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POPSBob Novak dies of cancer -- and his right-wing pals rush to lie about his role in the Plame case WTF? It's long been an established fact that Novak's reportage was wrong, and in fact was just a propaganda-driven smear on behalf of the Bush administration, since Plame in fact had nothing to do with Joe Wilson getting the Niger assignment. (George Tenet himself explained: "Mid-level officials in CPD decided on their own initiative to he'd helped them on a project once before, and he'd be easy to contact because his wife worked in CPD.") And since when has it "turned out" that "Bush was right" about the Niger yellowcake? Not only was the report on which he based the claim he made in the State of the Union built from set of hoax documents, but the White House ignored warnings that this was likely the case. Moreover, there has been no subsequent evidence to suggest that Saddam indeed sought yellowcake from Niger. Ah, but such things as facts and truthfulness m
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POPSLibby, Cheney, Rove - 'Traitors.' Et tu Thompson? Plame Wilson portrayed herself to the outside world as an employee of Brewster Jennings & Associates. That was a dummy corporation set up for the purposes of tradecraft by the CIA. Cheney and his henchmen destroyed the value of that facade. They also put in danger the lives of everyone known to have closely associated with Plame Wilson and her "company"-- i.e. her assets and contacts in Africa and elsewhere helping her with counter-proliferation. Cheney had Libby and his other gang members potentially "burn" all those agents.
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POPSfred wilson on the value of voice Fred's distinction between algorithms and human aggregation is exactly what has motivated me over the years to create Clipmarks.com and now Amplify.com. Different people can see the same thing in so many different ways depending on their perspective. Algorithms don't have perspective, they don't have experience and they don't have heart. So as amazed as i am by what algorithms can do, i'll always be more amazed and interested in what people can do.
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POPSThe best way to get a college education... This is spot on. Got to say, lately i've been reading a lot of what Fred Wilson is writing and am extremely impressed. His perspective and analysis of a very wide range of issues is insightful and honest.
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POPSBored With Web 2.0? Demand Change This manifesto for change comes at an important time, when a recent, but growing trend of Web 2.0 ennui is beginning to strike the citizens of the social media landscape. Even VC Fred Wilson was recently caught wondering if he was "bored with Web 2.0," saying: But I am a bit jealous of friends who are working on finding and funding alternative energy or biomedical technologies that have the potential to address the serious problems facing the world. At times it seems that helping the web become more social, intelligent, mobile, and playful is not as impactful.
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