Kasky v. Nike Inc., 02 C.D.O.S. 3790, began when Marc Kasky filed a private attorney general action claiming that Nike violated California laws prohibiting unlawful business practices and false advertising by issuing press statements refuting claims that workers in Nike's Southeast Asian factories toiled in slave-like conditions. Kasky said those statements were deliberately deceptive. "

[ Nike Sucks. -Reknamorken ]

PR Campaigns Lose Speech Protection

This is so terrifying, I'm not sure what to say.

Sharon’s final solution

This article speaks for itself. Ask yourself: "Does or does not the U.S. support peace and freedom for all?" Or only for itself and its citizens?

The cycle of violence will not end unless the big boys work towards reducing that violence and the means for performing it.

ZNet | Foreign Policy | Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Who's The Biggest Rogue Of All?

[Originally recommended by Tom and I don't agree with some of the end of the article, but interesting to read that William F. Buckley Jr. thinks it's a huge mistake. --Randy]

"Sharon's policy is scorched-earth. Under his command, the Israeli army has engaged not in isolating the infrastructure of the suicide terrorists. What he is engaged in is wanton damage. "

Even William F. Buckley thinks Isreal has crossed the line...

William F. Buckley Jr. on Mideast & Sharon on National Review Online

Great Chomsky interview. Especially for people who have been turned off of him in the past because of the hard line he draws on certain issues. Here he is very good about making it clear what his issues are in a pretty balanced way while still taking one side of the issue.

ZNet | Mideast | Chomsky Interview

"(CNN) -- Computer security expert Chad Harrington regularly surfs Internet Relay Chat (IRC), one of the oldest chat technologies on the Web. The IRC networks have names like Dalnet and EFnet, but he agrees that another name works just as well: eBay for hackers. "

A call to bring the law into IRC. What I find interesting is the idea the jurisdictional problems will require federal law enforcement to get involved with crimes that are "petty." Usually the feds deal with major crime and the local cops deal with unruly kids. On the net, the FBI has to handle everything. That will probably require major changes over there. (So far, they seem to just ignore "petty" internet crime. A serious law enforcement effort concerning SMTP relay abuse is needed, but its too lame for an FBI thats designed to fight bank robbers.)

CNN.com - Experts: Chat rooms a haven for hackers - April 10, 2002

Have whatever opinions you want about Saddam and the Iraqis, but at least they are doing something real. G.W. Bush is pathetic.

Ation Now! Not "Later"!

Yahoo! News - Iraq Suspends Oil Exports to Support Palestinians

Commie loser. Resistance is futile.

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Sometimes the Pope is on the ball. Good for him!

Yahoo! News - Israel, U.S. Under Growing Fire in Europe

Useful reference when discussing Palestinian-Israeli issues. Map of the area laid out in the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement. Shows French/British areas of "ownership."

Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916