Greenpeace shuts down LA and NYC ExxonMobil gas stationsGreenpeace activists shut down a Mobil gas station today in the heart of Beverly Hills just minutes after shutting down an Exxon station in Manhattan. Protestors peacefully chained themselves to gas pumps…

How odd This last victim of the DC sniper, the one shot Saturday at the Ponderosa, has still not been publicly identified. In fact, authorities won’t even saying where he is from. All the news reports identify him solely as a “37…

Analysis of the Patriot Act by the EFF The EFF has an excellent summary on just why the Patriot Act is so noxious.Some highlights: 1. Expanded Surveillance With Reduced Checks and Balances. A. Be careful what you put in that…

Some seriously good John Perry Barlow rants John Perry Barlow is “a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation”, as well as a long time cyberspace activist, and all…

Your daily terrorism and bombing news Shooting reported in suburban Va.Five die in Phillipines bombings.Moscow blast ‘could have been terrorist attack’.Copycat sniper in Ankara.Indonesia suggests cleric had no part in Bali attack.

A surprise to absolutely no one I.R.A. Rejects Blair’s Disarmament DemandThe Irish Republican Army was reported today to have delivered a sharp rebuff to demands for its disarmament by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, in what was taken here…

Germans Greens endorse coalition agreementAh, to live in a country where Greens are major political players… Maybe it’ll happen here one day too. After several hours of intense debate over a nuclear power plant, the Green Party rank and file…