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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

"The crumbling Bush support" and Outkast tops yet more charts 

Kerry smashes 'em down South and Clark drops out. (New York Times)

Bush's insights on the state of the economy: Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas -- The loss of work to other countries, while painful in the short term, will enrich the economy eventually, his report to Congress says. (Los Angeles Times)

Which is probably one of the reasons among many why even George W. Bush's biggest supporters are starting to jump ship as reported American Black in "The crumbling Bush support."
Related reading:
- O'REILLY EATS WORDS ON WMD
Fox News flamethrower Bill O'Reilly shocked fans and foes alike yesterday by apologizing for accepting President Bush's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. (New York Daily News)
- PUNDITS ON THE RIGHT START TO DOUBT BUSH
Editor & Publisher read 27 columns by conservatives who mentioned Bush during the past 13 days. Nine of the columns had at least some questions about the president and his policies. (Editor & Publisher)

The perfect Valentine's gift (probably): Dishonest Dubya -- the lying action figure (via Aeki Tuesday)

Moveon.org's full page ad in the Washington Post calling for the censure of Bush by Congress for misleading the public to justify the war in Iraq.

Meanwhile, the Bush National Guard AWOL story is starting to have legs unlike last time around: Bush's records -- Still AWOL. (Salon.com)

And the problem with the American media is...

US media crowns Kerry: although John Edwards said this was an election, not a coronation, the message from the US media after Tuesday's primaries was of inevitability, that John Kerry was all but certain to be the Democratic Party's choice to challenge George W Bush. (BBC News World Edition)

No wonder the American intel on Iraq was so bad, the government doesn't even read all the newspapers: Pentagon Clip Service's Clips Clipped. (Washington Post)

'WATCHBLOGS' WATCHING THE WATCHERS
Mark Glaser examines how bloggers mount an "adopt a journalist" campaign to track election coverage. The effort puts some of the nation's top political reporters under intense public scrutiny. (Online Journalism Review)

Outkast tops both the singles and album chart in the Village Voice's 2003 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Related reading:
- The critics on urban music in "On Da Corner Worldwide."

But Native Americans are not happy with Andre 3000's Grammy performance. (Allhiphop.com)

Surprised this didn't go down sooner: Producer Of The Grey Album, Jay-Z/ Beatles Mash-Up, Gets Served. I'm mad I didn't get my copy in time as I only just put an order in with Sandbox this weekend. (MTV News)

Take the "80's Lyric Quiz." (via Senzeni)

And the jokes begin.

Speaking of which:

HARVARD APPROVES STUDENT PORN MAG
The university approved H-Bomb, a student-run magazine that will feature nude pictures of Harvard undergraduates. (The Harvard Crimson)

Find out how you can join the Peabs with his "Obvs in '04™" presidential campaign in the race for the White House by reading MTV News' "Born In The U.S.A.? You Can Run For President — Here's How."

But finally, new permanent blog links for you to check out:

- Jean-Paul and Matt's Low Culture
- Aaron Wherry's pop (all nipple) and
- Metalface's 10 Reasons Why Hip Hop is Dead


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