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March 28, 2006
Credibility Issues Arise in the Blogosphere
Who's a legitimate journalist and who's not? That's the issue being asked today, not only in today's top blog post from Crooks and Liars, where conservatives are discussing the issue of plagiarism, and from Microsoft's Robert Scoble at Scobleizer, where the discussion addresses the question: who's a credible journalist and who's not? THAT discussion, of course, triggered Nicholas Carr's post that outlines the seven rules of corporate blogging.
Speaking of Microsoft
Since we're on the topic, Microsoft fans are not happy that the long-awaited Vista upgrade has been delayed. Again. And won't be ready for prime time by the prime holiday shopping season. Reactions range from usual Windows complaints to Mini-Microsoft blogger's call for an outright firing of the company leadership. Today's No. 3 top-cited link also looks at the Windows phenom. Other bloggers join the discussion.
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March 27, 2006
Good vs. Bad, Good vs. Evil
Good vs. bad, good vs. evil. They're concepts that arise in the blogosphere on topics ranging from the state of the economy to the state of U.S. foreign policies.
One of today's top blog posts, from Caterina, raises the issue of starting a company in this economy....good or bad? Even though the discussion emanated in California, it's resonating in Germany and and elsewhere.
Over there
No. 4 among today's top blog posts comes from former UN Ambassador Madeline Albright, who puts forth the theory that "good vs. evil" may make sense in general thinking but not as foreign policy by a major superpower. The Art of War blogger, obviously, disagrees. The Letter from Here blogger gets nostalgic.
Passings...
Country music's Buck Owens is among today's most-blogged people. He died at age 76 over the weekend from heart failutre.
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March 24, 2006
S.D. Women Raise the Activism Ante
When the South Dakota legilsature recently passed what's thought to be one of the nation's toughest abortion laws, a blogger named Molly gained early March attention with her educational campaign for women.
Today, the campaign steps up a notch, such that today's top blog post and two most-cited links refer to the efforts of Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Sioux Reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D., to offer her reservation as the site for a Planned Parenthood clinic as a way to skirt the state and federal laws governing abortion. Their activism is aimed at S.D. Gov. Mike Rounds and state Sen. Bill Napoli, who's being challenged for his personal definition of a "simple rape," (as if it's his to decide?). He's been Googlebombed because of his comments. "Don't mess with Fire Thunder," says the blogger at After School Snack.
Other blog discoveries
Not sure what to make of us, but maybe a bar's not the best place to get drunk in Texas? And at least Dick Cheney doesn't ask the hotel staff to remove the brown M&M's from the candy dish.
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March 23, 2006
Coming to Abdul's Defense
Blogger support for Abdul Rahman (today's No. 3 most-blogged-about person), an Afghan man who is facing a death sentence (today's top phrase) for converting to Christianity 15 years ago. Reactions range from all-out support to cautionary explanations of what happens when theocratic governments take hold. Blogger Michelle Malkin (today's No. 3 top blog) is leading the charge to save Rahman's life.
Feet (and mouth) to the fire
Also hot today is the subject of "truthiness," particularly that of the President of the United States, including examinations at Crooks & Liars (today's No. 2 top blog post) and Talking Points Memo. Slipping and spinning, asks David Corn?
Vista? Keep waiting
Maybe it comes as a surprise, maybe it doesn't, but Windows Vista is being put on the back burner again. A good day for Apple, wonders Photoshop News?
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 11:39 AM | Permalink
March 21, 2006
Breaking the Law, Breaking Through Stereotypes...and Breaking Cat News
Author Michael Crichton's "This Essay Breaks the Law," an op-ed piece from Sunday's New York Times, continues to break the law and generate blog traction as today's third most-cited link and second most-cited news story. Crichton discusses who owns what in the context of U.S. patent law. "Patent Nonsense?" puns the blogger at Reason Hit & Run, while the future lawyer at Intellectual Quicksand ponders the state of laws such as these.
Really? It's that obvious?
