Month August 2006

Democrats same as Republicans on Lebanon

Tom Lantos, the highest ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, wants aid to Lebanon frozen until the government of Lebanon does the bidding of the US. In condescending language, he said the aid should be “withheld until the…

Death squads in Oaxaca

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have seized the streets and radio stations in Oaxaca in a protest that has now lasted for three months. The US State Department isԚ  advising Americans to think twice about going there. And now paramilitary…

Foxmarks. Sync bookmarks in Firefox

FoxMarks is an amazing FireFox add-on that keeps bookmarks in sync across multiple computers. It’s free and simple to install. After you sync the first time it keeps bookmarks in sync on as many computers as you want, even if…

Alpha geek on Vista

I recently got my Sony TX690 back from the repair place, I asked them to wipe the HD to rid me of the plague that is Vista. — Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress When influential early adopters react this…

Jimmy Carter on Tony Blair

From The Telegraph (UK) “We now have a situation where America is so unpopular overseas that even in countries like Egypt and Jordan our approval ratings are less than five per cent. It’s a shameful and pitiful state of affairs…