Judge Questions Long Sentence in Drug Case. Drug law reform is long overdue. In a case that has spurred intense soul-searching in legal circles, a 25-year-old convicted drug dealer, who was arrested two years ago for selling small bags of marijuana to a police informant, was sentenced on Tuesday to 55 years in prison. [snip] … …
In paranoid moments, I used to imagine Bin Laden to be a modern day Emmanuel Goldstein, an artificial source of fear which fuels the massive American war machine. The problem with this theory is that (1) any person who actually pays attention to what he says might discover some ugly truths about the way the … …
Latin America Leans Further to the Left. This is perhaps the most exciting election-related news I have read this year. The left made more inroads into Latin America in four elections this weekend as crisis-weary voters tired of decades of U.S-backed market reforms warmed to pragmatic platforms of economic growth with better distribution of wealth. … …
While cleaning up my old hard drive, I found this letter I had written to Senators Schumer and Clinton prior to the Iraq war. It was the first time I had ever written to a Senator, but it likely won’t be the last.
Last night while riding the 2 train home, I noticed that “Pauline” was back. Please have a heart, and help me feed my children. Hadn’t seen her on the 4/5 for several months, which had given me hope that she was doing better. I had one dollar left from buying dumplings, but I hesitated for … …
The Wonderfalls DVD is currently scheduled to be released in January 2005.
Just ready today that Sandra is performing in Dresden, Germany this weekend. Waaaaah… The mystery of the disappearing whisker smackers is solved. From: “Dr. Harvey’s” <info@drharveys.com> Subject: Re: shortage of whisker smackers (fish)? Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:59:00 -0400 The company that we got our fish treats from went out of business, we should … …
Uploaded most of the pictures from Rio De Janeiro. Haven’t gotten around to scaling them yet so for now they are on Fortunecity. Weather was overcast and slightly rainy until Sunday.
U.S. to Free ‘Enemy Combatant,’ Bowing to Supreme Court Ruling. Another disgraceful failure for the Bush administration. Yaser E. Hamdi, an American citizen captured in Afghanistan and once deemed so dangerous that the American military held him incommunicado for more than two years as an enemy combatant, will be freed and allowed to return to … …
Rio was a ton of fun, but it’s nice to be back home. Thought the weather would be rainy and cloudy all weekend long, but luckily, there was no rain at all yesterday, and for a few hours the sun was actually out. As expected, a lot of people were wearing thongs and showing lots … …