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Monday, April 28, 2003

Cyberculture, Internet Google Watch
A look at how Google's monopoly, algorithms, and privacy policies are undermining the Web.

(Interesting, very interesting. How come the things that seem most convenient to us also harbor the potential to be the most damaging? ) « 4:02:09 PM »    

Television, Entertainment New Reality TV Cable Channel Announced (Reality News Online)
What does a reality TV fan do on those rare occasions when nothing reality-related is on? Soon you won't have to worry [there are] plans to create an all-reality TV cable channel, Reality Central.

(Well this was bound to happen. But how will this be any different than Fox? ) « 7:47:46 AM »    

Military, Propaganda U.S. Seeks to Keep Gulf Military Presence (Newsday.com)
Reichsmarshall Rumsfeld: "There's no question but that the people of this region are safer today than they were when the Saddam Hussein regime was in power."

(Well, at least the people in the region are safe from Saddam. That's about the only clear thing. ) « 1:22:26 AM »    

Religion, Business Big Macs replace loaves and fishes at Pope's pray-in (Guardian UK)
The tie-in between the globetrotting Pope and the global leader in burgers, fries and gherkins comes as the Spanish church seeks a way to fund yet another official visit from John Paul.

(Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Holy cow!" ) « 1:09:26 AM »    

Politics, Black People Democracy works only when people work
(African American News)
The fact is there are far too many underserved, crime infested, predominately minority neighborhoods throughout America that can best be described as being "bombed out." And the rundown buildings, junk-filled streets and absence of thriving businesses suggests that a war had taken place, or was still going on, in them. So it's understandable why so many citizens -- living in abject poverty in the world's richest nation -- have a very hard time understanding our government's foreign policy.

(Let's "rebuild" another country -- destroyed by weapons funded by our tax dollars -- while our own country falls apart. And while we're at it, let's give a tax break to the rich so that poor people can be left to foot a bill that can never be paid off.) « 12:52:06 AM »    

Economics, Society African Americans still have to dream on (Guardian UK)
Unemployment rate: white 5%; black 11%; do the math. « 12:19:26 AM »    
Critical Theory, Humanities How To Deconstruct Almost Anything
Deconstruction, in particular, is a fairly formulaic process that hardly merits the commotion that it has generated. However, like hack writers or television producers, academics will use a formula if it does the job and they are not held to any higher standard. Just to clear up the mystery, here is the formula, step-by-step...

(I made my way through this long-ass piece, which was a good read btw, and found it came to many of the same conclusions I've subscribed to for a while: it's not what you have to say that counts, but how you say it. Here's a tangential example: Bill Clinton vs. George W. Bush. Other than delivery, what's the real difference? ) « 12:02:16 AM »    


4/3/2005; 3:21:56 AM - Lawrence Green


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