Citizen Cites & Comments (CC&C)

2005-05-09T01:19:00.000-05:00

Long time no post here. Looks like Blogger has improved the posting window and Firefox works better than old versions of MS Internet Explorer here. I will try to insert an image and see if that works now. We had some snow yesterday. While snow was still falling and before a few inches melted, I got a photo. (Note: this part of post is weeks old. It was sitting as a draft. However, just

2005-01-29T22:49:00.000-06:00

Well, I still like the looks and readability of this blog. I have however renewed...well let's just say my credit card got billed for a renewal of TypePad for a year..and will continue most of my effor there. But I do see some real improvments with Blogger and it does work with FireFox even if my old version of Internet Explorer went bonkers Latest news is out good old dog died. We had her

2004-01-11T21:52:00.000-06:00

Some site news--TYPEPAD--DAKOTA TODAY. While I was having a lot of difficulty posting here on Blogger sites and Blogspot during an apparent transition to a new quick post system, I started looking for other ways to keep a blog going with features I liked. Part of my problems resulted from using MS IE v 4.1 which had worked well previously. Anyway, now typing this Using Mozilla Firebird.

2003-11-18T09:27:00.000-06:00

A COUPLE OF ET CETERA LINKS If you are a winedrinker, and you want to help the University of SoDak, you can try some of the Valiant wines. Buffalo Run Winery. Look for the "Old Main" wines. 3 bottle sampler for $45. I have no idea if it is merely drinkable or excellent or just a curiousity. Not everybody has wine from South Dakota in their wine cellar...or refrigerator...whatever. Nobody in

2003-11-17T18:26:00.000-06:00

Still Alive. Still posting here and there, but not so much here since "BlogThis" now won't work with W95. Contributions are welcome for a new computer system which might work better with the new Blogger. Or, I should get serious about upgrading this system to W98SE at least since I have the upgrade sitting here, but apart from this and a need for working USB, have not had much reason to gamble

2003-07-13T01:03:00.000-05:00

COMMENT---NOTHING NEW...NO, I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH NEW BLOGGER sYSTEM Blogger has a whole new format or database system (I don't know). However, while I can post something I write like this, BLOG THIS for posting websites more or less automatically no longer seems to work at all and the interface does not seem to allow posting to all of my blogs...only one that I don't much use. I don't know if

2003-06-23T21:52:00.000-05:00

FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN ANNOUNCES HIS RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND HAMMERS BUSH FOR POLICIES THAT HURT AMERICAN PEOPLE DATELINE; 4:46 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003 MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Howard Dean made it official. He is running for President on the Democratic ticket. Dean accused President George W. Bush of dividing Americans. Dean said that he will act to combat tax cuts he thinks are unfair

2003-06-21T09:54:00.000-05:00

MUST BE SOMETHING IN UTAH WATER Wired News: Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate? Urine Leak Hatch thnks computers owned by downloaders with copyright music, video, software, etc should be automatically destroyed by some kind of copyright destructor worm or virus. As is typical for this Republican Hypocrite, his own site uses software without a valid license. There must be something in the UTAH

2003-06-18T20:45:00.000-05:00

DUMP BUSH AND DAMN THE COURT HOAX HE RODE IN ON Date: 6.18.2003 - 8:21 PM Author: Douglas Wiken Subject: Impeach the (W)ar (M)ongering (D)emagogue JOHN DEAN WRIT AT FINDLAW George Bush looked us in the eye through his weasel eyes. Leaned across the podium. Wiped his usual smirk off his face. Got as serious a look as anybody who went AWOL from the TANG could. Then lied through his teeth..not (

2003-06-18T16:19:00.000-05:00

IRREGULAR TIMES AND NEWS THAT DOES NOT FIT THE BIG CORPORATE MEDIA Irregular Times site is a rat's nest of links to this and that anti-bush, anti-Republican, pro Democrat comment, etc. Lots of bumperstickers for sale. Some very funny. The blog connected to Irregular Times Search around for links all over the place. Irregular Times appears to be a site designed by a committe filled with

2003-06-05T22:34:00.000-05:00

NOT QUITE IN TIME All Science News In One Place - UniSci SURE LOOKED LIKE A GOOD SITE. THEN I HIT THE HOME PAGE AND FOUND THIS: It is with sadness that we inform you of the unexpected death of Don Radler, founder and editor of UniSci News. With the loss of Don, UniSci News will no longer be published. We have always appreciated our loyal readership. The family and staff are also grateful for

2003-06-03T09:06:00.000-05:00

COMMENT:::: HAUL PRISON OFFICIALS BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES The Bush Thug administration holds foreign governments responsible for the behavior of its thugs. The Bush Thugs in Administration need to be held responsible for the behavior of their Prison thugs. Dark ages prison abuse does not spring up from the clerk-secretary in the trafffic ticket division of a village police department.

