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Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

 [Brothersjudd.blogspot.com] <Brothers Judd Blog>: inspection teams went to one of the principal missile sites in Iraq in Baghdad, they spent six hours there. And when they left, they issued a statement, which I have here, saying that on their visit to the al-Karamah General Company, as it's called, which has been developing the al-Samoud liquid propellant missile, which is a long-range missile, and development of the Scud missile used during the Iran-Iraq war, and here I quote, "a number of pieces of equipment tagged by the United Nations during the 1990s during the previous inspections were missing," and they conclude "none of these are currently present at the facility, it was claimed that some had been destroyed by the bombing of the site by the United States in 1998, some had been transferred to other sites."

 [Brothersjudd.blogspot.com] <Brothers Judd Blog>: This is an audio file of an exceptionally good commentary by a first year Harvard Medical School student about how his experiences in a free form school and among gay men in San Francisco convinced him of the need for rules. I'm too slow to get the exact quote but towards the end he notes that Europe has tons of rules, so no one follows any, while America has fairly few, so we take them seriously. That's a striking insight, one that relates directly to the counterintuitive fact that the more government we have built up the more lawless our behavior has become.

 [Freenewmexican.com] Navy submarine’s name stirs criticism among community: It has always been an honor to have a vessel named for a person, place, significant battle, etc. The author of this very small article could have discussed this process and then wide reactions to it, but instead solicited a new, nonsensical quote from a Vet who misses the point and has an agenda, as well as dredging up an old quote from the last time the subject came up w/ the USS Santa Fe. Get a clue, Yasmin.

[Autoblog.com] Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _: His father paved the way for his automotive obsession ensuring there was always a V-8 in the driveway (sometimes three or four) and car magazines in the mailbox. In high school, he excelled in engineering classes and designed his own cars. In college, he found the love of writing well surpassed that of math and obtained a degree in English. In 2001, looking for a place to store all his information about the future of the automotive business, he started CheersandGears.com, a forum-based community that is still thriving today.

[Denniskennedy.com] DennisKennedy.blog: Musings Archives: This subject (seeking blog mentions and links as a calculated method of optimizing search engine results) has been a source of irritation to me for a while now. A few months ago, someone said something to me that led me to the conclusion that some search engine placement consultants might be charging their law firm clients for the advice that the law firms could enhance their Google rankings by trying to get me and other prominent legal bloggers, all of whom you would know, to post something about the a firm's website on our blogs. I’ve commiserated with a number of these bloggers in the last few months about the number of requests they get. I’ll also mention that I've seen requests that feel like orders (with an astonishing sense of entitlement), are not followed up by thank yous, do not result in my blog being listed on the blogroll of the requesting party, etc.

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