Also maintaining traction is psychologist Jack Block, whose longitudinal study of 95 Berkeley children (here come the "moonbat" comments) came to a startling conclusion (today's most-cited news story) about the seeds of political leanings: that whiny, tattletale children tend to grow up to be politically conservative, while confident, free-wheeling children tend to evolve into political liberals. Suburban Guerilla offers commentary with a headline as pointy-tongued as the commentary, while the Brainster dubs it the "silliest article of the day" for its statistical meaninglessness.
So long, Humphrey
But some bloggers are even more worked up at the death of Humphrey, the stray cat adopted by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989 (today's No. 9 most-cited link). Was he really, as one LiveJournaler proposes, "the last honest occupant of No. 10 Downing Street"? Elsewhere, tributes pour in like milk into the cat dish.
BlogPulse notes
For the next two weeks, I'll be vacationing/traveling in Alaska (yes, in winter) with only intermittent Internet connections. I'll do my best to keep bloggily informed, but if I miss a few days here and there, it's because I'm surrounded by snow and engrossed in, well, vacation. And who knows, maybe an oil spill or two.
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March 20, 2006
Point-Counterpoint: The Iraq Invasion Anniversary and Other Topics
The three-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq provides the perfect setting for a mixed bag of blogger analysis today, from Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld's op-ed in the Washington Post piece about what's been gained in three years (today's second most-cited news story) vs. retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton's call for Rumsfeld's resignation in a New York Times op-ed. Think Progress posts a three-year timeline of the Iraq invasion (today's No. 26 top blog post).
While former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (today's burstiest person) says a civil war had already begun (No. 7 top news story), Gateway Pundit notes the lack of active protest against the war (today's No. 5 top blog post) and blames the Democrats.
A BlogPulse trend graph shows opinions are still mixed:
More political punditry
Kevin Phillips, the man who predicted the emergence of the conservative/Republican right, is getting lots of ink today for his new book on "American Theocracy," (another top new story being cited today by bloggers). Is he a conservative turning against the right, asks Daily Kos? Is theocratic thinking part and parcel of the Bush Administration, asks Jesus Politics?
Entertaining thoughts
The film "V for Vendetta," the weekend box-office leader, manages to land among today's most-cited links (No. 5). AMySpace blogger places it among his most-anticipated movies of 2006. And Futurama fans are excited that another batch of episodes isin the works. "Long live the hyno-toad," gushes a LiveJournaler.
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March 17, 2006
Wearin' of the Green, Bettin' in the Pool
Everyone who's Irish today (or claims to be) is taking time to recognize St. Patrick's Day. How do we know? Among today's key blog phrases are St. Patrick's Day itself (No. 14 key phrase) and one of the holiday's most notable foods, corned beef and cabbage (what? no green beer?). The Art of Getting By blogger has a thoughtful essay on all things Irish. That other March pasttime is also there, evidenced by the phrases "March Madness", followed by "office pools" and "NCAA tournament." Which gets more buzz? You might be surprised:
Stirring rants
The blogosphere this week contains some gems, too...essays, videos and a "quote of the week" worth pointing out, including AmericaBlog.com's plea for an end to sloppy journalism (today's No. 9 top blog post), a video of actor James Spader's "Boston Legal" rant about the deteriorating of legal rights (and outrage) in America (featured at No. 6 blog post from Crooks & Liars blog), and this "quote of the week" from Wayne Besen's blog.
Maj. Mosquito?
And couldn't help but notice this "huh?" story from the BBC, about Pentagon plans for an insect army? (today's' No. 20 most-cited link). "Creepy," comments Adam's Life blogger. Indeed.
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March 16, 2006
A Day For Sitting Back and Listening In
Sometimes, it's worth the price of admission to just sit back and let the bloggers spout off on whatever's on their minds, because it's some of the best entertainment in town. Today's offerings:
Evil twin theory?
Today's top blog post, from Talking Points Memo, poses the theory of the evil-twin brother to explain the resignation of Claude Allen, President Bush's former domestic policy advisor, after he was arrested for a shoplifting spree. I had one, too! says American Princess blogger. TMP Cafe blogger just has some fun with the whole scenario.
Security tricks...in basketball
You wouldn't really expect a technology/security expert to discuss basketball, but Bruce Schneier does just that at Schneier on Security (today's No. 4 top blog post), as he details a clever prank by UC/Berkeley's student basketball fans against a star USC player. "Cleverer than the feds," comments The American Scene blogger.
