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go yanks

‘in praise of joe torre’ - a great article by one of the funniest sports writers, bill simmons. (the ‘billy baroo’ reference put me on the floor)
for the record, i have always been and always will be a yankees fan. end of story.

audio interview

for people like me in a far away country, this is why the web rocks.
‘fast food nation’ author, eric schlosser has a forty-three minute audio interview with the new york times.
it is also why i’ll keep saying nytimes.com is the best free content on the internet.

read or fly

choose one.
wow.

a bunch of idiots

this depresses me. how can these people call themselves americans, when they do the unthinkable?
i can’t believe this happened in san francisco!
these people are at the same level as the people responsible for last week. they are not americans, they’re not even human.

what’s for dinner?: VP cheney lets it flow

in one of the best interviews for ‘meet the press’, i’ve ever seen. VP dick cheney talks very candidly and for the first time about the events of 11th sept., the future and ‘the full wrath of the united states’.
discussing Osama bin Ladin…
MR. RUSSERT: You wouldn’t mind having his head on a platter?
VICE PRES. [...]

now that i’m thinking about it.

i was getting the most up-to-date information of the tragedy from personal/community websites rather than the bloated corp sites. and the most striking images were coming from individuals (some in the WTC, evacuating at the time) with digital cameras and posting them to the web immediately after. the speed and power of personal publishing [...]

hijacking clues may be red herrings

article from strafor.com.
The terrorist cells demonstrated incredible sophistication and coordination in preparing and executing the attacks, but they left an astonishing amount of clues in their wake — some that may lead to accomplices still operating in the United States. It is possible the perpetrators intentionally left some incriminating material to divert FBI attention, making [...]

dear mr president

The Dalai Lama’s letter to the President of the United States of America

flint man’s message

michael moore has a message.

da mayor

it might be just me or the fact that i’m on the other side of the world getting my news from 7 different countries in asia. but does it seem like mayor giuliani is more in charge than president bush? i’m seeing da mayor’s face everywhere. and i’ve heard some criticism that bush [...]

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