Month June 2005

So why didn’t Blair say something?

Memo: U.S. lacked full postwar Iraq plan.  A briefing paper prepared for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers eight months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq concluded that the U.S. military was not preparing adequately for what…

Mobile wireless podcasting networks

From Smart Mobs comes news of  a way cool new use of podcasting and mobile radio;,homegrown mobile networks that transmit and receive from any node. If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, just chill out and surf the mobile nets around…

Upcoming L.A. events

Sunday June 12, 9 amLGBT Pride ParadeSanta Monica Blvd., West HollywoodMarch for Equality 36 years after the Stonewall Rebellion! The parade, with floats and decorated trucks, starts at noon. ANSWER LA will be there at 9 am with a flatbed…

Citibank pays 2 billion in fines

Citigroup, accused of defrauding investors by disguising loans to the fallen energy trader, agrees to pay $2 billion. It denies any illegality. What a corrupt system. Massive fraud, no one goes to prison, and they get to say here’s the…