I need this today!
iPod for Windows. It’s been a long wait, but the iPod for Windows is out! Jack Schofield of the Guardian grumbles that there it there isn’t a USB 2.0 version, and that iTunes hasn’t been ported to the PC, but those are small quibbles with what is without doubt the best designed digital audio player on the market. Just be glad that Apple deigned to release a version for the rest of us anyway. Read Amazon… [Gizmodo]
Probably not enough time for this piece of whaleshit…
Former F.B.I. Agent Who Tipped Off Mafia Is Sentenced [New York Times: National]
Key Sept. 11 Suspect Said to Be in U.S. Control. Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who is believed to be a senior member of Al Qaeda, has reportedly been handed over by Pakistan. By David Rohde. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
I may not live in Indiana anymore, but this brings some cheer to my heart…
Return to Glory? For Notre Dame, the Answer Just Might Be Yes. Notre Dame (3-0) upset seventh-ranked Michigan, the Fighting Irish’s first victory over a top-10 team since September 1998. By Joe Drape. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Must be getting early
Clocks are running late
Paint by number morning sky
Looks so phony
Dawn is breaking everywhere
Light a candle, curse the glare
Draw the curtains
I don’t care ’cause
It’s all right
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
I see you’ve got your list out
Say your piece and get out
Yes I get the gist of it
but it’s all right
Sorry that you feel that way
The only thing there is to say
Every silver lining’s got a
Touch of grey
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
It’s a lesson to me
The Ables and the Bakers and the C’s
The ABC’s we all must face
And try to keep a little grace
It’s a lesson to me
The deltas and the east and the freeze
The ABC’s we all think of
Try to give a little love.
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It’s even worse than it appears
but it’s all right.
Cows giving kerosene
Kid can’t read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene
but it’s all right
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
The shoe is on the hand it fits
There’s really nothing much to it
Whistle through your teeth and spit
causeit’s all right.
Oh well a Touch Of Grey
Kind of suits you anyway.
That was all I had to say
It’s all right.
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
We will get by / We will get by
We will get by / We will survive
Pure, and simple, I think Bush, in a twenty minutes speech, outmanuvered the United Nations, and his opponents. Read the speech, it’s that simple.
President Bush gave a good speech at the U.N., and it now looks far more likely that the U.S. will not simply launch an invasion of Iraq but will work with and through the U.N., as it did during the Gulf War. I think that’s a positive step, and I applaud Bush for taking it. From where I sit, it looks like Bush has chosen to take heed of the critics of the preemptive unilateralism espoused by the hawk wing of his administration. As Josh Marshall puts it, “The White House had one policy. They hit a brick wall. Now they’ve changed policies.” Go over to Andrew Sullivan’s blog and you find a different take: “Bush has essentially outmaneuvered his opponents…Bush has spectacularly called the U.N.’s bluff.” We won’t know whether the U.N. speech represents a genuine shift toward multilateralism or a tactical feint until a few weeks have passed and we get a better sense of how seriously Bush intends to work with the U.N. He has a good example to follow from his father’s methodical building of a global alliance against Iraq. The effort to build such an alliance today will force the president to do what he has not yet done: Explain to the world exactly why Iraq is so much more immediate a threat today than it was two or four or eight years ago. [Scott Rosenberg’s Links & Comment]