2003-06-02T10:02:00.000-05:00

FORMER US SENATOR GARY HART NOTICES WHAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS FOR MONTHS. Boston Globe Online / Editorials | Opinions / Where is Bush leading us?By Gary Hart, 6/2/2003 OMETIME LAST FALL, between the successful overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the notion of ''regime change'' in Iraq, the war on terrorism as it threatened America became a war on all terrorism everywhere. And ''terrorism''

2003-05-31T19:13:00.000-05:00

WHEREFORE ART THOSE WMD? AND WHAT WAS SOURCE OF CLAIMS? TOMPAINE.com - Letting The Record Speak The TomPaine.com Staff==Letting The Record Speak We at TomPaine.com have commented exhaustively on the Bush administration’s justification for war against Iraq. But sometimes just stating the record is more powerful than commenting on it. Here are two such pieces. The first is from a Web logger

2003-05-31T17:46:00.000-05:00

WHAT YOU AREN'T HEARING IN THE SELF-CONGRATULATORY PROPAGANDA FROM FBI AND ATF ON THE CAPTURE OF ERIC RUDOLPH History Channel The media and the government are not particulary interested in discussing one of the reasons it too so long to get to Eric Rudolph. They spent a lot of time trying to hang the wrong guy.))))))))) Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%

2003-05-28T08:55:00.000-05:00

COMMENT:::: NOT THE CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE GOP INCREASE IN THE NATIONAL DEBT Bush did NOT take off in a hot air balloon after signing a bill to increase the national debt by a Trillion dollars. Nope, it was done without fanfare. Without benefit of a huge American Flag. Without benefit of an aircraft carrier. Without benefit of a New York City Firemen choral group. Without benefit of a fleet

2003-05-27T16:05:00.000-05:00

AND WATERGATE ALL STARTED WITH A "THIRD-RATE BURGLARY" Democrats Seek Accountability in Texas Dispute (washingtonpost.com) ((((Oh my, Lieberman is sending letters demanding information. Congressional Supenas would seem more appropriate. Lieberman has no stick, but carries a big press release. Stir the political soup. Make the evil GOP bastards squirm.--- Doug Wiken ))))))) LAT= http://

2003-05-22T14:47:00.000-05:00

SENATOR BYRD IS NOT FOOLED BY BUSH BLATHER AND FLAGWAVING The Truth Will Emerge Published on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 by CommonDreams.org The Truth Will Emerge by US Senator Robert Byrd Senate Floor Remarks - May 21, 2003 "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, - - The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers." Read the rest of it

2003-05-22T10:25:00.000-05:00

ACTUAL STOCKS DOWN THE TOILET? TRY THE IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS FOR POLITICAL CANDIDATES. The Iowa Electronic Markets This might be the market for those of us who gamble with toothpicks or match sticks; but real money is involved. Best read the "Traders manual" etc. I don't see Howard Dean as a candidate yet. That seems like missing a bet to me, but maybe he is listed as a "stock" along with

2003-05-19T15:56:00.000-05:00

ANOTHER BLOG:::: LAWRENCE LESSIG.OF CREATIVE COMMONS, ETC. Lawrence Lessig comments on copyrights...uses and abuses...good and bad proposed changes, etc. AND a whole lot of other ideas. While you are at reading his blog, think seriously about proposals by the FCC (including Sec.of Stae Powell's son) is proposing to allow greater conglomerization of media. It seems bad enough to me now with

2003-05-19T12:10:00.000-05:00

YAH, WHATEVER BECAME OF THOSE THOUSANDS OF THIS AND TONS OF THAT "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"? TOMPAINE.com - Questions Of Mass Destruction But the weirdest media reaction of all is to the ongoing nonappearance of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. More and more stories quoting ever-unnamed administration officials appear saying the administration would be "amazed if we found weapons-grade

2003-05-18T10:43:00.000-05:00

ALL AMERICAN FAMILY PORTAL LINK SITE All American Family is a great experience of family fun. ----Well, that is what they say. Not sure about it, but there is a real mixture of stuff here that does and does not relate to the ALL AMERICAN FAMILY.. Mixed in with ads may be some useful information. ------- Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.comedition.com/

2003-05-18T09:36:00.000-05:00

DNC National chairman TERRY MCAULIFFE WAKES UP AT LAST Yahoo! News - DNC Boss Accuses Bush of `new McCartyism' George Bush has unleashed a new McCarthyism that, under the cloak of a time of crisis and peril, has vilified and questioned the patriotism of those who have policy and political differences with him and his administration." Yahoo links seem to have a short life. Check the link now

2003-05-17T18:38:00.000-05:00

A SALON BLOG ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Subdued Citizen Reflects & Rails I have not had much time to look at this site. Clicked on a few links which led other interesting sites. Take a look. What do you think about this blog? ----- Doug Wiken LAT= http://blogs.salon.com/0001968/categories/scienceTechnology/

2003-05-17T18:32:00.000-05:00

A BLOG OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THINGIES--BOINGBOING Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things has more than a few interesting posts related to science and technology, the web, probably inventing and inventions as related to inventor's rights, artists copyrights...and perhaps abuse of these rights by corporations too. Not sure. Take a look. Comments welcome on sites like this. ---------

2003-05-16T13:27:00.000-05:00

MORE ABOUT THOSE WILD AND CRAZY TEXAN LEGISLATORS News 8 Austin Story : Doggett blasts DeLay on House floor - 5/15/2003 10:57:19 AM Apparently "J. Edgar DeLay" decided it necessary to utilize the Homeland Gestapo to chase down the rebel Texas Democrats resisting his rank power grab and intrusion into Texas legislative issues. Check the Letters and responses, etc. ---------- Doug Wiken LAT=

