Don Rumsfeld: Perjurer?. This is from Kristoff, but one could find it any number of places:For example, in September 2002 the Defense Intelligence Agency issued a still-classified report saying “there is no reliable information” on whether Iraq had chemical weapons. Yet in the… [Matthew Yglesias] ——- of course he lied, will anyone do anything about […]

Federal Deficits Leading U.S. to Bad Times. Our collective debt went down, all too briefly, at the turn of the century. That's when our taxes exceeded what we were spending. Naturally, such fiscal sanity — living within our means and even paying our debts — became politically unsustainable. As we prepare our 2003 tax returns, […]

Country Studies. Country Studies: a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy. [MetaFilter] —— these are handy…. of course they are a bit outdated, but that they exist online, that's a plus.

Tuition Protests. “Like many grade 12 students, Jaya Ceeley wants to go to university. But every year costs are becoming more of a consideration. To afford university, Ceeley will have to work part-time through his final semester of high school.”(Martlet | Big ol' rally for lower tuition by Patrick White) (Pulse Flow | B.C. students […]

The State of America's Children. 25 Key Facts About American Children 1 in 2 will live in a single parent family at some point in childhood. 1 in 3 is born to unmarried parents. 1 in 3 will be poor at some point in their childhood. 1 in 3 is behind a year or more […]

File Recovery Guide. File Recovery Guidehttp://www.filerecovery.org/ Discusses file recovery and information on breakdowns, head crashes, data back ups, and formatting. [Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant] ——- this has some handy information, if you don't know the tricks already.

I can see for smiles and smiles. Spot the fake smiles. Can you tell the difference between a fake smile and a real smile? [MetaFilter] —— i like to smile, not the huge gaping mouth teeth baring kind, but the little upturn at the ends of my mouth kind. i smile for all kinds of […]

Asynchronous Replication With Pratima. 8 Feb 2004: Linux Journal takes a look at Asynchronous Replication with Pratima.”Pratima (meaning reflection or image in Sanskrit) provides block-level, real-time replication of one or more block devices on a client computer. The devices are replicated to a server computer. A local device (say /dev/sda4) is placed under control of […]

Quotage. Italian Proverb. “Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.” [Quotes of the Day] [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog]

166 precisely of the most outgoing links in the blogging ecosystem. I know i can improve that though, that is easy. it is the incoming links that are hard to build.