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Shameless Secrets of the Chefs: cooking with Coke… The Attack On Civil Liberties: Just noticed this series in the Village Voice. This ain’t China…
Politics/War
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Bush’s unrelenting support of Ariel Sharon is ridiculous. The NASD web site has some cool resources. For example, if you check out the UBS PaineWebber brokers mentioned here (The Man Who Paid the Price for Sizing Up Enron), you will find interesting little tidbits like Chung Wu used to work at King Bo Restaurant II, … …
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Prosecutors Seek a Death Sentence in Terrorism Case: The U.S. government wants to execute a man who fits the profile of a September 11th terrorist. I’m all for revenge, but let’s at least see some hard evidence linking him to the act. Otherwise, our justice system is no better than China’s…
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The Office of Propaganda, er, Strategic Influence is dead before it started. Apparently, the Egyptian student who was accused of owning an airband transceiver in a hotel near the WTC ended up in jail as a result of a lying hotel security guard. McCarthyism and Japanese internment camps. More than ugly history? Good-bye civil liberties…
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Some ex-Enron employees were hoping that Bush would address their situation more directly in his State of the Union Address. Wake up, folks. There is more going on in this country than just Enron. Speaking from experience, if you invest all your eggs in one basket, you can only blame yourself for those tremendous losses.
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Is Ashcroft an idiot? I often wonder about these inane press releases. “We have this videotape of these guys talking. We think they could be suicide terrorists. Can’t play the audio for you as we’re analyzing it for secret messages, but ya gotta trust me on this one. One of them is stroking a rifle. … …
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GWB’s rally-round-the-flag speech all but declared war on Afghanistan and proclaimed the unreachable goal of eliminating terrorists worldwide. No wonder Hillary looked so annoyed.
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So Al Sharpton wants to sue the Navy for $1M for arresting him. Cheney Calls on Navy to Pay Bill to Light His Home. Knuckleheads and crybabies.
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It’s funny to think about how obsessed I was with the stock market a year ago. Yesterday, a friend asked me for investment advice, and amazingly the words “treasuries” and “corporate bonds” popped out of my mouth. Anyone who thinks that awarding the Olympics to China is going to “help open the country” needs to … …