Month December 2003

The Elephant skyscraper In Thailand. I like it!

Miami police a ‘disgrace’ at protests, judge says Police conduct was a “disgrace for the community” during demonstrations in Miami at the Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting, according to a judge presiding over several protesters’ cases. In a…

Hmmm…. From DoubleThink First this: Saddam not ‘caught’ by U.S. troops Saddam Hussein was captured by US troops only after he had been taken prisoner by Kurdish forces, drugged and abandoned ready for American soldiers to recover him, a British…

Black helicopter alert? Via MetaFilter Saddam’s spiderhole photo was taken in August, or what? The fruit on the date palm behind the soldier is yellow. Date fruit grows from March-August (see ‘Iraq’ in table 23) and is harvested in early…

ANSWER LA food and toy distribution to strikers We at ANSWER LA distributed a pickup truck filled with food and toys directly to striking grocery workers at a Vons at 3rd and Vermont in Los Angeles on Saturday. Hey, when…