MARIJUANA INITIATIVE ON ALASKA BALLOT
" A proposal to legalize marijuana use in private by people older than 21 has become the first initiative approved for the 2004 general election ballot in Alaska."
Initiatives to outlaw bear baiting and one mandating an election to fill U.S. Senate vacancies are also expected.
(ALASKA DAILY NEWS, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
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Friday, January 09, 2004
VIRUS DISSERTATION
While much attention has been paid to the malicious online attackers who exploit technology's vulnerabilities, little has been documented about the origins of the virus. Its early iterations were not created by malcontent teenagers or antisocial geeks but by campus researchers, system administrators and a handful of old-school hackers who thought that the ability to reproduce their programs automatically was a neat trick.
(C/NET NEWS, unearthed by Infopackets)
While much attention has been paid to the malicious online attackers who exploit technology's vulnerabilities, little has been documented about the origins of the virus. Its early iterations were not created by malcontent teenagers or antisocial geeks but by campus researchers, system administrators and a handful of old-school hackers who thought that the ability to reproduce their programs automatically was a neat trick.
(C/NET NEWS, unearthed by Infopackets)
THIS YEAR'S MOVIES
"It's still a tossup whether 2003 was a great year for movies. But there's no argument that it was one of the most gratifying years in recent memory for cinematography, and not just the eye-catching, high-contrast color gloss that often passes for great camera work but would be better relegated to press-on nails. "
(NYT)
"It's still a tossup whether 2003 was a great year for movies. But there's no argument that it was one of the most gratifying years in recent memory for cinematography, and not just the eye-catching, high-contrast color gloss that often passes for great camera work but would be better relegated to press-on nails. "
(NYT)
Thursday, January 08, 2004
BUSH PARODY CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Check out the final entries and vote for the funniest anti-Bush ad before Ashcroft shuts the website down and sends all of these people off to Guantanamo as "enemy combatants".
(MOVING ON, unearthed by Grag A. Reeves)
Check out the final entries and vote for the funniest anti-Bush ad before Ashcroft shuts the website down and sends all of these people off to Guantanamo as "enemy combatants".
(MOVING ON, unearthed by Grag A. Reeves)
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
BUSH'S "FORWARD STRATEGY OF FREEDOM" INCLUDES COMBAT OF FREE SPEECH
"When President Bush travels around the United States, the Secret Service visits the location ahead of time and orders local police to set up 'free speech zones' or 'protest zones,' where people opposed to Bush policies (and sometimes sign-carrying supporters) are quarantined. These zones routinely succeed in keeping protesters out of presidential sight and outside the view of media covering the event. "
(SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
"When President Bush travels around the United States, the Secret Service visits the location ahead of time and orders local police to set up 'free speech zones' or 'protest zones,' where people opposed to Bush policies (and sometimes sign-carrying supporters) are quarantined. These zones routinely succeed in keeping protesters out of presidential sight and outside the view of media covering the event. "
(SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
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