Archive for July, 2006

Snag that Portable Music Player

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Today’s Woot is one sweet deal. It’s a SanDisk digital audio player with 256 MB of memory. It’s nice to pop in a few songs or podcasts to take with you on the go. But the real value is its built-in microphone. For webloggers you can take it with you to interview people, make on-the-go […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #145

After the Qana bombing Israel suspended air strikes. I doubt Hezbollah will be suspending their rocket attacks.
The airlines are finally making money.
The NY Times editorial crowd has joined the Kossites and endorsed Ned Lamont over Sen. Joe Lieberman.

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Blame Hezbollah for Civilan Deaths

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It’s Hezbollah’s uncivilized tactics like fighting among civilians that caused the deaths of 34 children.
Will the world community hold Hezbollah to account?
“Photos that Damn Hezbollah“

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Landis Dump

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Here are some stories on Floyd Landis’ doping charges with commentary later tonight:

LeMond: Landis Could Be ‘Symbol of Change’”
“Landis Turned the Race on its Head. But Don’t Ask Me to Cheer for Him”
“Landis May be Last Straw for German Network”

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Wandering the Wisconsin Blogosphere

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Brian Fraley is a youngin’ when it comes to weblogging, but his “Weekly Takes” reminds me of old school weblogs back in 1999-2000 when it was more about linking than pontificating. He wanders the Wisconsin blogosphere and offers up some goodies.

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Floyd Landis Defends Himself

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Tour de France winner Floyd Landis says he will work with doctors to show he has an abnormal level of testosterone in his body. Anti-doping officials determined there was an unusual ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in the urine sample Landis gave after winning stage 17 in the Alps.
Landis was a guest on Larry King […]

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Tommy Thompson Endorses Van Hollen, Bucher’s Chances Severely Hurt

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J.B. Van Hollen has been slowly and steadily getting endorsements from Republicans all over the state. Today, he got the biggest endorsement of them all: ex-governor Tommy Thompson:
“I am impressed with J.B. Van Hollen’s track record and I’m not alone. Based on a record of excellence as a local prosecutor, the President appointed him U.S. […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #144

A jury found Milwaukee’s deep tunnel responsible for damaging a downtown Milwaukee building.
The army discharged a gay Arabic lingust even though he says he followed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. This at a time when Arabic speakers are very useful.
Cindy Sheehan’s obsession with President Bush will be long-term now that she’s bought property in […]

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Floyd Landis’ Positive Test Taints Tour de France Victory

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Tour de France winner Floyd Landis is in sports purgatory. One of his tests found too much testosterone in his system. Landis denies cheating, but has been suspended by his Phonak team while a second sample is being tested. But with the poor reputation surrounding the sport–the Tour started with many big names bounced from […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #143

John Malone’s Liberty Media Group bought BuySeasons.
Woodman’s Food Markets has to stop a gas promotion because it runs into the asinine minimum markup law.
Howard Dean, M.D. opens his mouth a sticks his foot in it…again. This time he compares Florida Senate candidate Katherine Harris to Stalin. [via Right Wing News]

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Conservative Weblogger Discloses a Little Late

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Patrick Hynes of Ankle Biting Pundits when he isn’t posting is a political consultant. One of his clients is Sen. John McCain, and he’s been Hynes’ client for a few months. All this time Hynes didn’t tell his weblog readers who was paying him. Jim Geraghty exposed him, and got Hynes to come clean.
Hynes made […]

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“AirTap!”

Filed under Music

Here’s another musical interlude courtesy of Erik Mongrain.

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Berlin’s Spirit Questions Bush Doctrine

James Pinkerton gets a little too cute with his “talk” with Isaiah Berlin’s ghost in an attempt to paint President Bush as a French-style revolutionary (don’t tell the French) with little understanding of current world realities. To sum it up Pinkerton/Berlin criticize the President for promoting human freedom as the cure to Man’s political problems. […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #142

The Doyle drip, drip, drip continues with prosecutors looking into a UWM building contract and Marc Marotta’s role.
A federal judge in Chicago tossed out an ACLU lawsuit dealing with terrorist surveillance. A Kossite declared, “facism has risen.” [via Stop the ACLU]
Cuba with China’s help is exploring for oil off Florida’s coast. This is giving drilling […]

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She Isn’t Much of a Reader But I’m Sure She Likes the Pretty Pictures

Michelle Persaud maybe the the most beautiful person on Capitol Hill but the staff counsel to the House Judiciary Committee Democrats isn’t much of a book reader unless you consider glossy mags like InStyle, Vogue, Italian Vogue, French Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Us Weekly as books. But I can understand her work must […]

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