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Earlier today I discovered an amazing resource of news, commentary, and global insight.
If you are interested in world news, delivered from the personal perspective that only a blogger can offer , then check out Global Voices Online. It’s a wrap-up of blogging from around the world.

For the past couple days rumors had been swirling in and around Caracas that the Venezuelan leader/president/dictator Hugo Chavez had died. Unfortunately the rumors were incorrect. The “Indio Putumayo” (as Fidel refers to him) is alive and kicking.
UPDATE: See some of our other posts about everyone’s favorite Latin American idiot.

Why we should get rid of PBS.
My discussion with Andrew at American Idle regarding PBS.

In memory of those who went before

and in honor of those who continue to fight.

Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog recently posted an article attacking Accuracy in Media (AIM), a conservative media watchdog. Besides the laughable sophistry that wouldn’t fool a five year-old, the article ends with this tidbit of “information”:
AIM received nearly $3.8 million in funding from conservative foundations between 1985 and 2003, much of it from [...]

I’ve started a site to test some Wordpress functionality (adding RSS feeds, etc). You can see it here, at NBA 2005 Mock Draft (.com).
And if you don’t want to wait till the draft, visit Xbox Cheat Code where I’m starting another little blog about cheat codes for Xbox games, like NBA Live 2005.

Did you average 6-8 points a game in high school and not even play basketball in college?
No problem!
The NBA draft could be your meal ticket. At least one LSU student seems to think that entering the draft could get him some invites to some team camps.
Heh.

Want a blast from the past?
Visit one of our most popular pages, the infamous dive into madness of our beloved DNC Chairman (then presidential candidate) Howard Dean.
Watch the Howard Dean scream here.

Behold the power of Google.
Ok. Not as much content is available, yet, compared to MyYahoo. But it is cool that Google is working on this. Best feature so far? The ability to simply drag content around your page.

Bob Dole has a great Op-Ed in today’s Washington Times on judicial nominees and filibusters in the Senate.
In the current debate over judicial nominations, some commentators claim Republicans such as myself are misrepresenting history by suggesting the current filibuster tactics of the Democrats are unprecedented.
These commentators cite the 1968 nomination of Abe Fortas to be [...]

Partial screenshot of an ABCNews.com article:

A clever device I read about on the flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake, Slingbox, is going to revolutionize how (and where) a lot of us watch TV.
From the web site:
The Slingbox enables a consumer to watch their live TV programming from wherever they are by turning virtually any laptop or Internet-connected device into [...]

Newsweek ran a story a little while ago about the alleged desecration of the Quran by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. This report was picked up by media in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In turn, angry mobs took to the streets in a series of anti-American riots. So far nine people have died.
The catch? [...]

A long time all-encompassingly reader is launching their own blog, IMAXblog.
Welcome to the blogosphere Ryan!
I’m sure that this is going to become a hub for all things IMAX related…

Vioxx, settlements, and lawyers…oh my!
My paper on Class Actions:
One of the most controversial legal subjects today is that of class actions. Holding both the potential for immense social good and great economic madness (depending on your point of view) there seems to be precious little space for neutrality between the battling forces of legal opinion. [...]