A thought-provoking article about the implications of
differing fertility rates based on political ideology
in the US:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008831
JDG
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Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the bes
Hi Everyone,
I haven't been around in a while, but someone in my
neighborhood just passed along the following notice,
and I figured that someone here might be interested.
Contact Neda for more information
JDG
--- Neda Juraydini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:46:09
On Thanksgiving Day I took Green Bay and Miami, and
surprisingly went 1-1 in this .500 kind of year for
me.
Arizona at Chicago - The story of the Cardinals this
year has been surprising people at home and getting
blown out on the road. Pick: BEARS
New England at Indianpolis - Bill Belichick, aka
David Frum, National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/diary060103.asp
Bill O'Reilly debated Al Franken and Molly Ivins in an
event broadcast on C-Span on Sunday afternoon, and he
made this great joke that cracked up the conservatives
in the audience:
"These HMOs are getting so arrog
It will be interesting to count the instances of
outrage over this, as Saddam attempted to starve
civilians in Basra and blame it on the allies.
JDG
Complex found bulging with food in hungry city
Distribution center was used by U.N. oil-for-food
program
>From Mike Boettcher
CNN
Thursday, April
NORTH KOREA: U.N. Envoy Says War Is Possible; Security
Council To Meet
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire/util/display_stories.asp?objid=32999
UN WIRE
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy for North
Korea, Maurice Strong, yesterday called it "entirely
possible" for a war to result from U.S.
It seems to me that there is a national partnership
between the US and Europe, with the US specializing in
being the best warriors they can be, Europeans
specializing in peackeeping, and the British bridging
the gap. Here seems to be more evidence for that...
JDG
>From London to Iraq: Peacek
April 4, 2003 E-mail storyPrint
Iraq Debts Add Up to Trouble
Economists say Bush administration officials are
wrong to assume that petroleum revenue will pay for
postwar reconstruction.
By Warren Vieth, LA Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-war-iraqde
My general thought is that the reconstruction of Iraq
is the US's responsibility, as the primary leader of
the coalition, and so the US should be directing the
rebuilding efforts - and should welcome whatever
humanitarian help is offered by the UN, NATO, or even
France in a supporting role.
JDG
Here is an excellent graphic describing Iraq's
chemical weapons arsenal and delivery systems:
http://images.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2003-04/7268711.pdf
In other news, we may have confirmation of a "smoking
gun" in a few hours or days:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030404_495.html
Office
At this point, I say that the United States should
recognize Taiwanese independence to whatever extent it
asks us to, and tell Beijing to take their objections
and stuff it. Really, what will Red China do to us?
Eventually, Beijing will come back to reality and just
get over it. Time to do the
Canadians hurl abuse at U.S. hockey peewees
By INGRID PERITZ
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - Page A1
Toronto Globe and Mail
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030402/UMASSN//?query=Brockton
MONTREAL -- A peewee hockey tournament in Montreal
became a trip into hostile te
Dr. Brin recently made some harsh criticisms of the US
war plans in Iraq, and suggested that it would be the
prowess of US soldiers in the field that would salvage
success in this war. David Frum's commentary on this
from a few days ago seems particularly relevant - as
well as providing some great
In Najaf
Army Enters Holy City
Crowds Cheer Troops Close to Shiite Shrine
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4297-2003Apr1.html
By Rick Atkinson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, April 2, 2003; Page A01
NAJAF, Iraq, April 1 -- U.S. Army troops seized the
southern edge
A journalist was fired from the LA Times for altering
a photo to, quote, "improve the composition."
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-ednote_blurb.blurb
Right.
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John D. Giorgis -
Learn something new every day:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html
BTW - not mentioned here is my friend's pet theory
about "Hotel California", which is that it is about
divorce.
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After further review, it appears that the Bush plan
will produce a net increase of 660,000 workers covered
under overtime laws. Moreover, the excluded workers
will come primarily from such highly-paid,
upper-middle-class to rich-class professions as
engineers and pharmacists. Perhaps most impor
While I find many of these arguments persuasive, I
just can't envision a proces by which the formation of
a successor organization to the UN occurs. For this
to happen, many countries need to become disillusioned
by the UN, and so far I don't see that happening. The
United States remains somewha
I'd just like to note that after a recent discussion
in which a couple list-members got all pissy at the
suggestion that they would not post articles to this
list about students being prohibited from wearing
pro-life T-Shirts at school that I am absolutely
shocked, *shocked* I tell you, that nobody
Hi All,
I sent my Dad the picture of the camera-toting
dolphin, and he reports:
"Don't know why but I can no longer see any jpg files.
