22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
Gerry Adams urges IRA to hand in weapons. Sinn Fein is advocated disarming.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
“Gloves are off” as CIA pursues bin Laden. Bush has given the CIA the go-ahead for the most lethal operation in its history. This article contains, among other gems, “The gloves are off,” a senior official said. “The president has given the agency the green light to do whatever is necessary. Lethal operations that were unthinkable pre- Sept. 11 are now under way.”
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
Taliban says 100 dead as hospital hit. Also claiming US used chemical weapons.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
TechSoup discussion on the Environmental Movement and Technology.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
Extending its tentacles. Microsoft’s biggest fear, according to this Economist article, is that it will end up like IBM. via /.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
Richard Stallman on the Uniting and Strengthening America Act of 2001 (Senate bill 1510). Contains links to ACLU info and other sources. Also,
- Center for Democracy and Technology info
- Bill summary and status (Congressional page)
- National Governor’s Association info – includes the fact that the Senate version doesn’t have a sunset provision
Want to comment? Tell your senator or congressperson.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
End of Internet tax ban adds to tech industry’s problems. As of today, 7,600 local and state governments can start taxing the Internet. Given the falling revenue for state and local governments, especially here in San Francisco, it seems reasonable that they’ll jump on this revenue generating bandwagon. Of course, that supposes it will generate revenue.
22 Oct 2001 Author: In: if only I knew
Gay mayor triumphs in Berlin. Klaus Wowereit, acting mayor, is a social democrat.
Why?
"He stopped commenting on this oddness of hers. She said the news clippings she sent to friends were a perfectly reasonable way to correspond. There were a thousand things to clip and they all said something about the way she felt. He watched her read and cut. She wore half-glasses and worked the scissors grimly. She believed these were personal forms of expression. She believed no message she could send a friend was more intimate and telling than a story in the paper about a violent act, a crazed man, a bombed Negro home, a Buddhist monk who sets himself on fire. Because these are the things that tell us how we live." -Don Dellilo, Libra
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