Thursday, October 24, 2002

WashPost: Report says U.S. still vulnerable. A prestigious task force led by two former U.S. senators has concluded that the American transportation, water, food, power, communications and banking systems remain easy targets for terrorists. [MSNBC] aaa duhhh! 11:58:17 PM    FORWARD this just came in the inbox -- to be forwarded here -- how come the mainstream media never pick up on stuff like this? one word -- money OCTOBER 14. In Appleton, Wisconsin, a revolution has occurred. It's taken place in the Central Alternative High School. The kids now behave. The hallways aren't frantic. Even the teachers are happy. The school used to be out of control. Kids packed weapons. Discipline problems swamped the principal's office. But not since 1997. What happened? Did they line every inch of space with cops? Did they spray valium gas in the classrooms? Did they install metal detectors in the bathrooms? Did they build holding cells in the gym? Afraid not. In 1997, a private group called Natural Ovens began installing a healthy lunch program. Huh? Fast-food burgers, fries, and burritos gave way to fresh salads, meats "prepared with old-fashioned recipes," and whole grain bread. Fresh fruits were added to the menu. Good drinking water arrived. Vending machines were removed. As reported in a newsletter called Pure Facts, "Grades are up, truancy is no longer a problem, arguments are rare, and teachers are able to spend their time teaching." Principal Lu Ann Coenen, who files annual reports with the state of Wisconsin, has turned in some staggering figures since 1997. Drop-outs? Students expelled? Students discovered to be using drugs? Carrying weapons? Committing suicide? Every category has come up ZERO. Every year. Mary Bruyette, a teacher, states, "I don't have to deal with daily discipline issues. I don't have disruptions in class or the difficulties with student behavior I experienced before we started the food program." One student asserted, "Now that I can concentrate I think it's easier to get along with people." What a concept---eating healthier food increases concentration. Principal Coenen sums it up: "I can't buy the argument that it's too costly for schools to provide good nutrition for their students. I found that one cost will reduce another. I don't have the vandalism. I don't have the litter. I don't have the need for high security." At a nearby middle school, the new food program is catching on. A teacher there, Dennis Abram, reports, "I've taught here almost 30 years. I see the kids this year as calmer, easier to talk to. They just seem more rational. I had thought about retiring this year and basically I've decided to teach another year---I'm having too much fun!" If what happened in Appleton, Wisconsin, takes hold in many other communities across America, perhaps the ravenous corporations who invade school space with their vending machines and junk food will be tossed out on their behinds. It could happen. And perhaps ADHD will become a dinosaur. A non-disease that was once attributed to errant brain chemistry. And perhaps Ritalin will be seen as just another toxic chemical that was added to the bodies of kids in a crazed attempt to put a lid on behavior that, in part, was the result of a subversion of the food supply. 11:50:02 PM    Hey Wake Up It's Late it's One Consciousness, now don't go back to sleep -- well you can, but it's getting harder too -- it's too sleepy do the sadhana -- only a few are born awake -- the rest of us have to do the sadhana to get up -- just like the Rishis did it's how you get fall in love and go on your eternal honeymoon One Consciousness of Love Baby, One Consciousness of Love do the sadhana God gave us 24 hours. 8 for sadhana, 8 for seva, 8 for whatever else you need to do to do the other 2 11:40:28 PM    Moscow Drama the scene at the Theatre is not a good one -- we're reading more about it here and here it's not taking much effort for terrorists to do their thing -- an Islamic sniper in the US and now this hey -- whitey ain't gonna lay around watching baseball much longer -- he's gonna come of the house packin and take the neighborhood back -- Putin's going to hit back hard and there'll be lots of casualties in Moscow -- and Americans are going to get real pissed at the next home grown Muslim who comes out to play on OBL's team -- they'll start swinging wildly at every mosque and Johnny Muhammed they can lay their eyes on -- especially if the "authorities" are busy dealing with the horror of some mass-terror attack martial law here we come, with vigilante milita thrown in -- know thy Self -- and know your neighbors oiy, the drama 9:49:43 PM    Jenin Israeli tanks enter Jenin . Troops and tanks enter the West Bank town in the first major Israeli operation since Monday's suicide attack on a bus. [BBC] 8:34:55 PM    I Wire Weather that's some CAT 5 running into Mexico 4:16:50 PM    Late Answering critics, Microsoft patches XP. Company responds to resistance from users [InfoWorld] by a day -- our XP machine is hosed and won't boot past blue -- we need to do a reinstall of XP this weekend and see if we can get it back up 1:08:48 PM    Shree Maa: Mantras of the 9 Planets - Jupiter Quicktime RTSP stream: Brhaspatye 11:34:14 AM    JFK Glow any follow up on that radioactive action at JFK yesterday? "nothing harmful was found, according to a spokesman for the agency that oversees the airport. U.S. Customs Service agents, who received the tip, had one person in custody" nothing harmful, but the one person in custody? more please 9:22:43 AM    Thou Art That -- URI we always thought the slogan should be: United Rentals: Because No One Really Owns Anything they are on the way to proving it true -- today the stock is under 7, trading at at five times earnings and at a third of book "value" hey -- we'd be a buyer -- with all the no money we have to invest -- in dress suits for banker smoke and mirror notes we're always best in tee-shirts and jeans or a long dhoti by the way -- they're our leading indicator -- the end was near the day we donned a suit there -- as nice as we look in one all with a haircut and shave, all the meanings apply beware the tight necktie noose -- it's a money show if you're a trader, URI's a good buy pretend you know oh, and straight up -- we deserved a least a millski for what we put in place there . 7:59:53 AM    It Aint Ballet DEBKA: "the Bush administration has gone to enormous trouble to de-escalate tensions in flashpoints all over the world so as not to detract from the main thrust against Iraq. US diplomats have succeeded in the past few weeks in pacifying the Indian-Pakistani border from which both armies have begun to withdraw troops; it has kept the lid on Israeli-Lebanese border violence and delayed the imminent danger of a military clash between the Israeli and Syrian armies; Washington is also working hard to lower the level of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. Similar efforts have been underway in Russia and Georgia, which borders Chechnya. But the Chechen terror attack in Moscow shows that Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and other terrorist elements are determined that make sure that Washington will not be allowed to make war on Iraq without being harassed by political and political complications, including terrorist action across the world. The Chechen rebels' ability to take over a theater in the center of Moscow right under the noses of Russia's intelligence services and US intelligence and special forces in Georgia has set alarm bells jangling in Washington. Further large-scale terror attacks are to be expected to flare in various European capitals and in the Middle East in the coming weeks. A mega-attack in a major city in North America, including Washington, is also possible." here's more info on the Chechen rebel/Al Qaeda connection not good -- especially the nuke part 7:42:53 AM    Nabbed arrests made back East -- fingerprint, weapon, bank account -- looks like they got 'em 7:31:13 AM    and Nippy record lows out here on the Left coast 7:28:13 AM

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