Seen on Jason’s blog: Democracy for America is focusing on electronic voting, particularly makeing sure that any e-voting system has an auditable paper trail. Please go sign their petition to send the U.S. Congress a message.
DC United takes an early season break at the Anschutz ranch. Coming off a disappointing stretch of games, this bit of R&R ought to help them clear their minds and renew their focus for the rest of the season. Awaiting the traveling party, nestled in a leafy oasis of cottonwoods and aspens near the meandering
Some interesting trends in a Harris Poll on sports American’s follow. Here are the relevant numbers regarding soccer: The percentage of adults who say soccer is ther favorite sport is pretty much unchanged since 1985 at 3% The percentage of adults who follow soccer is at 15% for 2003 after hitting 18% in 2002 although
Don Bodreauk writes about an effort in 2002 by ExxonMobile, Texaco, BP to keep gasoline prices from falling in Virginia. It’s ridiculous that we so frequently see corporations on one hand use the free market as an excuse to keep themeseleves from being regulated and also look for legislative protection from its workings. Local distributors
Eric Idle has put his thoughts on the FCC and Bush Administration into song form (mp3). Lisa Rein has transcribed the lyrics, go check em out and listen to the song.
The Sports Economist links today to a Guardian story on Arsenal’s incredible Premier League season. The team managed to go unbeaten through the League (that’s all ties and wins for you non-footie fans) which is a feat last accomplished in the late 1880’s. Modern sports training is pushing the age at which a player is
Luckily Staci won’t have to auction any collections on ebay once we’re hitched. Despite being a big D&D geek in middle school, I got out before Magic was on the scene. I’m selling these on behalf of my brand-new husband. We’re in our first apartment, a tiny little thing with no room for random
Figures like these about suposed losses from piracy probably make my sister the accountant cry, but it just goes to show that the RIAA are just a bunch of thieving bastards. The whole article linked above is worth reading, if only to learn about the mathematical and reporting hoops that thieving bastards will go through
Vivendi Universal released Starsiege TRIBES, making the download available for free. Seen on Blues News, and here is a copy of the press release
Seen on the Register, MS opens Hotmail to bulk mailers. With all the furor over Google’s foray into webmail, this shows that all the large free webmail providers are still trying to squeeze revenue out of their services. The downside is that what users think of as spam and what marketeers think of as spam