Month: January 2006

Even the Cows are Mad

Well, well, well. What a surprise. After some extensive testing, there’s another confirmed case of mad cow disease in Canada. In Alberta, in particular.The article, of course, is mainly focused on the economic damage to...

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The Daily Pulse (Plus a Cartoon)

I don’t know how many straws the Bush camel can hold, but I wonder if Google might have been one of the last ones.  People might be fool enough to believe they’re only listening to phone calls with al-Qaeda....

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Ford: Economic Gut Punch

This news is enough to knock your wind out: Ford Motor Co., the nation’s second-largest automaker, said Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to...

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On Being the Media

Sometimes I get nagging thoughts.  Okay.  A lot of the time I get nagging thoughts.  Perhaps a more sane person would abandon them.  But me.  I write them down in “diaries.”  So here...

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