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Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned

The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 05:32 AM

    re: heru-re

    Dell now sells computers with GNU/Linus pre-installed. Worth a look to those who need their computer and do not want to "share" unless they give permission.

    Even better; when you have that "old" box that is just "too damn slow" to use anymore, put a Linux distro on it and see what it is like.

    Bucky1! You're back!

    This praising of Linux is *exactly* something Bucky would, and did write on various threads in the past. I'm not dissing Linux mind you. It just seems so strange that two people from the same family would be so in tune concerning Linux.

    Hmmmmm ...

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