From the NEWS of the WEIRD archive. In September, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled desolate Echols County, Georgia (between Valdosta and the Okeefenokee Swamp), well-known to the state’s judges because that is where they encourage lawbreakers to go when they really want them to leave the state altogether. The Georgia constitution prohibits banishing people from the state…
Hate it when you are on a web page, your browser installs a plugin and promptly closes all of your browser windows itself. I’d love the opportunity to do something like bookmark the pages I want to come back to once the plugin installs? Scared of Echelon, yet? Maybe you should be… At the very least…
Interesting that the people that love to forward every email have turned to praising firefighters and bombing Afghanistan. This is funny! Al Qaeda to cut at least 5,000 jobs Sun Sep 23 21:51:15 2001 September 23, 2001 KABUL (Voice of Sharia) — Citing worldwide reaction to last week’s terrorist attacks, multi-national terror network Al Qaeda…
Looking at a Frontline page on Bin Laden. It includes an interview with Bin Laden conducted by John Miller. Miller: American politicians have painted a distorted picture of Islam, of Muslims and of Islamic fighters. We would like you to give us the true picture that clarifies your viewpoint … . Bin Laden: The leaders in…
Archived the blog. Can’t get into the chat room. So I will surf, catch up on the news, and get some email. Also work on my D&D sheets and web page a little. – – – – – Proposed replacement for the World Trade Center (kinda R).
Here is a quote provided by the Secretary-General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to the Baha’is here. It is from the Baha’i Writings: Let each one of God’s loved ones center his attention on this, to be the Lord’s mercy to man; to be the Lord’s grace. Let him do some…
This seems especially appropriate. Also, the terrorists should have reflected upon this beforehand. “We have awakened a sleeping giant and have instilled in him a terrible resolve”. –Japanese Imperial Admiral Yamamoto after the attack on Pearl Harbor. – – – – – Cute… How Osama bin Laden Works curtesy of How Stuff Works. – – – –…
Article on terrorism firsts. Interesting that most of the firsts are Israeli not Palestinian. – – – – – Some readers thought they saw Satan in pictures of the World Trade Center smoke. – – – – – This shows how ignorant US citizens can be…
Being stuck at work during the events yesterday, rumors and speculation were flying wildly as it was so difficult to get to any new web sites. Lots of email from New York-based email lists. One major difference between Clinton and Dubya… Clinton would have talked about how we all sympathize for the families of those who…