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Bush Gets Another White Elephant
| German opposition candidate Edmund Stoiber gives President Bush a white elephant to go with his other white elephant, the missile defense system. |
The Week in Humor and News
www.internetweekly.org Annova reports that researchers in New Zealand have discovered that Couch potatoes ‘are created in the womb’.
Did they think they were found under a cabbage leaf like Jethro Bodine?
Anyway, it looks like if your mother ate a lot non-nutritious junk food when she was pregnant that could explain why you are such a worthless couch spud.
Couch potatoes all over New Zealand celebrated on the news that they now longer have to feel guilty for pigging out and watching sports all day on TV.
"Now the sedentary can have their potato chips and eat them too." said Deepak Chopra . "It’s like a karma free zone, dude!" said California couch potato transplant Biff Thomas.
You would think it would be hard to find humor in current Mideast conflict, but the Onion had an Arafat Under Fire Survey that is worth checking out.
Unlike Slick Willie, New York city Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was quoted in ads saying he inhaled pot and liked it.
Here is the NORML Mayor Bloomberg ad. BTW, did you know that Zobgy Poll found the Majority of Americans Oppose US Marijuana Policies.
Have you ever thought about going to a karaoke bar, but were afraid the you might be embarrassed to death? Well the LA Times has compiled: The Top 10 Tips to Take the Scare Out of Karaoke.
Did you know that Saddam Hussein has an Official Fan Club? I think it’s right next to the Official Site Of "The Lawn Chair Balloon Pilot"
The Simpsons apologize to Rio de Janeiro for offending Brazilian tourist officials.
Knox News reports the ‘South Park’ staple Kenny bites the dust, for good this time.
Have you tried out the new Google Poetry Generator? It even does a haiku based on a Google query.
The Parody Newsline
The Borowitz Report had a story on Saddam Hussein allowing U.N. Weapons inspectors back into Iraq.
The Onion reported that Nevada is going to phase out laws altogether.
Whitehouse.org had this scoop: President announced new sentencing guidelines for nationalized Capital Punishment
Animation of the Week
Plickey + Muto: Trip
Plickey + Muto: Lost
Oil Vay!
Spoofs of the Week
www.theonion.com. The Onion was in top form again this week taking a shot at Suburban Dads and at their offspring.
Suburban Dad Cracks Wise In Church Parking Lot: ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’ Quips Dad
Ask A Guy Trying To Describe What He Saw On Nova Last Night
The Onion In History 1942
www.landoverbaptist.org. See how well you do on the new Landover Baptist quiz and facts for kids.
The Bible Fact Quiz
The Bible Doesn’t Mention an Ice Age
Sharon and Powell Play Patty Cake
Ariel Sharon and Colin Powell play patty cake to to demonstrate their commitment to the peace process. Mr. Sharon appears to have been spending a lot of time with the baker’s man recently. |
Political Humor
Torture is watching MSNBC
Barry Crimmins, Working for Change (4/09/2002)
Security Branch
Art Buchwald, Washington Post (04/09/2002)
The Baby Bust
Maureen Dowd, NY times (04/10/2002
Salmagundi
Snopes Rumors of the Week
Does a person’s fingernails and hair continue to grow after his death?
Did a man attempting suicide successfully remove his inoperable brain tumor?
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The Week in Computing
www.internetweekly.org If you ever wondered where all those old computers go, you need to check out OLD-COMPUTERS.COM. Here is what the first true portable computer, the HC 20 looked like. It actually had a small printer in it!
However, there seems to be one top-secret Mac found in some guys barn that is not in the Old Computer Museum.
Microcontent News asks the question: Are Bloggers Journalists? In this article, the author argues that bloggers need a code of ethics. My question is why should bloggers be held to a higher standard than cable news?
An "almost famous" Elvis impersonator is The King in a domain name dispute. Also, the British America Tobacco Group was smoked in dispute over the kool.com domain
CNN has an interesting article on inventor Edward H. Amet and Thomas Edison: Battle of inventors: Who was first?
IWR Hypocrisy Award
CNN, which is owned by AOL, has the gall to do a story on Chat rooms a haven for hackers. First, IRC has channels not chat rooms. Second, unlike AOL, IRC is free. Third, it used by many people for various public non-AOL purposes the least of which are for hacking.
CNN also reports that the Internet is blamed for one in ten marital breakups in the UK. Could it be that all is not well in those AOL chat rooms?