They come out all fuzzy. Not sure why. Any ideas?"
I'm clueless, but I'm hoping that maybe somebody here
might have an idea.
JDG
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Snap Judgments
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/opinion/31SAFI.html
WASHINGTON
I never made it higher than corporal, but it doesn't
take a military genius to figure out the strategy when
you have air supremacy: break the back of the enemy's
armor and its infantry before your big
This article posted by the Fool used some technical
terms, but since I actually have some professional
experience in this field, I thought that I'd point out
that the concept of "public domain" has never existed
in Mexico the way it has existed in the US.
Moreover, despite the hysterical title pu
Analysis
War's Military, Political Goals Begin to Diverge
By Rick Atkinson and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 30, 2003; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49102-2003Mar29.html
KIFL, Iraq, March 29 -- Ten days into the invasion of
Iraq, the p
Aye, aye, aye like the great English word
"cleave", North America is a term that has multiple
definitions when referring to the Western Hemisphere.
Cultural Context and some Economic Contexts:
North America = US + Canada
This is as opposed to Latin America, which includes
everything else.*
If this is true... this is highly embarassing.
JDG
Analysts Say Threat Warnings Toned Down
Guerrilla Tactics Were Predicted
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34283-2003Mar26.html
By Walter Pincus and Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 27, 2003; Page A27
Holy Places, Battle Scenes
A guide to Shiite Iraq.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110003262
BY ERIC ORMSBY
Friday, March 28, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
The exotic names Karbala and Najaf, where coalition
forces in Iraq are engaged in fierce combat, have
little resonance for most Americans. B
Hubble Watches Light From Mysterious Star Reverberate
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spaceart-03a.html
Baltimore - Mar 28, 2003
In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure
constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more
luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the
brightest star in our Milky W
I must say that these numbers definitely surprised
me...
JDG
Minister claims greenhouse gain
Terry Macalister
Wednesday March 26, 2003
The Guardian
The government today hails signs that its climate
change strategy is producing results, with carbon
dioxide emissions falling 3.5% over the pas
O.k., I've managed to confirm that at minimum, my
computer's power supply died. Anybody have any
advice on buying a 400watt power supply?
Thanks for all your help.
JDG
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> Quote of the day (I wonder who actually said it)
> From a friend (no offense to anyone):
>
> "you know the world's gone mad when the best rapper
> is a white guy, the
> best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the
> America's Cup, France is
> accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans
IRAQ: Firefighters Find Signs Of Sabotage, But Little
Damage To Oil Wells
UN WIRE
Firefighters in southern Iraq said this week that
they have found evidence of sabotage in Iraq's
valuable Rumeila South oil field but that very few of
Iraq's 1,685 oil wells are burning.
Associated Press report
Sort of makes you wonder who else has joined in the
fighting without touting it Maybe the Czechs,
Italians, or Hungarians?
JDG
Poland Admits Iraq Combat Role After News Photos
Mar 24, 1:12 pm ET
By Douglas Busvine
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland admitted on Monday that its
elite GROM comman
Here is a fascinating article about how the war plans
were made, including some insight as to why it took
more than an entire year to go from the axis-of-evil
speech to the war.
JDG
Attack Was 48 Hours Old When It 'Began'
By Bob Woodward
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 23, 2003; P
Marines Meet Potent Enemy in Deadly Fight
By MICHAEL WILSON
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/international/worldspecial/24BATT.html
NASIRIYA, Iraq, March 23 What looked to be an easy
ride into this city turned into a messy firefight
today when Iraqi tanks, regular soldiers and
guerril
Although I have significant disagreements with this
article, I nonetheless found it thought-provoking.
Although its 20 pages, you can probably skim some
sections to get the main points.
