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  1. Lying Liars on Bubble Bursts for e-Books · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out the prices on Al Franken's latest book at Amazon.com.

    Lying Liars (hardcover): $14.97

    Lying Liars (adobe ebook): $24.95

    Gee, wonder why the ebooks aren't selling?

  2. political campaigning without phone banking on FCC To Enforce Do Not Call List, Not FTC · · Score: 1

    Can it be done?

  3. talking to protestors won't work on Justice Department Proud of Patriot Act Slippery Slope · · Score: 1

    They just shout you down. It's like the democratic primary debate the black caucus had. Even with 99.9% of everyone on their best behavior, all it takes it one guy shouting at the top of his lungs to ruin a chance at discussion.

  4. Re:Wouldn't the false positive rate be more import on Facial Recognition Fails in Boston, Too · · Score: 1

    Actually no. Arabic names can be transliterated many different ways into English.

  5. right, pump trigger on Zero Blaster Reviewed · · Score: 1

    One of them you fill with the supplied fluid. The other one's for overflow, from overenthusiastic use of the pump-trigger.

  6. How many? on Anti-Patriot Act Movement Expands · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How many cities passed legislation against the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act that Bill Clinton signed into law after the Oklahoma City bombing? Being the precursor to PATRIOT you'd think that some of these civil libertarians would have noticed it.

  7. Re:Nullification Crisis II ? on Anti-Patriot Act Movement Expands · · Score: 1
    This is different. There is no way Bush is sending troops to destroy the LA City Council, for example.

    He doesn't have to send troops, just cut federal aid.

  8. if the point is the album on Artists Protesting Single-Song Downloads · · Score: 1

    Why break songs into different tracks at all?

  9. nothing unusual? on Roswell Declassified · · Score: 1
    As we worked through the Morning Reports line by line, we came to a simple realization: Absolutely nothing extraordinary had happened at Roswell that Fourth of July weekend. There was no indication of an emergency, no mention of a deployment of rescue and firefighting crews, as was the case with other crashes. That was one mystery solved.

    So what they are saying is that not even a balloon crashed at Roswell that day? Ok. So the Conspiracy theorists have it wrong and the Army has it wrong?

    A top secret balloon falling out of the sky should get a mention in the morning report shouldn't it? Or perhaps top secret things are kept out of the morning report.

  10. Re:Alreay run into this... on Yet Another Windows Worm · · Score: 4, Funny

    And crabs.

  11. Re:Salon killed themselves. on Salon Asks for Help · · Score: 1

    None of those sites are subscription based.

  12. WW2 temporary? on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of the military industrial complex? CIA? NSA? The whole Cold War and all that went with it? Temporary ...

  13. worse yet, Pat Buchanan? on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 1

    Pat Buchanan has been against foreign military intervention for the past decade. He'd be a lot better than the other guys you listed.

  14. Re:Because obviously. . . on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 1

    The Federalist Papers aren't anti-government. They gave us the federal centralizing system we have today. If you want to piss off whatever spooks you think are watching you then download the Anti-Federalist Papers.

  15. Re:In some ways, a return to the norm on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 1
    Germany invaded Poland and FDR tried hard to get us involved in that, which we eventually did get involved in. The Japanese bombing Pearl was a seperate event, just as 9/11 is totally seperate from Iraq. Iraq invaded Kuwait back in 91 and Bush Sr. got us involved in that, and we are still involved to this day.

    It's time we got out of the mideast completely and leave them all to their own devices.

  16. Re:no difference on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 1

    The difference is that Bush at least attempts to make a case that invading Iraq is within or national interest whereas when Clinton bombed Yugoslavia he didn't even bother. Is that really a difference?

  17. Re:In some ways, a return to the norm on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 0

    Basically people are upset that Bush is being too much like FDR, a president that is always considered the best we had by everyone.

  18. no difference on PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why do you think electing a Democrat would make any difference?

  19. Re:more dubious than ... on America's Army on Linux · · Score: 1

    You misunderstood. I meant the money for college program that the army uses to recruit people. Somehow I think it is a tad more enticing than a videogame.

  20. more dubious than ... on America's Army on Linux · · Score: 1

    You seriously think this is more dubious than offering free cash for college?

  21. Re:Government Funded Racism on America's Army on Linux · · Score: 1
    Hold on there Charlie Chan!

    The map is in a desert. Last I checked, arabs live in the mideast, which is one big desert. And in particular, the terrorists that flew planes into the WTC came from the mideast and were arabs.

    Reality isn't racist, ignoring it is.

  22. When will they be banning bike messengers? on Segway Banned In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Seems like similar reasoning to me.

  23. Re:backlit lcd on New Gameboy Announced · · Score: 2
    But that was at least 6 years ago. Haven't things improved at all since then?

    I'd rather 2 hours on a backlit screen than 8 hours on a non-backlit screen that I can't see anything with. Use recharable batteries anyways. The Game Gear even had a rechargeable battery pack that you snapped onto it.

  24. Re:Indian taking your job? That's because you suck on AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program · · Score: 2

    He's one of those wordly people that think all Indians live in abject poverty.

  25. it's not like this could be one sided or anything on U.S. Pushing Conservative Science · · Score: 2
    U.S. Revises Sex Information, and a Fight Goes On By ADAM CLYMER

    Bush: "There's Adam Clymer -- major league asshole from the New York Times."
    Cheney: "Yeah, big time."

    Fourteen House Democrats, including Henry A. Waxman of California, senior minority member of the House Government Reform Committee, have written to Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of health and human services, charging that the new versions "distort and suppress scientific information for ideological purposes."

    Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the new statement on abortion and breast cancer "simply doesn't track the best available science."