Monthly Archives: November 2002

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/opinion/30KELL.html?todaysheadlines A for once well written op-ed from the NYT on why the government is neglecting to fight hard drugs properly in favor of targeting the harmless Mary Jane.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/health/30VACC.html?todaysheadlines This would be an excellent article for an “Only in America” series. Those looney parents who exempot their children from vaccinations are not only a danger to their children but also to society. Homeopathy may work in mild cases of colds, flus, etc.. But when a serious disease comes along you’ll probably be close [...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2525443.stm It has been one year since the passing of George Harrison and it has now been published that he left behind a $150 mil. will, most of which unfortunately will go to the Inland Revenue as death taxes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/circuits/28goog.html?todaysheadlines An interesting article on how Google could be percieved to be something like a mirror of the global conciousnes of net surfing searchers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/international/26PREX.html?todaysheadlines If passed, a new initiative to set up a new $5 mil. fund to “help” poor nations, will go towards rewarding those poor nations that implement Bush’s policies the best. And of course Bush has also thought of his friends at the heads of the corporations and included a free trade clause.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/politics/26POLL.html?todaysheadlines While a recent CBS poll portrayed the masses of lemmings in a favorable light in that they do actually oppose some policies the Bush administration is advocating, it is sad to see that perhaps our elected representatives at the state and national levels are the right ones after all as they mirror their constituents’ [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/national/25WARN.html?todaysheadlines It seems that the administration feels its warnings need to have even more of an effect on the uneducated masses. There is now talk of a new nationwide warning system because apparently the old ones aren’t good enough anymore.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14611 A great article on what this country may look like in the near future if the Bush administration remains unopposed. The article goes into many of the gruesome details about new governmental powers that the adminstration gave itself through the “patriot” and the “homeland security” acts.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14639 This article looks at how the adminsitration has been successfully scaring the people into passivity while the progressives are expecting people to oppose the administration’s actions based on education. A good read on why the progressive and liberal message isn’t broadcast as well as it needs to be.

In an article on how to fight corporate crime locally (http://www.citizenworks.org/actions/localcorp-crime-actions.php) I found a neat link to a page about the concept of a local currency to support local businesses (http://www.schumachersociety.org/frameset_local_currencies.html). I can really see the point behind that but at the same time wonder how fast the corporate giants would extinguish such a scheme.

Seeing as the president-select has now signed the “homeland security” bill into law, his police state is definitely closing in on us, the people he doesn’t care about. More on this later. Read the whole thing at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:3:./temp/~c107wpOHUM::

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/politics/23POLL.html?todaysheadlines Only by means of a near private statement has the govenment announced that the rules governing anti-pollution measures for manufacturers would be loosened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2490893.stm A US federal court has ruled that a national group of lawyers and professors cannot challenge the government’s detention of “terrorists” at Guantanamo bay.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/national/19COMM.html?todaysheadlines The chief justice of Alabama, a devout Christian, has finally been ordered to remove the monument of the 10 commandments from his courthouse. I am relieved to see that there is at least some advocacy of freedom of religion left in the legal system.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/international/18MILI.html?todaysheadlines It seems I was right. Despite weapeons inspectors returning to Iraq and the UN’s general opposition to a violent enforcement of their resolution, the US government has been preparing quietly for a war on Iraq.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14600 Not only have the translators of OBL’s messages not been independent enough for my taste, but, as this article points out, the US media have also been grossly misinterpreting his messages. Whenever they report on a new tape they leave out the conditional statements within OBL’s messages. His threats are never outright statements of [...]

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14563 More on the issue of activists and the like being barred from flying, even in other countries. Apparently those discriminated against now include “mostly priests, elderly nuns, Green Party campaign operatives, left-wing journalists, right-wing activists and people affiliated with Arab or Arab-American groups.”. So that’s basically everybody who uses their constitutional rights extensively.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14553 The USA is the only Western industrialized nation left that still imposes the death penalty on criminals. Besides going into that issue, the article also mentions that the death penalty mostly serves as a covert type of racism.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14580 I agree with the article that it has never been so “wrong” to severly criticise president-select Bush. All most of the media ever give us are excuses for Bush’s actions and outright worship of his power.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14576 A very good story from alternet on how the administration has been using fake terror threats as a cover for their criminal activities. It essentially confirms what I’ve been saying for a long time now.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/politics/17INTE.html?todaysheadlines Looks like racial profiling is becoming a regular staple amongst the US government’s methods. Allegedly because they may pose a particularly high risk Iraqi or Iraqi-American citizens within the USA will be monitored extensively to “avoid attacks”.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/politics/10TERR.html?todaysheadlines In a new move, the administration may move the first tried “terrorist” Moussaoui to Fuantanamo bay to have him appear before a military tribunal. This is not surprising as his defense team has grown stronger over the past few months and thereby has increased the chances of him actually winning his case.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14506 According to Doris “Granny D” Haddock, our society isn’t divided into conservatives and liberals but into the politically awake and the hypnotized. This speech of hers explains my idea of the lemmings very well.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14518 A great article on how Bush is lying to the public in order to further his own evil ambitions. Whereas Clinton only lied about family affairs (according to the article), something which most of us have done, Bush is successfully scaring the (dumb) people into endorsing his wars.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14492 As the article points out the case of Iraq is very similar to Afghanistan in numerous ways. Just like then, Bush doesn’t want Saddam to comply but wants control over the country by installing a new government.

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-965960.html?tag=cd_mh I wish they could make up their minds. Apparently, Roxio, popular for its CD burning software, has bought up all of Napster’s assets minus the legal responsibility.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/835713.asp?cp1=1 Even though it advocates more spending on “homeland security” concerns, this article does a good job of essentially proving what a pretentious undertaking Bush’s “homeland security” department has been.

http://www.vh1.com/news/stories/1458696.jhtml?_requestid=335764 So here’s that tour that they’ve been talking about. Nothing really near Buffalo, so I guess they’ll becoming by next Fall or so.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.5710: Read all the gory details at the URL above, all 400+ pages of abuse of the constitution and the freedoms this country has stood for. Watch as our forefathers turn in their graves, sharpening their knives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/opinion/14SAFI.html Unless our government in DC acts soon, there will soon be one gigantic database chronicling the lives of all Americans. This includes all transactions and details that were previously kept safe in seperate databases by different agencies. I can just picture it now: “Hello Mr. (checks on board computer) Albertin”, says officer Feltham, “your [...]

http://www.vh1.com/news/stories/1458601.jhtml Better late than never… Here’s a report from their carried out tour start in Seattle where they played a promising set. Let’s see if they can hold it up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2429123.stm There has been another huge war protest in Europe, this time in Florence, Italy. Despite its size, the US media of course did not feature it. Too much focus is on the allegedly solid UN resolution.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/technology/09SOFT.html?todaysheadlines Despite Microsoft’s insistence that they will comply with the recent ruling and being very forthcoming about it, this won’t change much. It’s another case of the capitalist US government being too scared to hurt a big company as the abscence of their support could cause more real politicians to be elected.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/national/04MEGA.html?todaysheadlines There are many issues connected with the publishing of lists of sexual offenders, current and former. Many argue that this deprives the criminals of due process and privacy and also makes them more likely to become repeat offenders by adding stress to their lives.

http://www.vh1.com/news/stories/1458577.jhtml?_requestid=399406 What started out as an innocent, or perhaps in this case less innocent, cancellation of the first proper Guns’n’Roses show in 9 years, wuickly became an ugly scene where G’n’R fans were beaten to a bloody pulp by police forces after rioting only mildly.