hit that channel is with cable subscribers. I asked Ted if we couldn't do the same thing for music with AOL. After all the people really seemed to like Napster. Why not give them what they want? So today we're opening up the vaults of Time-Warner music, all kinds of great acts, for $29.95 per month, for AOL subscribers only. A new version of the client software, version 8.1 will be available shortly with the new Music Manager app built-in, based on work done by the WinAmp folks. Welcome back to innovation and staying in tune with customers at AOL. And welcome to the world of convergence, where synergy is more than just lip movement, where we put weight behind the big ideas of our time." I suppose that was too much to hope for, eh? [Scripting News] Well, obviously. Plus there's the fact that Turner and Case don't much care for each other, but I guess that part was just embellishment anyway...

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News. They have violated countless UN resolutions, they have starved their own people and used the money for weapons of mass destruction, they have been to war with the US, they are ruled by an evil regime, and NOW they have openly rejected the inspection of their existing nuclear weapon facilities. The US has no choice but to invade North Korea. [MetaFilter] Hmm...
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