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NYT
President Obama said he would begin to draw U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30,000 more troops by mid-2010.
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Owillis
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Oliver Willis
9/11? Yes, 9/11.
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One of the more troubling reactions from the left that I saw during President Obama’s speech about our Afghanistan policy was this utter and absolute nonsense that Obama was somehow invoking the spirit of George W. Bush by discussing our Afghan strategy and 9/11. I dunno, maybe its due to years and years of Rudy Giuliani’s [...]
CNN.com
Ally breaks with Obama on Afghanistan
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Join the best political team on television for "Decision: Afghanistan" live on CNN.com, CNN TV and your iPhone on Tuesday night starting at 7 ET. President Obama's address begins at 8 ET.
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Obama Gambles On Afghan Escalation
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By announcing plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, President Obama assumed political ownership of the war even as he set a timetable to begin the withdrawal in 18 months. Obama sought to persuade a skeptical American public that the Afghan conflict is still winnable.
Politics.theatlantic.com
Key Democrats React To Obama
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), in a terse statement: "President Obama asked for time to make his decision on a new policy in Afghanistan. I am going to take some time to think through the proposal he presented tonight."
Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Obama: Cunning Again?
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I love the time line that Obama has proposed for withdrawing our troops from Afghanistan. Crafty. The neocons (McCain for one) are already saying that it gives comfort to the enemy, that they will just wait until we leave and then attack again. And the reason this is bad is what?
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Netstat -vat: "Among the bits of minutiae that I personally find entertaining about the Linux distribution release cycle is how different distros come up with their respective release names."
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Shawn Powers
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Linux Journal
Linux Journal Insider January 2010
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This is the maiden voyage of the Linux Journal Insider podcast, and we start the new year of Linux Journal off with a bang. Or more precisely with a HAM. HAM radio that is. If you're not a subscriber to the magazine, pick up this latest issue on newsstands mid-December, or buy a single copy in our on-line store. read more
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Blogs.computerworld.com
Dell releases unofficial Chrome OS Linux desktop
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Of all the big computer companies, only Dell really supports desktop Linux. Specifically, Dell offers a nice selection of PCs running Ubuntu Linux. But what Dell hasn't done is come out and announce that they are working on Google's beta Chrome OS. Other vendors, such as Acer, HP and Lenovo, are on board with Chrome. Regardless, Dell is actually ...
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Linux Today
The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 8
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Howtoforge: "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 8 (Helena) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops."
Ris
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LWN.net
Dell releases unofficial Chrome OS Linux desktop
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports that an unofficial build of Chrome OS is available for Dell's Mini 10v. " The Mini 10v is, as you might have guessed, one of Dell's PCs that already comes with Ubuntu as an option, but this is a very experimental release [of Chrome OS]. Still, as a USB-based distribution, it can't harm your 10v - if something ...
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ALAN COWELL
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NYT
Iran released five sailors who had been detained after their racing yacht apparently drifted into Iranian waters.
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Www.irantracker.org
Gasoline Sanctions on Iran: How Will Tehran Respond?
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Congress is currently considering unprecedented sanctions targeting Iran’s refined petroleum sector, particularly gasoline. Any sanctions policy must be based on an estimate of its likely effects in Iran, and must account for the fact that some international actors will attempt to skirt the sanctions for profit or political reasons. Iran& ...
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Cory Doctorow
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Boing Boing
Javier "Barrapunto" Candeira writes, "Last Monday the Spanish Government sent the parliament the latest draft for the Ley de Economia Sostenible (Sustainable Economy Act), which contained riders modifying the current laws on copyright and interactive services. These amendments give the Spanish Ministy of Culture the administrative power to take ...
NELSON
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NYT
COPENHAGEN — Is saving $40,000 at the showroom enough to get drivers behind the wheel of an electric car? With a program in the works to add easy access to charging stations, Denmark is about to find out.
Disabled gamers can now check out reviews of videogames done expressly with them in mind thanks to the AbleGamers Foundation. Reviews featured on the main AbleGamers website are ranked, from 1 to 10, in terms of how the game performs for those with visual, hearing or motion impaired disabilities. These numbers are then factored in with additional ...
