I don’t agree with all the causes Care2 supports (they’re big fans of abortion),
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Subversives
“Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
– Albert Einstein
China
silences Tiananmen critics
Police are quickly clamping down on attempts to mark the crackdown
A leading Chinese doctor who criticised the Communist Party’s 1989 Tiananmen Square
crackdown has disappeared on the eve of its 15th anniversary.
Why do we (as a nation) keep ignoring China’s horrendous human rights record and
continue to trade so heavily with them?
If communism is so right and the Chinese government is so great, they shouldn’t
need to make people disappear to stop “dangerous” opinions. Mao forbid
people be free to think for themselves and protest openly.
Telemarketers = Evil
It’s a good thing Pennsylvania has the Do Not Call list. This kind of !@#$ drives me nuts. Why would I want to buy something that’s being sold by someone I didn’t want to talk to in the first place?!?
New Telemarketing Tool Trumps TeleZapper
By JIM KRANE
“A telemarketing tool that penetrates home privacy defenses is upping the ante in a technology battle between sales callers and consumers seeking shelter from unsolicited calls. Castel Inc., a maker of automated dialing technology, boasts that its DirectQuest software is immune to the TeleZapper, a $40 gadget designed to thwart sales calls by faking the tones of a disconnected number.”
Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead
Actually, she just quit her job.
RIAA Chief Rosen Quits
She led music industry’s antipiracy campaign.
By Agam Shah
“Hilary Rosen, chief executive officer of the Recording Industry Association of America, will step down from her post by the end of this year, the organization says.”
Big enemy of music-swapping resigns
“NEW YORK (AP) — Hilary Rosen, the U.S. recording industry’s head lobbyist who waged a high-profile battle against Napster and music piracy, is resigning at the end of the year.”
No Blood For Oil
Some people would like to say that the impending war with Iraq is not at all about oil. In answer to these people, including this guy, I provided these links.
US buys up Iraqi oil to stave off crisis
Seizing reserves will be an allied priority if forces go in
By Faisal Islam and Nick Paton Walsh
Facing its most chronic shortage in oil stocks for 27 years, the US has this month turned to an unlikely source of help – Iraq.
Weeks before a prospective invasion of Iraq, the oil-rich state has doubled its exports of oil to America, helping US refineries cope with a debilitating strike in Venezuela.
Spoils of War
In Iraq War, to the Victor Goes the Oil
“Saddam Hussein is sitting on a gold mine � the second-largest oil reserve in the world � and everyone wants a piece of it.”
“Behind the debate over Iraq�s pursuit of nuclear weapons, its fraternization with terrorist groups and defiance of the United Nations is a fact that colors every decision about war and peace in the Persian Gulf: Iraq sits atop the world�s second largest reserve of oil. How is that affecting American policy toward Iraq? Are France and Russia protecting Saddam Hussein to ensure their access to oil? Who stands to gain most from a post-Saddam world?”
U.S. plans war to control Iraq’s oil wealth: experts
By P. Jayaram, Indo-Asian News Service
“New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The U.S. is talking of war with Iraq not because Baghdad has allegedly amassed weapons of mass destruction but to control the country’s huge oil reserves, say Indian analysts and oil industry sources.”