In a nutshell: Kagan views the current Atlantic divide
as in large part the national dissasociation between
mid
...in case you still didn't believe that Bill Clinton
is and was a compulsive liar, he now claims to have
dunked a basketball in a high school basketball game.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/s_124908.html?s_124908.html
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As a side note, whie driving through several stretches
of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia over the
weekend, I couldn't get any radio coverage of the NCAA
Men's Basketball tournament, and my only radio source
of war coverage was NPR. As an example of how biased
NPR is, even by mainstream
On CNN Radio today, an embedded reporter indicated
that it appeared that Iraqi soldiers were dressing as
civilians, waving a white flag of surrender, and after
being turned away by Coalition forces (civilians
aren't really supposed to surrender) were going back
to their units to give targetting inf
To everyone on Brin-L:
In a recent thread, a certain listmember impugned both
my patriotism and my honor, and over the course of a
rather long and detailed response, I included two very
heated insults. I recognize now that it was impolite
to make such assessments to "his face" in any medium,
Unprecedented Logic
Why slippery-slope arguments against invading Iraq
don't hold water.
By Eugene Volokh
Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 3:35 PM PT
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2080344
A pre-emptive U.S. attack on Iraq, Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chrétien has argued, "might be
considered as a
The Pentagon's Scariest Thoughts
By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN
WASHINGTON Watching television images of American
soldiers in the Kuwaiti desert, chemical-protection
suits strapped to their belts, it's hard not to worry
about what Saddam Hussein may have in store for them.
Still, one needs to be caref
Can anyone from the UK vouch for the credibility of
this paper?
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=3895393
This is
LONDON
19/03/03 - War on Iraq section
The war has started
By Robert Fox, Defence Correspondent and David Taylor,
Evening Standard
British and
...the "blood for oil" argument simply doesn't add up:
http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-18-03.html
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Tonight I have a message for the brave and opp
Those countries include: Afghanistan, Albania,
Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Rep. of
Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the FYR Macedonia, the
Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Pola
Allies Hope to Move Quickly to Seize City in Iraq's
South
By PATRICK E. TYLER
NY TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/international/middleeast/18BASR.html?pagewanted=all&position=top
KUWAIT CITY, March 17 One of the first major
objectives in the war against Iraq will be to seize
its largest
Reading between the lines here, basically what
happened is this: a country whose leadership supports
the war, but faces unhappiness with the war among its
own people and/or possible diplomatic retribution from
France is going to be unlikely, ceteris paribis, to
vote for a resolution when it knows t
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Rebel Leader Stages Coup;
Refugees Flee
UN WIRE
Rebel commander General Francois Bozize, who led a
weekend coup in the Central African Republic while
President Ange-Felix Patasse was in Niger for a
meeting of African leaders, suspended the constitution
and dismissed th
U.N. envoy says U.S. food donation keeps aid flowing
to North Korea
Sun Mar 16, 4:41 AM ET
BEIJING - A U.N. envoy bound for North Korea (news -
web sites) said Sunday that the United States is
promising to send 40,000 tons of food immediately for
the hungry nation.
Maurice Strong, a Can
World Health Organization issues emergency travel
advisory
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Spreads
Worldwide
15 March 2003 | GENEVA -- During the past week, WHO
has received reports of more than 150 new suspected
cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an
atypical pneumonia
ABC has just shown video of a US military officer
telling troops in Kuwait that "the President is going
to talk to the nation tonight."
In other news, forces in Kuwait packed up their
civilian items and placed them into storage today, and
yesterday they opened their vacuum-sealed chemical
suits.
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >
> > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > There is an indication that the administration
> is
> > > considering pulling
> > > troops out of S. Korea and reducing the force in
> W.
> > > Europe. Given the
> > > statements of the governments of S. Korea and
>
This editorial makes a pretty good analysis of how
this crisis has transpired so far, until the end.
Somehow, Krauthammer seems to have missed the fact
that the US proposed exactly the same resolution he
described several weeks ago, and it was rejected by
the French, et all. Indeed, Jose Maria A
Deadlier Than War
By Walter Russell Mead
Wednesday, March 12, 2003; Page A21
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13019-2003Mar11.html
Those who still oppose war in Iraq think containment
is an alternative -- a middle way between all-out war
and letting Saddam Hussein out of his box.
