September 28, 2004

Phone Lines Deliver Next-Gen TV  Wired - On-demand viewing isn't just for TiVo owners anymore. Television over internet protocol, or TVIP, offers custom programming over standard copper wires. 3:51:27 PM

During a military parade last week, Iran showed off its range of ballistic missiles draped in banners vowing to "crush America" and "wipe Israel off the map". 2:34:32 PM

Amazon and Microsoft Join in Lawsuit Against Spammers E-Commerce Times - The joint lawsuit was filed yesterday in federal court in Seattle against Gold Disk Canada and its principals -- Barry, Eric and Matthew Head -- and accuses them of misusing Microsoft's Hotmail and forging the name of Amazon.com in thousands of e-mails. 1:49:35 PM

Taking "keep your friends close. keep your enemies closer", just a bit to far: France has said (an international conference on Iraq) could be "useful", but only if the issue of a US troop withdrawal was on the agenda and if representatives of the armed opposition were allowed to take part. Who, from the armed opposition would come?  Would they have any real power?  Of course I don't like the term opposition, as it is used here...  How about blood thirsty murderers? 1:43:23 PM

Gaza Kidnappers Free CNN Producer. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen on Tuesday released an Israeli Arab producer for CNN television kidnapped a day earlier in the Gaza Strip. [Reuters: Top News] Kidnapped?  Before he was just seized. I am glad he was released with his head.  11:31:10 AM

Cat Stevens was guest of Canadian Hamas front Muslim singer criticized Judaism as a 'so-called' religion. Hamas, also known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, is responsible for most of the suicide bombings against Israelis. Canada has outlawed Hamas under federal anti-terrorism legislation, making it illegal to support the group. "No political concept or construct or treaty or agent except the laws of Allah, which he instructed for this world. Jerusalem is that, the symbol of that. Out of the hands of the righteous then it falls into disrepute and blood. "  - Cat Stevens, June 20, 1998 Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: over 700 Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran: 0 Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem when it was under Arab rule (1948 to 1967): 1 Suddenly, Jerusalem is very important to Islam.  11:08:08 AM

King Abdullah: Elections in Chaotic Iraq Impossible Voice of America - Jordan's King Abdullah says he believes it will be impossible to hold elections in Iraq if what he calls the current state of chaos continues. Someone please ask this guy when a good time to have elections are?  He has never had them in his country.  He knows nothing about elections, except perhaps how NOT to have them. 9:25:46 AM