Head-scratching time
Blogger Seth Godin takes a moment to examine blogging in general, and Search Engine Watch's Danny Sullivan takes a hard look at constantly-expanding Google (today's No. 24 top link).
Political commentary? Yeah, got that, too
Among today's discussions: Did the President sign the wrong budget bill into law? What is Molly Ivins' latest message for the Democrats? Salon.com puts the Abu Ghraib file in context, and online. And Jerry Falwell opens his mouth, which is about all it takes these days for him to make waves.
Occupational buzz: tax time
Federal taxes are due in less than a month. Are you ready? Cheating? A BlogPulse trend graph plots the buzz. For the curious, the unusual spike is the result of tax-related blog spam.
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March 15, 2006
Winners, Losers, Quitters...and Passings
Buzz is starting to filter through the blogging universe, now that the 2006 Bloggies have been awarded to the best blogs of the year. Bostonist (not a winner) has some of the awards. Among the winners: Boing Boing (a consistent top-ranked blog at BlogPulse.com) and PostSecret, Frank Warren's postcard blog of anonymous secrets, which was profiled today in USA Today.
No more Chef?
Singer Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef on Comedy Central's "South Park," is today's 13th most-blogged-about personality for quitting the show because of its spoof about Scientology (today's top and No. 19 news story). "Hypocrisy piled on top of hypocrisy" is one blogger's reaction; Delusions of Grandeur notes other discrepancies in the singer's sudden attack of conscience.
Google on a tear
Google's managed to create more buzz in the past week, first by snapping up Writely/Upstart (today's No. 12 top blog post), then by launching Google Mars (today's top link) and then by acquiring 3-D software firm @Last Software this week (today's No. 16-17 most-cited links). Google's also being asked to turn over search data to the federal government, and the judge overseeing the case is today's fifth-burstiest person.
Passings
Today's burstiest personalities make the list for tragedies this week: former game show host Peter Tomarken was killed in a plane crash in California, and Tara Rose McAvoy, Miss Deaf Texas, was killed by a train.
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March 14, 2006
Making Their Presence Felt: Space Maps, Bird Flu and Liberals
Doesn't matter if you're the kind of navigator who gets lost driving around the block: there's no reason to get lost in outer space, now that Google has expanded its mapping functionality to Google Mars and Google Moon, today's two most-cited URLs among bloggers. Bloggers from around the world, in fact, are discussing the ability to Google-cruise the Red Planet and the lunar surface the same way travelers locate a hotel in downtown London. Probably useless, says Shelly Lives blogger, "but worth that 10 seconds of amazement."
Yeah, crows George, I'm a liberal
At least in Oscar winner George Clooney's mind, being a liberal is a thing of pride, and his Huffington Post essay declaring his liberalism is today's third most cited URL among bloggers. "We can't demand freedom of speech then turn around and say, But please don't say bad things about us. You gotta be a grown up and take your hits. I am a liberal. Fire away," says he. And you know bloggers, they take up the challenge. "Moronic" says Brainster, and the American Princess thinks George has probably already used Google Mars. But a musing Chicagoan likes what he hears, and so does Fiat Lux.
So let's take the theme of that symposium a step farther and use a BlogPulse trend graph to see how "conservative" vs. "liberal" stacks up, with a hint of progressivism thrown in for good measure (note: the January peak coincided with Canada's elections):
Bird flu flutters
After hearing reports of pending bird flu infestation in the U.S., I had to wonder: should I start stocking up on duct tape and plastic again? Actually, tuna and powdered milk are on the agenda, according to the contents of one of today's most-cited news stories. Enough of the alarmist tone already, says Jiblog, urging instead sound advice and plenty of planning for what could be more sweeping natural disasters. (And we all know how well our governmental bureacracy is at dealing with THOSE). Get ready, says Crofsblog, "for the great tuna rush of 2006". Just eat around the mercury and stuff.
