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Nov 2007
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Why This Site Was Down
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Mon 12 Nov 2007 18:19
by Kevin McGehee
58° and fair
in Coweta County, GA
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[Asides]
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ExpressionEngine came out with a new version today, and as I was in the middle of some post-upgrade cleanup—for example, to make the trackback expiration extension work despite the upgrade—my host’s FTP service went down.
As of the timestamp on this post, it’s been down for about six minutes, and it’s the only function giving me trouble.
And I’ll be damned if I’m going to bring the site back online without that safeguard. I’m tired of having to delete spam trackbacks on old posts right after every goddamn upgrade.
Update: Used the file manager included in Cpanel to do the upload. FTP is still not working.
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Or Maybe It’s Because They Know the Movies Are Lying Even Worse than the News Media
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Sun 11 Nov 2007 9:18
by Kevin McGehee
38° and sunny
in Chattanooga, TN
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[War]
[Media Ochre]
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The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say.
In a break with past convention, when films based on real conflicts were made only years after the last shots were fired, several politically-charged films have gone on release while America remains embroiled in Iraq.
Almost without exception, however, the crop of movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many cases have received a mauling from unimpressed critics as well.
“Rendition,“ a drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal about the CIA’s policy of outsourcing interrogation of terror suspects, has taken just under 10 million dollars at the box office, a disastrous return.» Hollywood is casualty of war as movie-goers shun Iraq films
Maybe there’s a reason why the “past convention” was that “films based on real conflicts were made only years after the last shots were fired.“ Stupid damn Hollywood idiots.
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Spinners on a Saturn
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Fri 9 Nov 2007 11:51
by Kevin McGehee
62° and sunny
in Coweta County, GA
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[Our Times]
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Yes, I have actually seen a Saturn with spinner wheel covers.
I’d say it’s a sure sign those things are going out of style, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen spinners so maybe it’s a sign they’re already out of style.
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Stupid Cop Tricks—an Ongoing Series
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Fri 9 Nov 2007 8:10
by Kevin McGehee
28° and sunny
in Coweta County, GA
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[Here's Your Sign]
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Southbound traffic on I-75 was clogged for more than five miles and exit ramps were blocked as police walked from car to car, searching for a bank robber who traded a demand note for cash at a Wachovia Bank branch near Smyrna on Thursday afternoon.
The robber never showed a gun and officials weren’t saying how much money he grabbed. But there in the bag was a GPS transmitter that allowed lawmen to track him to the interstate. Police shut the southbound lanes of I-75 near Moore’s Mill Road in Fulton County while they searched car-to-car.
The tedious exercise didn’t turn up the suspect but it rankled motorists—some of whom questioned the Cobb police department’s decision to halt traffic on a major Atlanta freeway.» Bank robber search stops rush hour in its tracks
Apparently they never heard the saying about looking for a needle in a haystack.
Update, Tuesday morning: The suspect has turned himself in. I wonder if his grandparents shamed him over how, if he hadn’t robbed that bank, all those commuters wouldn’t have been inconvenienced.
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Remember When Kerry Won All of France’s Electoral Votes?
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Thu 8 Nov 2007 20:00
by Kevin McGehee
41° and clear
in Coweta County, GA
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[Get Offa My Lawn!]
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Apparently Her Inevitableness is going to get those, and Canada’s, and Britain’s, and Italy’s…
The Clinton campaign puts a lot of faith in polls, but Bill Clinton, in the first of two stops in Western Iowa today, cited one I hadn’t seen before: A survey showing that Hillary is the front-runner among Democrats and Republicans ... in Canada, Britain and Italy.
“In every country, without question, if you take out the undecided, she had the absolute majority,“ Clinton said. “They like her, they respect her.“ » WJC: She’s big in Canada, Europe
They’ve heard of her.
She had style, she had flair, she was there! That’s how she became the Nannyyyyyyyy…
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You Can’t Call Yourself a Gunslinger if You Won’t Sling a Gun
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Thu 8 Nov 2007 19:52
by Kevin McGehee
41° and clear
in Coweta County, GA
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[Get Offa My Lawn!]
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All those years that Bush never used the veto pen—despite having threatened multiple times, and being ignored almost every time even when Republicans were in charge. So why would anyone be surprised a Democrat Congress would override—with massive support from those same big-spending Republicans—a veto issued for straightforward fiscal reasons?
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was too expensive. It was the first time in a decade that Congress has passed a bill over a presidential veto.
The vote was 79-14 to pass the bill. Enactment was a foregone conclusion, but it still marked a milestone for a president who spent his first six years with a much friendlier Congress controlled by his Republican Party. Now he confronts a more hostile, Democratic- controlled legislature, and Thursday’s vote showed that even many Republicans will defy him on spending matters dear to their political careers.
The bill funds hundreds of Army Corps of Engineers projects, such as dams, sewage plants and beach restoration, that are important to local communities and their representatives. It also includes money for the hurricane-hit Gulf Coast and for Florida Everglades restoration efforts.
The House voted 361-54 to override the veto Tuesday. Both votes easily exceeded the two-thirds majority needed in each chamber to negate a presidential veto.
The last such veto override happened when Congress dealt President Clinton the second of his two overrides in November 1997.
Bush vetoed no bills during his first five years in office. He has since vetoed a stem cell research bill twice, an Iraq spending bill that set guidelines for troop withdrawals, and a children’s health insurance bill. House and Senate Republicans managed to sustain those vetoes.
But they broke ranks on the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, which Bush vetoed on Nov. 2, calling it too expensive.» Congress Hands Bush First Veto Override
The first time he threatened a veto, Congress called his bluff and he folded. And he kept folding for five long years. Whatever made him think after all those examples of his spinelessness anyone would take even an actual veto seriously?
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