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Friday, Dec 20, 2002

see through

media transparency: the money behind the media

no more trouble

united for peace

we retort, you deride

"We may never know the real reason Al Gore opted to bow out of the presidential race. In his interview announcing this decision on 60 Minutes, the former vice president said he wanted the 2004 race to be about the future, not the past. While he had the "energy and the drive and the ambition" to make another bid for the White House, he realized it was not "the right thing" for him to do."

"Left unsaid was how much Gore's decision was affected by his treatment from the press. In his 2000 campaign, Gore was dogged by his image as a "phony." Coverage of his recent re-emergence on the public scene continued that story line. "Are people going to say this is just another reinvention of Al Gore?" asked Karen Tumulty, the Time magazine reporter who profiled him recently. If by "people" she meant the Washington chattering class, the journalists and pundits who shape a candidate's image, the answer was clearly "yes."

Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002

psycho killer

"An entirely new arsenal of weapons, based on devices designed to introduce subliminal messages or to alter the body's psychological and data-processing capabilities, might be used to incapacitate individuals. These weapons aim to control or alter the psyche, or to attack the various sensory and data-processing systems of the human organism. In both cases, the goal is to confuse or destroy the signals that normally keep the body in equilibrium."

"This article examines energy-based weapons, psychotronic weapons, and other developments designed to alter the ability of the human body to process stimuli. One consequence of this assessment is that the way we commonly use the term "information warfare" falls short when the individual soldier, not his equipment, becomes the target of attack."

euge

10 new countries invited to join european union.

Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002

mayberry madam

"Maybe it�s because the midterm elections went so very well. Maybe it�s because at the White House, politics is the best policy. Maybe it�s because it�s the reign of Karl Rove. An inside look at how the most powerful presidential adviser in a century does what does so well."

mr youre on fire mr

"SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP) -- A man who made a remark about a "burning Bush" during the president's March 2001 trip to Sioux Falls was sentenced Friday to 37 months in prison."
"An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Maginnis told his story on Wednesday's edition of Off The Hook."

Friday, Dec 06, 2002

paper chaser

Daniel Ellsberg -- Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

hy and dry

"Toyota and Honda on Monday delivered their first market ready zero-emission hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles."

powerfool

new song from my favorite self parody

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