one man safari Daily Kos UT Ann Coulter Event I'm sure most of you guys have heard about the kid who asked Ann Coulter a question and got arrested. Well I emailed him and he replied. Very grateful for all our support. He needs it. Anyway he sent me an essay he wrote on it. Open Letter to Anyone Who Gives a Shit About Justice I'm writing this in response to the spectacle that occurred in the LBJ Library on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005, when Ann Coulter, a diabolical, ignorant, but nevertheless charismatic right-wing pundit, came to speak at UT.
Web (debris.com - online journal of matthew mcglynn) Monday, February 6th, 2006 This kills me… GMail’s much-discussed, much-maligned context-targeted banner ads don’t have a lot of message text to target within my GMail account’s typically empty “Spam” mailbox, so all the ads are for Spam recipes! Spam sushi, anyone? Thursday, October 6th, 2005 One thought was unmistakably on everyone’s mind as they strolled around AT&T’s reception at Web 2.0, with a premium drink in one hand and a plate full of high-concept snacks in the other, like Gazpacho Shrimp Shooters, or Dungeoness Crab Tataki on Nori Chips, or Ahi Tuna Tartare with Ginger and Lime, or Wasabi Mashed Potatoes with Sesame Grilled Salmon, Crispy Leeks, and Black Caviar (served in a martini glass), while Zigaboo Modeliste’s Aahkesstra jammed onstage and the entertainment budget had room not only for a photographer but a flash guy to follow him around. Robert Kaye of MusicBrainz, eyeing the spread with some amazement, summed it up: “is it just me… or is the Internet boom back?”
Martinis, Persistence, and a Smile March 2005 Archives « March 2005 | Main | April 2005 » March 31, 2005 When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go At an L.A. concert by her boyfriend Cisco Adler's band Whitestarr, Kimberly Stewart (Rod's daughter) and pal Paris Hilton ducked into a stall in the ladies room, prompting an impatient woman in line to yell, "At least save some for us!" When Paris finally emerged, one bladder-bursting babe relieved herself in a sink. Posted by Lawren at 07:08 AM | Comments (0) Grandma and Grandpa Kutcher Dear Ashton-- While dating a much older woman clearly has its benefits, there may be times that you will have to stay true to your younger self. Warm regards, Lawren Posted by Lawren at 07:06 AM | Comments (0) Britney Invites More Drama Britney Spears has recently agreed to film in a reality show with MTV. MTV will start filming "Up Close & Personal" in early 2006. --Guess they needed another train wreck to take the place of "Newlyweds" now that it's going off the air. Posted by Lawren at 07:03 AM | Comments (0) Pat Sajak Has a Blog
Voices from Iraq Raheem Sharim, bread seller My name is Raheem Sharim. I am 33 years old. I was born in Baghdad. I make a living selling bread and other things from my cart. I was here when the American soldiers came to Baghdad. I was afraid during the bombing so I took my family to another house far from the fighting and didn't come back until it was over. Now we are hoping that things will get better, but it is very dangerous here. Andy HoboTraveler.Com Travel Blog GOING TO MARRAKECH Andy G (Gadget), Google+ This is sent late... 6:33 AM Saturday, November 27, 2004 I am packing up and getting ready to leave, I am waiting for the sun to rise so I can unhook my convoluted system of having electricity in this room. My room and the hallway outside my room are dark as a cave, so I cannot move without light, and I need to climb on the table to undo the electrical bulb plug system I have hooked up, and I need just a little light. Essaouira has been good, the Fortress city I have been living is good, the people are ok, the beach is ok, it needs to be summer for this beach to be good, the cost of the hotel is good, but the food and staples cost is way to high. The cost of shoes, shirts, and trinket is about the same prices as the USA if you wanted to buy a not needed T-shirt of shoes, but is half the price of Europe, so I am sure they feel they are in bargain city department store. I have been staying the Hotel Central in the middle of the Medina or as it says Central. 1.
The Arabist Network Isles RSS Search Engine Ned Batchelder Windows themes With all of the new laptops in my life recently, one thing I've gotten good at is changing the Display properties to get the Windows desktop to look the way I want it. The key change is to set every font (window title, message box, icon, everything) to Verdana 10. When I got all through with the changes, I saved my theme into a .theme file. Being curious, I examined it. Despite its new-age 5-letter file extension, it's a text file, formatted like a classic .ini file. The only part of the file I didn't understand was the Metrics section which contains long strings of numbers: That's when the repeated sequence "86 101 114 100 97 110 97" caught my eye. What's going on here? Anyway, back to the theme. all the fonts to Verdana 10,the caption button size to 19,the icon spacing to 100 horizontal and 60 vertical,the tooltip color to a little yellower than the default.
The Republican assault on political hate speech The Republican assault on "political hate speech" By Brendan Nyhan November 13, 2003 Over the last two months, the Republican Party has begun a systematic effort to label attacks on President Bush by Democratic presidential candidates as "political hate speech," a new piece of political jargon intended to delegitimize criticism of Bush. It appears this strategy will expanded in the coming months -- a recent memo from Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie urged party officials to adopt the term in their rhetoric. Like "Enronomics" and "Daschlenomics", "political hate speech" is a carefully crafted term designed to create a hazy, non-logical association between two concepts. In addition, the phrase reverses the term "hate speech" by directing it back at liberals (another classic jargon tactic), who are associated with the term due to speech codes proscribing "hate speech" at certain colleges and universities.
Doc in the Box Eschaton I always feel a bit uncomfortable writing about this stuff because as the manager of the advertising department it's my sworn duty to inform all potential clients that advertising here will lead them to victory. But, as editor of this place I can't be quite that evangelistic. The Chandler campaign had a lot of success with their ads. If nothing else, they got a terrific return on their advertising investment. And, for the most part the benefit of doing what is essentially national advertising for a local race is fundraising. That is, I don't think Blogads are going to steer any votes your way, but they might steer some dollars (and volunteers). But, as many have pointed out 435 House campaigns and thirty-odd Senate campaigns aren't going to be able to spend a couple grand on ads and get back $80,000. I do think that there are a lot of campaigns out there who will be able to make Blogs work for them, but it's going to take a bit more than simply placing ads.