Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html war Warning to Three Nations Downplayed (he was being "more rhetorical than historical") http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000007876jan31.story US and Philippines Launch Joint Hunt for Islamic Gang http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000008122feb01.story Bush Jab at Philippines as Terrorist Haven Piques Local Leaders http://www.inq7.net/nat/2002/jan/31/nat_2-1.htm The Colder War http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=11574035&method=full jargon watch: this attack on public opinion is the pure essence of conservatism (and he evidently agrees with Burke that prejudice is a good thing) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007739jan31.story civil liberties and security Intricate Screening of Fliers in Works (Robert O'Harrow Jr. has broken a lot of important privacy stories) http://www.msnbc.com/news/697721.asp "helps protect human rights workers by providing privacy and security" http://privaterra.cpsr.org/ "the financial and social costs of protecting digital information are growing" http://www.infotoday.com/it/feb02/poynder.htm surgically implanted identification chip for potential kidnapping victims (but they don't say how many people have actually had them installed) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1794000/1794688.stm Immigration Judges Call for Independent Court http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000007877jan31.story Voting Rights in Peril http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/30/opinion/30CONY.html?pagewanted=print FBI: Terrorists Use Internet (the evidence is not real definite -- the news is that they're saying it) http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/1110/1-31-2002/200201311012490704.html claim that al-Qaida cased Salt Lake City http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/01/salt_lake/print.html Nuclear Power Plants Targeted for Terror (they represent the obsolete centralized approach to power generation) http://www.msnbc.com/news/696835.asp Terrorists Noted Flaws in Security, Report Says http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000008118feb01.story The Civil Engineering Portal -- Failure Watch http://www.icivilengineer.com/Failure_Watch/ Mastercard's Response to the Online Payments Quandary http://ecommerce.internet.com/news/insights/outlook/article/0,3371,10535_952181,00.html Anarcho-Terrorists Cut Their Teeth on Video Games (I am astounded that anything this stupid could be printed in a newspaper) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007741jan31.story the Bush scandals Bush's Fraudulent Economic Plan http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/031/oped/Bush_s_fraudulent_economic_plan+.shtml W. and Enron Do the Numbers Alike http://www.mostnewyork.com/2002-01-30/News_and_Views/Opinion/a-139746.asp long delays in access to Bush's gubernatorial papers http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/features/news/bush_documents.html GAO v. Cheney Is Big-Time Stalling by John Dean http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20020201.html Large GOP Contributor Participated in Secret Energy Task Force Meetings http://www.public-i.org/story_01_013102.htm "Lay's instructions how the White House should handle the electricity crisis" (requires subscription) http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/02/01/enron_memo/ Lay Gave List of Favored Names to White House for Energy Panel http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory2/1235498 Marc Racicot's law firm is *now* cutting ties with Enron http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1233963 Houston, We Have a Problem (Texas is great except for its elites who have a win-at-any-costs mentality) http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/01/houston/print.html Enron's board new years ago about off-balance-sheet partnerships http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020131.atc.11.ram Enron: Selected Securities [etc.] Laws Possibly Implicated in Its Collapse http://www.fpc.gov/CRS_REPS/RL31248.pdf Investigation of the Energy Task Force http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/EnergyTaskForce/energytaskforce.shtml Energy Regulators Launch Latest Investigation of Enron Pricing http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1234029 Enron Refusing to Cooperate With Investigation, Senator Says (what a coincidence, Bush and Cheney are refusing to cooperate as well) http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory2/1234948 Judge Will Tell Enron to Release Internal Report http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1233867 Enron Accused of Withholding Data http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000007912jan31.story Enron's Web of Complex Hedges, Bets http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000007875jan31.story Concerned Ex-Worker Was Sent to Human Resources http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1233920 Enron's Vince Foster? (no no no -- spinning bits of fact into innuendoes is what *they* do) http://villagevoice.com/issues/0205/ridgeway.php why we should expect that more Enrons are out there (hint: markets don't work without regulation) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/opinion/01KRUG.html Andersen Spent Millions Lobbying for Deregulation http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/wed/business/news_1b30lobby.html NASDAQ 100 Report Losses of $82B to SEC, Profits of $19B to Shareholders (pretty amazing -- might be a temporary URL) http://www.smartstockinvestor.com/commentary.html everything else three articles on the judicial confirmation process http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZPJVYQ3XC jargon watch: another example of the fabrication of liberal bias (even their best examples, "Exhibit A" in this case, have a way of being false) http://www.dailyhowler.com/h020102_1.shtml Internet Key to Communication Among Youth (the numbers are from AOL, though, not independent research) http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_961881,00.html FTC Plans Crackdown on Deceptive Junk E-Mail (they talked about this repeatedly last year; we're still waiting for action) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020131/wr/tech_spam_dc_2.html end
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