June 30, 2005 Archive

Politics

• Red China wants Unocal's black gold

  Bi-partisan American protectionism might rule the day ladies and gentlemen. They want it. We don't want to give it.

  News in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Jun 30, 2005

• Camel Economics

  Opinion in Politics — by Fjordman — on Jun 30, 2005

• Bush Administration So Badly Wants CAFTA, It Quashed Study Disputing Talking Points

  The Bush Adminstration has never let the facts get in the way of a good talking point.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jun 30, 2005

• Teaching the Heart of Reason

  The drive to teach Creationism in Pennsylvania public schools will hurt Pennsylvanians.

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Jun 30, 2005

• First Convictions On Election Fraud Charges from 2004 Elections

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jun 30, 2005

• Former Hostages: Iran's New President Was Captor

  Every politician has a skeleton in the closet . . . but this gives "PR disaster" a whole new meaning.

  News in Politics — by Thad Anderson — on Jun 30, 2005

• Tolerance and equality in Spain

  Opinion in Politics — by Alisha Karabinus — on Jun 30, 2005

• Politics Eh! Not So Different.

  ...the accompanying Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become the biggest political hot potato in Canadian History.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 30, 2005

• Which is it, was Outing Plame a Big Deal or Not?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jun 30, 2005

• Separation of Church and State an Invention of the KKK, not Jefferson

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jun 30, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Live Baseball Game Played On X-Box Rejected

  News in Sci/Tech — by Tan The Man — on Jun 30, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News, 6/30/05

  Here are some of the most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jun 30, 2005

• A Flickr-ing Light

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jun 30, 2005

• Top 5 Greatest Non-Sports Rivalries

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Tan The Man — on Jun 30, 2005

Music

• REVIEW: Shai Hulud - A Comprehensive Retrospective

  If I cared I'd find out what the band's name means. It's just not my cup of already-scabbing blood.

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Jun 30, 2005

• Crest Of A Knave Remastered

  Crest Of A Knave won Jethro Tull a Grammy and as it turned out it was voted the best metal album!

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jun 30, 2005

• REVIEW: Pitch Black - This Is the Modern Sound

  BY TEMPLE A. STARK -- Expectations of growling death metal aside, these guys are impure melodic punk.

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Jun 30, 2005

• The Eagles Say Farewell?

  I enjoyed watching this DVD set immensely. The Eagles are one of my favorite bands and they always have been.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jun 30, 2005

• Performers added to the Philly Live 8 show and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jun 30, 2005

• INDIE ROUND-UP for June 30 2005

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Jun 30, 2005

• Live 8: Young In, Crow Out

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 30, 2005

• Reverse Sexism, Mista-ogyny, and all that Ying Yang...

  So the problem is that none of the women recording these so-called "answer tracks" are NOT dissing the Twinz!

  Review in Music — by Miranda Jane — on Jun 30, 2005

• CD Review: Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 30, 2005

• CD Review: String Cheese Incident - One Step Closer

  If that's not about community, I don't know what is.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jun 30, 2005

Culture

• Jennifer Wilbanks Fiance John Mason is Whipped.

  Opinion in Culture — by Michael Davis — on Jun 30, 2005

• Friday femmes fatales No 12

  Vegans and sadomasochism: Amy ponders whether the two go together...

  News in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Jun 30, 2005

• Mars Express - Europe Raises The Bar

  From the Greeks more than two thousand years ago to Eugene Antoniadi in the mid 1900s, Europeans have made...

  Review in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jun 30, 2005

• The Christian Alliance for Progress

  There are millions of Christian Americans who hold moderate to progressive views -- or who are, at the very least, offended by the Religious Right’s extremist political rhetoric.

  Opinion in Culture — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Jun 30, 2005

• Dennis Rader, The BTK Strangler, In His Own Words...

  Wichita's BTK Strangler, Dennis Rader, embodies Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil..."

  News in Culture — by Steve Huff — on Jun 30, 2005

• Michael Jackson Heads for the Gulf

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 30, 2005

• Domino Harvey dead but doesn't stop film

  Little rich girl turned model turned bounty hunter turned druggie turned corpse. Domino Harvey died Monday.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jun 30, 2005

Video

• The Trailer Park: Undead

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 30, 2005

• Review: Intervention

  Review in Video — by Hardy — on Jun 30, 2005

• Big Brother and Naked Women

  A friend of mine told me she despised Orlaith on Big Brother because “She’s always getting naked”.

  Opinion in Video — by Donna — on Jun 30, 2005

• DVD Review - The Fearless Freaks - The Wondrously Improbable Story Of The Flaming Lips

  One of the best of the year, folks. That's what The Duke would assume.

  Review in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jun 30, 2005

• Don Siegel Honoured By The Academy

  Clint Eastwood and Curtis Hanson to host an evening dedicated to the father of Dirty Harry.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jun 30, 2005

• Rape and Revelation
  Review: The Business of Strangers

  When we deal with strangers, we accept the façade they offer - even, sometimes, the stranger in the mirror...

  Review in Video — by DrPat — on Jun 30, 2005

• BRONXSTYLE ... Fresh to Death

  Since I shot Alien Ness at the RSC Anniversary, he's been one of my favorite B-Boys to watch.

  Review in Video — by Miranda Jane — on Jun 30, 2005

• Batman Begins

  Review in Video — by Chase McInerney — on Jun 30, 2005

• Latricia Wants to Be a Hilton

  She wants to be a Hilton. Only problem? She’ll make a lousy Hilton. And this is a good thing.

  Review in Video — by Patfish — on Jun 30, 2005

• War of the Worlds: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD REICH

  I knew that War of the Worlds would play like a mash-up of Spielberg movies. Perhaps he'd remix the hunt for Cruise in Minority Report with the reversed humanity of robots in AI over the constant drumbeat of terrified prey in Jurassic Park. Little was I prepared last night to be slapped with hints of three entirely different Spielberg movies: Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan and Amistad. No joke.

  Review in Video — by Junichi Semitsu — on Jun 30, 2005

• Goin' South with Jack Nicholson

  Review in Video — by Barbara Payne — on Jun 30, 2005

• Elvis by the Presleys

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jun 30, 2005

• Dancing with the Stars: Semi-finals

  Review in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Jun 30, 2005

• Review: Spielberg's "War Of The Worlds"

  Review in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Jun 30, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Art of Project Management

  Review in Books — by Dan Hersam — on Jun 30, 2005

• Ssshh! Five Stars! is Really Good – Review

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Jun 30, 2005

• Review: The Pirate Coast by Richard Zachs

  Courage "on the shores of Tripoli," in the first U.S. war on terror in the Mid-East—in 1805.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jun 30, 2005

• Book Review: Photoshop Elements 3 - The Missing Manual

  By TEMPLE A. STARK - A simple book for a simple but powerful program. (Photos included in review)

  Review in Books — by Temple Stark — on Jun 30, 2005

• When a Mogul Dies Young: Book Review

  Review in Books — by Barbara Payne — on Jun 30, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: Biggio's new record probably stings a bit

  Getting hit 280 times by fastballs only landed Craig Biggio on the DL once.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 30, 2005

Gaming

• PS2 Review: Katamari Damacy

  Impossible to describe and even harder to turn off.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 30, 2005