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A United States Serviceman, Sgt Robert Ferriol, wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper that was critical of Bush's policy in the Iraq war. He was then criticized for his liberal views and charged with disloyalty. [Kuro5hin.org] .< 11:38:38 PM  >The War On Drugs In The Classroom The video shows police officers and K-9 units ordering suspects to the ground while they conducted a sweep. A tip had come in about clandestine drug activity, and in previous weeks one youth had been caught trying to distribute hundreds of prescription drug pills. During the sweep, police detained 107 underage suspects while they searched their backpacks. Police found no drugs, and were only able to report that some 12 backpacks had been singled out by the police dogs. Now if you were thinking this was a typical rave-turned-police bust, you're wrong. This was just before first period at Stratford High School in the sleepy Charlotte suburb of Goose Creek, South Carolina. [Kuro5hin.org] .< 11:32:10 PM >All the News That Fits, It Pulls That bon mot above is the conclusion of my article on why RSS news syndication and aggregation is the pull version of push, and why everyone on the planet should go out and start using it. I also say that RSS is "push locally, pull globally," and give some step-by-step on how it works.... [GlennLog] .< 11:29:55 PM >Data loss [snip]
But if you'll ever have to delete an account in Mail.app remember to back-up. I will. .< 11:24:36 PM >Listening to Veterans A thoughtful column for Veteran's Day
As a Vietnam veteran who opposes the Iraq invasion, I am faced with the difficult question of how to appropriately honor our military men and women without glorifying war. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs] .< 11:22:49 PM >Nation of Georgia Sliding Toward Chaos The Telegraph has reported that the former Soviet republic of Georgia is getting dangerously close to a (second) civil war. President Eduard Shevardnadze (75 years old) has fled Tbilisi, the capital. Angry protesters have been gathering outside the Parliament building over the last few days. The opposition has accused Shevardnadze of rigging the November 2 elections. There are reports of armed men roaming the streets outside the capital, in conflict with security forces. [Kuro5hin.org] .< 11:06:24 PM >Canadians who help make country better Possible nominees for the annual Globe award are numerous [GAM-National] 'This year, it may be a tight race again. Canada is not short of stars.' .< 11:00:20 PM >Shock at UN aid worker's murder Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns the killing of a French United Nations worker. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Ouch. Getting a bit too close to home. .< 10:59:18 PM >New Tape, Said to Be by Hussein, Assails U.S. and Iraqi Allies If the new tape proves genuine, it would the first message from Saddam Hussein to be broadcast in two months. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] Hussein and Bin Laden are still on the lose. Why is this failure not a huge embarrassment? .< 10:57:40 PM >Group Tied to Al Qaeda Says It Bombed Turkish Synagogues The claim of responsibility was conveyed by the editor of a London-based Arab newspaper in an interview with Al Jazeera. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] Not stopping terrorism but inspiring it. .< 10:56:39 PM >Rebuilding Bodies, and Lives, Maimed by War As more soldiers survive attacks that would have killed them a generation ago, more inevitably return from Iraq with grievous injuries. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] War. What is it good for? .< 10:54:50 PM >'Shoot-to-kill' demand by US UK: Home Secretary David Blunkett has refused to grant diplomatic immunity to armed American special agents and snipers travelling to Britain as part of President Bush's entourage this week. [Guardian Unlimited] Good .< 10:53:56 PM >Bush and Blair agree exit plan · Black Hawk crashes kill 17 US soldiers · Troops to stay until 2006 as power shifts to Baghdad [Guardian Unlimited] 'Whoah, did we ever blow that one, let's get outa there!' Yes, we all told you so. |
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