Daily Archives: February 2, 2004

“Spam is bad”, experts say

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Hold on to your hats, everyone. Experts are telling us that spam may have a bad effect on business and stuff. The exponential growth of unsolicited junk e-mail — spam — is shaking consumer confidence in the Internet and may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Maybe there is something to that “electability” thing

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Holy crap. The latest Quinnipiac poll of registered voters has Kerry beating Bush nationally by 51-43. That’s better than all of the other Dems, who each trail Bush by a small margin, and is greater than the margin of error, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Color line broken earlier?

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

According to this story, the Society for American Baseball Research is trying to determine if William Edward White, who played one game with the National League’s Providence Greys in 1879, was the first black man to play in a major … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A grave and gathering danger

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Where the doctrine of preemption based on “grave and gathering danger” came from, according to Thadeus and Weez. Continue reading →

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What I like about Houston

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve taken a few dozen deep breaths now, and I’m doing my best not to let a pampered media pretty boy like Bill Simmons annoy me. He’s probably the kind of guy who shows up as a friend-of-a-friend at a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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