– Salon.com Politics | Bush resumes power after colonoscopy
Bush transferred the powers of the presidency at 7:09 a.m. EDT, Fleischer said. Anesthesia was administered and the procedure was completed at 7:29 a.m.
Fleischer said “the president awoke”at 7:31 a.m. At 9:24 a.m., he resumed powers.
It’s not clear if The President has been informed about the [...]
– According to the World’s Smallest Political Quiz, I’m a centrist leaning slightly more to the left than the right. The quiz was put together by a libertarian organization, of course, one that wants you to base your politics on Hollywood values. Scientology uses an ersatz IQ test to aid in recruiting fresh meat, too; [...]
– Sun accused of worker discrimination / U.S. citizen employee says he was canned in favor of foreigners
The U.S. government is looking into Sun Microsystems’ hiring practices after an ex-employee filed complaints alleging that the Santa Clara firm discriminates against American citizens in favor of foreign workers on H1-B visas.
It’s about time H1B abuse got [...]
– Some people have real problems:
You gotta know it’s tempting to just tell the story, but there’s a problem, I don’t remember most of it. I was heavily sedated much of the time and am rapidly forgetting the rest of it.
That’s Dave Winer blogging about heart bypass surgery and nicotine withdrawal. I wouldn’t wish that [...]
for all the kind words. The cast I’m getting Monday will allow me to type, but VR is a good idea, esp. for programmers.
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Saturday, so blogging will be light for the next few weeks. Check the linked blogs for your reading fix.
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– In the last few days, I’ve seen quite a bit of crossover blogging: Dan Gillmor writing about civil liberties in connection with Abdullah al-Muhajir and about the estate tax, elf Dave Winer trying, unsuccessfully, to write about journalistic ethics, Doc Searls linking Susanna Cornett as Blog of the Day, warblogger Jeff Jarvis commenting [...]
– Trying to throw us off-guard, Matthew Engel of the commie Guardian Unlimited lists Fifty ways to love America
But, in the interests of balance and to avoid future difficulties with the immigration service, here are some reasons why the US is wonderful.
Stuff like green suburbs, more wonderful race relations than Europe has, and “ever-open [...]
– Dan Gillmor responds to Winer’s bizarre criticisms of him at Silicon Valley | 06/08/2002 | The 404 Saga: My Response
Here’s my response to the continuing broadsides against me you may have read in the past few days.
I say bizarre because Winer’s mainly upset that Gillmor stopped using Winer’s software, and he covers that by [...]
– | KEN . LAYNE . DOT . CON | said today:
I’m also jealous. I got invited to this cool Blogging Panel Deal at the National Press Club in D.C., but I had to say no. Can’t afford the plane ticket this month.
This would be a good time to hit Ken’s tip jar if [...]
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