If anyone is up for political action, and in particular action which strongly opposes the diminution of American civil liberties, tax giveaways to the corporate sector and the wealthy, and energy policy centered on resource use rather than conservation, I recommend you sign up for MoveOn. Read their FAQ and their press notices; then sign up for their bi-weekly bulletin. No contributions required (accepted, sure, required, no).
There's been lots of marine archaeology news recently, what with the probable discovery of JFK's PT-109; now the Monitor is being excavated. Excavating web sites from certain countries, however, is problematic...trying to figure out why a nation blocks access can be amusing. Not so amusing: is steganography in use on E-Bay?
Not to make light of his capture, but what's radical leftism coming to when one of its primary Greek proponents "currently had homes in France and Greece"? Meanwhile, homes in Northern Ireland appear to be sinking back into a pre-Good Friday accord miasma, at least from the Unionist point of view.
Is the reform baby in danger of being thrown out with the Congressional bathwater? This story argues that some of the ideas being tossed about by legislators might have less than desirable consequences, no matter the appeal of those ideas.
Posted by Linkmeister at July 18, 2002 03:28 PMi thought i commented on this before? hmm. anyway, signed up for that move on and sent some subversive faxes to my elected representatives.
Posted by: kd at July 19, 2002 09:56 PMGood on ya, mate!
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 19, 2002 10:54 PM