] SEATTLE, Washington(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is sending
] letters to people who are downloading or sharing portions
] of its Windows source code, in an effort to stop the
] illegally obtained operating system secrets from
] spreading further over the Internet.

Yeah...better keep an eye on those tightly guarding "secrets" to user disfunctionality!

{snip}
] Microsoft admitted last week that some parts of the
] tightly guarded source code for its Windows 2000 and
] Windows NT4.0 computer operating systems were illegally
] leaked over the Internet. The Redmond, Washington,
] software giant has said it is working with the FBI on the
] case, and the company has vowed to "take all appropriate
] legal actions to protect its intellectual property."

e.g. They're taking steps to buy off the administration and get the "Microsoft Anti-Thinking Act" passed before The Shrub goes down in flames. They can probably squeeze another couple of souls out of the White House to pawn for votes.

///

Oh Lisa! You and your stories! Bart is a vampire! Beer kills brain-cells! Now lets go back to that...building...thingy... where our beds and TV...is.
--Homer Simpson, 1F04

I've been hanging out with Fighter all day ["Yo."] I could literally feel him sucking away at my...brain-thinky score thing.
--Red Mage, 8-bit theater 076

CNN.com - Don't distribute leaked source code, Microsoft warns - Feb. 19, 2004

] SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- The city of San
] Francisco Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state of
] California, challenging the state law that defines
] marriage as being between one man and one woman only, the
] city attorney's office said.
] ...
] The action comes one week after newly elected Mayor Gavin
] Newsom ordered the county clerk to begin issuing marriage
] licenses to same-sex couples. Nearly 3,000 couples have
] taken advantage of it, despite the filing of two lawsuits
] against the practice.

I never thought I'd say this, but...thank God for California! I especially like the quote at the bottom saying that redefining marriage to include homosexuals will lead to activist polygamists, group-marriage proponents, and, though she didn't add it, I'm sure she fears love between man and beast will be sanctioned next. That's right, lady...the difference between this handbasket and hell is a slippery slope. I wonder if she considered suing Disney over "Beauty and the Beast"; might make for an interesting edition of "When Lawyers Attack."

CNN.com - San Francisco challenges state's same-sex marriage ban in court - Feb. 19, 2004

] Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron
] Corp., surrendered to the FBI in Houston this morning and
] pleaded not guilty to fraud, insider trading and other
] charges contained in 42-count indictment by a federal
] grand jury.

Take that, corporate scum!

Former Enron Chief Executive Surrenders to FBI (washingtonpost.com)

] When Bush decided to go to work for [the campaign for Senator of]
] Blount, he was obliged under Guard rules to request an official
] transfer to a different Guard unit. He applied in May 1972 to a
] tiny postal unit in Montgomery and was accepted.
]
] There is no paper evidence that he ever reported for
] duty. Two months later, the Air Force overturned that
] transfer, and so Bush, in September, requested
] reassignment to the 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
] at Dannelly Field, about 15 minutes from downtown
] Montgomery. The unit flew planes but not the kind Bush
] could fly.

I was curious about the controversy surrouding The Shrub's "service" to his country prior to skipping into the White House and found this article from Time. They fudge the point a little, but it's there, as obvious as a strategically placed pointy stick.

Also, under the last heading, ask yourself if maybe he inhaled.

CNN.com - How well did he serve? - Feb. 16, 2004

] Russert: On Friday, you announced a committee, commission to look
] into intelligence failures regarding the Iraq war and our entire
] intelligence community...Prime Minister Blair has set up a similar
] commission in Great Britain....His is going to report back in
] July. Ours is not going to be until March of 2005, five months
] after the presidential election...Shouldn't the American people
] have the benefit of the commission before the election?
]
] President Bush: Well, the reason why we gave it time is because we
] didn't want it to be hurried...

--# I'll BET you don't...oh, and he rambles on about the importance of intelligence (ha! irony!) for quite awhile here, too.

] Russert: Will you testify before the commission?
]
] President Bush: This commission? You know, I don't
] testify? I will be glad to visit with them. I will be
] glad to share with them knowledge. I will be glad to
] make recommendations, if they ask for some.

--# You don't testify? So now you're exempt from the bloody system you work for?! And, yes, he rambles on for quite some time more without actually saying much of anything except that he's "glad"

] Russert: There is another commission right now looking
] into September 11th...Will you testify before that commission?
]
] President Bush: We have given extraordinary cooperation with
] Chairmen Kean and Hamilton. As you know, we made an agreement on
] what's called "Presidential Daily Briefs," and they could see the
] information the CIA provided me that is unique, by the way, to
] have provided what's called the PDB...

--# you guessed right again! He rambles on for much longer talking about truth and how he expects to be personally responsible for the second coming and all that for quite some time. Luckily, the interviewer isn't again so easily distracted...

] Russert: Would you submit for questioning, though, to the 9/11
] Commission?
]
] President Bush: Perhaps, perhaps.

Thus, our illustrious leader who manages to say a lot (and I encourage you to read the full text) without saying much of anything. Wait until _after_ the election so the war commission isn't "hurried"...what a crock of shit. Anger...rising...must...destroy...approval rating.

NBC -- Meet the Press with GWB

] We strongly encourage the state of Georgia to incorporate
] the entirety of the AAAS benchmarks. A complete science
] education is essential to scientific literacy and to our
] state's economy.

Please sign! Save Georgia from itself! First the Ten Commandments, now this...what part of "separation of church and state" DOESN'T FREAKING APPLY?!!

Georgia Science Education Petition

] However, a majority of those polled -- 54 percent -- said
] they do not believe Bush deliberately misled the country
] on whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, while 43
] percent said they believe there was deception.

Forehead SMACK!

CNN.com - Kerry leads Bush in new poll - Feb. 2, 2004

} Then, on June 7, 2001, Kara pinned a note to her chest reading,
} "By the time you find me I'll be dead. I love you with all my
} heart. Don't worry, Jesus is with me." She hooked a bungee cord
} onto a plate hanger on the wall, wrapped the cord around her neck
} and pulled against it until she passed out. Within minutes she was
} dead.

} Baker is convinced Paxil is what killed her daughter, and that's
} what she'll tell a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel meeting
} this week in Bethesda, Md.

Word of the day: Neuropsychopharmacology

TIME.com: Prescription For Suicide? -- Feb. 09, 2004