Darwin recently recommended what is probably my favorite historical quote. A more complete version of which is provided here, along with some other interesting thoughts on the matter.

"That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation."

Thomas Jefferson on 'Intellectual Property'

The 6th largest 'unauthorized' nuclear power in the world is in violation of UN resolutions for 30 years, threatens to use their nuclear weapons on neighboring countries, refuses to allow weapons inspectors, arrests those who provide information on their nuclear capabilities while sending spies to the US to keep an eye on us. Iraq? Israel.

[ Originally from misterbaabu. . . You see, Israel is our bitch and as long as they behave and act like a good little U.S. client state we'll be sure to allow them to do whatever they want. --Rek ]

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israel's arms inspector

In a contentious, closed-door Senate hearing today, agency officials refused to comply with a request from the committee for a broad review of how the intelligence community's clandestine role against the government of Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites) would be coordinated with the diplomatic and military actions that the Bush administration is planning. "

Yahoo! News - C.I.A. Rejects Request for Report on Preparations for War in Iraq

"The class-action lawsuit filed in February seeks more than $1 billion compensatory damages and $100 billion in punitive damages from bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network, blaming them for the 9/11 attacks. "
"After years of living in Afghanistan, where he is presumed by the U.S. military to be in hiding today, bin Laden’s reading habits in the isolated nation are not known. In one of the several videos bin Laden has appeared in since the attacks, he made reference to listening to a radio on the day the World Trade Center towers were destroyed.
The multibillion-dollar suit filed by the seven families in Washington was later joined by a $1 trillion lawsuit on behalf of 600 families that names the Saudi Arabian government, international banks and Islamic organizations as sharing responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. The first suit is considered easier to win, as the defendants are not expected to show up in court. "

Can I sign up also in the class action?

[ Originally from w1ld. More stupidity and proof that we're a litigious society. What is the point here?? --Rek ]

Seeking bin Laden in the classifieds

Ben Laurie's explanation of his part as an expert witness during the Yahoo! Nazi case in France. Short, but interesting.

The Yahoo! Nazi Case

Mass convergence in SF against war on Oct. 6th. Be there.

Not in Our Name Bay Area

"Anti-war protestors assemble at the start of a mass rally in London to oppose a military strike on Iraq, September 28, 2002. Joint organizers Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain estimated at least 100,000 were participating. "

Stop the War Coalition

"The new data suggests that repeated ecstasy use on top of age-related attrition heightens the risk of developing what is known as parkinsonism, a condition that looks like Parkinson's disease, but isn't."

Everyone who blogs that "ecstasy cures parkinsons" articles gets the "ecstasy causes parkinsons" article in their memebox.

Ecstasy linked to serious brain damage

Tim Lawrence has found a drug that is far more effective at controlling the symptoms of his Parkinson's Disease than any prescribed by a doctor.

The only problem is that it is Ecstasy, the illegal and dangerous stimulant much favoured by night-club ravers.

His discovery could overturn 30 years of medical thought, and eventually lead to a new treatment for Parkinson's.

BBC News | HEALTH | Ecstasy 'relieves Parkinson's Disease'

"But last Thursday's raid was anything but routine, because the unnamed suspect, who has not yet been formally charged, isn't accused of cracking computers, launching a denial of service attack or distributing a virus. Instead, the joint Scotland Yard/FBI investigation is focused on his alleged authorship of the "T0rnkit," a collection of custom programs that help an intruder hide their presence on a hacked Linux machine."

UK prosecutes someone for writing a hacking tool. Sklyarov analogies made.

[ Bad, bad, bad. --Rek ]

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