Daily Archives: February 25, 2003

IF YOU THINK THE VOLUNTARY ‘HUMAN SHIELDS’ ARE NUTS, PLEASE READ THIS

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Dave Pollard

(AP Photo/Jerome Delay) The LA Times today tells the story of 68-year-old Godfrey Meynell , MBE, a British aristocrat who has lived and worked in Yemen and has a lifetime of experience as an activist. Part of the first red … Continue reading →

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ON HYDROGEN, FASCISM AND POWELL’S VIEW OF VIETNAM

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Dave Pollard

AlterNet explains why hydrogen is not , at least in the short run, a clean or renewable energy alternative, and may in fact detract from important renewable energy programs already getting traction. In the International Herald Tribune, 80-year-old Norman Mailer … Continue reading →

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MEANWHILE, IN OTHER NEWS

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The U.S. supreme court just sent the case of a black Texas death row inmate back to a lower court, ruling that the judge and the lower court unfairly allowed systematic racial bias in jury selection to go unchallenged. Three … Continue reading →

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CAN WE TALK?

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Dave Pollard

CNet is praising new blogging tools that will allow bloggers to phone in an audio clip to their blog (audioblogging) and/or post wirelessly (moblogging or mobile blogging). Since one of the critical elements of blogs is links, I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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