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Round Two

As I noted a couple posts ago, I have officially become a propagandist, by posting and helping to share the Keating Economics documentary video, which goes into John McCain’s connections to Charles Keating, Jr., and the failed savings and loan crisis of the early 1990s.

The fight between the two candidates is getting nasty, with [...]

Olympic Truce? Not so much …

The top two stories on the New York Times at the moment:

Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War – NYTimes.com

As Russia moved in more forces and continued aerial bombing, it appeared determined to occupy the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

In Phelps’s First Event, Gold Medal and a World Record – NYTimes.com

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AppleInsider | iPhone 3G

Apple itself is setting the record straight and says that iPhone 3G's GPS mapping unit is as powerful as in dedicated devices. Also, cut-and-paste is still a possibility, and outside testers have found the iPhone's battery life the best in its class.

Contradicting claims by the New York Times' David Pogue, who was told by [...]

Study Shows Problems With Olympic-Style Tests

From the New York Times:

Study Shows Problems With Olympic-Style Tests

Although athletes have said EPO is in widespread use, few have tested positive. Most of the athletes who have been linked to doping in recent years have been caught not through drug testing, but rather through criminal investigations. In the August 2006 issue [...]

Olympic Torch

Protesters building steam in S.F.

On the day before the Olympic torch was to be carried along the citys waterfront, hundreds of protesters took to the streets today to rally support for freedom in Tibet and to decry the Peoples Republic of China rule there.

The roving demonstration moved from United Nations Plaza to City [...]

It’s Not Porn!

An old friend of mine in San Francisco, Cianna Stewart (one of the Sexiest Geeks Alive), is becoming quite a prolific independent filmmaker … her latest project, just going into production, will be a documentary about Zivity.com, a new online social network for connoisseurs of pin-up photography.

Zivity has been garnering a fair amount of [...]

Party-driven (or driven away)

The Long Defeat – New York Times

Last week, an important Clinton adviser told Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (also of Politico) that Clinton had no more than a 10 percent chance of getting the nomination. Now, she’s probably down to a 5 percent chance.

Five percent.

Let’s take a look at what she’s going [...]

Bear Stearns Buy-Out

JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount – New York Times March 16, 2008 By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Bear Stearns, pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by what amounted to a run on the bank, agreed late Sunday to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for a mere $2 [...]

Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Ban

So what did I write late last night about human rights?

From the Wall Street Journal:

Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Ban – WSJ.com Associated Press March 8, 2008 10:13 a.m.

President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the Central Intelligence Agency from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists [...]

Nader Announces Third-Party Run for President

From this morning’s New York Times (online):

Nader Announces Third-Party Run for President – New York Times By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:27 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and [...]