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Sunday, February 9, 2003 |
Without question, SAAB is the greatest car company in the world. The notion that they are owned by GM is nothing more than a lie concocted by the Trilateral Commission as part of a complex scheme to ensure that George H. W. Bush and an endless series of his evil clones will rule mankind for all time.
Quirks and Complexities of a Reality-Based Car. Saab's new 9-3 Vector is happiest in second gear, chasing down yellow traffic lights on the cusp of turning red. In other words, the real world. By Dan Neil. [New York Times: Technology]
Saab's Wish List: More Models. SAAB hopes its redesigned 9-3 car line will help put it back on the road to profitability, but the Swedish automaker may need more than that. By Michelle Krebs. [New York Times: Business]
11:49:40 AM 
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Head-smackingly Stupid An extraordinarily fun article on Plastic.com on a farcically incompetent election day dirty trick pulled by the New Hampshire GOP to keep some Democratic voters from the polls.
At least one NH Republican Party official has resigned after news broke that his party paid a Virginia group called GOPMarketplace to hire an Idaho telemarketing firm to jam NH phones on election day. And the plan was to jam all the phones of folks who gave people rides to the polls--not just the Democrats but also the Firefighters Union. According to the usually-pro-Republican Manchester Union Leader the NH GOP paid GOP Marketplace $15,600 to set this up. Democrats, whose phones were jammed for two hours until Verizon managed to block the incoming barrage, say many elderly people missed rides to the polls as a result. GOP Marketplace refuses to comment, but the Idaho telemarketing firm is cooperating with police.
11:21:51 AM
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Shuttle Links Here are a couple of interesting Shuttle/space links I have come across this weekend.
From the NY Times: Board posts from FreeRepublic.com, begun more than half an hour before the scheduled landing. Very chilling.
From Brad DeLong's weblog: Thoughts from Gregory Benford, scientist and science fiction writer, on what NASA should focus on next. Sober, and well-considered recommendations from a man who understands the difficulties and rewards of the space program better than most.
From Kuro5hin: why we need a Space Shuttle or something very much like it.Thoughts on the role of the Shuttle and future directions for NASA. A lot of stuff here that I disagree with, but then, what the Hell do I know about this stuff? Certainly worth reading and thinking about.
11:11:17 AM
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