Month January 2003

What were you expecting from a thug? Corruption scandal hurting Sharon“Three weeks before Israel’s Jan. 28 election, Sharon’s once comfortable lead in the polls has been steadily dwindling since allegations surfaced of vote buying and underworld involvement in last month’s…

Panel: “The Skeptical Environmentalist” perverted message “COPENHAGEN, Denmark, January 8, 2003 (ENS) – An official Danish scientific ethics panel has ruled that Bjorn Lomborg “perverted the scientific message” in his book “The Sceptical Environmentalist,” which disputes the seriousness of many…

The pain! The Pain!. These links are probably best viewed only by the blind. [MetaFilter]

 50,000 Pakistanis likely to be detained under INS, some claim From a Pakistan news source“Around fifty thousand Pakistanis are likely to be detained in line with the INS registration drive in the US, incurring a loss of 2.5 million dollars…

          Jan 18 buzz growing ANSWER New York reports a marked shift in the organizing for upcoming Jan. 18 protest in D.C. & S.F. People who haven’t demonstrated since the 60’s are volunteering. Moms are asking…