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- (US) One of three spots by Publicis Sanchez & Levitan for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and the ONDCP will break in 15- and 30-second English-language versions in the general market Jan. 1.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme7(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_ngo(100%), $prohibition_agency(100%), $prohibitionist_ngo(100%), $prohibition(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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- (US) Mexican police officer fighting corruption and drug traffickers at the border. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $alcohol(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) Serreau uses one section of film for a harrowing account of how Malika survives a prostitute's training program (rape eight times a day and forced heroin addiction) and years of degradation to take full advantage of her favorite kind of client (rich and old). Jackson) and entangled with a...[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $narcotic(100%), $opiate(100%), $heroin(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- The Real Killers A week ago, we had a 6.5 quake in California, which killed two people. As you likely already know, that was followed by a 6.7 quake (2x absolute magnitude) in Iran that shattered the historic city of Bam. As of the CNN update that I watched with this morning's coffee, the death toll there is 25,000 and climbing. |
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- Chpm cuts a swathe through the waste of space that is the TV idol Palaver. |
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- ...ffice workers, threatening to delete computer files..." |
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- ...threats of terrorist plans and a Trojan horse virus" |
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- ...es such as WISeKey that incorporate a fingerprint scanner on the key itself" |
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- ...ul crack for each type of security vulnerability makes this a useful book for administrators who want a realistic picture of real-world security threats" |
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- ...vailable on the Internet for hackers to use" |
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- ...result in disclosure of various information (e.g. cookie-based authentication information)" |
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- I suppose it is time to get my whole "best and worst of 2003" entry done. The Best...A trip to... |
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- Pff ! Vraiment, je suis déçue ! Houellebecq fatigue vraiment beaucoup. Le grand provocateur français (prenez bien évidemment dans son cas le terme provocateur comme une définition du type qui fait des phrases à l'emporte-pièce sans rien d'autre derrière qu'une grosse fatigue, et beaucoup d'ennui : pas l'ombre d'une petite théorie perso, ni bien sûre la moindre croyance en ses propres déclarations ; |
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- Lu sur Risal : "Dans un fait sans précédent, le 9 décembre, dans le cadre de la journée internationale des droits humains, quatre Communautés paysannes colombiennes ont décidé de ne plus reconnaître la légitimité du système judiciaire colombien, se déclarant en rupture ouverte avec l'administration judiciaire, qu'elles qualifient notamment de 'corrompue' et de 'dégradée'. Elles se basent notamment sur l'article 18 de la Constitution colombienne qui affirme que "personne ne peut être obligé d'agir contre sa conscience" (objection de conscience). |
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- Il ne reste plus que 3 jours pour préparer ses bonnes résolutions... En avant... |
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- Lu sur Oulala.net : "« Le travail doit être remis à l'honneur ». (Alain Juppé, Le Monde, 29 avril 2003). Le champ d'honneur où crèvent les soldats, jeunes gens fauchés par la mitraille et couchés dans la boue au lieu de se coucher dans l'herbe haute pour y jouir de leur jeunesse, va de nouveau fleurir de sombres couronnes et de tristes médailles. |
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$14 Million (Dec 29 2003 22:46 GMT) - The Dean campaign says it's already raised at least $14 million this quarter (there are still three days left in the quarter.) That should put to rest rumors that Dean was having difficulty |
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Slow Day (Dec 29 2003 22:46 GMT) - The slow holiday news cycle continues. Skip the news and read the Media Research Center's invaluable media bias primer. |
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- Wired News: The Fantasy and Reality of 2004. So we asked a dozen experts in fields that are apt to touch all our lives this year -- privacy, defense, spam, security, open source, technology development, life online and human rights -- to answer this question: "What do you wish would happen in 2004, and what do you think will actually happen?" [Tomalak's Realm] |
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- In 2004: NBC Meets HBO? A New Pixar? Free DVRs? An LA Times reporter speculates that a Time-Warner/NBC merger could... |
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- A storm front developing off the California coast threatens to bring showers to the Valley for New Year's Eve - just in time for the Fiesta Bowl's parade and block party. But good weather is forecast for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game on Friday. |
