March 11, 2004

No one was surprised when the mimes were so easily captured and imprisoned in individual invisible glass boxes. 7:57:20 PM

"There is no doubt that the U.N. relief effort in Iraq has been a global scandal. A monstrous dictator was able to turn the Oil-for-Food program into a cash cow for himself and his inner circle, leaving Iraqis further deprived as he bought influence abroad and acquired the arms and munitions that coalition forces discovered when they invaded Iraq last spring." The whole article is in the Wall Street Journal. When you read articles about the reasons for the war, please try and remember this.  The UN, France, Germany, and Russia had very good reasons not to support the toppling of Saddam.  Who will police the UN?  Who will investigate the corruption?  Don't worry about it, go back to obsessing on Martha Stewart. 10:39:21 AM

Bernard Balan, branded as one of the world's worst hard line spammers, has retired to a quiet Muskoka retreat far removed from his bulk e-mail empire that, at its peak, had him sending 30 million unsolicited messages a day, raking in up to $140,000 U.S. a week. Also in the news, Yahoo alleges Barry Head and his sons, Eric and Matthew, who all live in Kitchener, Ont., sent more than 94-million unwanted e-mails in January alone to users of Yahoo's e-mail service.   6:05:41 AM

Internet providers sue spammers Calgary Herald, Canada - In an unusual joint effort, some of the largest Internet providers in the US said Wednesday they've filed six lawsuits against hundreds of people who were accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails in violation of the new U.S. law against spam. The legal actions by Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc., Earthlink Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. represent the first major industry actions under the "can spam" legislation that went into effect Jan. 1. The lawsuits, filed in federal courts in California, Georgia, Virginia and Washington state, were announced at a news conference. 6:03:14 AM