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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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9:52 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] Tom, the evil CEO of Industrial Memetics, turned
] another year older today...and another year wiser.
] Yay for Tom!!!:) I command the Nashville crew to ensure Tom is kept very drunk and happy tonight. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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9:45 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
A pretty all encompassing roundup of war blog links. MSNBC | Weblog central |
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Independent Media Center - Peace movement? |
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9:38 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] Support our Troops--but only those who Frag their
] commanding officer. What the FUCK?! Ok.. Being against the war is _NOT_, I repeat _NOT_ anti-American. Protesting the war, also, is _NOT_ anti-American. This on the otherhand, is over the line.. I cannot accept any argument that advocating fragging is supporting "peace". Independent Media Center - Peace movement? |
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The Sacramento Bee | From UCD graduate to GI killing suspect |
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6:34 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] The Hasan Akbar that his California friends knew was a
] quiet, studious young man who avoided conflict and earned
] double degrees in engineering from UC Davis before
] enlisting in the U.S. Army.
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] But the Sgt. Akbar portrayed by military officials and
] reporters in Kuwait is entirely different. He is
] suspected of rolling three grenades into the tents of his
] military supervisors and shooting a fellow soldier in the
] back, killing him. Killed was Capt. Christopher Scott
] Seifert; 15 others were wounded, including three
] hospitalized in serious condition. Background on Akbar. The Sacramento Bee | From UCD graduate to GI killing suspect |
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Shock, Awe and Razzmatazz in the Sequel |
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5:52 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] The first gulf war of 1991, which kicked off the
] cable-news mini-series form, pioneered this sort
] of hype, but the coverage of the current war has
] taken it to a new level. "The characters are the
] same: the president is a Bush, and the other guy
] is Hussein," Erik Sorenson, president of MSNBC,
] told USA Today. "But the technology the
] military's and the media's has exploded." He
] likened the change to "the difference between
] Atari and PlayStation," and added that "this may
] be one time where the sequel is more compelling
] than the original." ] Though some television teams with the troops
] provided us with remarkable scenes of the war,
] giving us unprecedented glimpses of fighting as it
] unfurled in real time, such images were rarely
] situated by producers in any meaningful context.
] Glimpses of firefights, shot in the green Kryptonite
] glow of night vision, ran on the cable networks
] like outtakes from one of those car chases that
] routinely run on local television in California,
] and many cable channels kept split-screen shots of
] Baghdad on for the better part of the day,
] determined not to miss the dropping of a single
] photogenic bomb. More on Iraq media coverage. Shock, Awe and Razzmatazz in the Sequel |
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Japanese Technology May Help Islands Reap Pacific's Waters |
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5:24 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] A number of Pacific island nations are discussing using
] new Japanese technology that can both desalinate seawater
] for drinking and produce electricity by exploiting the
] difference in temperatures between the surface of the sea
] and the depths of the ocean. some good news for a change. NYT requires free registration. Japanese Technology May Help Islands Reap Pacific's Waters |
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Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars |
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| Topic: Society |
5:19 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
Some interesting statistics on wars from the Revolutionary War to the (first) Gulf War, on things such as:
- Percentage of population enrolled in the military
- Number of casualties (both absolute and percentage)
- Cost of the war (converted to 1990 dollars)
- Duration of war, average casualties/month, and so forth Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars |
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Yahoo! News - NYSE Revokes Credentials for Al-Jazeera |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
5:14 pm EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
] Exchange spokesman Ray Pellechia denied the station's war
] coverage was the cause. Citing "security reasons," he
] said the exchange had chosen to limit the number of
] broadcasters working at the lower Manhattan exchange
] since the war began, giving access only to networks that
] focus "on responsible business coverage." Backlash against Al-J for showing you what war is like. Whats the message here?? Don't filter your news the way America wants, and America's economy will not be so open to you? I don't like this.. They should be allowed to cover the NYSE.. Yahoo! News - NYSE Revokes Credentials for Al-Jazeera |
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5:48 am EST, Mar 25, 2003 |
In February, the Center for Public Integrity uncovered a confidential Justice Department draft of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. The legislation picks up where the PATRIOT Act left off -- more wiretaps and secret searches, government access to credit reports and other personal records, a database of DNA samples, and provisions allowing the attorney general to revoke the U.S. citizenship of anyone who provides assistance to a group the government considers a "terrorist" organization. It is a target-rich environment for Ashcroft now, and civil libertarians fear that he may be ready to fire soon. Last week, a remarkable alliance of more than 65 advocacy groups -- ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP to the American Conservative Union and the Gun Owners of America -- took the unusual step of writing to Congress to oppose legislation that has not yet been introduced. The theory: If they wait until the moment of crisis when Ashcroft unveils what they're calling PATRIOT Act II, it will already be too late. "Last time around, the attorney general announced that he was sending up a bill and that he expected Congress to enact it within three days," the ACLU's Timothy Edgar said of Ashcroft's post-9/11 push for the first PATRIOT Act in an interview with Salon. "They ended up taking six weeks, but they still didn't have a single hearing, and members were unable to obtain a complete text of the legislation even after they voted on it." Everyone should be watching this.. When the next act comes, they are going to try to ram it through fast.. 'Shut Your Mouth' |
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