March 10, 2003 9:00 a.m.
A Theory
What if theres method to the Franco-German madness?
Michael Ledeen
National Review
http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen031003.asp
Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans
aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design,
long-term design. Th
Can anybody provide some advice on this:
I bought a brand new computer last June.
As is my habit, I basically leave my computer turned
on all the time, except when I am on travel for
multiple days.
Last night, I had guests over, so I turned my computer
off.
This morning, I turned on my computer
The French Connection
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
ASHINGTON
France, China and Syria all have a common reason for
keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: the
three nations may not want the world to discover that
their nationals have been illicitly supplying Saddam
Hussein with materials used in b
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Bush in Lilliput
Delaying action in Iraq is endangering American lives.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
Wall St. Journal
"The Bush Administration is putting a special focus on
winning the support of Guinea . . ."--page A3,
yesterday's Wall Street Journal.
We've neve
Having Pups Over Pluto And The Planetary Misfits Of
The Kuipers
As king of the Kuipers should Pluto remain an
honourary planet until something bigger is found
beyond Neptune
by Robert Sanders
for Berkeley NewsCenter
Berkeley - Mar 12, 2003
Ask any kid how many planets are in our solar system,
and
See all the way at the bottom now we know another
reason why the US won't sign the ICC Treaty.
JDG
Bush Lobbies For Deal On Iraq
Plan Would Set Deadlines, Goals
By Karen DeYoung and Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, March 12, 2003; Page A01
President Bush personal
>From David Frum's Blog:
Im in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but thanks to the
miracle of modern satellite technology, I was able to
join yesterday in a French television program that
pitted former French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine
against a line-up of North American sparring partners.
Vedrine too
Kazakhstan tops North Korea's weapons shop list
SEOUL (AFP) Mar 06, 2003
Russia and Kazakhstan were the main suppliers of
fighters and other conventional weapons to North Korea
in the past ten years, according to a Swedish research
institute.
The website of the Stockholm International Peace
Resea
Unfortunately, I must totally disagree with the author
of this article. In my mind, the integration of
Turkey, ie. a secular Muslim democracy in the Middle
East into Western Civilization is one of the most
important tasks facing our civilization. We must
prove that Western Civilization and Musli
Saddam 'killed missile chief' to thwart UN team
By David Wastell and Julian Coman in Washington
(Filed: 02/03/2003)
The Telegraph
Western intelligence agencies are investigating claims
that Saddam Hussein ordered the murder of a senior
Iraqi missile engineer to prevent him passing vital
informat
Rod Dreher
National Review
March 4, 2003 9:00 a.m.
Letter to a European Friend
Explaining this war.
Dear Harry,
Thanks so much for your recent letter. You Dutch are
great about remembering birthdays. I hardly noticed
that I even had a birthday this year, inasmuch as the
day came at the end of
Arming Saudi Arabia today, may, in a couple decades,
be looked upon like our arming of Hussein in 1980 and
the mujaheddin in Afghanistan.
JDG
March 4, 2003, 9:30 a.m.
Blowback Alert
Saudi Arabia is next.
By Gerald M. Steinberg
National Review
Officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have
a
OPINION
March 4, 2003 9:00 a.m.
The Iranian-Election Revolt
The people speak. The West wont listen.
Michael Ledeen - National Review
Iran held municipal elections over the weekend. All
the regime's big guns had implored the people to turn
out in record numbers, to demonstrate that the people
we
300 SAS troops already in Iraq
By Michael Smith
(Filed: 04/03/2003)
The London Telegraph
Several thousand allied special forces, including more
than 300 SAS personnel, are already operating inside
Iraq.
Anti-war protestors demonstrate as US B52 bombers move
into RAF Fairford
This suggests t
Updated Tuesday, February 25 at 1:27 PM
Was I That Stupid?
by Gerald Posner
This past weekend, millions turned out in cities
worldwide for antiwar protests the largest since the
Vietnam war by groups opposed to US military action
against Iraq. Tens of thousands in the United States
recently
U.S. Would Limit Action By Kurds in Postwar Iraq
Vow to Turkey Is Part of Deal on Troops
By Philip P. Pan and Daniel Williams
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, February 27, 2003; Page A01
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 26 -- The United States has
promised to prevent Kurds from imposing a
federa
and Krugman is again all wet.
