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Archive for January 22nd, 2002

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

Clever Hans and Doctor Jeste

The torture piece has generated some reactions that deserve amplification. The Illuminated Donkey avers,
I have to admit I’m a bit unclear about Henley’s argument. His leading point seems to be that the track record of government terrorist investigations simply doesn’t warrant entrusting the authorities with that sort of power, with the Higazy case being the [...]

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

You Are Here

Best [Neocon-Approved Items] of the Web outdoes itself today. Discussing an article about the Mogadishu premiere of Black Hawk Down, geographically-challenged writer James Taranto avers
Yesterday we noted that Somali-American leaders are calling for a boycott of “Black Hawk Down” on the grounds that it depicts Somalis as “savages.” CNN reports that a bootleg copy of [...]

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

The Dead Hand of the Past

This depressing technical note out of blog-heavy Casa Cortlandt, world headquarters of Ones and Zeros, Turn of a Friendly Die and What She Really Thinks:
Ones and Zeros basic template converted from DIVs to Tables. That should clear up some problems.
As Laura Dern’s character whimpered in Blue Velvet, “Where’s my dream??”

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

Attack in India

Gunmen have shot up the street outside a USIA building in Calcutta. That makes it too soon to discard this Unqualified Offerings theory.