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(Courtesy Paul Thornton) President George W. Bush: George W. Bush is tha 43rd President of tha United States gangsta style. He was swizzay into office January 20, 2001, afta a campaign in which he outlined steppin’ proposals ta reform America’s public schools, transform our national defense, provide tax relief, modernize Social Security n Medicizzles n encourage faith-based n community organizzles ta W-to-tha-izzork wit government ta help Americans in need n shit. President Biznush served fo’ six years as tha 46th…

Ed: The following is an assignment for my book writing class that is due tomorrow on the theme of “From Generation to Generation”. I just finished it. We’re supposed to practice writing narrative non-fiction. Comments always welcome. Maria and Alex are good friends of mine in Berkeley. Farivar, Cyrus Prof. Freedman February 14, 2005 “From Generation to Generation” WC: 1387 “Maria, receive these coins as a symbol of my total and free offering to you of all that I am…

This was first broken by UPI back in January. I’m hoping to go to Iran for the first time this summer, assuming we’re not at war. WashPost: By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 13, 2005; Page A01 The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran for nearly a year to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, according to three U.S. officials with detailed knowledge of the secret effort. The…

Reuters: PARIS (Reuters) – Top French radio group NRJ predicted on Friday mobile phones would replace portable music players such as Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iPods, as it unveiled plans to become France’s third high-speed mobile service provider after Orange and SFR. “The mobile phone will become the digital portable music player of tomorrow on which you can do everything,” Jean-Paul Baudecroux, chairman of NRJ Group’s (SONO.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) supervisory board told Reuters in a interview.…

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Check out our new show. I ran the mixing board during the show and had a story. Comments always welcome (be forgiving, it’s our first show.)

LA Times: “I like the company of women,” he told the New York Times in 2004. “Life is very boring without them.”

by Cyrus Farivar Some people climb mountains to achieve greatness. Some people try to win championship sports games. John Pultorak built a working replica of a 40-year-old computer. Late last year, Mr. Pultorak, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., completed a four-year project, a reconstruction of the Apollo Guidance Computer. The A.G.C. was onboard for many of the Apollo space missions from 1969 to 1972. It was the computer that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins used in the command and…

This story is a great profile of Dawn and Drew, the top podcasting couple. If you haven’t heard their show, go download it now. Really. I bet Dawn is happy that they finally got her name right. I, on the other hand, fucked it up. My apologies again. Good job, D&D. Hope to see you in NYC soon.

Sumana Harihareswara: Science!: Consumer Reports has put out a compare-and-contrast report on the various types of contraceptives on the market today. If you are in a committed, monogamous relationship and you want to prevent pregnancy but don’t have to worry about sexually transmitted diseases, you have a plethora of options! It is kind of weird that we still don’t know why the copper IUD works. Now here’s a question I have: for most medicinal tests, don’t they have to have…