Media Matters: The radical right is, bizarrely, turning on Canada (WMV).
Monthly Archives: December 2004
Server down.
My servers are going to be down on Saturday, since I’ll be moving. If everything goes perfectly, everything will work again on Saturday night. It won’t, though, so downtime may last a few days. This doesn’t include cvillenews.com, but it does include lists.waldo.net, Curfew.Org, radioessays.com, and this site, among other lesser-trafficked websites.
D.C. refuses to fund baseball team.
I’m impressed by the D.C. Council’s vote to provide just 50% of the funding for the baseball stadium for the former Expos. This vote hasn’t gone over well among some, but I think it’s great. I’m as big a baseball fan as the next guy — probably moreso — and I’d love to see D.C. …
NYT: Kerik had no immigrant nanny. Secret marriage, affair, illegal gifts and serious legal problems. But no nanny.
The homosexual agenda.
Somebody finally got ahold of that “homosexual agenda” that we’ve been hearing so much about from Falwell and his ilk. My favorite part is the “planetary chain of ‘homo breeding gulags’ where over-medicated imprisoned straight women are turned into artificially impregnated baby factories to produce prepubescent love slaves for [their] devotedly pederastic gay leadership.” Good …
WP: 11-year-old investigated for “anti-American” statements at school.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64726-2004Dec14.html
Chicago Sun-Times: Man bites dog.
Sprint buys Nextel.
It’s official — Sprint has acquired Nextel for $35B. Nextel was founded by Virginia Governor Mark Warner who, unless I’m mistaken, still retains a significant stake in the company. If this is so, I hope that some enterprising reporter will do a little legwork to determine how much money that Warner is making from the …
CNN: Lieberman, apparently not as much of a dope as I think he is, rejects cabinet appointment.
Look, I’m a judge and I wrote “poopie” on my robe.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1103070242132630.xml&storylist=alabamanews