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95. Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

AltHippo: I’ll try to stay off the fainting couch. Thanks for playing!
vastleft: IIRC, you took it upon yourself to write a couple of posts shaming Corrente for divisive incivility. So,...
AltHippo: Indeed, you may not give advice, but you’re pretty quick to throw out things like: “All this...
vastleft: Unlike “better bloggers,” I don’t make a habit of telling other bloggers what they...
AltHippo: “I was planning to post something to that effect about Holder regardless of your concern over the...
vastleft: BTW, I was planning to post something to that effect about Holder regardless of your concern over the lack...
vastleft: Xan left and asked that her account be deleted, which it was. That’s not being pushed out. In fact,...
AltHippo: Thanks, I’m glad you posted.
AltHippo: Vastleft, I was thinking of Xan, and I believe it was Shystee who was also pushed out (my memory is failing...
vastleft: AH, “Corrente has been pushing people out…” The most recent people we’ve pushed out...

Key Economic Indicators Suggest a Deep Recession - washingtonpost.com

The Labor Department announced this morning that new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 last week. It also revised the figure from the previous week down to 515,000. [Link]

Technology News: Virtual Worlds: A Virtual Path Into a Once-Forbidden City

A team from IBM has spent the past several years constructing a virtual-world version of China's Forbidden City. [Link]

Google Lively to become online games platform // News

Following confirmation that Google intends to open its virtual world Lively to games developers, creative director Kevin Hanna has revealed the long-term goal is for the service to become an online games platform. [Link]

Wired News - AP News

CHIBA, Japan (AP) -- Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. [Link]

Firedoglake » Me vs. Jerome Corsi

a) He was paid by Dick Cheney's henchwoman Mary Matalin to write a book on Obama [Link]

Daily Kos: Bailout "Debate"

One bunch of guys is getting up and saying, "we hafta." Another bunch of guys is getting up and saying, "nuh-uh." [Link]

Guts, Brains, and Health Care Reform

To be able to say to folks, "You can keep what you have" is a big political selling point. [Link]

Bill Clinton's advice to Barack Obama - John F. Harris - Politico.com

Here, based on 16 years experience watching Bill Clinton campaign — and interviews with a half-dozen veterans of his political teams — is a reasonably safe bet about his campaign advice to Barack Obama: [Link]

Interior Department Probe Reveals Oil-Related Corruption, "Culture Of Substance Abuse And Promiscuity"

WASHINGTON — Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. [Link]

'You're Not Accountable, Jack' - washingtonpost.com

We are going to have a new administration. Do we want these policies continued or not? [Link]

Where the Specialty Coffee Is Served and Sold - washingtonpost.com

You can try Counter Culture coffees at: - Baked and Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, 202-333-2500; www.bakedandwired.com [Link]

TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Inspector General Releases Report on Monica Goodling Hirings

In sum, we concluded that the evidence showed that Goodling violated both federal law and Department policy, and therefore committed misconduct... [Link]

Slate Magazine

The best way to make sense of this legal tangle is to mouse over the title of an individual scandal, which will highlight everyone implicated. [Link]

Cyclist Struck, Killed by Garbage Truck - washingtonpost.com

A 22-year-old bicyclist was struck by a garbage truck and killed just north of Dupont Circle today, authorities said. Police and fire vehicles converged on the scene at 20th and R streets NW, snarling Connecticut Avenue traffic during the morning rush. [Link]

Let's Escrow Our Money to Keep Obama Progressive | Democrats.com

We're asking you to put some of the money you plan to give Obama "in escrow" until he demonstrates progressive leadership on the issues we care about, like warrantless wiretapping. [Link]

November 28, 2006

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