Category: Media & Weblogs
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My hometown Houston is a modernist city. By that I don’t mean its shiny new suburbs and exurbs but the older public buildings that are all lines, angles and occasionally, futuristic domes. Unfortunately, local politicians and the builders who line their pockets, can’t wait to tear something down that is more than three or four…
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I didn’t watch last Wednesday’s presidential debate in Philadelphia between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. From what I have read and heard since, I gather that the debate was more of a "gotcha" game of distractions than substantive questioning of the two candidates. The media critique of the two moderators, George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson…
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Big news: Fafblog! is back to save the universe. Of course by now everybody thinks they’re an expert on every little accident that’s happened in the moon war. Oh, we didn’t send enough troops, oh, we didn’t plan for the aftermath, oh, the explosions launched millions of tons of radioactive moon rock into the atmosphere…
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On the front page of ESPN, there is a link to a story about Hillary calling for George Bush to boycott the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics. On the front page of CNN, there is a link to a story about Hillary bowling a gutter-ball on a daytime talk show. Does anyone else find…
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Long time readers will surely remember Matt who used to regularly entertain us with his comments and rhymes on A.B. We also had a link to his very funny (now discontinued) political blog Cerulean Blue. Well, Matt has not visited us for a long time. During his absence, he and I have touched base a few…
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What would Easter Sunday be without a suitable Peep Show? Check out the prize-winning entries in the WaPo’s contest. ————————————- NASA goes gaga over goo – now there’s a headline that practically wrote itself! The goo was good. NASA mission managers were ebullient over a test late on Thursday of techniques to repair delicate tiles…
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Cross-posted from Fluff-n-Stuff —————————————————————————— Googling for something else, I found this link which purports to gauge the readability of your blog. It comes with a nifty piece of code that you can use to embed it in your page as well, and I was highly flattered when it tagged my blog as being in the…
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President Bush vetoed Saturday legislation meant to ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, saying it "would take away one of the most valuable tools on the war on terror." "It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard…
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Fellow blogger Elatia Harris of 3 Quarks Daily recently suggested that I should display all my art work in one place on the blog. Agreeing that it is a good idea, I have created a new page for the purpose. There are not many more paintings or sketches that I plan to post beyond what…
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Do Obama supporters hate Hillary Clinton or is their choice based on a genuine preference for Obama and / or unease with Hillary’s past and current record? I won’t go into the details of my opposition to HRC which I have explained in detail in several posts and comments. Anna too made a persuasive case…
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Even more than the pandering pol speak of the presidential candidates, what is getting on my nerves is the hot air emanating from the meaningless, gotcha punditry of the media (specially TV) commentators. One of the worst offenders is Chris Matthews of MSNBC, the boorish motor mouth who appears to be covering a boxing match…
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I thought it might be interesting to have a post with the primary endorsements of liberal bloggers. As I discover new ones (readers: here’s your chance to be helpful!), I’ll update this post. John Edwards Joe. I’m not going to write up a separate endorsement post–my feelings are expressed in the post and the discussion…
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A little over three months ago, I described the weird case (and the lawsuit) involving an anonymous blogger from Texas who used the handle Frank Pasquale for posting at his own site where among other things, he writes about problems in our health care system, particularly those involving the Paris Regional Medical Center, a hospital…
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Jessica Wilson and Benj Hellie are killing "For the Record," their outstanding political blog. Is this a dominant trend for political-type blogs that are (more or less) solo efforts? Now, four years and 1200 posts later, we feel it is time to hang up our blogging pen. Thanks to the herculean efforts of many of…
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