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U.S. makes plans for post-Saddam Iraq
>From Barbara Starr
CNN Washington Bureau
Monday, February 24, 2003 Posted: 1:16 PM EST (1816
GMT)
U.N. weapons inspectors pass an Iraqi soldier Monday
in Baghdad.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration is la
February 21, 2003
A Last Chance to Stop Iraq
By KENNETH M. POLLACK
WASHINGTON With the Bush administration set to put a
resolution on Iraq before the United Nations Security
Council next week, those opposed to war will rally
around the notion that Saddam Hussein can be deterred
from aggression
All Eyes on The Inspector
An interview with the U.N. diplomat. He talks about
Iraqi credibility, the necessity of a military threat
and wrangling within the Security Council
Posted Sunday, February 23, 2003; 10:31 a.m. EST
TIME: In a perfect world, how long should inspections
proce
Obviously, disarmament is just one very small portion
of the "rebuilding" in Afghanistan, but this article
belies Krugman's ridiculous assertion that the US was
pledging not one cent towards Afghanistan in the next
budget. In other news, President Karzai himself has
stated that he is, quote, "not
The draft
Warriors-by-numbers
Feb 13th 2003 | BOSTON
>From The Economist print edition
An old and much-loathed scheme resurfaces
THE last man to be conscripted into America's armed
forces was called up on Valentine's Day 30 years ago.
But the idea of the draft as a social equaliser lives
on.
Chirac Scolding Angers Nations That Back U.S.
By CRAIG S. SMITH
NY Times
RUSSELS, Feb. 18 "New Europe" barked back at "old
Europe" today, deepening the continental rift over
Iraq after President Jacques Chirac of France told
Central and Eastern European countries to keep their
views on Iraq to t
Editorial
No Easy Way
Friday, February 14, 2003; Page A30
RUSSIA, CHINA and several European governments have
been insisting that the United States cannot take
action against Iraq without the full involvement of
the United Nations. So it's curious to hear those same
countries argue that in the
Just for the record, the Europeans still can't project
power on their own in a meaningfull way, and still
should be doing much more to hold up their end of the
Transatlantic Alliance. Nobody is saying that they
accomplish absolutely nothing with their militaries -
just that they need to accomplish
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/RevivalMediaMythsMemo.html
An excerpt follows:
The September 17, 1996 edition of the Washington Post
contained the results of a lengthy investigation
conducted by reporters Barbara Vobejda and David M.
Brown, M.D., who interviewed several abortionists (not
thos
Ancient Climate May Augur Future Effects Of Global
Warming
by Matthew Huber
West Lafayette - Feb 12, 2003
Ancient lake sediments and modern computers both
indicate that El Nino might react differently to
global warming than current theory claims, according
to a Purdue research report.
Purdue Unive
This was an interesting column on an oft-discussed
list subject. Please note that if you are easily
offended by a column that presents strong pro-life
viewpoints, in addition to the scientific information
that I am interested in comments on, you may not wish
to read this article.
JDG
Subject
This was an interesting column on an oft-discussed
list subject.
JDG
Subject: Abortion's Link to Premature Birth is No
Mystery
Source: Elliot Institute; February 10, 2003
Abortion's Link to Premature Birth is No Mystery
by David Reardon
The March of Dimes has announced a major fund raisi
AT WAR
The Inspections Dodge
Why are France and Germany pro-Saddam? Follow the
money.
BY KHIDHIR HAMZA
Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST
My 20 years of work in Iraq's nuclear-weapons program
and military industry were partly a training course in
methods of deception and camouflage to
Interesting footnote in today's news digest
.
"The NYT, alone among the papers, fronts word that
Ansar al-Islam guerrillas, who the administration says
have connections to AQ, assassinated a top Kurdish
official yesterday."
To me, this bears ominious resemblance to the
assasination of Ahmad Shah
AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Commander Says Force Needs Three
More Years
UN WIRE
The International Security Assistance Force must stay
in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, two or three more
years to ensure security and stability, the commander
of the force said yesterday.
