Month October 2002

US Marines ordered into ColombiaThis is from NarcoNews, who have an uncanny way of being way ahead of everyone else with important political / drug war news from South America. Two battalions of US Marine Jungle Expeditionary Forces have recently…

Let’s bash The Borg! Two Evil Empires join! Microsoft and Disney release combined Internet service. Please explain why having Donald Duck on my ISP a compelling reason to use that ISP?  Seems Goofy to me. Truly a Mickey Mouse idea. Living without Microsoft Go…

Rifle in suspect’s car matches sniper bullets And the car had been modified so a shooter could lie prone and shoot out through a hole in the trunk. Good God… It’s no wonder that no one saw anything. A homegrown…

California politicians ignore health crisis The financial squeeze on health care in California, which threatens the viability of public hospitals, trauma care and emergency rooms, is largely being ignored in the state’s top political race. But health experts and political…

Major demonstrations this Sat in DC and SF It’s looking like protests will be huge. Many many groups have signed on and caravans of buses will be going to DC and SF. Several dozen other cities, both US and overseas will have…