Month February 2003

And the earth is flat…

And the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it “Kansas Senate bill would allow teaching of creationism. Creationists are still pushing their agenda. It appears that what once was a dead issue in Kansas again has risen to…

US pulls out diplomats in…

US pulls out diplomats in countries surrounding Iraq From BlogLeft “Obviously, this is a big harbinger of war; the US has told Americans to leave countries around Iraq and pulled out diplomats; this is also acknowledgement that there is going…

L.A. City Council to consider…

L.A. City Council to consider resolution opposing Iraq war “Following Chicago, Detroit and dozens of other cities across the country, a coalition of six Los Angeles City Council members introduced a measure Friday urging their colleagues to officially oppose a war…

Patriot Act II, the Sequel.

Patriot Act II, the Sequel. They’re at it again… Justice Dept. drafts sweeping expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act. “The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of September 11, 2001, which…

Old tech & new tech

Old tech & new tech Back when dinosaurs walked the earth, in the days before Windows when DOS and the command line ruled, there was a database language called Clipper. It was a quite powerful language, and zillions of businesses…