[snip]
"The establishment of bot
If you've ever wondered about the difference between
Europe and America on abortion, then this is a
fascinating article.
JDG
Abortion in America
The war that never ends
Jan 16th 2003 | WASHINGTON, DC
>From The Economist print edition
The United States did not deal with abortion as Europe
Terry Eastland: Children with 'special needs' are as
loved as any others
01/28/2003 Dallas Morning News
By TERRY EASTLAND
Last month, Dateline NBC told the story of a young
couple's decision to have a baby who had been
diagnosed with Down syndrome. The story, which took
place in 1998, is worth
...and Libya is chairing the Commission on Human
Rights. File this as Reason #3462 why the UN system
is broken...
JDG
Iraq to chair U.N. disarmament conference
>From Richard Roth
CNN New York Bureau
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Posted: 6:49 AM EST (1149
GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iraq will
If this doesn't shred the last bit of the UN's
credibility on human rights, I don't know what will.
The USA should withdraw from the UN Commission on
Human Rights in protest...
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RIGHTS COMMISSION: Libya Wins Chair Over U.S.
Objections
UN WIRE
In a secret ballot, the U.N. Human Rights
Many of President Bush's admirers have noticed his
uncanny ability to continually outsmart and outwit his
opponents in the political arena.
The latest example of this may be in the effects of
the much-criticized steel tariffs he implemented.
Now, his defenders have always argued that this was a
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "John D. Giorgis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 03:56 PM 1/14/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >Card's not right about everything (he overstates
the
> >importance of the China situation, imo, and
> >understates the extent to which the Administration
> >seems to have be
In the past, the number of partial-birth abortions in
the United States has been debated - so I thought that
the numbers in the enclosed article would be of
interest.
JDG
Subject: Study Shows Threefold Increase in
Partial-Birth Abortions
Source: Washington Times; January 14, 2003
Study Show
Many people have argued that Bush's hard-nosed policy
in regards to Iraq has been instrumental in unifying
the UN Security Council in regards to the situation,
and then producing the first UN inspections in years
in Iraq. Apparently Hans Blix agrees with this
assessment
>From UN Wire:
Blix
An article in this week's Economist discusses many of
the positive accomplishments in Afghanistan, while
also parsing few words about how very far remains to
go in rebuilding in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, I
think that it would be good to accentuate some of the
positives, just one year after the e
Subject: Late Term Kansas Abortionist to Perform
Free Abortions
Source: Lawrence Journal World
January 13, 2003
Late Term Kansas Abortionist to Perform Free Abortions
Wichita, KS -- George Tiller, the infamous Kansas
late-term abortionist, will do free abortions on poor
women Saturday to mark
Blix noted that comparison of Iraq's declaration and
its previous statements revealed "several cases of
inconsistencies."
He said Iraq provided contradictory information on its
VX nerve agent program, further clouding the U.N.
effort to understand how far Iraq got in placing the
chemical agent in
An intereting article here about the discovery of the
first "Trojans" in Neptune's orbit... of course, if
one examines the caption on the picture, one is even
more impressed by the birds that were apparently
recently discovered as well... :)
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/kuiper-03a.html
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January 3, 2003 9:30 a.m.
Guess Whos Coming to the Statehouse?
The surprising political success of Nevada blacks.
by: John J. Miller, National Review
Seven blacks in the Nevada state legislature may not
sound like a big deal except that they give the
Silver State the unexpected honor of havi
As we enter the final week, I am 148-92 (.616) on the
season, and the Upset Special is at 8-7 after further
review of the season record and the Browns upended the
Ravens. One last chance for the special to stay
above .500 for the year.
On Saturday, I think that the EAGLES escape from New
York be
Sorry for not formally sending my picks last week -
but I was packing my bags for a nice Florida vacation.
So, here I am, under a palm tree on a warm winter
night on a small island off the cost of Florida - and
my thoughts turn again to my NFL picks. I am 139-85
(.651) for the year, and the Upse
"Acoustic Guitar"
"Natural Turf"
"Analog Watch"
"Two-Parent Family"
"Off-Line Publication"
"Kinetic Warfare"
How many other retronyms can you name?
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JDG
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