Paul Berman writes for the New York Times Magazine on Sayyid Qutb.

This is an absolute must read.

The Philosopher of Islamic Terror

] 1)If I fell off tomorrow would you still love me?
]
] Cause there is a real good chance I'm gonna fall off
] tomorrow.I'm wack. I'm not that good of a rapper, I got
] beef with Ja Rule, and a few warrants.
]
]
] 2)If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?
]
] And not just no little pitty pat hug, but a big ass hug,
] a long one that would leave my b.o. on your shirt after
] multiple washings.
]
]
] 3)If I got locked up and sentenced to a quarter century,
] Could I count on you to be there to support me mentally?
]
] First off, I'd probably get paroled after 7 years, so i
] think it's not asking a lot for you to stick wit me. And
] don't be sleeping with some other dude and then visiting
] me upstate talking about how you still faithful and shit.
] And put some money in my comissary, and dont be pretendin
] you aint home when I call collect. I'm the one in jail,
] what are you crying about?
]
]
] 4)If I went back to a hoopty from a Benz, would you poof
] and disappear like some of my friends?
]
] Don't lie. If I went back to the 84 Monte Carlo, you know
] you'd be all ducking down and shit when we rolled by your
] homegirls.
]
]
] 5)If I was hit and I was hurt would you be by my side?
]
] Not like hit by a truck, cause if you was by my side
] you'd get hit too. then we'd both be all tore up. I just
] mean if someone socked me%2

Salah's Journal

] The Webcaster Alliance alleges that this and an earlier
] agreement with Yahoo! "had the intent and effect of
] restraining competition in the market for domestically
] recorded sound recordings and in the market for the
] Internet distribution for such sound recordings."

This much is true, as the Library of Congress has found, and as Yahoo testified in Congress. There is probably enough meat here for a case. This is not "a publicity stunt." This is THE fundamental arguement that years of RIAA drama centers around. Will the future of music be determined by large, centralized interests, by a distributed network of independent entities, or by a combination of both. The RIAA would prefer that the second and third options be illegal.

The Register: 198 small webcasters sue the RIAA for illegal practices in the CARP negotiation

] "You drink tap water? Are you crazy?" asks a 21-year-old
] radio producer from the Chicago area. "I only drink
] bottled water." In a trendy nightclub in New York City,
] the bartender tells guests they can only be served
] bottled water, which costs $5 for each tiny pint
] container. One outraged clubber is stopped by the
] restroom attendant as she tries to refill the bottle from
] the tap. "You can't do that," says the attendant. "New
] York's tap water isn't safe."

Hartford Advocate: What's in your Bottled Water?