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- Native Americans, including Arizona's tribes, may be one of the last groups to feel the full force of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The remote, isolated nature of many reservations protected the tribes from the disease for a time. The only cases they saw were people who were infected in urban settings returning home to die. |
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- A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed a copyright lawsuit Mattel Inc. brought against a Utah artist who shot a photographic series depicting Barbie dolls naked in a blender, wrapped in a tortilla and sizzling on a wok. |
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- I've felt this before and I was bound to feel this way again, and so I did. A feeling of complete tranquility, as in there is no pressing matter on my mind, I simply don't care. As with many day preceding this day, what most call today is still a yesterday for me as I've been up straight through out the entire night. I can't say that I was doing anything either, I was simply up for the sake of being awake.Awake I was and so was the northwest weather which translates into an almost non-stop rain. |
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- Why Howard Dean is making all the runningSimple: his campaign is MUCH smarter. His team have just released their very own computer game. According to this report, the game simulates the process of getting out the vote in Iowa, including pamphleting, canvasing, placing signs, and moving people to the local precinct to caucus. The game was developed by game designer and theorist Gonzalo Frasca, working with Ian Bogost, as another illustration of news gaming. |
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- Did you know that most New Year's resolutions are broke days or week after they are made?... |
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- The DOW is rising and journalists are happily announcing that business is improving. The business cycle IS on its way up. This means, pundits say, that happy days will soon be here. Yes, they will be here, and have been here, for business owners and corporations. But not for people who work for a living. |
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- According to today's L.A. Times, white males are preponderantly Republicans. I believe the reason for this is that white males are more pessimistic about themselves and their future than the rest of the population. Pessimistic people tend to be aggressive and confrontational - the basic stance of current day Republicanism.... |
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- Robert Kuttner notifies us that President Bush in his next state of the union message will advance the idea of an "ownership society." He will encourage all citizens to be "owners" of stock, homes, businesses, health insurance and job skills. Bush plans to create the "ownership society" primarily through tax credits. As with most of his ideas, the "ownership society" will benefit those who pay a lot in taxes - the rich. He is trying to make his laissez faire policy more palatable, but it will not work.... |
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- The word is out that the Republicans are going to attack Howard Dean as "reckless, angry and pessimistic." This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Bush is "reckless, angry and pessimistic." Howard Dean, by contrast, is an unadulterated optimist!.... |
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- XForms Essentials. Slashdot Dec 29 2003 2:25PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] |
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- Sagt mal, nervt eigentlich nur mich diese gnadenlose Billigkopiererei der Preluders? Erst bedienen sie sich für das Video ihres Smash-Hit (*haha*) "Everyday Girl" gnadenlos beim Video zu "Freedom 90" vom God himself George Michael (die selben Posen, Filter und die brennende Lederjacke) und jetzt singen sie auch noch "Last Christmas", jenen Song der seit den Wham!-Tagen von George Michael zu Weihnachten gehört (ich gehe noch immer davon aus, das George Michael bei all der Güte des Songs wirklich nicht wollte, dass es so kommt, und der Song jährlich zu tote gespielt wird ...). Hey, Mädels. |
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- Bob Tarantino agrees with me that Bill Clinton's 'New Democrat' policies were just a co-opting of Republican policies. But he incorrectly attributes them to Ronald Reagan. The fountianhead for the 'Reagan Revolution' is more correctly traced back to Barry Goldwater. Reagan was just far more... |
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- Percival, the shy semi-feral gray cat who had been coming around for months to be fed at my back porch has now been living as a sheltered and pampered indoors cat for nearly five weeks now. He had some initial litterbox issues, being reluctant to... |
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- This New Republic article by Jacob T. Levy really cries out for a full fisking. And if any of you run across one, please forward a link. But I haven't the time just now. But most egregious among Prof. |
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- If you're saying they are responsible, how is it not their fault if a thing they are responsible for happens? And since the USDA is run by Bush appointees, how would it not be Bush's fault then? |
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