2003-05-15T12:09:00.000-05:00

NEW PRODUCT :::::CAR REPAIR MANUAL HONESTLY ADVERTISED Repair your own car. Get the genuine "One size fits all" manual for your car. All manuals based on the complete teardown and rebuild of a Yugo (year of Manufacture unknown). All photographs taken at the same 47 degree from horizontal unless printed upside down. All photographs were taken with a miniature camera in the hands of a two-foot

2003-05-14T13:28:00.000-05:00

I have put out an all-points bulletin for law enforcement New Mexico attorney general not hot on looking for missing Texas legislators AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Monday, May 12, 2003 The attorney general in New Mexico says Texas law enforcement officials probably can't go into that state to arrest missing state lawmakers — and she made clear she's not hot on looking for them. "Some are

2003-05-12T23:09:00.000-05:00

HOWARD DEAN TAGGED FOR BLUNTNESS IN THE SOUTH Burlington Free Press - Top Stories notes that Howard Dean is "blunt". Concludes with him in a cheering crowd in South Carolina with supporters saying, "He is the Real Deal. Not the New Deal or the Republicans' "New Steal", but the "Real Deal". Expect to see that phrase a few thousand times more. Take a look at the article. Maybe the Democrats

2003-05-12T08:50:00.000-05:00

HERE IN ALL IT'S GLORY:::::THE SHRUB BUSH RESUME George W. Bush Resume probably submitted via e-mail like a few million more to the Carlyle Group of Halliburton...prospectively..... Would you hire this sleaze-ball? LAT= http://www.houstonjusticenotwar.org/art/resume.html

2003-05-11T10:41:00.000-05:00

US SENATOR GRAHAM (D;FL) OF SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHARGES BUSH ADMINISTRATION WITH COVERUP OF THEIR ANTI-TERRORISM FAILURES US Sen. Graham on CBS Face 10% of the Nation more or less charged the Bush administration with a "coverup" of their failures prior to 9-11 and now for their keeping "secret" useful tactical information to domestic local and state governments. Expanding that a bit

2003-05-08T17:19:00.000-05:00

WIKEN COMMENT::::::SUGGESTION TO HOWARD DEAN CAMPAIGN--RE:CONSERVATIVE & LIBERAL Most people really don't know what "liberal" means. They don't know what "socialism" really is. They don't know what "radical" means. They don't know what "conservative" means or what it should mean. They mostly have never heard of "neo-conservative". They think they know what "centrist" means, but probably can't

2003-05-07T21:24:00.000-05:00

ANOTHER BLOG. NOT SURE THE ORIENTATION DAILY KOS has a mixture of news and views. Claims to have an award from Forbes...which might be something of a mixed blessing perhaps. It is relatively neat. Another example of a blog using Moveable Type content management system. ----------Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.dailykos.com/

2003-05-06T11:33:00.000-05:00

JUST LEAKED TO US FROM THE AD AGENCY:::: A HOWARD DEAN AD Hot out of the the recording studio. A Howard Dean ad is just about ready...cue the music..... Texan: I'm for Howard Dean, and I never went AWOL from the Texas Air Guard. Business type: : I'm for Howard Dean and I have never driven drunk. Another Texan: : I'm for HOward Dean and nobody ever gave me a sweet deal on a ball team. And yet

2003-05-05T12:45:00.000-05:00

COMPARE THE AWOL PRESIDENT MILITARY RECORDS WITH THOSE OF OTHER POLITICAL PARTICIPANTS AND OFFICE HOLDERS George Bush military records What do you think about all those military guys cheering the AWOL president winning battles on the war machine built by Presidents Carter and Clinton? Comments welcome of course. ------Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.talion.com/georgebush.html

2003-05-02T10:11:00.000-05:00

CORPORATIONS NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO SUNSET AND DEATH Ending Corporate Governance: Revoking Our Plutocracy discusses the history of the idea and form of corporations in the US. A supreme Court decision is the sire of these bastard business structures. Citizens have as much to fear from corporations as they do from their governments. Mix corporate greed with unlimited government powers and

2003-05-01T18:10:00.000-05:00

WHAT'S IN A NAME...YOU "PINKO" Bridgewater Review, December 2000 Last week I sent a check to the American Civil Liberties Union to renew my membership. As I sealed the envelope the phrase "card-carrying member of the ACLU" popped into my memory. "Where did that come from?" I wondered. I felt a vague sense that my membership in the ACLU was in some way illicit, radical or even dangerous. I recall

2003-04-30T22:34:00.000-05:00

FOTOLOG...EXAMPLE---DAVIDPOE OF IOWA davidpoe's Fotolog has a few interesting photos. Fotolog.net was mentioned in a Salon article. Looked sort of interesting. I might see if it is useful as an easy way to add a few photos to this blog now and then. Check it. Random searches can turn up some good photography or some plain trash. Take a look anyway. -------- Doug Wiken LAT1= http://

