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Free trade: Soldiers for softwood peace? .< 1:12:33 AM  >Wall Street Journal: DigitalConsumer Takes Up the Fight Against Copyright Plans in Congress. Walter S. Mossberg. Thursday, a new group goes public to fight back on behalf of consumers. It's called DigitalConsumer.org and was formed by Silicon Valley businesspeople who oppose the erosion of consumer rights and of technological innovation. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 1:08:50 AM > I wrote a DaveNet that ran on News.Com in November 2001, talking about the Microsoft deal with the DOJ. Now some of the details are coming out. But I'm sure there's more going on than Microsoft helping to fight cyber-crime.  [Scripting News]Dave speculated early and 'radically' as soon as the DOJ and Microsoft made their sudden breakthrough. I relished in the idea of a child of the '60's whipping up some paranoid conspiracy theory. He probably wasn't far off. Follow the link to the news.com story. It's a powerful piece. .< 1:02:55 AM >CBC News: Canadians lead deadly assault against al-Qaeda: ""I've been training over 16 years, and this is my first combat mission." " Would that he could have just trained longer. .< 1:00:40 AM >Thestar.com/Canada withdraws funding from Zimbabwe: "Analysts criticized the West for ignoring the most flawed elections on the continent - including one this weekend in the Republic of Congo - and focusing only on the vote in a country with a significant white population. "That sense of double standards can't be emphasized enough," said Salih Booker, director of the advocacy group Africa Action. " There I was feeling all puffed up with pride that Canada had moved so quickly and decisively. I wonder if the situation in the Republic of Congo is not on the radar because there are few foreign news bureaus there. I have no idea. I'm just wondering out loud. |
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