"Marijuana was placed here for a reason people."

More Manifestos from the Smiley-bomber... Mostly random mish mash of Hindu and New Age stuff; arguing about the afterlife. I think he predicts the end of the earth in 2011, but "the word" is open to interpretation.

Lucas Helder Mailbox Manifestos

In reality the documents portray Mr Arafat's military impotence. The papers the Israeli intelligence service have so far produced – assuming that most of them are genuine – paint a vivid, pathetic picture of his loss of power within the Palestinian community over the past 12 months, the suborning of his lieutenants and the gradual recruitment of his men by Hamas and Islamic Jihad opponents.

I wish this guy offered sources. I find his conclusions a little unclear and I'd like to read the source material and come to my own conclusions.

Israel's evidence questioned

I just saw this program on frontline. A very good look at various Islamic cultures in different countries. Deals specifically with the relationship between Islam and other cultures, and the ideas muslims have about Islamic law. Set your tivo to grab it.

frontline: muslims | PBS

"There was a comment made to one of my officers about his hope to make a smiley face when he was all finished," Pershing County Sheriff Ron Skinner said.

Bomber planned to make 'smiley face'

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Pirate attacks surged worldwide in the first three months of 2002, with Africa rivaling Southeast Asia for the first time as a high-risk region."

Arrrr....

CNN.com - Pirate attacks soar worldwide - May 9, 2002

"It's my favorite record of the year so far."

Neil Strauss on the latest fad in online music.

Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix

"Phu-Q v1.0 is up "
Phu-Q.org v1.0 is up please go check it out browse arround waht little content there is so far , but! i need help. Please try out the Phu-Q Forums make an account make some posts whatever i dont care , play with the user profile options all that shit if you dont mind , just dont use any of the email options on the board theres no SMTP running yet. But anyway , yeah its up so you can go check it out if ya like :)

Phu-Q.org V1.0

"The court then ruled that the First Amendment was satisfied because the government's purpose was to control the "function" of the software rather than its "content," and that the statute did not ban more speech than necessary to meet its goal of preventing piracy and promoting electronic commerce."

This is similar to the New York decision. The courts are basically coming to the conclusion that its legal to talk about how to circumvent things, and that usually code is speech, but code can be banned, even as speech, if it is functionally easy to use to break the law, and that it is mostly used to break the law, just as its illegal to post credit card numbers to the internet even though this is, technically, speech. This is probably a fair balance on the speech vs. tool question. The problem that this poses for me is if the intent is fair use then this is a fundamentally different sort of behaviour then if the intent is piracy. However, that may not be a consitutional issue, but rather something that is determined on a case by case basis. I wish I had time to read the full decision. I may read it anyway...

EFF Media Release: Judge Rejects Challenge to eBook Case (May 8, 2002)

"WASHINGTON -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe agreed Wednesday to pay $2.2 million to settle charges of illegally testing workers for genetic defects in the government's first case against workplace DNA discrimination. "

Milestone Settlement in DNA Case

"Accused mailbox bomber Lucas Helder admitted he planted 18 pipe bombs in five states during a weekend cross-country spree, knowing that people would be injured when they exploded, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. "

CNN.com - Feds: Suspect admitted pipe bomb spree - May 8, 2002