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Sunday, August 22, 2004

Books, Writers Gibson's Pattern Recognition - what did I miss?
(Philip Greenspun's Weblog)
Greenspun: "The worst book that I've read during this trip around Japan is William Gibson's Pattern Recognition."

(Ditto that. I work with people who are so-called "coolhunters" -- market researchers and branding consultants -- and that they didn't even know about this one -- even when it made its debut a while back -- says a lot, in my, uh, book. On the other hand, you can't expect a novelist to score a bestseller every time out. That would be like expecting Barry Bonds to hit a bomb everytime he sees a good pitch... hey, wait a minute... (b/w Scripting News))

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World, Economy The Olympics through the eyes of Europe
(Marc's Voice)
Marc Canter: "The commercialization and exploitation of the global economy is where America gets it's profit margins from. The Tobacco industry can afford to pay 100's of Billions of dollars in retraining and penance fees for what they've done to smokers here - with the money they're making from everyone else. So the next time you hear somebody groaning about losing jobs and out-sourcing, remind them of where the dividends are coming from - and what white male CEO types are cashing out for 100's of $millions$."

(Hey Marc said it, not me. Since the day I first met him, I've always loved his blunt honesty. It's refreshing. )

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Games, Sports ESPN.com Fantasy Football

(Anyone out there care to join a free, low-volume fantasy football league? I have plenty of spaces left in my league at ESPN.com. Drop me a line at larrygreen-at-gmail-dot-com before September 1rst, if interested. )

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Sports, Sports Can it be fixed in seven days?
(ESPN.com)
It's the closest thing you'll hear to an out-and-out excuse for why the American hoopsters have lost as many games in these Games as they did in their previous, oh, 68 years... As Allen Iverson would say, "Practice?"

(I've heard all the arguments as to why the men's Olympic team is having problems, and for the most part I agree. If Team USA earns a medal, any medal, after putting together a team in less than a month, as they compete against squads who've been together for months, if not years, that's good thing. My bigger problem is how these guys are acting like they're just learning how to play basketball. Sure, takes time for a team to gel, but do all of your individual skills vanish until the club unifies? I mean, if your job, in which you make millions, is basketball, how is it that you can shoot 6-for-28? That's worse than pickup basketball. Maybe these guys, to a man, really aren't that great at hoops. It puts a big question mark in my head about the actual talent level in the NBA. )

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Propaganda, Society Outsourcing and Patriotism
(AlterNet: Election 2004)
Lou Dobbs, CNN: "Corporate America has at this time taken controls the national media. It controls nearly every avenue of an American citizen's access to information about the way he or she lives, about those forces that are influencing our lives."

(Behold the invisible government. Don't worry that you can't actually see them, because they'll tell you what they want you to do, think, and see. And I think part of the problem is, for many, what they tell you is what you want to see, because the majority doesn't really want to open their eyes to reality. That's too brutal. I think the majority, and you know who you are, say: 'Tell me what I should see, but feed me, house me, give me credit cards, a big-screen TV, and an SUV.' They go together, in the good ol' USA: baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. )

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Politics, Racism Election 2004: Jim Crow is Alive and Well
(AlterNet)
Voter intimidation and suppression are not problems limited to the South. They are not the province of a single political party, although patterns of intimidation have changed as the party allegiances of minorities, particularly African-Americans, have shifted over the years. They have served to create doubt about the equality of our democracy and cynicism at home and abroad.

(The more things change...the more America shows it true colors. )

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4/3/2005; 3:34:00 AM - Lawrence Green


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