] For a variety of reasons, American companies that sell
] globally say that they have so far experienced little if
] any disruption from discontent over the war in Iraq. For
] the most part, consumers around the world seem as likely
] to be influenced by economic conditions as by politics.
] And, in a display of the growing sophistication in
] marketing big American brands in global markets, many
] people see products originating from the United States as
] firmly rooted in their own home nations.

It is by this that the rise of the global corporate nation-states will begin. :)

The New York Times Business:World Business:War and Abuse Do Little to Harm U.S. Brands

] "We are on the cusp of perfection of extreme evil -- an
] evil whose possibility spreads well beyond weapons of
] mass destruction," Joy warned recently in Wired magazine.

Yes, it is the Weekly World News, but its still fun to kick Bill Joy.

Yahoo! Top Stories - Super-Robots Will Wipe Out Mankind!

] The following demonstrates some preliminary results in
] the analysis of acoustic emanations from personal
] computers, showing them to be a surprisingly rich source
] of information on CPU activity.

Acoustic cryptanalysis

] A N O P E N L E T T E R T O
] W I L L I A M K R I S T O L ,
] R I C H A R D P E R L E, A N D
] P R E S I D E N T B U S H ' S
] O T H E R N E O C O N S E R V A T I V E
] P U P P E T M A S T E R S

Humor is good.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to William Kristol, Richard Perle, and President Bush's Other Neoconservative Puppetmasters

] Woke SH quite early to catch him off-guard and groggy. I
] asked, "What's your first name?" and he said, "Saddam."
] Again I asked, "What's your first name?" and he said,
] "Saddam." I kept asking, "What's your first name?" and he
] kept saying, "Saddam." Once I had a rhythm going, I
] quickly asked, "Where are the WMD?" and he said,
] "Saddam."

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Saddam's Interrogation Logs

] Then Rush Limbaugh put it all in perspective, after a
] caller remarked that the "stack [of] naked men" was "like
] a college fraternity prank."
]
] RUSH: Exactly. Exactly my point! This is no
] different than what happens at the skull and bones
] initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it
] and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then
] we are going to really hammer them because they had a
] good time. You know, these people are being fired at
] every day. I'm talking about people having a good time,
] these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You of
] heard of need to blow some steam off?

Wonkette

] Sui Amaama, who along with his wife have been on the
] Atkins Diet for two weeks, was asked to leave after he
] went up to the buffet at the Chuck-A-Rama in suburban
] Taylorsville for his 12th slice of roast beef.

CNN.com - No-carb eating couple booted from buffet - Apr 23, 2004

] And does the ex-hacker have any mixed feelings about
] helping bust River Rouge's trouble-making teen? "He
] wasn't really hacking," says Mitnick. "He was really just
] being a jerk"

Certainly, a kid calling in bomb threats from his cell phone does not a hacker make.

SecurityFocus HOME News: Mitnick busts bomb hoaxer

] What's a Cuddle Party? you ask. It's the next step in sex
] and romance coach Reid Mihalko's exploration of creating
] safe space for women and men to further empower their
] sense of self-expression, sexuality, relationship, and
] play. In this space, we create the opportunity to talk
] about and explore what our needs are as adults when it
] comes to affectionate play and welcomed touch. In other
] words, CUDDLING!

I think Nerve.com (Scanner, 04/27/04) was right to link to this under the heading "Another Sign of the Apocalypse"

REiD MiHALKO's Cuddle Parties

] Abay will open soon at 130 South Highland Avenue in East
] Liberty. (There’s not a firm date yet, as contractors
] still are doing final work.)

This will be excellent when it opens, but it is now several months from when it was supposed to open. We had feared they had underestimated costs (of course) and folded prelaunch (guess not). Good for them for getting a review in the paper before it even exists.

Pittsburgh City Paper - Food