October 14, 4:57 pm.
http://www.empirenotes.org/#14oct041
October 14, 4:57 pm. Today's attack inside the Green Zone represents, at least symbolically, a qualitative development in the Iraq war. People with bombs infiltrated the compound and then detonated them, killing 10 people, including 4 Americans. Initial reports said they were suicide bombers, but a later written statement indicated they had simply placed the explosives there. Tawhid wal Jihad cla ...
With the intensity of the Australian election and other committments I have only fleetingly watched parts of Friday night's presidential Mass Debate II and Wednesday night's Mass Debate III, which ended about ninety minutes ago. Bush had clearly improved on his horrendous performance in MD1, even make a joke about scowling during MD2.
On this day, 13 October 2000, Open Office was born. I switched from Microsoft Office to the open source productivity suite in April of this year, and can highly recommend it.
This is the press release issued by OpenOffice.org today:
U.S.: Gov. Schwarzenegger backs away from Commitment to Prison Reform
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/04/usdom9483.htm
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger squandered a critical opportunity to reform California?s troubled prison system when he vetoed two prison bills this month, Human Rights Watch said today.
October 12, 10:54 pm.
http://www.empirenotes.org/#12oct041
October 12, 10:54 pm. A few weeks ago, I posted about the "Fallujah Bombing Massacre" Video. The original link to the video is outdated, but you can find it here. This video has been going around the world and the Pentagon has confirmed that it is genuine. It was one of the subjects of CNN's Newsnight with Aaron Brown yesterday. Here's part of the transcript: We begin in Iraq with a rare look at ...
