Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html Pick Hit: Sonny Rollins, Ken Burns Jazz I'm being flamed by both sides in the Middle East controversy. I won't bore you with details or invective. Suffice it to say that I've removed several people from the list in the last few weeks, and I have no problem removing more people if I have to. war US Units Attacking Al Qaeda in Pakistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A44160-2002Apr24?language=printer German Officials Find More Terrorist Groups, and Some Disturbing Parallels http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/international/europe/26GERM.html How in a Little British Town Jihad Found Young Converts http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/international/europe/24BRIT.html?pagewanted=all Spy Networks Being Rebuilt for Terror War http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0424/p02s02-usmi.html US Forces in Philippines Facing CIA-Trained Abu Sayyaf Terrorists (probably a temporary URL) http://www.bayanimagazine.com/bayani.cover.html Army Questions Scientist's Motives for Anthrax Search http://www.fredericknewspost.com/display.cfm?storyid=19800 "despite the evidence, the FBI won't let go of its 'lone American' theory" (let me guess: Iraq did it) http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/147vnjgh.asp health problems at the World Trade Center site http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-26g.html Change in FEMA Rules Barred Many From September 11th Disaster Relief (you'll recall that Joe Allbaugh was Bush's campaign manager) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/nyregion/26FEMA.html?pagewanted=all more on Jenin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50986-2002Apr25.html http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=288592 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/02/world/world_bouckaert0426.htm http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000029949apr27.story http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=127&DocID=1253 http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0426/p01s04-wome.html jargon watch: issue accusations, then do exactly what you've accused others of (preemptive projection: in this case, drawing conclusions w/o investigation) http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=express&s=hochman042402 Venezuelans Press for Truth About Killings During Chavez Protests (truth commissions are so institutionalized now) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/international/americas/27VICT.html Venezuelans Linked to Coup Attempt Said to Be in Miami (Florida!) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/3140059.htm US Bankrolling Is Under Scrutiny for Ties to Chavez Ouster http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/international/americas/25VENE.html how each of the 53 people died in the LA riots ten years ago http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/23/the-crogan2.shtml civil liberties and security Bush Swells the State http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=939 "police power to search your home without telling you why" http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3936063&BRD=982&PAG=461&d=ept_id=467992&rfi=6 "free speech zones" on college campuses (no: the whole campus is a free speech zones) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20020426.me.06.ram Klez Microsoft Worm Reaches "Level 4 Threat" (or blue, or orange, or something) http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/26/020426hnklez.xml CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on US http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000029427apr25.story Waging Peace on the Internet (leading hacker on hacktivism) http://www.theregus.com/content/6/24705.html What Happened to XNS? (Digital Identity) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/26/51521/2875 Study: Customers Wary of Online ID's http://news.com.com/2102-1001-892808.html more on S. 2210, the Online Personal Privacy Act http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/26/hollings_spyware/print.html http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/print_story.asp?story=26966708 AOPA Scolds Fox News for Report on Nuclear Power Plant Security http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2002/02-2-066x.html police using laser weapons (December 2000) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/tw/items/001206_laserdazzler.shtml politics Lower Tax Receipts Could Double US Budget Deficit http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000029706apr26.story The Bush Administration's Assault on the Environment http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/rollbacks/rollbacksinx.asp Enron: The Anatomy of a Cover-Up (I have no opinion) http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0203/S00066.htm comment on "conservative victims" claiming racism and the like (their followers hear these claims as asserting that all such claims are false) http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020429&s=trb042902 jargon watch: Marx wanted X, we have X, therefore we are ruled by Marxists (a childish fallacy, it's a standard technique for creating a bad association) http://www.nandotimes.com/opinions/story/379694p-3032966c.html everything else New Google Answers Service Raises a Few Questions of Its Own http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb020422-3.htm Google is hiring a remarkable number of people http://www.google.com/jobs/ Smart Glasses Order Own Refills (it's a dumb gadget; what's interesting is the thousands more like it) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1910000/1910627.stm Long Distance May Face a Very Short Future (I don't even have local phone service, just a data line and a cell phone) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000029705apr26.story Laser Science, Inc. (pathetically overblown corporate Web site Flash intro) http://www.laserscience.com/ interview with Erik Davis http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/04/25/edavis.DTL&type=printable entertaining radio story about an autistic boy who plays jazz piano (the kid rocks too) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020424.atc.09.ram UK Math Whiz Tackles $1 Million Problem http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/04/26/britain.math.mystery.ap/ French elections http://www.liberation.com/presidentielle/index.php http://www.service-public.fr/accueil/elections2002_result_pres1.html http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/rubriques/a/a2_zoomsur/resultelec http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/France/ What's the Worst Car of the Millennium? http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Worst-Cars/ end
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