Monthly Archives: September 2003

According to an official announcement by the BBC, the classic British scifi series Dr. Who will return for a new season in 2005. After being out of production for 14 years, this borders on a full 180 degree turn by a TV station that had allowed many rumors to circulate but had never officially made [...]

A little over a week ago, Verisign, the former sole domain name registrar added a wildcard functionality to the Internet’s root severs which resulted in any non-existing domain name queries to go to their website. This is however more than just another case of a former monopoly that can’t deal with the fact that its [...]

It has been a known fact that very often, the big players on wall street have close ties to the neocons in and around the White House. This seems to have been confirmed once again this week as news broke that financial trade organizations and law firms profitted greatly from the relief funds allocated to [...]

If new legislation proposed by the New York State tax department is passed, sales of tobacco on Native American reservations will be taxed. Not only will this be yet another blow to Native Americans who have suffered at the hand of the white man for centuries, but it will also be another blow to the [...]

Tomorrow will mark the 2nd year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a.k.a. the greatest PR stunt in American history. And many will probably not do what they should: Call the Bush administration on their promises and actions. Especially George Bush promised to “root out terrists” and combat “evildoers” in the “axis of evil”. In the [...]

Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair’s director of communications and strategy resigned last week in the middle of a dispute over the allegations that the British government lied to its citizens in relation to the alleged threat that iraq posed. If Tony Blair knows what’s good for him he will apologize to his people and then quietly [...]

In “Operation FUBAR“, Farai Chideya quotes an article by David Brock which argued that the reason why Republicans are so popular with voters is because they don’t tell them the truth by glossing over negative facts and developments. This makes a lot of sense as the official propaganda of the White House, which is then [...]

Yesterday the United States again celebrated labor day. As with most major holidays the majority of Americans seem to have forgotten what the day is all about and how and why it was created. Then there is sadly also the fact that in days like these with kleptocrats ruling this nation there really isn’t much [...]