One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 18 December 2003

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WE HAVE ALL BEEN HERE BEFORE

Three recent quotes from the Iraqi front: "We need to pursue a new strategy of terrorism versus terrorism" -- US advisor in Iraq, speaking last week to Seymour Hersh "With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people we are here to help them" -- US lieutenant-colonel, speaking to the New York Times "We are going to have to play their game. Guerilla versus guerrilla." -- US militart expert in Baghdad, explaining the "incendiary" practice of employing Israeli commados and intelligence units to advise the US in Iraq operations

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Broadbent back in the game
Former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent returns to federal politics. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Beckie Scott to get gold medal
Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott will receive the gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

The best clean athlete gets the gold.

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A US citizen detained on a presidential order as an "enemy combatant" is being held illegally, a court rules. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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The first civilian lawyer let into Guantanamo Bay says prisoners there are not being treated equally. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Scientists have found the oldest known sculpture, a bird carved from a piece of ivory more than 30,000 years ago. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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I stumbled upon this accidentally - if you select more than one single-page PDF in the Finder and open them in Preview, they become a single multi-page document which can then be saved. Cool! [macosxhints]

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This Garnotte cartoon neatly sums up the Bush-Hussein situation. [montreal city weblog]

No kidding. Well done.

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TidBITS has published "Take Control of Users & Accounts in Panther," a 65-page e-book ready for purchase and download from the TidBITS Web site. [MacCentral]

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The Discussions section of Apple's Support Web site has gotten a major overhaul worthy of note. The area provides Mac users with a place to exchange information and questions about the use of their Apple products. [MacCentral]

A great resource keeps getting better.

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Apple is offering musicians a free online seminar discussing guitars and the Mac. The session features legendary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. [MacCentral]

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About Mac OS X Update
Delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” and is recommended for all users. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads]

I wonder what the Mail and Address Book enhancements are.

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Article and statistics on how the city deals with the 14,362,800 cubic meters of snow it gets in an average winter. [montreal city weblog]

Ah Montréal!

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The Festival international de nouvelle danse is ceasing operations due to a growing deficit. [montreal city weblog]

This will be a bummer for Geoff who is a big dance fan.