2003-04-30T22:02:00.000-05:00

COMMENT::::EDUCATE THE ELECTORATE ON THE REAL ISSUES...MOVE THE CENTER LEFT Some Democrats make the mistake of assuming they should move to the center. It becomes a moving target in that case moving rightward as they move to what they think is the "center". They should spend more time and work and shifting the electorate leftward so that the center also moves leftward. Narrowing the spectrum

2003-04-27T19:37:00.000-05:00

ANOTHER CONTENT MANAGING OR BLOGGING SYSTEM--- CONVERSANT FREE HOSTING OPTION This might be another option for blogger or content managing system. Free price option looks pretty good. The other hosting options seem a tad bit high, but perhaps there is something special about their hosting...don't know. Free Conversant Option LAT= http://www.free-conversant.com/registration/"

2003-04-25T23:37:00.000-05:00

WHATEVER THE NAME OF THIS BLOG:::::::: PLAY CARDS uggabugga Bush: uniter or divider? Seymour Hersh's timeline of North Korean nuclear program George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service (table) Let's play North Korean Brinksmanship! Bush lies about Saddam/alQaeda "connections" (11 times on the campaign trail). Tim Russert uses a meaningless, 56 year old statistic about Social Security

2003-04-25T10:10:00.000-05:00

GREASING THE SKIDS FOR A GOP FALL BY ROBERT KUTTNER Boston Globe Online / Editorials | Opinions / Far right greases skids for GOP fall((( About 2/3 of editorial comment snipped here...concluding paragraphs follow))) To win elections, you need swing voters. The hard-core, partisan Republican vote is around 40 percent of the electorate; and the government-bashing, Bible-thumping, nuke-'em

2003-04-23T22:48:00.000-05:00

COMMENT:::::ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES....WHERE IT STOPS ONLY THE TAXPAYER....WELL NO ABC Nightline discussing secret bidding on rebuilding Iraq, etc. There is a wonderful circle here......the more we bomb, the more the corporate friends of the GOP get to rebuild at cost plus a fee. Others need not apply. This is invitation-only bidding. Larry Noble of Center for Responsive Politics says it is

2003-04-23T10:03:00.000-05:00

NEWT's TIMELINE frontline: the long march of newt gingrich: a newt chronology(((((( HE"S BAAAACKKKK....Somebody must have pulled the silver stake out of Newt's cold heart. He is beating up on the US State Dept. for not being good enough salesman for the BUSH OIL WARZ. Shades of dead Joe McCarthy. Notice how much Newt is starting to look like Ted Kennedy? With Newt working on his third wife,

2003-04-22T17:52:00.000-05:00

ZD MICROSOFT WATCH LIST OF SOME BLOGS RUN BY PAST, PRESENT MS EMPLOYEES... Found at ZD Microsoft Watch Microsoft Watch:::MS Bloggers A listing of Microsoft Bloggers (past and present MS employees) Might be interesting...not sure. LAT= http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,933657,00.asp

2003-04-22T15:51:00.000-05:00

PAY ME, I'M A CEO WORKING TOWARD A GOLDEN PARACHUTE CEOs You Don't Want in the Cockpit (washingtonpost.com) (((((((( Op Ed editorial on executive pay ...all worth reading; concluding paragraphs below )))))))))) The real problem, of course, is that Don Carty isn't all that exceptional among his fellow corporate statesmen -- certainly not at many of the major airlines. Over at Continental, CEO

2003-04-22T15:38:00.000-05:00

LAWYER'S LETTER TO BIG JOHN ASHCROFT Sun-Sentinel: OpinionWay ahead of Castro By Samuel Fields Posted April 21 2003 Castro arrests, tries and convicts 75 Cubans who had the temerity to whine about government oppression and secrecy. The same week he arrests, holds secret trials, convicts and executes accused hijackers. All Americans are outraged. All except one -- Attorney General John Ashcroft

2003-04-22T10:17:00.000-05:00

ROUND UP ALL THE CHILDREN TO PROTECT ASHCROFT AND RIDGE Children held at Camp Xray, US admits. 22/4/2003. ABC News Online Children held at Camp Xray, US admits The US military has revealed it is holding juveniles at its high-security prison for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, known as Camp Xray. The commander of the joint task force at Guantanamo, Major General Geoffrey Miller, says more

2003-04-21T23:37:00.000-05:00

A BLOG KEEPING TRACK OF THE INDEFENSIBLE BUSH THUG LARGESE TO THE RICH AND INFLUENTIAL. The Blogiston Post A few examples in the April 19 post. Take a look at the rest of it too. )))))))) Doug Wiken LAT= http://blogistonpost.blogspot.com/

2003-04-18T15:50:00.000-05:00

COMMENT:::" BUSH WARZ"...SPRED THE PHRASE. Those sites with warez...the games and expensive programs with the copyright, codewords, etc stripped so they are useable without payment...also seem to come with a lot of virus and worm contamination....from what I have read anyway. It seems appropriate that the wars of the Bush Thugs should have their unique name. BUSH WARZ seems appropriate to me.

