Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Venezuela's Banks Abandon 2-Month Strike [AP World News] I find myself rather suspicious of stories like this, given the socialist leanings of the US media. Is this really happening, or is this just more of Chavez's propaganda? comment () trackback ()  3:08:17 PM     An End to Kosher Pork?. Aside from Likud, the big winner in Tuesday's Israeli elections was Shinui ("Change"), which went from six Knesset seats to... [Hit & Run] Shinui, which also supports lower taxes and privatization, describes itself as "a Liberal Party...in the European understanding of the term." According to the party's Web site, "Our political and social philosophy can be summed up in our belief that the rights of the individual are supreme, and that all legislation must be measured against that principle." It adds, "We differ very substantially from the left in that we do not accept their Socialist policies." An article in The Jerusalem Post calls Shinui's rise the "revolt of the bourgeoisie." I'd never heard of this party before, so this came as a pleasant surprise. I read the Shinui web site, and it looks like they actually do have some Socialist policies of their own, but not nearly as bad as Labour--which now has only four more Knesset seats. comment () trackback ()  12:32:35 PM     Symantec's 'Submit a Deal' Flawed. Software giant Symantec's failure to secure a portion of its corporate site leaves an online database of acquisitions proposals exposed, including one from longtime industry critic Vmyths. By Brian McWilliams. [Wired News] A fairly embarrassing mistake for a company that's trying to present itself as a "security company." comment () trackback ()  8:40:37 AM

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