Rochester roll call
First off I'd like to say I'm a huge fan of Scoop (I'm the decently active user proles over at K5 itself) and I'm quite happy with the way this new site is looking and such. As such, I will join the...
View ArticleRochester Roll Call, take 2
I tried this before but it was back before the DNS change was cemented and the diary section was popularized so I'm trying again. I'm a student at the University of Rochester and I'm just wondering if...
View ArticleSomewhat shameless self promotion
If this is overstepping any rules then I apologize, but while this is self promotion it is politically related so I figured it wouldn't hurt.
View ArticleElectoral predictions
Using the little java applet linked to on the side of dKos, I made an electoral prediction a good long while ago (last July it seems). This was before Dean was the frontrunner, before Clark was even...
View ArticleCT governor subpoenaed
Breaking news, the governor of Connecticut is being subpoenaed.HARTFORD, Conn. Jan. 6 -- Gov. John G. Rowland, beset by corruption allegations within his administration, received a federal subpoena...
View ArticleThe state of the US military
Well, let's just say it's been better.The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Pentagon experts worry that some of the military's most experienced pilots might quit after prolonged deployments to...
View ArticleIrony
Check the headline."Democrats Know They're Looking at 1984" Yep, I'd say the current political climate is very 1984ish, but not in the way that Rush means it.
View ArticleBreaking news: Nader in race
It's official, or will be soon enough.NEW YORK -- Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who ran for president in 2000 as a Green Party candidate, will enter the 2004 race for the White House as an...
View ArticleRemember "Total Information Awareness"?
Remember how it was supposedly cancelled. Well, it's happening anyway, at least partially. Still, some projects from retired Adm. John Poindexter's Total Information Awareness effort were transferred...
View ArticleComment ratings
As an active poster in two online communities that use comment ratings (Slashdot and Kuro5hin, the latter being the original Scoop code site), I must say I am a little disappointed with how comment...
View ArticleRNC seeks to stop MoveOn ads
It's just a little creepy.WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize President...
View ArticleThree Hours of Nader
Note: this is simulcast on my personal blog, but since this particular entry seemed like it'd be particularly interesting to the crowd here and something that you're not going to hear elsewhere I...
View ArticleError, does not compute
Kerry on homosexuality:Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he believes people are born gay but are not guaranteed the right to marry within their own gender. Ummm, huh? So what of people...
View Article"Tip jars" discussion
Do you commonly "throw in" (mod up) "tip jar" comments in diaries? Do you just generally do it if it's there as a courtesy, or do you only do it if you feel the diary is worthwhile? Do you only give...
View ArticleMy own story on the "Kos Controversy"...
...has made it to the frontpage of Kuroshin, the original Scoop-powered site (e.g. the same code that powers this site, although K5 has users vote on what stories get published rather than editors)....
View ArticleBush terrorist killing video game...
...and on that apparently had a strategically placed Bush ad underneath it.WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican ad criticizing Democrat John Kerry is on an Internet video game site in which a player can...
View ArticleAnother parody 404 page, plus Googlebombing idea
You've likely seen the Weapons of Mass Destruction pseudo-404 page, but you may or may not have seen this one. Furthermore, I would propose perhaps Googlebombing this 404 page to get it a little more...
View ArticleDemocratic National Convention welcomes bloggers
A nice bit of news, and pertinent to the folks who frequent this site.The Democratic National Convention Committee is pleased to announce that for the first time ever, bloggers will be offered...
View ArticleUS immunity in Iraq will last beyond June 30th
Doesn't seem like a sovereign Iraq to me... The Bush administration has decided to take the unusual step of bestowing on its own troops and personnel immunity from prosecution by Iraqi courts for...
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