2003-04-18T00:03:00.000-05:00

DIXIE CHICKS NEED TO RECORD A NEW VERSION OF "GOODBYE EARL"......."GOODBYE GEEEEOOOORGGE" DIXIE CHICKS LYRICS - Goodbye Earl DIXIE CHICKS LYRICS "Goodbye Earl" Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends All through their high school days Both members of the 4H Club Both active in the FFA After graduation Mary Anne went out lookin' for a bright new world Wanda looked all around this town and

2003-04-17T23:39:00.000-05:00

COMMENT::: STUFF IT RIGHT BACK AT THEM OR BECOME INSIGNIFICANT Responding forcefully to crap charges and distortions is not only important for the candidate but for the whole system. Legislators who allow executive branch thugs to attack them with impunity aid and abet the destruction of the separation and balance of powers. Candidates who let assholes like Rush L. attack them with impunity

2003-04-16T21:59:00.000-05:00

Operation Iraq LiberationAs my President George W. Bush’s favorite philosopher said, “ Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.” If only he would have learned from the “Prince of Peace.” God save us all. --- Speak Truth to Power Tom Baxter, USA 66-69, Vietnam 67-69 Progressive Librarians http://www.libr.org/PL/index.html VVAW http://www.prairienet.org/vvaw/ Veterans for

2003-04-16T21:35:00.000-05:00

ON SECOND THOUGHT, LET'S NOT EAT OUT TONIGHT ajc.com | Metro | Food poisoning deaththe final chapter of his life. On a beautiful spring Saturday last year, Bonds and his wife, Nancy Kratzer, rose before dawn to work on the house they had just bought in the Morningside neighborhood of Atlanta. Late that morning, they broke for lunch and headed to a nearby Mexican restaurant, El Azteca on Ponce

2003-04-15T17:00:00.000-05:00

A FIRST FRUIT OF THE BUSH OIL WAR--ANOTHER IRAN? Boston Globe Online / Nation | World / Religion-based work fills vacuum in Baghdad But if local grass-roots initiatives are a welcome alternative to the long-pervasive Ba'ath Party structure for both Iraqis and US officials, the nascent, religion-based organizing also holds a warning to the architects of Operation Iraqi Freedom, who hope to

2003-04-13T10:09:00.000-05:00

CHICKENHAWKS ATTACKED A LEGLESS, WINGLESS SICK CHICKEN DesMoinesRegister.com | News Harkin: Iraq war ousted paper tiger By JANE NORMAN Register Washington Bureau 04/11/2003 Washington, D.C. - The relatively quick fall of Baghdad shows that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a "paper tiger" rather than a major threat to world peace, Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa said Thursday. "What we were

2003-04-10T15:00:00.000-05:00

CHUCK LAWHORN FINDS HIGH IRONY IN OIL VS.OIF Table Talk | Are the Dems FINALLY Taking off the Pink Tutus? Chuck Lawhorn - 12:50 pm Pacific Time - Apr 10, 2003 - #8267 of 8267 "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan Have you noticed how they jumped on the "liberation" theme, since no one was buying the terrorism or WMD themes, except of course

2003-04-10T10:12:00.000-05:00

EMBEDDED VP CRITICIZES ARMCHAIR GENERALS EMBEDDED IN TV STUDIOUS NYPOST.COM National News: CHENEY EXPRESSES 'GENERAL' CONTEMPT FOR EXPERTS By BRIAN BLOMQUIST April 10, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney struck back yesterday at the armchair generals "embedded in TV studios" "In the early days of the war, the plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV

2003-04-09T21:54:00.000-05:00

GOT HEALTH COVERAGE OR HAS BUSH THUG ADMINISTRATION SCREWED YOU TO? United States Department of Health and Human Services has all kinds of stuff in a lot of categories--including "Diseases and Conditions, Safety and Wellness, Drug & Food Information, Disasters and Emergencies, Grants and Funding, Families and Children, Aging, Specific Populations, Resource locators, Policies and Regulations

2003-04-09T12:31:00.000-05:00

GOT PLASTIC PRODUCT STRIPS? RFID, EAS? Transponder News has a little information on theft protection tagging strips for products and what makes them work. If you have been wondering what makes those little plastic strips with foil in them help protect stores from shoplifting, there may be some information here. Sentry apparently makes a lot of this stuff, but their site provides little real

2003-04-08T00:50:00.000-05:00

JUST WHAT IS NEEDED--MORE LINKS TO BLOGS AND BLOG RANKINGS kmax : blog links for your blog links probably provides enough blog links to keep you busy for a month and leave you without time to ever write a damn thing or think in your own blog. Oh, well......take a look anyway.---- Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.kmax.ws/bloglinks.htm PS:::::SUPPORT FREEDOM--CHERISH THE BILL OF RIGHTS.:::::

2003-04-08T00:42:00.000-05:00

GOTTA KEEP YOUR BLOOD WARM? CHECK MOTHER JONES MotherJones.com | Home In these times of the great bush oil war...or to reduce confusion, the bush great oil war, it may be wise to periodically check Mother Jones. I suspect they will be doing triage on the first casualty of war. After all, they claim a legacy of raising hell, a commitment to Journalism.------ Doug Wiken LAT= http://

2003-04-08T00:06:00.000-05:00

BAD SIGNS--GOOGLE SEARCH FINDS THIS AND CITIZEN CITES Hypocrisy Today bills itself as the official publication of the American Society of Sociopaths otherwise known as ASS. Membership is not available since nobody paid the bills anyway. So, when you are tired of the grim and serious news, check the sociopathic satirically serious news. ----- Doug WIken LAT= http://hypocrisytoday.com/