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March 13, 2006
Paradigm Shifts: Presidential Censures, Women Presidents, Muslim's Critics and More
It's a day for big shifts in thinking, starting with Sen. Russ Feingold, a possible 2008 Democratic presidential nominee and today's No. 2 burstiest person for proposing a vote today that would censure President George Bush (today's top top news story and No. 3 top blog post) for exceeding executive powers and ignoring judicial oversight for the NSA domestic spying program. Brilliant at Breakfast is obviously thrilled to see a Democrat with a backbone; blogger Don Surber calls it more adolescent politics. What does a BlogPulse trend graph say about the "i-word" vs. the "c-word"?
Chile Breaks the Gender Barrier
From the stage of world leaders comes Chile's gender-shifting decision to elect Michelle Bachelet (today's No. 16 most-blogged-about personality) as its first woman president (today's No. 3 most-cited news story). "Wouldn't it be something?..." says a wisftul U.S.-based Magpie blogger. Former Yugoslav presidetn Slobodan Milosevic is today's No. 3 top person after being found dead in his cell at The Hague over the weekend, and former Iraq President Saddam Hussein is in the news because apparently thought about what might happen in post-war Iraq...perhaps more than his country's "liberators" did?
Speaking out
Two people are capturing attention for speaking out, including former British soldier Ben Griffin, today's burstiest person because of an interview in which he describes his moral decision to leave the British military rather than continue fighting what he calls an immoral "mess" in Iraq. And at No. 15 among today's burstiest people is Dr. Wafa Sultan, a Syrian-born woman whose criticism of Muslim extremists (today's No. 6 most-cited news story) is bringing her praise...and death threats. "Meet the voice of reason," says one blogger; the blogger at Sisu offers perspective and background.
BlogPulse News
The Olympics are over, Josh Mankiewicz is back from vacation, and his Mank Blog is back on MSNBC's Dateline, which receives weekly blog data from BlogPulse.com and Technorati in a blogosphere roundup.
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March 10, 2006
A Good Day for Techies and Geeks
If you're a techno-phile curious about what's ahead, feast your eyes today on news of Microsoft's coming innovation, the Ultra-Mobile PC (featured in today's most-cited link), the prototype result of the long-awaited Origami Project (today's No. 15 top link). Microsoft's official press release about the go-anywhere, connect-anywhere, handheld PC ranks No. 27 today among top links, and Intel's companion announcement ranks No. 26. Microsoft's Channel 9 blog also has a brief blurb.
What time is it?
Maintaining the high-tech theme, today's No. 9 top blog post from ProductDose.com features the Top 10 Geek Watches, with eclectic nods to James Bond, Frank Gehry, Mr. Gadget and the Stanley (Tools) Ruler Watch. Timely discussion ensues.
Occupational buzz
A BlogPulse reader e-mailed recently and suggested a Trend Graph that plots "buzz" about various professions, so we gave it a whirl on several fronts (and will feature others in coming weeks). First, journalist vs. blogger vs. pundit:
And secondly, jobs in the news recently: coal miner vs. longshoreman/port worker and Enron executive.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 11:36 AM | Permalink
March 09, 2006
Heating Up, Dying Down: Warrantless Spying, Abortion Restrictions, Techie Stuff, Furry Lobsters
They come and they go, these issues of government-endorsed warrantless spying (today's No. 16 top blog post) and abortion restrictions, (No. 27 top link) but some things just arrive out of nowhere with an element of surprise, such as furry-looking lobsters, the subject of today's most-cited news story. Scientists have named it Kiwa hirsuta, but the blogger at TowlerRoad calls it something else: "gayest lobster ever."
That spying thing
Blogger Glenn Greenwald (today's No. 6 top blog post) chimes in with more analysis of the Senate Intelligence's Committee's so-called follow-through on the NSA domestic spying program, and analysis of his analysis says more about GOP party politics than actual follow-through.
Activist women return
Efforts to ban abortions in South Dakota have resurrected Molly's blog back to the No. 5 spot among top blog posts, and it's topped by other women's pointed-tongue scrutiny of Sen. Bill Napoli's description of the kind of rape that would qualify for coverage under the bill. Discuss? Napoli's today's second burstiest blog personality, and it all occurs in the wake of International Women's Day.
