Day September 9, 2003

Werewolves mourn the passing of Warren Zevon Warren Zevon was dying, and everybody in the werewolf community was pretty broken up about it. I know because my paper sent me out to get their reaction to the news. “He’s our…

70% believe Saddam responsible for 9 Oh really? A Washington Post poll saying 70% of Americans believe Saddam had a role in 9/11 has gotten huge press. Let’s examine this. From the Washington Post itself, quoted in Yahoo. Boldface added.…

The worst of times George Monbiot in The Guardian The world is beginning to look like France, a few years before the Revolution. There are no reliable wealth statistics from that time, but the disparities are unlikely to have been…

Rich firms ‘got 9/11 fund millions’ More than a third of the fund aimed at helping small businesses located near the World Trade Center survive its destruction in the 11 September attacks went to rich firms, the New York Times…

The Chilean “socialist Internet” – circa 1972! When Pinochet’s military overthrew the Chilean government 30 years ago, they discovered a revolutionary communication system, a ‘socialist internet’ connecting the whole country. Its creator? An eccentric scientist from Surrey, UK named Stafford…