Not to beat a dead horse, but...

Powell no longer sure that Iraqi trailers were weapons labs

My career has peaked

Slashdot linked to a story of mine. I'm afraid to read the comments, though. The /. crowd can be pretty harsh.

Mystery solved

Police: Evidence doesn't support abduction claim

For example, the honor student told police that after taking her at knifepoint, her captor used duct tape, rope, cold medicine, a gun and a knife to keep her under his control.

Although those items were found in the marsh where she was located, buttressing her account, police obtained videotape Thursday that showed Seiler entering a Madison store and buying those items, he said.

Also, during the time she said she was held captive, two witnesses reported having seen her apparently "walking freely" in different areas of the city, he said.

Someone used her computer during the time she was missing. Also, he said, the computer had been used to look up a five-day weather forecast and search wooded areas in and around Madison.

As I suspected...

Police: Wisconsin Student Changes Story

"She initially told police she was abducted at knifepoint from outside her apartment early Saturday. Assistant Police Chief Noble Wray said Friday she changed her story when investigators confronted her with inconsistencies in her account. "

Good thing to keep in mind for Friday's jobs report

From Eschaton.

So, let's choose our criteria in advance. Anything under 140K is seriously bad. A number between 140K and 240K isn't particularly good, but at least a sign that things could be picking up. And, anything under 306K is proof that the tax cuts are not working as promised.

Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism

Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism (washingtonpost.com)

The address was designed to promote missile defense as the cornerstone of a new national security strategy, and contained no mention of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or Islamic extremist groups, according to former U.S. officials who have seen the text.

Is there anyone who still believes Bush and Cheney weren't asleep -- or more fittingly, drunk -- at the wheel?

And the Iraqis continue to welcome us with flowers

3 U.S. soldiers hurt in ambush near Fallujah

The Bush recovery continues

Forecasters scale back job hopes

Police to interview student about her disappearance

Good. There's something fishy about this girl's abduction story. What makes me really suspicious is that she was the "victim" in another weird attack in February.

Newsmap

Here's an interesting way to look at the news. This flash front-end takes Google news feeds and presents the information in a visual way. Big, popular stories are given bigger chunks of the map. A clever solution to an old problem with online news -- namely, how to prioritize the stories without the layout and headline cues printed newspapers offer. Not a perfect solution, mind you, but an innovative one.

CNN Report Puts Letterman In a Tizzy, Temporarily

Here's a White House that can't even tell the truth aboutmeaningless, easily verifiable things. The Bushies lie so often, they just do it reflexively.

White House warns OPEC

CNN.com - White House warns OPEC - Mar 31, 2004: "McClellan did not directly respond to questions about why that strategy has not worked, but said the administration remains in constant contact with oil producers. 'We believe oil prices should be set by market forces in order to make sure that we have adequate supplies available. That's always been our view."

Memo to the Bushies: an industry cartel isn't what most people would call "natural market forces." That's why we have antitrust laws.

So much for Harvard credentials

BostonHerald.com - Local/ Regional News: Scientist nabbed for SARS scam: Cops: Suspect bilked pals

This professor scammed collegues and students out of $600,000, only to fall for the Nigerian classic. Nice.

We got pictures!

Here are some we took with the digital camera. We still have developed anything from the (flim-based!) disposable cameras, which have all the pics from Sao Paulo. We were afraid the digital camera would get stolen in Sao Paulo. Had we known all the Japanese tourists had much better models to steal, we would have brought the digital cam.

I highly recommend the slideshow mode.