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God knows I certainly never really cared for Trent Lott – he’s rather boring personally and doesn’t excite anyone as far as I know.

The Republicans need a Senate Majority Leader that can lead the Senate – someone who can represent the conservative agenda before my fellow citizens, and do it with tact, with passion, and with integrity.  Lott isn’t the guy – more because I find him boring than due to the events of the past several days.

Republicans Say Lott Lacks Bush’s Support. Republicans with close ties to the Bush administration said that Senator Trent Lott had no chance of remaining majority leader and that the White House wanted him out. By Carl Hulse with Elisabeth Bumiller. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

X-oops, I did it again. Nicholas Petreley decided to perk up his VarLinux.org site by ditching the PHP-Nuke weblog package and examining his options with the X-oops and E-Xoops object-oriented portal packages. What he’s seen thus far is encouraging.

“tri” Here’s a little map to help us to navigate this forking mess:

 Thatware -> PHPNuke -> myPHPNuke -> X-oops -> E-Xoops -> PostNuke -> Envolution -> Xaraya 

All the above versions are still actively developed. Amazing!

“zeldman.hardstare” [PHP Everywhere]

I’m still a Sony Fan though.. we’ll see how my powermac does when it finally gets here…

PowerBook G4: PC Killer. Reviewing two PowerBook G4s for InfoWorld, Tom Yager writes, ãWe beat them twice as hard because theyâre so pretty and because, well, weâre not Mac people. When it was over, the PowerBooks owned us utterly. Trust us; that never happens.ä The review concludes, ãThe PowerBook G4 isnât a product to watch; itâs the only notebook on the market worth spending $2,500 on, and at that price, itâs a steal. Way to go, Apple.ä [Dec 16] [Apple Hot News]

I’m not sure that I really give a fuck what this would be in Europe… kill them anyways..

White House-authorized killings would be murder in Europe. DW_WORLD.DE Dec 16 2002 3:22PM ET [Moreover – Crime and punishment news]

U.S. court says no to Web libel lawsuit. In the wake of an Australian ruling suggesting that Web publishers are fair game for libel suits anywhere their content appears, a U.S. federal court veers in the opposite direction. [CNET News.com]

New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online. A group of prominent scientists are challenging the leading scientific journals with the creation of two peer-reviewed online journals this week. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

No, he should never come back.

No Joy for Pete Rose. In order for Pete Rose to return to baseball, he would have to admit that he bet on his team and dedicate himself to public service. By Fay Vincent. [New York Times: Opinion]