Monthly Archives: September 2002

http://www.maximumpc.com/features/feature_2002-09-24.html Fascinating.. this guy managed to get 37 OSes onto five harddrives, all operating off of the same CPU.

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/0022239&mode=thread&tid=160 Here’s one for all those out there who still deny the validity of science regarding the evolution of the universe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/opinion/26SAFI.html?todaysheadlines The editor os the above Op-Ed seems to have determined that Al Gore will be running for president again in 2004. If that is so then he will have to try a little harder. Merely taking a slightly different stance from Bush will probably not get him too many votes. But then again, Republicans [...]

Instead of posting all the news articles related to this subject I thought I’d just sum up my opinion here: The attacks on Iraq will happen no matter what. Bush has made up his mind and will not be swayed by anyone, no matter how powerful. With time, Saddam will have vanished, just like Bin [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/politics/19INTE.html?todaysheadlines As the senate hearings continue it becomes clearer almost every day that the government had concise ideas as to how terrorist groups might attack the US. We are coming to a point at which I’ll be able to laugh at everyone who laughs at my theories with increasing speed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/16/international/americas/16DETA.html?todaysheadlines This artcile nicely describes the situation surrounding the Guantanamo bay US army where all the innocent and not-so-innocent captives from Bush’s “war on terrorism” are kept. While not being objective enough, the artcile certainly is more objective than normal for the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/politics/15CLIM.html?todaysheadlines For the first time, the EPA has omitted the global warming section from its annual poluution report with White House “approval”. White House orders more like…

http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14119 In his excellent new article, Buffalo State College professor Michael Niman analyzes the stories surrounding the alleged terrorist cell that was arrested in Buffalo, NY recently.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=581&ncid=581&e=13&u=/nm/20020905/tc_nm/france_internet_dc This article sums up the loss of online liberties over the past year pretty well. If the move against this whole cyber terrorist crap isn’t stopped soon we’ll soon have monitored surfing.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14082 The above article details the means by which the US government is trying to resurrect and at the same time surpass the (evil) empires of the past.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/14/national/14THRE.html?todaysheadlines So I was right yet again. The “bomb scare” incident in Florida was nothing more than a racist and ignorant stupid lemming bitch causing trouble for no reason at all. It’s exactly this kind of thing that bothers me about Asscrotch’s new laws n’all. Just for excercising your 1st amendement rights you can now [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/13/international/13NATI.html?todaysheadlines It seems that president-select Bush is willing to work with the UN on the Iraq issue. This is however not a sign of compliance with the UN’s requests but hopefully more of a sign that the UN nations still have something that threatens Bush. Why would he otherwise pretend to listen and cooperate?

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/international/europe/12WORL.html?todaysheadlines While many Europeans wept with Americans, many of them also made it clear that they disapprove of the way the US government has handled last year’s events. While this is all good and well I’d like to see European governments act on this instead of continuing to be “America’s buddies”.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/national/10CND-WARN.html?todaysheadlines In this early mention of the increased alert level from last week, the absurdness of that whole scale becomes apparent, especially when reading it now when we know that those alleged threats were mostly comprised of leftist activists and an inactive terrorist cell not controlled by Al-Quaeda. Sure, like those are gonna be very [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/09/international/middleeast/09NATI.html?todaysheadlines In this artcile from last week we get a clear picture of the divide between the UN and the US. The UN, the wise council that wants to prevent other nations from using the same methods as the US, and the US government, the stubborn war addicts that would bomb any country based on [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/politics/08POLL.html?todaysheadlines A CBS / NYT poll last week showed that while Bush’s scare tactics have succeded and people have eaten up his bullshit, support for his methods is slowly eroding. But it’s a mere poll after all…

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/international/04CND-SUMM.html?todaysheadlines Conforming with official US policy to disregard the environment, Secretary Powell recently defended the US’s horrible environmental policies by claiming to be concerend about the environment in the long run. No surprises there, but worth mentioning anyways.

http://www.counterpunch.org/christison0907.html This article chronicles the steps the US government has taken so far towards converting this farce of a democracy into a police state.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/09/10/switzerland.un.reut/index.html So it has finally happened. Switzerland has joined the U.N.. The president of the Swiss Federal Council has promised to upkeep the Swiss neutrality but I’m very sceptical. How can you join a union like that and remain absolutely neutral?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2251067.stm “One of the world’s most respected statesmen, Nelson Mandela, has condemned United States intervention in the Middle East as “a threat to world peace”.”

http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31533 This article provides a nice sum up of all the liberties our government has taken away from us. Read it if you need a refresher.

http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31526 The above is a touching story of a Pakistani citizen who was deported without due process this past summer. He and many others wre forced to give everything up to be thrown out like America’s collective puke. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor [...]

Today it has been one year since the attacks on America and the subsequent attacks on Americans’ freedoms. See my page at http://fabio.albertin.ch/911/ for more.

http://news.com.com/2100-1017-956638.html?tag=fd_top Apparently Ebay.com does not own the patents to its very successful online system of services. Interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/politics/01DOLE.html?todaysheadlines The artcile, however brief, proves what we’ve known for a long time. In this case, Wal-Mart provided Mrs. Dole with some free advertising.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/international/middleeast/01GLOB.html?todaysheadlines As the article above shows, US attacks on Iraq would do much more than just unseat Hussein. On top of that, no-one likes Bush’s ideas. Now if only they would actually move to somehow severly discourage Bush from carrying out the attacks…

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/31/education/31TEAC.html?todaysheadlines Apparently there have been energetic discussions on what to teach students on the snniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It basically boils down to the GOP & Co. endorsing Bush’s idea of racism and fake patriotism versus the opposition’s more liberal and realistic views.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/30/international/30MONE.html?todaysheadlines According to a new U.N. report, the US government has failed to shut down Al Quaeda’s financial networks. This does not surprise me one bit, once again. I said months ago that terrorist groups couldn’t be stopped that easily.

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/nation/story/516894p-4102578c.html According to the poll summarized in the above article it would seem that Bush has succeeded in scaring all lemmings nationwide shitless, so much so in fact that they are willing to throw away some of their most fundamental rights for a false sense of security. People like that should be put on trial [...]

http://www.vh1.com/news/stories/1457315.jhtml?_requestid=255025 The power of government at work… bankruptcy court has denied Bertelsman the right to buy Napster and thereby effectively killed the company.

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1028186246464&p=1012571727088 Finally some people have kinda woken up to the fact they they too are at fault for the 9/11 attacks. Sure, they weren’t asked if they realise that it’s their fault since they allowed Bush to be chosen, but still: The fact that the Financial Times would publish such a poll is commendable.

http://news.com.com/2008-1082-955417.html?tag=fd_nc_1 In this very interesting interview with a Verizon VP it becomes clear that at least Verizon as a pure telecommunications provider is on our side. I’d never thought that to be possible in this age of commercialism.

So now I finally too have my very own blog. And for better or worse, it resides on this server here. Enjoy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/27/national/27DETA.html?todaysheadlines In a new court decision, a panel found that the government must from now on have significant reasons for conducting deportation hearings in secret. The snag in all this however is that the government can still request secret hearings very easily. And we all know how that’ll turn out. A simple “he’s middle eastern [...]