2003-04-05T23:10:00.000-06:00

TIRED OF THE BUSH OIL WAR SPIN FROM CORPORATE MEDIA GIANTS? LinkCrusader has 700 or more links that are not blathering mindlessly about the "successes" of the Bush team of thugs. Check the option "Over 700 Anti-Bush Links" and you will find this blog in the list of blogs. Lots of other blogs and options here too. My guess is the links you have forgotten when trying to remember some point can

2003-04-04T00:01:00.000-06:00

COMMENT:::BUICK BUILDING DEAD CARS FOR DEAD PEOPLE DESIGNED BY A DEAD GUY Yah, I know it is a waste of time to bitch about a big corporation putting really stupid commercials on TV. But, I want to early hurl (as in Puke) whenever I see one of the Buick Dead Guy back to design dead cars for dead people ads featuring a dead guy apparently named Harley Earle or something like that. Apparently he

2003-04-01T11:00:00.000-06:00

COMMENT::::GOOD OLD PCMAGAZINE ADOPTS MISLEADING RIPOFF TACTIC I have subscribed to PC magazine for most of the past 15 years or so. Some columnists for PCMagazine write software utilities that have been discussed in their tech columns and provided for download to subscribers. Some of these utilites are very handy and useful. These utilities were one of the reasons I resubscribed to

2003-04-01T09:56:00.000-06:00

BUSH OIL WAR NEWS::MORE PERSPECTIVES AND OBSERVATIONS HERE The Command Post - A Warblog Collective............War news reporting comes to blogs or blogs come to war reporting. Apparently dozens of writers collaborate on this blog. Check it. My guess is that magazine style blogs will become more and more common. Stay tuned. ------- Doug Wiken LAT= http://www.command-post.org/

2003-03-31T17:00:00.000-06:00

NO MONKEY BUSINESS HERE...IT IS GARY HART'S BLOG Blog :: Gary Hart :: Restoring the American Republic Whatever I think about Gary Hart's stupid escapade on the slut ship Monkey Business, he always had some good ideas and perspectives. Give his blog some attention. Hart would not have a blog if he did not recognize the power of blogs as a means to influence opinion and educate. Remember too

2003-03-30T22:15:00.000-06:00

EAT MORE BEEF. RANCHERS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Beef, It's What's for Dinner is the site for BEEF EATERS. Every time we sell a bovine, we get some beef promotion money ripped out of our hide, so thought I should put a link to their site here. Hope you can find a recipe or two. Might as well take a few minutes to cook something that tastes good instead of buying something expensive

2003-03-30T15:44:00.000-06:00

CARTOON BY DOUG WIKEN I have been reading a bit about GW Bush's "culture of fear". Short of a "red scare" or a "yellow peril", the Republican presidents don't seem to have much reason to be around in politics. Bush seems to be trying, but so far has not managed to refrigerate the cold war enough to make it really hot. He is settling for a "fear this..fear that..and that and oh yes, the terror

2003-03-29T23:58:00.000-06:00

THAT GUY ON PBS (AUSTIN CITY LIMITS) MARCH 29, 2003 AND ORIGINALLY BROADCAST IN 1988 The Leonard Cohen Files tell a bit more about the guy. Just a tad bit different than the usual Austin City Limits. Different enough that it is hard to forget his rather strange music. His biography is interesting. Not the usual kind of stuff I post here, but take a look and listen too for that matter.-----

2003-03-28T23:55:00.000-06:00

DOG ISLAND. SHADES OF ANIMAL FARM AND LORD OF THE FLIES...BUT ALSO COMING SOON ARE...??? Dog Island Free Forever Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island. Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island live a natural, healthy and happy life. They live with almost limitless space, and tens of thousands of rabbits, rodents and other natural prey.

2003-03-28T19:10:00.000-06:00

MR.CRANKY USUALLY WASTES TIME AND SPACE ON CRAPPY MOVIES. HERE HE EXAMINES CRAPPY WAR "NEWS" Iraq War Coverage : Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies : Iraq War Coverage Mr. Cranky says Fox "News" views this war as Christmas. Well perhaps if you hang Democrats on your Christmas tree; but take a look.......and thanks J.Matt for finding this one. ))))))))) Doug WIken LAT= http://www.mrcranky.com/

2003-03-24T13:05:00.000-06:00

DRAT. I THOUGHT "STONEAGE.COM" MIGHT BE A GOOD SITE NAME Buy a car at StoneAge.com: New cars, used cars, financing, free price quotes! indicates the site name is already occupied. Might be some useful information here if you are excited about buying a car during the Bush Oil War (BOW). Nothing is sacred for site names. I suppose Vatican.com is a site for child pornography. )))))))) Doug

2003-03-17T20:52:00.000-06:00

ANOTHER BLOG FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION CNN LIES Chronicling the steady stream of lies and propaganda pouring out of CNN. WANTED: A Whistleblower. Looking for a current or former CNN employee with the *goods* on these Corporate Liars masquerading as Newscasters... (((((((( A tad bit more than that here. Another hard to read template, but probably worth reading anyway. ---- Doug Wiken ))))))) LAT=