Security, Hacks and Patches
A trio of MS-Office security vulns
Register (04/09/2002)
Internet Auction Fraud Is Top Consumer Complaint – FBI
Newsbytes (04/10/2002)
Aphex E-mail Worm Has A Way With IRC, Instant Messenger
Newsbytes (04/10/2002)
Microsoft Patches Ten New Security Bugs In IIS
Newsbytes (04/10/2002)
General
A unified theory of software evolution
Salon (04/08/2002)
$1 million mathematical mystery "solved"
New Scientist (04/09/2002)
Google tests search tools for developers
CNET.com (04/12/2002)
Awareness: Mystery of the Mind
Wired (04/15/2002)
The Politics of Computing
New breed spam filter slashes junk email
New Scientist (04/09/2002)
Cyanide Anarchist a Hacker, Too?
Wired (04/09/2002)
Andreessen [Mr. Mozilla]: Copy protection efforts are doomed
Mercury News (04/09/2002)
Rising Costs of Free Web E-Mail
Wired (04/12/2002)
Ashcroft Calls For Web-Based Terrorist Data System
Newsbytes (04/12/2002)
Bottom Line
Analysts Accused Of Touting Tech ‘Junk’ To Boost Profits
Newsbytes (04/09/2002)
Attack of the Zombie Rembrandts
Technology Review (May 2002 Issue)
Inkjet printers used to "spray on" displays
New Scientist (04/12/2002)
Apache 2.0 Beats IIS at Its Own Game
Eweek (04/15/2002)
Broadband
Britons dash for broadband
BBC News (04/13/2002)
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The Week in Science and Health
www.internetweekly.org The award winning PBS Science program, Nova, is going to have in-depth special on Why the WTC Towers Fell scheduled for April 30th.
The US military has created an indestructible sandwich. The so-called gut bombs are preserved pita sandwiches that have a shelf life of 6 months to 3 years without the need of refrigeration.
In a related story, BBC News reported that the US is looking to create robo-soldiers. I wonder if the robo-solders will be able to survive eating those indestructible sandwiches?
Human Origins and History
Lost city found off Indian coast
BBC News (04/11/2002)
Why humans are brainier than chimps
BBC News (04/12/2002)
Chimps May Have Something to Tell Us
LA Times (04/12/2002)
Scientists link bald men to notorious short-haired lion
The Times (04/15/2002)
Men Regain Evolutionary Driver’s Seat
Science Daily (04/15/2002)
Health
Tea ‘could help prevent cancer’
BBC News (04/09/2002)
Researchers Study Robo Pets for the Elderly
ABC News (04/09/2002)
Telling the Threatening Tumors From the Harmless Ones
NY Times (04/09/2002)
Herb [St. Johns wort] ineffective as anti-depressant
BBC News (04/10/2002)
Oils in Fish Cut Risk of Sudden Death
Washington Post (04/10/2002)
Spinal cord recovery hurdle cleared
Nature (04/11/2002)
New enzyme a step towards exercise pill
New Scientist (04/11/2002)
Black Death ‘was not plague’ say experts
Ananova (04/12/2002)
24/7 culture poses health risk
BBC News (04/15/2002)
Astronomy and Space
Icy insight into star birth
BBC News (04/09/2002)
All aboard the Venus Express?
BBC News (04/10/2002)
Ugandan garden hit by space junk
BBC News (04/10/2002)
Quark star glimmers
Nature (04/11/2002)
Anomalies hint at magnetic pole flip
New Scientist (04/11/2002)
Neutrino weighed up
Nature (04/11/2002)
Dust from dawn of time
BBC News (04/12/2002)
Asteroids pile up
Nature (04/12/2002)
Environment and Nature
Ants’ Acid Overrunning Oz Crabs
Wired (04/10/2002)
Rainforest breathes out [carbon dioxide]
Nature (04/11/2002)
Climate to change wildlife
Nature (04/11/2002)
The making of a National Park
CS Monitor (04/11/2002)
Chemists Discover Molecule Considered Too Unstable To Exist
Science Daily (04/12/2002)
NOAA: U.S. could soon feel El Niño impact
CNN (04/12/2002)
Bugs clean up nerve agents
Nature (04/12/2002)
Oceans swell towards new El Niño
New Scientist (04/12/2002)
Hydrogen in Earth’s crust ‘could end world’s energy problems’
Ananova (04/14/2002)
China’s Growing Deserts Are Suffocating Korea
NY Times (04/14/2002)
Forest experiment questions greenhouse gas strategy
New Scientist (04/15/2002)
Political Battle Looming Over Superfund Plan
NY Times (04/15/2002)
Social Insects Could Offer Clues About Genetic Conflict
Science Daily (04/15/2002)
Scientists uncover 5,000km-long supercolony of ants
Ananova (04/15/2002)
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www.internetweekly.org I really think the Bush Administration needs to reconsider pressing for human cloning ban. I think we can all agree that human cloning to produce a genetically identical human being is morally abhorrent. However, cloning for stem cell research is something that should not be banned. There is too much potential good to be gained from this research that could reduce human suffering, e.g., Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
Amnesty International reports that the US is a safe haven for torturers. Torturers must not be evil enough to qualify for special attention especially when they come from the Latin American military that reside in the country. I guess the Bush Doctrine means that you can do whatever the hell you want to civilians including torture and murder, and it’s just fine with Uncle Sam, as long as, you got that military uniform on and are on the CIA payroll.
