Archive for May 3rd, 2004

May 3rd, 2004

Google Ads

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May 3rd, 2004

Austin is one of the very few places in Texas where this kind of thing could happen:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Partygoers apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of nude sunbathers crowded on one side of a floating barge, prompting the ship to capsize and dump all 60 people into Lake Travis.

May 3rd, 2004

American Sci/Tech Slipping?

The NYT has a scare-piece that claims that the United States has started to lose its dominance in critical areas of science and innovation. I think the reality is that the spread of capitalism has spread and accelerated scientific and technological achievement to nations that formerly had neither the freedom nor the money to […]

May 3rd, 2004

Re: Pat Tillman

Conservatives say some stupid things every now and then, but it’s leftists who really make me sick.

Regarding the “torture” of Iraqi prisoners: admittedly, it’s unprofessional behavior for a soldier, but where is the media outrage over the bastards who brutally tortured, dismembered, and burned U.S. soldiers and civillians? Whatever happened to photos like this?

May 3rd, 2004

U.S. Government Censorship

The U.S. government concocted a brilliant plan a few years ago: Why not give Internet surfers in China and Iran the ability to bypass their nations’ notoriously restrictive blocks on Web sites? … But an independent report released Monday reveals that the U.S. government also censors what Chinese and Iranian citizens can see online. Technology used by […]