Day November 21, 2004

Doo Dah Parade – Green Party entry

                    “Post-Partisan Depression” was one of the themes for the Los Angeles Greens entry in the deliberately wacky Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena today.              …

The attacks on the mosques

A Muslim mentioned to me on Friday that, while he isn’t religious at all, he believes the photos of US troops in destroyed mosques walking on sacred items will create blowback and resistance that will last fifty years.

Iran and endless war for oil

Now the neocons want to invade Iran using alleged nuke build up as a pretext. But we’ve been here before. Remember the WMD’s? The Bushies used them as an excuse to invade Iraq, and of course those weapons never existed…

From the Land of the Uncomprehending

“It goes to the old cliche: winning the hearts and minds,” said Maj. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commander of the 1st Marine Division, who checks the status of reconstruction <in Fallouja> frequently. “We hope that by our good deeds, we…

Wi-Fi Nightmares

After posting yesterday about my flaky wireless network, I find John Dvorak in PCMag has similar thoughts. (Lingo Alert: 802.11 is the protocol used for wireless nets. RJ-45 is the plug on network cable. One end plugs into the network card on your…