] WASHINGTON--The U.S. Congress on Thursday took the first
] step toward curbing a government computer system that
] will perform intensive background checks on American
] citizens who are traveling by air.

Wow! They do have some sense.

Senate scrutinizes air travel database | CNET News.com

] PORTLAND, Maine - Music buyers who applied for a share of
] a price-fixing settlement involving major U.S. record
] distributors and retailers will receive about $12.60
] apiece if a judge signs off on the deal.

Yahoo! News - Consumers in CD Settlement May Get Money

] China is equipping its courts with mobile execution vans
] as it shifts away from the communist system's traditional
] bullet in the head, towards a more "civilised" use of
] lethal injection.
]
] Intermediate Courts of the southern province of Yunnan
] were issued with 18 new execution vans on February 28 and
] a court official said some have already been used.
]
] "We cannot tell you how many executions so far, otherwise
] you could work out from the daily rate how many we carry
] out," the official said.
]
] Chinese authorities keep execution numbers a secret, but
] Western human rights monitors believe it is about 15,000
] a year, more than the rest of the world's judicial
] executions combined.
]
] The death penalty can apply for serious crimes against
] the person, armed robbery, drug trafficking, major cases
] of corruption and political violence.
]
] Many public executions have been held in football
] stadiums so traditional execution methods are no secret.
] The condemned criminal is taken by open truck to the
] execution ground and made to kneel with hands cuffed and
] head bowed, before being shot in the head. Families who
] want to reclaim the body are charged for the bullet.

Chinese try mobile death vans - theage.com.au

Jello will be performing a spoken word engagement on Saturday afternoon at the Mercy Lounge (the Cannery). More details later.

Biafra hits Nashvegas

This is kinda funny, but at the same time..

#1) Why is it in English?
#2) Come now, is Bush really as bad as Hitler?

and my favorite..

#3) This poster is illegal in Germany. It's legal in America.

Same Shit Different Asshole

] COVINGTON, Louisiana (AP) -- Two dozen monkeys escaped
] from a research center and holed up in a forest, where
] animal-control workers used bananas and oranges to try to
] lure them out.
]
] The monkeys are classified as disease-free and posed no
] health risk to humans, but workers trying to capture the
] animals wore protective gowns and gloves as a standard
] precaution, said Fran Simon, a spokeswoman for the Tulane
] Regional Primate Center.
]
] By Wednesday, eight of the 24 rhesus macaques remained on
] the loose.

Somedays I think about trying to make a run for it too.

CNN.com - Monkeys flee research center, keepers trying to lure them with bananas - Mar. 12, 2003

] Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is planning attacks on his own
] people in the event of a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and
] his top operative, a general nicknamed "Chemical Ali,"
] has been put in charge of southern Iraq to quell any
] civilian uprisings, U.S. officials say.

Saddam ready to kill Iraqis -- The Washington Times

] Oil has held the United States hostage for a century, but the
] nation can be energy-independent in 10 years. Here's a five-point
] plan to reshape the economy.

Wired 11.04: How Hydrogen Can Save America

] LA HABRA -- Antiwar protesters burned and ripped up
] flags, flowers and patriotic signs at a Sept. 11 memorial
] that residents erected on a fence along Whittier
] Boulevard days after the terrorist attacks in 2001 and
] have maintained ever since.
]
] However, although officers witnessed the vandalism
] Saturday afternoon, police did not arrest three people
] seen damaging the display because they were "exercising
] the same freedom of speech that the people who put up the
] flags were,' La Habra Police Capt. John Rees said Monday.
]
] "For this to be vandalism, there had to be an ill-will
] intent,' he said.

Antiwar protesters trash 9/11 memorial

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield) today joined his colleagues at a press conference to announce the introduction of the "Freedom to Read Protection Act," a bill to exempt libraries and booksellers from certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act. The lawmakers were joined by members of the American Library Association and representatives from the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.

"Attorney General Ashcroft thinks we need to shred the Constitution and Bill of Rights to safeguard the American public from terrorists,"

Lawmakers Introduce 'Freedom To Read Protection Act' (01068)