Daily Archives: June 9, 2003

The start of something big?

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The Daily Kos has rolled out a new way to affect politics at the national level, an online donation system called ePatriots. In just a few hours, it’s already raised $20,000. I’ll be making my donation soon. Great job, Kos! Continue reading →

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On to Omaha (again)!

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Woo hoo! The Rice Owls baseball team is going to Omaha for the College World Series for the second straight year and fourth time overall. They came back from an opening game loss in the best-two-of-three Super Regional against the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rio Grande running dry

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Stories like this really suck: “For the first time since the 1950s, the Rio Grande has stopped flowing in Big Bend National Park,” biologist Raymond Skiles wrote in a “daily report” e-mail distributed from the park’s Panther Junction headquarters. “The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Astrodome update

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Via Eric McErlain comes this story about the status of the Eighth Wonder of the World: The vastness of the Astrodome still impresses, but little else does. The plumbing is unreliable; the AstroTurf carpet is stained and coming apart at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Michael Weiner v. The People

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I hadn’t realized that the lawsuit filed by Michael “Savage” Weiner included Take Back The Media – for some reason, I just thought he was going after parody sites like Savage Stupidity and Michael Savage Sucks. TBTM has some sharp … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What took them so long?

Posted on June 9, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The comic strip Tank McNamara has finally weighed in on the Dale Petroskey/Robbins and Sarandon/Hall of Fame flap. The strip is usually more responsive to topical stuff like this, so I’m rather surprised that this is the first mention of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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