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| Topic: Civil Liberties |
1:28 pm EDT, Jul 4, 2004 |
People too often get the impression that the only people who use the nation's civil liberties protections are lawbreakers who were not quite guilty of the exact felony they were charged with. Brandon Mayfield, a lawyer in Oregon, was held for two weeks, even though the only other connections between him and terrorism were things like the fact, as the FBI pointed out, that his law firm advertised in a "Muslim yellow page directory" whose publisher had once had a business relationship with Osama bin Laden's former personal secretary. So is this what you call a Non-Obvious Relationship? This nation was organized under a rule of law, not a dictatorship of the virtuous. The founding fathers wrote the Bill of Rights specifically because they did not believe that honorable men always do the right thing. About Independence |
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| Topic: Games |
1:01 pm EDT, Jul 4, 2004 |
The phone is ringing! Answer it! The Phone |
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Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox |
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| Topic: Media |
8:19 pm EDT, Jul 3, 2004 |
The gulf between the American and Arab realities is the subject of "Control Room," a powerful documentary by Jehane Noujaim, an Egyptian-American. She looks at Al Jazeera's coverage of the war, offering a sobering reminder that there are multiple ways of perceiving the same events. As U.S. Lt. Josh Rushing astutely notes in "Control Room," Al Jazeera is the Arab version of the Fox News Channel. Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox |
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| Topic: Music |
8:18 pm EDT, Jul 3, 2004 |
Moby and Public Enemy have teamed up for the single MKLVFKWR. The track was written specially for Unity, The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album compilation. The music for MKLVFKWR was written by Moby while the lyrics were penned by Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy. Chuck D: "Working with Moby on this theme and project again shows that music can be a universal language of peace. Knowing his great work and concerns of the planet made this project one of like mindedness and world spirit." Moby says of Public Enemy "I've always been a huge fan" and talking about the role of music and protest he states "we do still ostensibly live in a democracy, so my hope is that at some point the people will vocally rise up and let the current leaders know that they've had enough." Adds Chuck D: "The song is a request that being a citizen of the world should transcend nationality in the name of peace." MKLVFKWR |
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| Topic: Telecom Industry |
10:22 am EDT, Jun 25, 2004 |
"For consumers and the economy, the consequences could well be dire. The result will be higher prices and fewer choices for consumers, and fewer jobs, less innovation, and reduced investment in the industry." "We foresee a future with less choice for consumers." AT&T to Stop [Competing] |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
10:09 am EDT, Jun 18, 2004 |
Of all the ways Mr. Bush persuaded Americans to back the invasion of Iraq last year, the most plainly dishonest was his effort to link his war of choice with the battle against terrorists worldwide. This is not just a matter of the president's diminishing credibility, although that's disturbing enough. This article is the focus of the top story on every news site this morning. It seems the Bush team feels there is a link between Al'Q and Iraq, and that the commission established as much, but not between Iraq and 9/11, and they say they never said Iraq was connected to 9/11. Quite a debate has ensued... The Plain Truth (?) |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
12:19 pm EDT, Jun 2, 2004 |
] The project will use the latest technology, including
] biometrics, to identify people coming into the United
] States. The contract was awarded to Accenture, formerly
] Andersen Consulting, over two competing contractors,
] Lockheed Martin and Computer Sciences. Several industry
] executives and analysts said that the award surprised
] them and that Accenture had widely been considered the
] outside candidate. I have to say I have some sympathy with the outrage here. They award this huge homeland security contract with significant civil liberties implications to a company that was at the heart of the Enron scandal and is based out of the Caribbean for tax reasons. This is too important to trust to a company with such a culture of shadyness. Virtual Security Fence? |
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The Creation of the Media (Review) |
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| Topic: Media |
8:40 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
Most complaints about the media are personal. Rupert Murdoch did this, Jayson Blair did that. But the most important -- and interesting -- questions are structural. How can newspapers support increasingly expensive international coverage, when most keep losing readers? How can a television station afford not to trumpet disasters and scandals on its local news, when competitors that do get higher ratings? Does concentration of ownership really matter? Is there any longer such a thing as a broad market for the news? "The Creation of the Media" is so thick with detail and careful in nuance that it is completely convincing as a work of scholarship. The heart of his argument is that Americans fundamentally misunderstand what is unusual about their communications media, and why. The Creation of the Media (Review) |
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| Topic: Telecom Industry |
8:07 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
The limited introduction of so-called naked DSL is among the signs that the Bells must face the day when local phone service will no longer be the linchpin to their business. Its about damn time. I think the "phone line requirement" for DSL service ought to be illegal. In any event, people are increasingly opting for cable because it gives them more options. They don't want to pay $40 a month so telemarketers can call them. Your friends and co-workers call your cellphone, and it gets cheaper long distance. Bells loosen their grip |
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'04 Graduates Learned Lesson in Practicality |
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| Topic: Society |
7:59 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
] Yet two years of dismal job prospects, during a recession
] that cut about 2.7 million jobs from peak to trough, have
] imbued the current crop of seniors with an awareness of
] the economy's inherent instability and prompted them to
] be much more deliberate about their careers. A survey of
] college students conducted by the association earlier
] this year found that only slightly more than 10 percent
] of respondents ticked "don't know what I want to do" as
] their biggest obstacle to finding a job, compared with 22
] percent in 2000. A generational shift in new graduates. '04 Graduates Learned Lesson in Practicality |
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