] As one watches protest marches, antiwar advertising and
] local arts events, one has to wonder whether the left has
] really weighed the moral issues posed by the horrors of
] Saddam's regime -- weighed life by life the repression of
] the 24 million Iraqis who live in a ruthless police
] state, not to mention the thousands or tens of thousands
] who have been imprisoned without trial, tortured, exiled
] or killed. It sometimes seems that the left is so averse
] to war, especially war waged by America, that it is
] prepared to turn a blind eye to even the most ghastly
] realities. Perhaps it is because the left no longer sees
] these realities that its antiwar arguments tend to
] justify continuation of the status quo.
]
] That, too, is a form of paralysis. But it is emblematic
] of an evolution in leftist values that has occurred so
] gradually over a period of decades that the profound
] nature of the shift is often not noticed. Today, the
] political counterculture and the antiwar movement in the
] West often seem to be one and the same. Instead of
] fighting fascists or other genocidal tyrants as it might
] have during the Spanish Civil War or World War II or even
] during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s, the
] modern left fights war; because the United States is the
] world's most significant military agent, and because it
] has so often used military power to support
] anti-democratic governments, the left understandably fights the
]United States. Such opposition to war is reflexive, and too often
]outweighs its outrage on behalf of the oppressed. Its capacity for
]the kind of muscular empathy that leads to action has atrophied,
]leaving only the possibility of reaction, of opposition. The
]antiwar left does not mount massive protests against China,
]Pakistan or Egypt. Millions do not pour into the streets on behalf
]of the student-led democracy movement in Iran. And Saddam Hussein
]and Osama bin Laden are not angrily compared to Hitler -- that
]treatment is more often reserved for George W. Bush.

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] The wireless e-mail, among the 1 billion sent each day on
] the continent, can freeze or completely disable two cell
] phones made by German handset maker Siemens, spokesman
] Jacob Rice said here on Tuesday.
]
] The e-mails contain a single word, taken from the phone's
] language menu, surrounded by quote marks and preceded by
] an asterisk, such as "*English" or "*Deutsch", Siemens
] said.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Killer stalks cell phones in Europe

] Today there was another rubber band shooting occurrence.
] I want to remind you all that this is not acceptable
] behavior at work.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Some companies have no sense of humor.

] There is a compelling analogy between building and
] software construction. It is not new, but it has never
] taken root and bloomed. The analogy is not just
] convenient or superficial. It is truly profound. It not
] only raises the right questions, it has the answer to
] what has been called "The Software Crisis."

Worldwide Institute of Software Architects - Philosophy

] But just like it was in 1995 or so when the World Wide
] Web first burst upon the scene, separating the good stuff
] from the useless drivel is a big chore. No one has yet
] counted how many of these personal diaries of deep or
] not-so-deep thoughts there are, but there are thousands,
] and navigating the blogosphere is a daunting task for the
] uninitiated.

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] Welcome to Starbucks Musical Chairs.
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] An airline passenger who had two "No War with Iraq" signs
] in his suitcase says the federal security agent who
] opened his luggage inserted a note criticizing his
] "anti-American attitude."

BZZT! Game over.

Passenger finds 'chilling' note from bag handler

A fairly detailed description of strategy that will be unleashed in about 3 days.

Okay Saddam, here's the plan...

] It's just another Thursday night at Bodacious Classics, a
] dance club in Southeast Portland.
]
] A couple of Imperial storm troopers are chatting with a
] galactic bounty hunter and a Jedi knight. Waitresses in
] Federation Starfleet uniforms take drink orders. Five
] Klingon warriors are mixing with the crowd.
]
] Then, suddenly, the roughest, toughest Klingon in the
] room lets loose.
]
] "qqqqab,HomDaq jIqab!"
]
] To Earthlings, that translates roughly as "B-B-B-B-Bad to
] the bone!"
]
] It's George Thorogood and the Destroyers, rendered in the
] mythical Klingon language created for "Star Trek" movies
] and TV shows.
]
] It's your weirdest dream: Klingon karaoke.

The final frontier: Klingon Karaoke . . . to boldly go where no singer has gone before

] Beginning March 17th, subscribers to My Comics Page will
] be able to read BLOOM COUNTY on a highly-accelerated
] one-week-every-two-days re-publication schedule.

Ack!

Bloom County Is Back!