Sneak Peaks
Todays' top blog post provides a Tech Crunch sneak peak at Google's yet-unlaunched Calendar, called CL2. "Pretty cool," says a search engine blogger. Why the fervor, asks Geek Rant? And today's No. 7 top link offers a sneak peek at Windows Live. GoogleBlogoscoped tried it out.
Passings
Photographer, writer, composer and humanitarian Gordon Parks, the first African American photographer hired by Life magazine, is being remembered today by bloggers. He died Wednesday at age 93. "A true renaissance man," eulogizes blogger Mark Hamilton.
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March 08, 2006
Too Young, Too Soon; And Blogs As Cultural Education Tools
At age 44, they were both too young and, until only recently, too seemingly healthy, but baseball great Kirby Puckett, who died Monday from a stroke, and actress Dana Reeve, who died Tuesday of lung cancer, are among today's most-discussed personalities in the blogosphere for their early deaths.
"Still the best thing in decades in baseball," was the tribute to Puckett, 45, by the blogger at Chewie World Order, while the Minneapolis Star-Tribune offered a simple "Goodbye, Kirby." Many of the references to Reeve's death, coming as it does soon after the death of her husband actor Christopher Reeve, note that the research center the two set up to study severe spinal cord injuries/paralysis would be obliterated by recently proposed health-budget cuts by the Bush Administration. Asks the CarpetBagger blogger: "Hard choices?" That's the best rationalization they've got?
A BlogPulse Trend Graph keeps things in persepctive about the leading causes of death: the spike for HIV/AIDS occurs on Dec. 1, designated at World AIDS Day:
Blogging as Cultural Education
Today's No. 2 top blog post from His Master's Toys blog proves that blogs can help close the cultural divide through something as simple as a video and an explanation of how to turn 82 feet of colorful cloth into an Indian turban. Although the video takes longer than usual to load, it's fascinating and worth the wait.
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March 06, 2006
Oscar Wins, Lego Creations, Real-World Simpsons...and Targeting the Messenger
"Crash" crashed the Oscars Sunday night, and buzz about who won (and who didn't) captured 8 of today's top 10 key phrases, while movie celebs dominated the most-discussed people list as well. Celeb-discussion included nods to host Jon Stewart (at No. 2, mixed reviews), best supporting actor George Clooney (No. 3), best actress Reese Witherspoon (No. 5), supporting actress Rachel Weisz (No. 7), best actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (No. 8), and actress nominee Felicity Huffman (No. 9). Not to be outdone, Tom Cruise, Jenny McCarty, Rob Schneider and Paris Hilton took home Razzy Awards in today's 33rd-most-cited news story.
Creativity in Legos, on film
As someone who has wrestled with more than her share of Lego creations in the endeavor known as motherhood, let me congratulate the winners featured in Tech Blog's Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations, today's ninth-most-cited link (and I thought the helicopter thing was hard). Equally creative is today's No. 2, 4 and 7 most-cited links, the opening credits to "The Simpson's" acted by real people with real nuclear plant smokestacks and scaneed grocery-store babies. D'oh! says MorgansMinstrel at LiveJournal. Too much time on someone's hands? asks an otherwise impressed Laist blogger.
Leakbusters?
When the news leaks out, and it's rarely good, who's the White House gonna call? The FBI and CIA, apparently, according to today's most-cited news story from The Washington Post, which is threatening news reporters with espionage laws for "leaks." Conversation is already fairly hefty.
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March 03, 2006
Katrina's After-Aftermath
It's bad enough that the Gulf Coast is still trying to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, yet the storm is brewing anew thanks to videos (today's top blog post) of pre-storm meetings between weather experts, response officials and President George Bush, who promised an all-out response to the storm. Perhaps coincidentally, the buzz is emerging almost six months to the day after the storm slammed ashore...including nearly one-fourth of today's most-cited news stories. "Heckuva Job" Michael Brown, formerly of FEMA, and Homeland Security czar Michael Chertoff are again among today's most-discussed personalities because of the retrospective analysis of the federal response. The "i" word (combined with equal levels of amazement and disgust) emerges again in blogger reactions.
Even though "buzz" will never reach the levels immediately during/after the storm, it's starting a slow rise, according to BlogPulse Trend Graphs:
Passings...
