Thursday, April 4, 2002

we heard Ira Glasser: "Patriotism, Civil Liberties & Terrorism" on NPR tonight and are ready to join the ACLU, almost it will be nice when all these transcripts are online -- for now they're still wrapped up in money and copyright greed turn the truth loose baby -- nobody owns anything -- maybe there's something from Ira Glasser over at ACLU site 9:14:46 PM    Asteroid could hit Earth -- in 882 years If it struck land, it would produce a crater about 22 km (14 miles) across, with a blast radius of intense damage of around 300 km (190 miles). If the impact occurred in the ocean, a tsunami 25 metres high would be generated 1,000 km (620 miles) from the impact site. [BBC] 1:24:09 PM    Scientists detail rice code. Researchers read the genetic code of rice - a major achievement that will have a huge impact on world food production. [BBC] this will be used to boost the production of all the major cereal crops -- friggin greed-fed scientists -- except this one, the only good one 1:02:35 PM    AstroWeek April 4-10, 2002 Mars enters Taurus on THURSDAY (4th) for 7 weeks, during which time it will meet Saturn, Rahu and then Venus. We should be extra alert to avoid danger situations or rash behavior during the next several months. Mercury is approaching a conjunction with the Sun on SUNDAY morning. 12:54:22 PM    great photo of Ikeya Zhang comet -- comet finder 11:21:15 AM    DaveNet: Four Years of XML-RPC 11:20:57 AM    George Jean Nathan. "Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles." [Quotes of the Day] 11:06:04 AM    Death does not justify Death 10:51:01 AM    an open letter to President Bush: the US should lend its full support to Israel as it seeks to root out the terrorist network and accelerate plans for removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq 10:47:50 AM    NYTimes: Hamas and Fatah leadership are still bent on the end of Israel as a Jewish state 10:38:11 AM    full text of Bush speech on Mideast 10:18:41 AM    Bush Urges Israel to End Offensive. In a new push for peace, President Bush on Thursday demanded that Israel pull back its troops from Palestinian cities it occupied in recent days and called on Arab nations to do more to crack down on terrorists. He ordered Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to carry the message. [AP] 10:11:58 AM    we're headed over to check out the scene at UC Davis today -- back by lunch 6:43:28 AM    US Special Forces have joined counter-terror ops in Israel 6:25:15 AM

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