Month: May 2005
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Juan Cole on Iraq
Juan Cole takes apart the current situation: I conclude that the United States is stuck in Iraq for the medium term, and perhaps for the long term. The guerrilla war is likely to go on a decade to 15 years. Given the basic facts, of capable, trained and numerous guerrillas, public support for them from […]
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Building A(nother) Mystery
I’m feeling sorta tapped out tonight – I was out alot all weekend so I’m starting to feel socially spent. So to carry me through to the other side I just put in Sarah McLachlan’s Mirrorball. Do you find that you gravitate towards music that reinforces your current mood or tries to escape from it? […]
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Abortions Actually Decreased Since 2001
FactCheck.org take apart the biography of a bad statistic.
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Hijacking Castastrophe :: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
To balance out our viewing of the second Bridget Jones movie, I selected this sobering documentary. The film takes you from 1992 when the neo-conservatives first proposed their faith in unliateral military action and were laughed out of Washington to their gradual ascent to power and now the execution of their worldview of American Empire. […]
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McClellan: US Invited Not Invaded
This week, Scott McClellan said in a press conference mentioned that the US was invited to occupy Afghanistan and Iraq. Then the First Lady of the American Press, Helen confronted McClellan: Q The other day — in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in Afghanistan and Iraq by invitation. Would […]
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What is podcasting?
Ever since I started my podcast, I’m getting a bunch of emails from people wanting to know what the hell I’m talking about. I put together a quick Flash demo to show you how it all works. How Podcasting Works. 1 MB, Flash demo. Released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. To get started receiving […]
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Vote My Business Blog for Blog of the Year
MarketingSherpa is doing their 2005 Readers Choice awards for business blogs. I didn’t make the list of semi-finalists but you can still do a write-in vote. Click here, scroll to the bottom of the page, type in EASY BAKE WEBLOGS and submit your vote. Thanks!
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Richard Dawkins on Intelligent Design
I love this guy: Creationists mine ignorance and uncertainty in order to abuse his challenge. “Bet you can’t tell me how the elbow joint of the lesser spotted weasel frog evolved by slow gradual degrees?” If the scientist fails to give an immediate and comprehensive answer, a default conclusion is drawn: “Right, then, the alternative […]
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Cherrypicking Leviticus
3.6 MB, MP3.
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Bio Added
Back by popular demand – I added a bio to this blog. I’d sort of forgotten I’d been missing it for so long. Link on the left under my pic.