Month July 2003

Welcome to the recall circus The California recall election will happen. However, the vote to elect may be separated from the vote to recall. Expect a court battle on this. No doubt the first of many. Hello Florida 2000. Key…

Social development has halted in US since 1980 “Social conditions in the United States have not improved since 1980, putting the world’s only superpower on a par with Poland and Slovenia in the latest edition of an index that measures…

Boston priests ‘abused hundreds’ “Hundreds of people have told investigators they were sexually abused as children by priests from the Archdiocese of Boston since 1940. A grand jury enquiry found the archdiocese received complaints from 789 alleged victims, involving more…

Mixed reactions to killing Saddam’s sons? From Atrios, who is spot-on correct My reaction isn’t mixed. I think killing Saddam’s sons was hog stupid. First, it’s entirely possible that they were valuable sources of intelligence. Perhaps they knew which rosebushes…

Tel-SPAN Tel-SPAN is the “Telematic channel of the U.S. Department of Art & Technology”, and part of the Experimental Party. They are running Abe Golam, “legendary info-shaman and digital avatar” for President in 2004. We could do a lot worse than…