Archive for September, 2002
Israeli-Arab Hero Is Praised, but Not Embraced
“Rami saved an untold number of Israelis by alerting the police. But he was wounded after he stepped in, and he later found himself bound in a hospital, suspected by the Israeli police and the internal intelligence service of being the bomber’s accomplice. They kept him shackled for two days after he was lucid enough […]
Second Thoughts about Intel in Macs
“A deluge of reader mail has opened my eyes to some very sound reasons why the Motorola PowerPC chip’s days may be numbered…”
BW Online
Motorola: New chip will bring GPS to all
“Motorola is unveiling a global positioning system chip it says is the first GPS satellite sensor small enough and hence cheap enough for practical use in consumer-electronics devices such as cell phones and notebook computers.
"All of a sudden, starting 10 or 15 years ago, every electronics device had a clock," McCarthy said. "I see position […]
Major leaguer Chen also first for aborigines
Taiwanese Siraya baseball player breaks into the US Major leagues!
“Chen’s family and their extended clanfolks are from the rural Tao-Shia village in southern Taiwan’s Tainan County, and are descendants of the aboriginal Siraya people, according to Tuan Hong-kuen, a relative of Chen’s mother and the executive director of the Siraya Cultural Association of Tainan.”
eTaiwanNews.com
War Talk Provides Cover Fire
Thanks to Cursor.org for pointing out no less than three stories about the link between “war talk” and burying domestic issues before the elections.
“The Bush administration dominates the news every time it says anything about its prospective war with Iraq. As an example, the "strategy" document released Friday, calling for preemptive action against terror, was […]
Gibson plans Latin project
“Actor Mel Gibson is to direct a film about Jesus Christ made entirely in the ancient languages of Latin and Aramaic - without any subtitles.”
BBC NEWS
Help welfare moms out of poverty
By my advisor, Dr. Judith Goode!
“Most welfare mothers do not need to be "taught how to work." The majority of welfare recipients are mothers of young children who have moved back and forth between welfare and work for years. Our research shows that mothers who have to balance children’s needs with the demands of their […]
Just Asking…
Just some of the many good questions Eric Alterman asks:
“Why did the Bush national security team ignore the Al Qaeda briefing it received from President Clinton’s National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, in the fall of 2000?
Why did the President ignore the August 2001 intelligence briefing warning him of the likelihood of an Al Qaeda hijacking?
Why, […]
Taiwan saved … by “betel-nut beauties”!
A Taiwanese academic argues that scantily clad women have helped save the economy.
“For a country doing its utmost to step onto the world stage, or for a society doing its utmost to reverse a slumping economy, a never-ending sequence of trade shows is very important. No trade show, be it computer, furniture, wedding gown or […]
Victory of the Loud Little Handful
Mark Twain, “The Mysterious Stranger” (1910). Twain had it right almost a hundred years ago. Sort of depressing, but encouraging as well. A must read!
“The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will - warily and cautiously - object… at first. The great, big, dull bulk of the […]
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