] President Bush on Tuesday signed legislation creating a
] national "do-not-call" list intended to help consumers
] block unwanted telemarketing calls.

CBS News | 'Do Not Call' Is Law | March 11, 2003 14:49:40

Everything you need to know about the new Iraq deal in 30 seconds thanks to Elonka. My comments follow.

] The benchmarks listed below would be criteria for Iraq to
] follow within a week or 10 days if it wanted to avoid war,
] by showing it was fully complying with U.N. disarmament
] obligations.

Summarizing for brevity:

(1) Saddam would have to make a public, broadcasted statement, in Arabic, that Iraq has made a strategic decision not to produce or retain Weapons of Mass Destruction, and he should further publicly encourage all Iraqis to come forward if they have any such info, disregarding any orders that they might have received in the past to hide such information.

(2) At least 30 Iraqi scientists selected by UN Inspectors must be made available for private interviews, with their families, outside of Iraq.

(3) All remaining anthrax or anthrax production capability must be either surrendered, or credible evidence must be provided to account for the whereabouts or destruction of known past stockpiles.

(4) All remaining Al-Samoud missiles must be destroyed.

(5) Credible evidence on the purpose of the unmanned or remote-piloted vehicles must be provided, along with a full accounting of the organizations and technology involved.

(6) (wording still being worked on) Iraq must give up all mobile biological production labs for destruction.

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I think #1 is the deal breaker. Saddam is not going to come out in front of his people and say "I was wrong". That is less likely to happen then him actually disarming.

British Draft List of Iraqi Tasks

] The job of the hippocampus appears to be to "encode"
] experiences so they can be stored as long-term memories
] elsewhere in the brain. "If you lose your hippocampus you
] only lose the ability to store new memories," says
] Berger. That offers a relatively simple and safe way to
] test the device: if someone with the prosthesis regains
] the ability to store new memories, then it's safe to
] assume it works.

This is amazing stuff.

How to cure the guy in Memento.

] Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is planning attacks on his own
] people in the event of a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and
] his top operative, a general nicknamed "Chemical Ali,"
] has been put in charge of southern Iraq to quell any
] civilian uprisings, U.S. officials say.

Saddam ready to kill Iraqis -- The Washington Times

] In any case, we shall continue our work at the
] waitingforthewebcaminiraq so that you could organize the
] projections at the walls and screens of your towns. Also,
] journalist Antonio Baquero is going to try to send us a
] usual everyday photo from a Baghdadi street that we would
] like to film.

Baghdad Webcam update. Evidently technical and licensing problems are preventing the installation of the webcams themselves so far, though there is a journalist who is sending out daily photos which are being posted on this site at http://www.webcaminiraq.org.

There also seems to be information and pics at the following domain:
http://www.waitingforthewebcaminiraq.org

And an explanation of some of the difficulties in obtaining a "webcam license" from the Baghdad authorities, who are evidently indicating some suspicion about the use of the webcam, here:
http://www.webcaminiraq.org/estado_english.htm

The WebCamInIraq site seems to be posted by Spanish journalists, with text in either Spanish or (moderately understandable) English. At least it's a daily pic update though!

Thanks to Mr. Kobeissi of Asharq Al-Awsat for the info and links!

Webcam in Iraq Project

playmobil hazmat!

Collectobil Catalogue - Playmobil® item 3180

Nothing is coming up for this search at the time of this posting, but I expect within hours this will be all over the place within the hour.

Google Search: elizabeth smart found

] LA HABRA -- Antiwar protesters burned and ripped up
] flags, flowers and patriotic signs at a Sept. 11 memorial
] that residents erected on a fence along Whittier
] Boulevard days after the terrorist attacks in 2001 and
] have maintained ever since.
]
] However, although officers witnessed the vandalism
] Saturday afternoon, police did not arrest three people
] seen damaging the display because they were "exercising
] the same freedom of speech that the people who put up the
] flags were,' La Habra Police Capt. John Rees said Monday.
]
] "For this to be vandalism, there had to be an ill-will
] intent,' he said.

Antiwar protesters trash 9/11 memorial

Elonka wrote:
] And here's info that scares me even more, from:
]
] http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/hln.hot.hit.darryl
] .worley/
]
] Worley's single strikes an emotional chord with listeners,
] reminding them of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and
] suggesting a link between al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and
] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "Forgotten" has lit up request
] lines across the country and debuted at No. 41 on the
] Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
]
] But the climb up the charts hasn't been a total hay ride.
] Worley's patriotic tune has been labeled "pro-war," and that
] leaves some radio programmers reluctant to play it now that
] the anti-war movement is gaining momentum.

Yep, thats the guy. Furthermore, here are the lyrics of that song.

] 'Have You Forgotten' lyrics:
]
] Verse 1
] I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING WE DON'T NEED THIS WAR
] I SAY THERE'S SOME THINGS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
] WHAT ABOUT OUR FREEDOM AND THIS PIECE OF GROUND
] WE DIDN'T GET TO KEEP 'EM BY BACKING DOWN
] THEY SAY WE DON'T REALIZE THE MESS WE'RE GETTING IN
] BEFORE YOU START YOUR PREACHING LET ME ASK YOU THIS MY FRIEND
]
] Chorus 1
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HOW IT FELT THAT DAY
] TO SEE YOUR HOMELAND UNDER FIRE
] AND HER PEOPLE BLOWN AWAY
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHEN THOSE TOWERS FELL
] WE HAD NEIGHBORS STILL INSIDE GOING THRU A LIVING HELL
] AND YOU SAY WE SHOULDN¹T WORRY ABOUT BIN LADEN
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
]
] Verse 2
] THEY TOOK ALL THE FOOTAGE OFF MY T.V.
] SAID IT'S TOO DISTURBING FOR YOU AND ME
] IT'LL JUST BREED ANGER THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
] IF IT WAS UP TO ME I'D SHOW IT EVERYDAY
] SOME SAY THIS COUNTRY'S JUST OUT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT
] AFTER 9/11 MAN I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT'S RIGHT
]
] REPEAT CHORUS
]
] Bridge
] I'VE BEEN THERE WITH THE SOLDIERS
] WHO'VE GONE AWAY TO WAR
] AND YOU CAN BET THAT THEY REMEMBER
] JUST WHAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR
]
] Chorus 3
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ALL THE PEOPLE KILLED
] SOME WENT DOWN LIKE HEROS IN THAT PENNSYLVANIA FIELD
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR PENTAGON
] ALL THE LOVED ONES THAT WE LOST AND THOSE LEFT TO CARRY ON
] DON'T YOU TELL ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT BIN LADEN
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
]
] Tag
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
] HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN

RE: Propaganda Moment

] ABC television network, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co.,
] plans to launch a 24-hour news service on Wednesday that
] will be available only to broadband Internet users, the
] Wall Street Journal reported.
]
]
] The newspaper said, according to ABC News officials, the
] new service -- whose launch coincides with escalating
] television-news competition amid the looming Iraq (news -
] web sites) war -- will carry live feeds of breaking news
] with some anchored coverage.
]
] It will also feature news summaries every half hour and
] rebroadcasts.
]
] The online "channel" will initially be available to
] subscribers to the existing ABC News On Demand broadband
] service, which lets users who pay $4.95 a month view
] taped ABC News clips and programs, the Journal said.

ABC Starts 24/7 Internet-Based News Channel--WSJ