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DEXTER FILKINS
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NYT
A commitment to redouble the campaign leaves unanswered a decisive question: Will the Afghans step up?
Wow. There is money out there: a retail deals site called Groupon has raised a whopping $30 million Series B funding round led by Accel Partners, one of Facebook's early backers. Existing Groupon investor NEA, which led the company's $4.8 million Series A round in January 2008, also contributed.
 
Azaria Jagger
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Gawker
Why, oh, why did Newsweek allow Bill Clinton to a feature called The Decade's Happiest Endings ? Sure, he saved a pair of truth-seeking reporters from the hellish nightmare that is a lifetime of hard labor in a dictatorial communist nation—but, c'mon. Americans love happy endings , and they got a big one on Aug. 4, 2009 ... Witnessing it ...
Azaria Jagger
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Gawker
An old lady has unearthed a home video she says depicts the original bombshell blazing with some girlfriends. It's most definitely Marilyn, and they're definitely smoking, but is it really pot? The little old lady who shot the home movie "had it up in my attic all this time," and is now putting it up for auction . She says she rolled the joint ...
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An It-Slave in the digital saltmine: "This guide will describe howto get it running in op5 Monitor. op5 Monitor is vanilla Nagios with some addons so it should be no problem to follow this guide in a Nagios environment"
Revenues and operating income are for 00-01 season. (1) Value of team based, without deduction for debt (other than stadium debt). (2) Current team value compared with most recent transaction price. (3) Includes arena debt. (4) Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation. (5) Ownership composed of nine limited partners. Bremner is CEO. NA: ...
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My colleague Beth Heaney has only one specialty cookie, passed down from her grandmother via her Aunt Anna. She says they're such a tradition in her family that if she showed up for a holiday without them, "Everyone would just stare at me like I forgot the kids or something." I've come to like prunes a lot as I get older, but my taste for sugar ...
Cory Doctorow
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Boing Boing
The latest thing of beauty to emerge from the Ukrainian cave of wonders operated by Bob Basset, a collective of steampunk leatherworkers, is this "Flapping Push Toy": a leather steampunk airship with flapping bat-wings, brass portholes, and intricate gears within. Bravo! Flapping Push Toy/Игрушка-толкалка, крыльями махал
The U.S. Supreme Court hears a dispute over efforts to prevent beach erosion. Property owners say their land extends to the water's edge. Whether a decision by the judicial branch can amount to improper taking is one of the great unanswered constitutional questions remaining in American law.
Jason Kottke
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Kottke.org
Seeking someone for a December project orig. from Dec 01, 2009 * Q: Wha? A: These previously published entries have been updated with new information in the last 24 hours. You can find past updates here . Tags: post updates
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Jason Kottke
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Kottke.org
Seeking someone for a December project
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I am looking for an intern-type person to work on a project to commence almost immediately and lasting until the end of the year. Basically I have an idea for a thing and I don't have the time to do it, so I'm looking for someone who wants to own the project and I'll just be the publisher/overseeing editor/moral support. You need to know how to ...
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David Pescovitz
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Boing Boing
A Coast to Coast listener named Alan sent in this amazing photo of a creepy giant spectral eye staring down at he and his wife in their bedroom. Alan says the eye turned out to be "a bedside light reflecting off a stack of CDs." Too bad. "Creepy eye on ceiling"...
I blogged about this a month ago, when Muhammad: The “Banned Images” — which includes the statement as an afterword — was released. But I thought it was worth reposting, especially since it has acquired a longer list of organizational signatories: A Statement of Principle A number of recent incidents suggest that our long-standing ...
 
Russell Beattie
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Russell Beattie
I was messing with my home networking, and I finally got around to linking up my TiVo and my Ubuntu Media Center, which brought to fore a downloaded version of Triumph of the Nerds , so I started watching it (for like the 80th time). It starts with the story of the MITS Altair 8800 , the first personal computer, and its influence on Microsoft ...
The Senate and House health care overhaul bills are each about 2,000 pages long. While the bills are mostly aimed at revamping the health insurance system, tucked in the pages are provisions that would spell big changes for the food, drug and medical device industries, too.
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