Monthly Archives: February 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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THE NEWS THAT’S NOT (APPARENTLY) FIT TO PRINT

Posted on February 24, 2003 by Dave Pollard

From this week’s report by the World Food Program, as reported by Relief Web : North Korea: additional distribution cuts will have to take place from May onward, with primary school children affected in the first instance; [resolving the acute … Continue reading →

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THE WORLD WE WANT

Posted on February 23, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Philosopher Mark Kingwell ‘s inspiring and well-written book, The World We Want: Virtue Vice and the Good Citizen , was written during the euphoric first days of the new millennium, just before Bush stole the election and his coalition of … Continue reading →

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TWO THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND

Posted on February 23, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Can someone please tell me the answers to these simple, naive questions: Why isn’t Robert Byrd, who wrote this relatively eloquent and competent speech , running or being urged to run for the Democratic nomination for President in 2004? Why, … Continue reading →

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WE HAVE A COMEDIAN IN OUR MIDST

Posted on February 22, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Not posting to Friday Five this week. Unlike last week when the questions were really interesting , and several Sloggers ‘fessed up , this week’s questions are kind of silly. Besides, I’d never be able to top Mercurial’s brilliant and … Continue reading →

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DO NOT ENTER

Posted on February 22, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Atrios has picked up on the story , reported only in the Canadian media, of a professional woman of Indian descent and Canadian citizenship and residency, a loan officer at a major Canadian bank, who was harassed and barred entry … Continue reading →

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I’M A STRANGER HERE

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Listening to some old anti-war songs trying to get some inspiration to write a poem for Rayne’s & VO’s special edition on Sloggers on War , when I came to this one, written in 1973 by the Five Man Electrical … Continue reading →

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