2003-03-17T08:42:00.000-06:00

COMMENT ON THE RADIOACTIVE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM The Utah Smart girl kidnapping occupies a lot of "news" time. It seems the kidnapper thinks he speaks and acts for God. It seems that the Texas Twit in the Whitehouse has the same delusion. Both are dangerous men. CBS is hawking the coming Bush Oil War as The Moment of Truth. It should more appropriately be called the Months of

2003-03-11T21:44:00.000-06:00

HOWARD DEAN----DEMOCRAT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC WING The Unlikely Rise of Howard Dean Good long article. Interesting. Here is the final paragraph of 30 or 40: More outspoken than front-runner Kerry, more liberal than the charming Edwards or the well-known Lieberman, a fresher face than Gephardt, and without the baggage of Sharpton, Howard Dean, at least for the moment, has the attention of the

2003-02-27T00:16:00.000-06:00

COMMENT BY CHARLIE REESE ON BUSH WAR HYSTERIA Charley Reese((( several paragraphs leading to following conclusion)))) The best way to support our troops is to try to prevent the Bush administration from sacrificing their lives for the hidden agenda of the crazy neoconservatives in his administration. Young Americans should not die because a bunch of chicken hawks have a cockamamie idea that they

2003-02-18T20:45:00.000-06:00

DAMNED IF I KNOW IF THIS IS GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, OR NOT MUCH REAL NEWS AT ALL Silicon Valley - Dan Gillmor's eJournal - Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time February 15, 2003 Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time • posted by Dan Gillmor 07:41 PM • permanent link to this item Weblogs are going Googling. Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra Labs, a San

2003-02-14T23:54:00.000-06:00

FROM THE NATION--LINK FOUND AT METAFILTER The Case Against the War The Case Against the War by Jonathan Schell "All of us have heard this term 'preventive war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time...I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such

2003-02-13T10:56:00.000-06:00

FISSIONABLE MATERIALS FOUND IN NORTH DAKOTA BY SATIRE THINK TANK The Onion | North Dakota Found To Be Harboring Nuclear Missiles "North Dakotans live a horrible life of isolation and deprivation, struggling to grow crops in a hostile, sub-zero climate while their indifferent government routinely prioritizes bolstering the state's military might," BBC World correspondent Caroline Eagan said. "

2003-02-11T16:55:00.000-06:00

BIG FAT CHICKENHAWK CAUGHT LYING THROUGH HIS PEARLY WHITES Urban Legends Reference Pages: Military (Draft Notice) discover the old Rush Limbaugh stories. Rush is the Chickenhawk who can put out more distortions in less time than an abstract painter. Get the story at Snopes. They chase down fact and fiction on the internet. ---Doug Wiken. LAT= http://www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm

2003-02-08T23:48:00.000-06:00

DAVE NEIWERT's BLOG--ORCINUS Orcinus is Dave Neiwert's blog. He is a freelance journalist from Seattle. He has won journalism awards for the quality of his online work. Take a look at his blog. Currently some long and thoughtful columns there. Large enough type, but on a crappy background color. Some blog colors make good old black type on white look good again. Good blog anyway. -----

2003-02-08T09:38:00.000-06:00

COMMENT: UNWAR TAX--BETTER TO PURSUE BETTER ENGINEERING THAN EMPIRE. During previous wars, the US Government has tacked on war taxes. Supposed to be temporary taxes for the duration. Taxes like the estate tax and excise taxes on rubber tires, phone calls, etc. etc. Now, we need an UNWAR Tax. Something like a dollar a gallon tax on gas with tax ear-marked for energy conservation and better

2003-02-02T21:16:00.000-06:00

THINGS FOUND INTERESTING AFTER THE SHUTTLE DISINTEGRATION NASA Ames Code ASM - SHARP: Thermal Protection System Based on extrapolations of the knowledge and experience acquired in the development of supersonic aircraft, early hypersonic vehicle concepts were slender body vehicles with sharp leading edges that produce weak shock waves to minimize wave drag. At hypersonic velocity, however,

2003-02-02T21:04:00.000-06:00

BUSH BOGUS BASIS FOR WAR NOT FOR YOUR BRAIN Chicago Tribune | Thoroughly bogus case for war ...one paragraph below---- But it's understandable that conservatives responded to the speech with their hearts, because it didn't have much to appeal to the brain. All the inflammatory denunciations and ostentatious muscle-flexing couldn't disguise the flimsiness of Bush's case. Read the rest of it. --

2003-02-02T19:48:00.000-06:00

WORD FOUND IN A CROSSWORD I NEVER SAW BEFORE The Gallimaufry is a collection of small items. It might otherwise be known as a pot pourri, hodge-podge, olio, etc. Anyway, this might be an interesting web site. Worth a few minutes of checking. It takes some frustration with a puzzle to get me checking words with Google. Then a real dumb feeling follows when I could just have looked in my

2003-01-30T23:23:00.000-06:00

(comment)---MODEST PROPOSAL ON "DOUBLE TAXATION" OF DIVIDENDS The ever-minor Bush again tossed out the goofy idea of removing so-called "double taxation" in his State of the Union (SOTU) speech recently. I suggest that it be viewed as a transaction tax, but that is just another way to look at it. To really prevent "double taxation" of dividend income, let us consider subtracting the pro-rata

