Day August 24, 2002

Good point… Terrorist Caught In U.S.. A “terrorist” cell has been captured by police in Flordia – but it’s not what you think. Will this “enemy combatant” see time in jail, without a lawyer? Unlikely. [kuro5hin.org] This “terrorist” apparently wanted…

Drugs, thugs, and banks Afghan heroin crop nears record levels Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is close to record levels a year after being nearly wiped out under the hard-line Taliban regime, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “It is…

California state quarter design contest Help the State of California choose a design for the California state quarter. The Governor’s website has full information on the contest and lots of really boring ideas.  Birds, surfers, Yosemite – yawn.  How uninspired. California…