The Beeb has a story on U.S. milbloggers, looking at the angle that the golden age may have already come and gone.
Not a bad read, but not essential either. Wired's The Blogs of War is the essential one.
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Saturday, December 31
Naive, stupid or plucky? Maybe a combination of all three
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billdoskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 03:10 AM EST
Farris Hassan showed good journalistic instincts -- he wanted to go to where the story was happening for his high school journalism project. Unfortunately, the story was in Iraq. more »
U.S. White House, NSA websites track visitors
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 03:02 AM EST
The U.S. White House and National Security Agency websites have been quietly snooping on visitors. more »
Africa: The good news and bad news from 2005
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 02:55 AM EST
Beijing News journalists protest editor's firing
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 02:38 AM EST
About 100 journalists from the Beijing News have walked off the job to protest the firing of their editor. more »Friday, December 30
Bush administration to investigate leaks over NSA spying program
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 30 Dec 2005 09:42 PM EST
The Bush administration wants to know how the New York Times found out about a domestic NSA spying program that Dubya authorized. more »
Kid, many 20-somethings struggle with the same question
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 30 Dec 2005 07:32 PM EST
On the 506 streetcar this time, heading east: A five-year-old asks his mother: "But if I have to pay rent, how can I buy toys?"
TTC Jeopardy!
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 30 Dec 2005 07:15 PM EST
Dundas West station, 504 streetcar:
Yes, it's a west-Toronto-centric anecdote. So sue me. Thursday, December 29
I smell trouble
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 09:18 PM EST
From the moment I stepped on the College Street car, I knew something was abuzz. "I smell something burning," one woman told her travelling companion, a sentiment echoed a split-second later by someone else. The driver walked to the back, looked, sniffed, and returned to his seat. Over the P.A. system, he gruffly told us: "Whoever tried to light the joint, don't do it again. If you do it again, everyone's goin' off and the police are comin' on." Much low muttering amongst the passengers. As we approached Dovercourt Street (I was going to the West End Y to try and undo some Christmas overeating damage), a young man in an olive bomber jacket and navy blue fisherman's cap asked the driver, "What was problem?" The young man spoke with a Russian accent. "Some guy tried to light a joint," the driver replied, slowing down for Dovercourt. "What is 'joint'?" the young man asked. Major eye-rolling and forced expulsion of air through the nostrils by the driver. "Look, forget it," he told the guy, shaking his head in exasperation. "If you don't know, you don't know." At Dovercourt, as I was leaving, I told the driver with a commiseratory grin, "Have a good night." He laughed and said: "It's gonna be a long one!"
CKUA, Christmas music and William Hung
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 05:02 PM EST
While in Edmonton last week, I got reacquainted with one of the great radio stations of our time -- CKUA. It has an audio stream if you feel like checking it out. Anyway, in the course of driving around and listening to the station, I heard several Christmas songs from a Nettwerk Records compilation CD that were fantastic. This set me off on a mad, implusive hunt for said CD. Too late. Sold out everywhere.
(From when to when was he famous?)
NYC's crime reporters like to talk over beer about the day's horrors
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 02:41 PM EST
This NYT story looks at the people who cover crimes on the streets of New York City. more »
'On medical news, is the reporting healthy?'
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:43 AM EST
The Globe and Mail's Andre Picard on some weaknesses identified in medical reporting and about a new service called mediadoctor.ca. more »
Turkish writer gets one of two 'insult' charges dropped
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:34 AM EST
Novelist Orhan Pamuk, who is facing charges for having the temerity to talk about the Armenian genocide, will now only go to trial on one charge. more »
China's gov't fires top editor
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:27 AM EST
Yang Bin -- editor of the Beijing News, described as one of China's most daring and popular newspapers -- has been turfed by the government, along with two other top editors. more »
Not the most erotic mental image
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:18 AM EST
A government-funded art project in Austria has generated outrage by producing posters depicting Queen Elizabeth II and France's President Jacques Chirac having sex. more »Wednesday, December 28
Liberal U.S. activist group protests Tribune Co.'s job cuts
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 28 Dec 2005 02:03 PM EST
The liberal group MoveOn has now spawned MoveOn Media, which has held demonstrations protesting against the Tribune Co.'s job cuts at its various newspapers and other media properties. more »
The Onion's top 10 stories of 2005
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 28 Dec 2005 01:55 PM EST
I particularly liked these two: Losing Super Bowl team gets condolence call from John Kerry (#7), and White House celebrates fifth straight year without oral sex (#9) Tuesday, December 27
'Seeing Terrorism as Drama With Sequels and Prequels'
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 02:09 AM EST
Winning hearts and minds in the Philippines
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:28 AM EST
Prosecutors in the Philippines are set to charge four U.S. Marines with sexual assault over an alleged incident from November. more »
London's mayor on terror threats facing his city
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:20 AM EST
Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, tells the BBC that the terror threats to his city mainly come from disorganized groups of disaffected people. more »Monday, December 26
'Crypto Man' says the NSA's spying is illegal
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 26 Dec 2005 09:28 PM EST
Salon speaks with James Bamford, the pre-eminent American journalist when it comes to investigating the National Security Agency. He says the agency's latest shenanigans are illegal. more »
One possible airborne etiquette breach isn't so bad
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 26 Dec 2005 09:24 PM EST
I arrived back in Toronto at 6:55 p.m. ET after a totally uneventful flight from Edmonton. However, I did doze off for a brief period, and that could have triggered some snoring, which if true, would have been unpleasant for the people in the seats around me. If so, screw 'em. Karmic balance for the two screeching infants I had to put up with at the same time last year. I never farted or even particularly burped, which should give me some positive credits. Saturday, December 24
Amusing Santa/Christmas news round-up
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 24 Dec 2005 02:27 PM EST
From BBC Online:
US tracks Santa's Christmas route Santa fights off yobs with tree Father Christmas pays off fines From Yahoo! News: Pa. community celebrates Festivus Santa hats and holiday tack: Cambodia embraces Christmas Investors still believe in Santa Claus rally Santa dolls filled with cocaine seized in Brazil Where does Santa live? Singing Santa found hanging in Melbourne
NSA spying much greater than acknowledged
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 24 Dec 2005 02:10 PM EST
The U.S. National Security Agency has analyzed much more telephone and Internet traffic flowing in and out of the United States than the Bush administration has admitted to date, the NYT reported today.
And they did it with the co-operation of some of the U.S.'s largest telcos. more » |
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But at a downtown HMV, I did come across a William (She Bangs! He blows) Hung Christmas disc for only $10. However, I figured by waiting one more year, I could get it for $2. :)