Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Way to go Lieberman! Lieberman Presses Texas Democrat Issue. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is pressuring the Bush administration on whether any White House official contacted federal agencies to track down missing Texas Democrats. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Politics] ``This is Ari's MO (modus operandi). He said the exact same thing regarding our May 27th letter. He focuses on process as a way to divert attention from substance. In both cases, he's got his facts wrong on the process,'' 11:52:00 PM    Talk to me! []

So first we cut taxes and then spend more than we need to for some airplanes, that makes sense. Unusual Pentagon-Boeing Deal Is Attacked. Conservative and liberal groups have joined together to oppose a $20 billion plan by the Bush administration to lease air refueling tankers from Boeing. They have asked Congress to investigate. By Leslie Wayne. [New York Times: Politics] "This is a great deal for the Boeing Company that I'm sure is the envy of corporate lobbyists from one end of K Street to the other. But it's a lousy deal for the Air Force and the American taxpayer" - McCain 10:55:46 PM    Talk to me! []

So I'm watching Last comic standing... And about an hour ago they talked about the movie Boiler Room, and now its on the Buzz Index.  That is cool. 4. Boiler Room. +386.50% [Yahoo! Buzz Index Overall Movers] 10:25:24 PM    Talk to me! []

Its been under fire since before they got it..... DOJ Net Surveillance Under Fire. The Justice Department has not provided enough detail about how it uses broad surveillance powers granted under the USA Patriot Act to monitor Internet use, civil liberties advocates say. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News] 9:39:25 PM    Talk to me! []

Better than nothing, not as good as it was... Bush to Prohibit Building Roads Inside Forests. The Bush administration said that it would reinstate a Clinton-era rule that prohibits building roads in 58.5 million acres of protected national forests. By Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Politics] 9:29:41 PM    Talk to me! []

I want one! Glass That Glows and Gives Stock Information. Ambient Devices, a start-up in Cambridge, Mass., is producing devices that display limited information that can be understood with a glance. By Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Technology] 9:00:39 PM    Talk to me! []

A change beginning underground, by the students? Iranians protest against clerics. Hundreds of people stage a late-night protest against the government in the capital, Tehran. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 7:26:56 PM    Talk to me! []

This is sooo true... Slashdot: "Handwriting experts fear that the wild popularity of e-mail and IM, particularly among kids, could erase cursive within a few decades. With 90 percent of Americans between the ages of 5 and 17 using computers, it's not uncommon for kids to type 20-30 WPM by the time they leave elementary school. Keyboards, joysticks and cell-phone touch pads have ruined kids' ability to hold a pencil properly, let alone write legibly, says the former president of the International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting." I can type faster than most, but my handwriting is absolutely horrible... 12:28:01 AM    Talk to me! []

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