Actor Jack Wild, who died of cancer this week, is today's burstiest person and being remembered for his child-actor appearances as Oliver! and in the children's show "HR Puf'n'Stuff." The Teacher blogger offers a tribute.
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March 02, 2006
Blogger Diversity Is Apparent Today: Iraq, GOP Privacy, iPod Hi-FI, Women Taking Control, Islamist Manifestos....
Today's one of those days when you skim the topics, issues, people and sources that bloggers are opining about and you realize what an increasingly huge, diverse place the blogosphere is...
Live, from Iraq
As Americans continue to lose confidence in President George Bush's ability to deal with the war in Iraq, the continuing Katrina aftermath and other issues, bloggers in Iraq, especially today's No. 3 top blog post from Iraq the Model, give a disturbingly real sense of what it's like to live in that country. "Prepare for going back to your hole Saddam," writes Omar, on a day when bombings prevented him from going to work so he watched Hussein's televised trial instead, "but this time, nobody is going to pull you out.
Technology...both ends of the spectrum
Now that Apple's Steve Jobs has announced his company's newest products, a multi-media Mac mini (today's most-shared link) and a Hi-Fi iPod stereo box (today's No. 2 and No. 4 top blog posts), let's just say some Apple fanatics will be happy for more months to come (while some are underwhelmed). But all is not well in the land of technology, as today's top blog post from Think Progress reveals. Seems the GOP in Minnesota is using a CD to track and log its members' opinions...without their knowledge. Mike the Mad Biologist notes that NIH researchers, if they engaged in the same violations of privacy, would face fines and jail time.
Women take control
Now that South Dakota is in line to take the hardest line on abortion, women are taking control, as evidenced by today's No. 5 top blog post from "Molly," who notes that women historically take health issues into their owns when the medical, legal and legislative professions abandon them. Her abortion manual is one such attempt. "Click. Print. Save," advises one LiveJournaler, while not endorsing do-it-your-self procedures. Important information, says Gramina, for those who consider South Dakota "the canary in our national coal mine." But a commenter on Bubba's blog finds the information irresponsible.
The new itnernational threat: Islamism?
Today's most-shared news story comes from a fairly new source: the Danish Internavisen Jyllands-Posten, where a group of authors/scholars have signed the Manifesto: Together Facing the New Totalitarianism. BlogPulse's Conversation Tracker finds an intension discussion around the manifesto in just a few day's time.
Oscar hunk buzz...
How is "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart faring in discussion about other leading men for this year's Oscars? Quite well, thanks, according to today's BlogPulse Spotlight.
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March 01, 2006
Gadget Lovers Answer: What Would (Steve) Jobs Do?
If you were Steve Jobs, what products would you invent next? The bloggers at Engadget asked, and the submitted results make up today's most-cited blog post, featuring everything from the first-place Apple Tablet to the stand-up iWedge to the MacBaby. Reaction comes in a variety of languages and in anticipation of Apple's newest announcements this week.
Can you hear the kerplunk?
The most-cited link and most-cited news story among bloggers today details President George Bush's continually falling poll numbers, especially now that conservatives like William Kristol (Monday's No. 15 top blog post) of the Weekly Standard are expressing doubts about the Iraq policy on Fox News (the point of today's No. 2 top blog post). "Majority of Americans hate America" deadpans Wonkette, while Balloon Juice asks, "how do you go down from rock bottom?"
The BoingBoing campaign
BoingBoing's campaign against Smart Filter, whose filtering technology found a photo of Michaelangelo's "David" and classified is as "nudity," is picking up steam, according to BlogPulse Conversation Tracker, now that BoingBoing is asking other bloggers to post the photo of their web sites, too.
Passings
Today's burstiest person, Linda Smith, a British comedienne who died this week, continues a several-day pattern of deaths of famous performers and actors. "I am gutted," mourns the Incurable Hippie blogger, calling Smith "one of the funniest people ever."
Oscar Buzz: Best Foreign Film
Check out today's BlogPulse Spotlight for a look at potential winenrs in Sunday's "Best Foreign Language" film category at the Academy Awards ceremony.
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