In Media Blackout, David Brooks, who is the straight man for the far right crusader types at the Weekly Standard, says he gets the real scoop on what is happening in the Palestinian refugee camps from an Israeli Military site. It’s the Israeli military that has closed the West Bank to journalists in the first place!
Brooks also recommends the far right "Best of the Web" by spelling flamer James Taranto. Brooks calls it "a masterful source" for coverage of West Bank. I guess it is masterful from a corporate oligarchy view. I guess this means David Brooks is not going to play the straight man anymore especially if he keeps making bad jokes like these highly slanted recommendations.
It’s a damn good thing that Bush Jr. hasn’t taken the advice of the crusaders, e.g., William Kristol and William Bennett. Bush at least for the moment has avoided charging head first into the Iraqi windmill unilaterally and setting off a world wide war with Islam.
Bush Administration
Bush’s Unease With Ambiguity
David S. Broder, Washington Post (04/09/2002)
The moral simplifier
Molly Ivins, Work for change (04/09/2002)
Environmentalists Had 48 Hours to Comment to Energy Dept.
DON VAN NATTA Jr., NY Times (04/11/2002)
The White Stuff
PAUL KRUGMAN, NY Times (04/12/2002)
It’s Just What the Spin Doctor Ordered on Oil
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, LA Times (04/12/2002)
2003 Budget Completes Big Jump in Spending
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post (04/15/2002)
Commentary of the Week
Democrats too wimpy to criticize president’s policies
Mark Shields, Seattle P-I (04/08/2002)
Outside the Box [Flat Tax]
PETE DU PONT, OpinionJournal (04/10/2002)
Pols Roasted Over Pet Pork
Declan McCullagh, Wired (04/10/2002)
Disinformation on Wall Street
Editorial, NY Times (04/11/2002)
There’s Nothing ‘Anti-Life’ About Medical Cloning
Connie Mack, LA Times (04/12/2002)
Where art thou, Dems?
Molly Ivins, Work For Change (04/12/2002)
National Parks Suffering From Lack of Funds
Eric Pianin, Washington Post (04/14/2002)
Veni, Vidi, Venezuela
Editorial, CS Monitor (04/15/2002)
It’s School, Not Prison
Editorial, LA Times (04/15/2002)
100 Death Penalty Errors
Editorial, Washington Post (04/15/2002)
Mideast
Life Under Siege
ALLEGRA PACHECO, NY Times (04/10/2002)
Letter From Israel: The Filthy War
Sylvana Foa, Village Voice (04/10/2002)
The brilliant offer Israel never made
David Clark, Guardian (04/10/2002)
Suicide Bombers May Be Shocking, but Dying for the Cause Is Not New
JAMES P. PINKERTON, LA Times (04/11/2002)
‘Nuancing’ the Mideast Dilemma
Mary McGrory, Washington Post (04//14/2002)
The US’s Mideast disconnect
Shibley Telhami, CS Monitor (04/15/2002)
The GOP for Sharon
Robert Novak, Townhall (04/15/2002)
Sharon’s contribution
William F. Buckley, Jr., Townhall (04/15/2002)
Two States
Nicholas Lemann, New Yoker (04/15/2002)
The War on Terror
Is America Abandoning Afghanistan?
BARNETT R. RUBIN, NY Times (04/10/2002)
Dr. Strangebush
US reconsiders nuclear defense shield
New Scientist (04/12/20020