2003-01-30T22:06:00.000-06:00

DROUGHT NOT JUST IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT ACROSS GLOBE NPR : Study Links Droughts Across the Globe Suspicious that these droughts may be related, Martin Hoerling, a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Diagnostics Center in Colorado, decided to investigate a possible link. ((((((( Some other links here on drought and apparent global link. Worth taking a look

2003-01-29T14:59:00.000-06:00

BEFORE I GET AROUND TO "ANALYZING" SOTA, READ THIS TBOGG I was neither disarmed nor deceived... Not having had time to re-read President Nu-Cu-Ler's State of My Re-Election Speech, but having watched it and assorted punditry afterwards, here are some quick thoughts. (((((((( That is the start of it. Scroll down until you find it. The blog has a ghastly yellow background and is a bitch to

2003-01-28T12:25:00.000-06:00

Source of Pentagon Papers Critiques Iraq Coverage ((((( This is a long story..question and answer format on press coverage on the Bushsub2 oilwar. Editor and Publisher might be an interesting site for other reasons too. Not sure you want to use their "clickability" system for linking or not. It has the odor of some kind of tracking system about it..even though this is the first time I have

2003-01-28T10:20:00.000-06:00

DEMOCRATS GET HEADSTART ON BUSH SOTU SPEECH Bush's Mid-Term: The Real State of the Union is not a pretty picture. Multiple reports here on employment. Bush said in last SOTU speech "One word: Jobs". Americans have lost 2,365,000 jobs since he took office. Apparently "War, War War." and more "War, War, War"...I am a war president is wearing a bit thin. I imagine he will enhance his speech

2003-01-27T23:37:00.000-06:00

COMMENT...WE GET VISITORS, BUT OUR CAR HAS MORE MILES ON IT I just looked at the site monitor total visits..happened to be the number 4,444. I supposed a pretty good chunk of those are just me checking to see if anybody has stayed entertained long enough here to post a comment or two. Anyway, one of our clunkers just turned over 180,000 miles. It had about 160,000 of those on it before we

2003-01-26T11:07:00.000-06:00

Table Talk | The Coming War With Iraq From: William Rivers Pitt, Author "War on Iraq" to: Staff / Aaron Brown CNN Subject: Flawed Report; Iraqi Warheads Found Thursday 16 January 2003 My name is William Rivers Pitt. I am the author of the book 'War on Iraq,' which has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, and has cracked the top ten bestseller lists of the Washington Post, L.A.

2003-01-26T00:04:00.000-06:00

DON'T KNOW; BUT THIS MIGHT BE GOOD SOURCE OF INFO HauserReport Info PageAbout HauserReport Daily analysis of current events focusing on domestic American politics and policy, but also encompassing cultural and international matters. As well, at bottom, some random pop culture and sports. From a decidedly left wing bent, but I am definitely open to input and regularly include contributions from

2003-01-22T16:04:00.000-06:00

BUSH VIEWS EXPRESSION OF OPPOSITION TO HIS LUNATIC WAR POLICIES AS TREASON..NOT GOOD NEWS FOR THE PENTAGON Capitol Hill Blue Role reversal: Bush wants war, Pentagon urges caution By DOUG THOMPSON Jan 22, 2003, 01:18 Senior Pentagon officials are quietly urging President George W. Bush to slow down his headlong rush to war with Iraq, complaining the administration’s course of action represents

2003-01-20T00:28:00.000-06:00

HOWARD DEAN 2004--FOR PRESIDENT A DEMOCRAT WITH A SPINE Howard Dean 2004 Howard Dean may be the most interesting candidate in 2004. This blog is intended as a resource for people who want to learn more about him and his bid for the presidency. Browse the archives for earlier articles, or visit the forum and join in the discussion! This is an unofficial site and has not been endorsed by the

2003-01-20T00:08:00.000-06:00

ANOTHER FREE SOFTWARE SITE--UTILITIES BY DE GROOT Blue Five Software by David De Groot looks like some handy utilities. Mixture of stuff that looks like it might be very useful, but also not likely to be something you might have thought of yourself. I think I will download several of the programs tomorrow when I am not half-asleep. Good report on this site in the Langa Newsletter. --------

2003-01-19T16:33:00.000-06:00

SAMPLING OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE BRITISH ONLINE COMPUTER NEWS OF SOME SORT The week's headlines PC firms in dash to sell current Intel notebook machines Banias effect kicking in Sunday 19 January 2003, 17:54 German site tests Intel Centrino notebook Megahurts Madness at an end? Sunday 19 January 2003, 14:11 Has Nvidia bitten off more than it can chew? Opinion Shades of 3Dfx? Sunday 19 January 2003

2003-01-18T12:23:00.000-06:00

OPINION--- ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE...ER THREE BIG....... Bushsub2 is literally jumping up and down with mock rage in his tantrum about 3 empty gas canisters found in Iraq by Blix and team. Let's get this "major" omission into perspective. It seems to me the US IRS could not locate something like 4,000 laptops. I also seem to remember that the Pentagon had lost track of billions