[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 22:49:24 PST

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    Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.
    
    RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html
    
    
    war
    
    "reasons why Mr. Bush may prefer to whip up irrational war hysteria"
    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2002062638,00.html
    
    Bush's Comments Bolster Old Guard in Tehran
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/international/middleeast/08IRAN.html
    
    Is North Korean Threat Overstated?
    (it's a bad place, no doubt about it, but extreme language doesn't help anyone)
    http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-020702norkor.story
    
    the United States' not entirely admirable history in the Philippines
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/02/05/eguillermo.DTL
    
    the war on terror lets us admit that military aid to Colombia is about oil
    (next stop: Venezuela)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/americas/06COLO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Is a US Bioweapons Scientist Behind Last Fall's Anthrax Attacks?
    (requires subscription)
    http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/08/anthrax/print.html
    
    Computer Wins Afghan Battlefield Spurs
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020206001717
    
    Robot Weapons Convince Sceptics
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020205001456
    
    US Military Might Gains Greater Power From Anti-Terror Campaign
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020207002004
    
    New Weapon Systems Are Budget Winners
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42716-2002Feb7.html
    
    indictment of John Walker Lindh
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/uswlindh020502cmp.html
    
    images purporting to show an Army attack on a Taliban tank
    (they're interesting images whatever they are)
    http://www.nbcnco.com/taliban.jpg
    
    article about scrounging for old Russian hardware in the Kandahar airport
    http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/02/06/savidge.day6.otsc/
    
    No Oases for Saudi Youths
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000009590feb07.story
    
    
    civil liberties and security
    
    Airport Security Revamp in the Works in Boston
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36158-2002Feb6.html
    
    Michael Moore on his book almost not getting published
    (this is why media concentration is dangerous)
    http://www.michaelmoore.com/2002_0205.html
    
    "presence awareness"
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/07/technology/circuits/07HERE.html?pagewanted=all
    
    Experts Vote Down Internet Elections
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/701210.asp
    
    Microsoft Taunted With "Trustworthy Computing" Web Page
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23966.html
    
    
    the Bush scandals
    
    "Bush lawyers have an aggressive strategy to advance presidential authority"
    (the word "republican" used to mean something, and it wasn't this)
    http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZHN4RPDXC
    
    Bush's Executive-Privilege Two-Step
    (see also Douglas Kmiec's wildly deceptive op-ed in Thursday's WSJ)
    http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/02/07/bush_records/print.html
    
    Cheney Goes From Asset to Albatross
    http://www.nj.com/opinion/ledger/index.ssf?/columns/farmer/15c4531.html
    
    a graphic account of Thursday's Enron testimony
    (requires subscription)
    http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/02/08/enron/print.html
    
    Former CEO Skilling's Testimony Elicits Disdain, Derision in Houston
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42762-2002Feb7.html
    
    Lay's Ties to Bush Go Back Years
    http://www.dallasnews.com/politics/statenews/stories/lay_07tex.ART0.Zone1.Edition1.15225.html
    
    Enron's Collapse and America's Crony Capitalism
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020206001932
    
    Enron Payments to Top Journalists Sign of an Ongoing Trend
    http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5070
    
    Enron controversy at Harvard
    http://www.harvardwatch.org/
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4349518,00.html
    
    Scandals 101: Lessons of the S&L Meltdown for Enron Law Firms
    http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZOG3JNCXC
    
    Enron Contributions to Current Members of the House, 1989-2001
    (huge table may take minutes to load)
    http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/enron_cong_house_alpha.asp
    
    Mansion Loophole in Bankruptcy Laws Targeted
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000009625feb07.story
    
    Credit Agencies Waited Months to Voice Doubt About Enron
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/business/08RATE.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Enron Workers Say They Faked Trading to Impress Analysts
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/701439.asp
    
    Lawyer Warned Enron Officials of Dubious Deals a Year Before Collapse
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/07/business/07LAWY.html?pagewanted=print
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35985-2002Feb6.html
    
    Enron Execs Touted Their Ethics on an Educational CD
    (what a coincidence: George Bush ran for president on his character)
    http://www.khou.com/news/local/khou020205_nh_enroncd.13d4b0d.html
    
    why so many people want Andersen shut down
    http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/07/arthur_andersen/
    
    
    politics
    
    Republican and Democratic views of the budget
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/index.html
    http://www.senate.gov/~budget/democratic/
    
    some good measures of the budget's awfulness
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/opinion/08KRUG.html
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000009217feb06.story
    
    jargon watch: Rush Limbaugh announces that liberals in general are evil
    (projection is a positive feedback loop, and it can get much worse)
    http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2002_02_03_archive.html#9484426
    
    jargon watch: "we need to execute Walker to physically intimidate liberals"
    http://pages.ivillage.com/partisanwitchhunt/action.html
    
    jargon watch: blanket accusations of "relativism" were always a caricature
    (but pundits somehow turn the counterevidence into more grounds for attacks)
    http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001831
    
    jargon watch: "controversial nominees often are political fodder for Democrats"
    (wow)
    http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/pickering_020502.html
    
    
    everything else
    
    NPR Tunes In to Multimedia Reporting
    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-832020.html
    
    circuit court says that thumbnail photos not covered by copyright
    http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZF07DWDXC
    
    Advanced Radio Technologies, Boulder, 4-6 March 2002
    http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/meetings/art/
    
    "Digital Divide" Report Criticized
    http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/06/digital-divide.htm
    
    cool press release about evidence for the genetics of early evolution
    http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mchox.htm
    
    The Chowhound Passport
    (it says "bring me the serious food, not the tourist stuff" in eight languages)
    http://chowhound.safeshopper.com/18/cat18.htm?837
    
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