Month November 2002

Let’s shoot ourselves in the other foot nextUS Army linguists fired for being gay Nine United States Army linguists, including six trained to speak Arabic, have been dismissed from the military because they are gay. The soldiers’ dismissals come at…

UK: walkout by firefighters leaves 3 dead Thousands of troops fanned out across the country, manning ancient army fire trucks known as Green Goddesses. In Manchester, soldiers struggled with a spectacular blaze at a fireworks warehouse. And all across Britain, there…

Gulf Wars – Episode II – Clone of the AttackComing soon to a country near you. Many more sequels being planned!! This is an absolute gem. I have no idea who made it.Click image to view full size (164k, 684×1002, and worth the…

Yahoo gets snoopy From an activist friend Yahoo is now using something called “Web Beacons” to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you’re doing. It’s similar to cookies but apparently oh-so-much-more insidious. <These are invisible one…

We must kill the birds to save them Senate OKs Broad Waiver for Pentagon on Migratory Birds The Senate just exempted the Defense Department from a law protects 850 species of birds from harmful practices. The stupid birds were interferring…