Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html The anti-war ad that I said was refused by the New York Times did in fact run, I am told, on Sept. 25th. My apologies to the Times' much- improved op-ed page. My source of bad information knows who he is. When I run a correction, I am sometimes jeered for having tracked the smears that are spread wholesale by some other publications. This kind of reflexive pinning-it-back-on-them is one of the basic mechanisms of jargon. Jargon only works, however, if the rational mind has been shut down. Those who are still capable of rational thought understand that the real difference is between the publications that run decent corrections and the ones that don't. Iraq US Expands Aggressive Defense in Iraq (aggressive defense) http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dfg%2Dqaeda27sep27§ion=%2Fnews%2Fprintedition%2Fasection US attacks allegedly civilian radar in southern Iraq http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2283465.stm US Aim in Iraq: "Lightning" Action http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020927/4488478s.htm Iraqi Officials Plan for Urban Warfare http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8512-2002Sep26.html Iraq use of botulin toxin http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020926/4483176s.htm Iraq Special Weapons http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/ Agency Disavows Report on Iraq Arms (misleading title: the point is that Bush cited a report that does not exist) http://asp.washtimes.com/printarticle.asp?action=print&ArticleID=20020927-500715 Experts Skeptical of al-Qaeda-Iraq Tie http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020927/4488720s.htm war on secret evidence is the opposite of democracy (especially when war is then used as a reason to curtail democratic freedoms) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8759-2002Sep26?language=printer Ashcroft's Baghdad Connection http://www.msnbc.com/news/813579.asp we should certainly denounce countries that ignore UN resolutions (and countries that threaten war without UN support) http://news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/csmonitor/s/20020927/27sep2002085227.html more conservative doubts on Iraq http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jackkemp/printjk20020924.shtml danger to Tony Blair from internal Labour Party rebellions (we'll see) http://www.thenewrepublic.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20020930&s=luckhurst093002 the machine is calling opponents of Bush Iraq policies "appeasers" (its smears are not random; it uses every word that can be used to attack) http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2002_09_22_archive.html#85493378 and it's time for another smear campaign! (the mean-time-between-smears is shortening -- an election must be coming up) http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh092602.shtml war Bush spreads venom and when anyone calls him on it he lectures them on civility (notice the projection: it's a full-blown culture of bullying) http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/26/bush.dems.iraq/ http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/hdrive/Iraq092502_senate.rm DeLay then amplified Bush's already vile comments (and their hate language is nothing to what floods through the media 24/7) http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2002_09_22_archive.html#85501995 FBI Account Outlines Activities of Hijackers Before 9/11 Attacks http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/national/27INTE.html?pagewanted=print Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering, and Speculation http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0112/Eagar/Eagar-0112.html Federal Disaster Policies After Terrorists Strike http://www.house.gov/maloney/crsreport.pdf "open source intelligence" site http://www.oss.net/extra/page/ civil liberties and security Caltech-MIT Team Finds 35% Improvement in Florida's Voting Technology http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12284.html rebuttal to the Caltech-MIT claim by Rebecca Mercuri http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/22.26.html#subj1 report from the MIT/Caltech Voting Technology Project (I somehow didn't manage to carry it when it came out last year) http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2001/VTP_report_all.pdf New York Police Request Broader Surveillance Rights http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128620594 bioterror model law now passed in 19 states ("Emergency Health Powers Act") http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128590571 No-Fly Blacklist Snares Political Activists http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/27/MN181034.DTL&type=printable Microsoft VPN Flaw Puts Internal Networks at Risk (a buffer overflow in their tunneling protocol! incredible) http://news.com.com/2102-1001-959659.html US exploring the use of Valium as a "non-lethal weapon" (I guess they've never heard of Ritalin) http://printerfriendly.abcnews.com/printerfriendly/Print?fetchFromGLUE=true&GLUEService=ABCNewsCom intellectual property more on intellectual property controversies at Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/ccf.html Houses Approves Language Easing Some Copyright Rules for Online Courses http://chronicle.com/free/2002/09/2002092701t.htm record labels talking about going after Bertelsmann over Napster piracy (I expect it's just talk, but their theory is interesting) http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dfi%2Dnapster26sep26001431§ion=%2Fbusiness corruption manipulation and cover-ups in the California energy crisis http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/opinion/27KRUG.html?pagewanted=print How the Bush Administration Is Giving Away Our Environment to Its Contributors http://www.publicampaign.org/publications/reports/paybacks/Paybacks.pdf criminal information against WorldCom's ex-controller http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/worldcom/usmyers92502inf.pdf http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128622434 Enron Report Casts Harsh Light on Lawyers http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128629756 everything else US Warns Nigeria Over Online Fraud Schemes http://www.idg.net/ic_951823_1794_9-10000.html New Software Quietly Diverts Online Sales Commissions (way too much can happen in your computer without your knowing it) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/technology/27FREE.html?pagewanted=print Technology in Teaching Languages and Culture, Monterey, 20-22 March 2003 http://iwlc.csumb.edu/digitalstream/index.html assistant professor faculty positions in telecommunications http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/job_opps.html AP article on Georgia creationism decision that uses creationist spin (taking the term "critical thinking" away from the scientists) http://news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/ap_stories/other/1110/9-27-2002/20020927021502_17.html new left-wing media monitor http://www.medialens.org/ Internet etc in North Korea (I have no idea about the reliability of the site, though) http://north-korea.narod.ru/dprk_internet.htm we need a sample of Venusian atmosphere (like right now) http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992843 end
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