How Bush Won
by Pete on December 27, 2004
I generally don’t find much on Alternet worth reading; articles tend to cycle between liberal/progressive circle-jerks (“Why John Kerry will win in November!!!”), liberal/progressive blamefests (“Why John Kerry the Corporate Whore is the worst thing to ever happen to Democracy”), (…)
New Music
by Pete on December 24, 2004
As I mentioned in an earlier post, it’s the time of year when all the “Best Albums” lists start coming out (Pitchfork came out with their top 50 list this week), so I’ve been catching up on a lot of (…)
I don’t like to say I told you so…
by Pete on December 18, 2004
Well, actually, I don’t have that big a problem with it. You may recall that a week or two ago, I mentioned that I was bothered by the constant assumptions of “eco-terrorism” as the motive behind the big housing development (…)
Foolishness
by Pete on December 18, 2004
Craig beat me to commenting on this past week’s failed test of the Defense Department’s anti-ballistic missile system. Nonetheless, I feel it’s necessary to say that I am shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED! that the test was a bust. The (…)
Good news, I think…
by Pete on December 16, 2004
So my mysterious DNS problem seems to have magically resolved itself. Sometime mid-afternoon this past Sunday, my Linux box stoppped resolving URLs. Except for Google, with which it had no problems. However, since my laptop was working fine, it clearly (…)
The first of many, I’m sure…
by Pete on December 14, 2004
And thus begins one of my favorite times of the year… the season of Best Albums of the Year lists. Today we have Popmatters’ Best Music of 2004 list. While they tend to pick good stuff, I don’t usually like (…)
Numbers, numbers, numbers
by Pete on December 10, 2004
The Associated Press has released the results of a poll they conducted Dec. 6–8. Here’s a quick summary of the results: How is George W. Bush handling his job as president? Approve 51% Disapprove 47% Mixed feelings 2% Handling the (…)
Remember that thing I said yesterday?
by Pete on December 10, 2004
…That thing about how I was concerned about what mystery-meats might be buried within the intelligence reform bill passed by the House and awaiting passage by the Senate? Well, check out the following passage from an article in this morning’s (…)
We have answered your question, now please go away.
by Pete on December 9, 2004
Regarding questions faced by Donald Rumsfeld yesterday from US troops in Kuwait about the lack of armor and other supplies, this New York Times article gives us the following gem from President Bush: “The concerns expressed are being addressed, and (…)
Alright, we’ve fixed that problem. What’s next?
by Pete on December 9, 2004
As of this writing, the House of Representatives has passed the intelligence reform bill, and it seems to be on track for easy passage in the Senate. President Bush has said he will sign it if it crosses his desk, (…)