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Citizen of Planet Earth wrote:
] This is another site that can be a springboard to your education
] on being a Citizen of the Planet Earth

This is an interesting site to read: it would appear they (the Coalition for a Democratic World Government) intend to do good by limiting weapons of mass destruction (yay), protect the environment (yay), eliminate war and other military action (yay), uphold basic human rights (yay), and remove poverty and hunger worldwide (yay).

Unfortunately democracies do not produce those sorts of changes; rather, they produce a Bread & Circuses society that says "give me more stuph, and take it from THAT person who doesn't really need it".

But still, interesting to read and discuss.

Coalition for Democratic World Government

] Time for VORD ASSOCIATION. Say first thing that pops into brain.

An excellently funny cartoon strip, especially for the geekgrrls among us.

-andy
not a grrl

Woot!

] The doors of the town house opened to reveal a playboy's
] fantasy straight from the 1960s: mirrored bedroom, lamps
] shaped like women, air-brushed paintings of a topless
] blonde woman and a mustached hero battling a crocodile.
]
] On the wall and in the bedroom were photos of Saddam
] Hussein and one of his mistresses. Military officials
] suspect they found one of the paranoid Iraqi leader's
] many safe houses.
]
] "This must have been Saddam's love shack," said Sgt.
] Spencer Willardson of Logan, Utah.

Safe house or bachelor pad? Troops discover home of one of Saddam's hideaways

] A protestor, who refused to give her name, bears the
] wounds after she says was hit by Oakland police weapon
] during a anti-war protest in Oakland, Calif., Monday,
] Aug. 7, 2003 outside the port area. (AP Photo/Paul
] Sakuma)

What you look like if you get blasted with a rubber bullet

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 1,526 people were executed worldwide last year, with 80 percent of all known executions carried out in China, Iran and the United States, Amnesty International said on Friday.

Let's hear it for the axis of evil, everyone...

Yahoo! News - China, Iran and U.S. Top Executioners, Amnesty Says

] A caffeine and alcohol cocktail similar to an Irish coffee could
] prevent severe brain damage in stroke victims, new research has
] revealed.

] The experimental drug, called caffeinol, has the potency of two
] cups of strong coffee and a small shot of alcohol. When injected
] into rats within three hours of an artificially stimulated stroke,
] brain damage was cut by up to 80 per cent.

Here's for DeStimulation!

'Irish coffee' injection prevents stroke damage

] The protesters said Fox's sentiments only proved their
] point: that media coverage, in particular among the
] television networks, is so biased as to be unbelievable.

I don't think Fox News even knows the meaning of the word "bias". Just a few days ago I watched a commentator on Fox go on a diatribe against some professor who sent in a letter saying he should be ashamed of being biased in his coverage. The warped and depraved thing about it is that if what the man on Fox News said were posted to Slashdot, it would be virtually guaranteed to be a -5 Flamebait/Troll within minutes.

Fox news ticker speaks out against NYC protesters

Whee! Looks like I'll be able to finally take the apps I don't ever use right the heck out of the firmware in my Handspring Visor with this little puppy. Mebbe even do something about that freaky P logo thingie...

Romeo: The Palm ROM Tool

Sony has trademarked the term "Shock and Awe" for future use in video games.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/story/0,7494,933239,00.html

Sony registers 'Shock and Awe' term