Daily Archives: February 26, 2003

The torture never ends

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know how they’re going to do it – I’m afraid to even think about it – but Fox is preparing another Joe Millionaire. Not that I’ll watch anyway, but I confess the speculation interests me. One of NBC’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows Dept.

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

It’s an anti-abortion/pro-tort reform smackdown! Historically, social conservatives have stood beside business interests pushing what proponents call tort reform — damage caps and other limitations on lawsuits. Tort reform advocates say ambulance-chasing lawyers have fed a growth in frivolous lawsuits, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ten years ago

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Ten years ago today the World Trade Center was bombed by terrorists who hoped to bring the Towers down. Looking back on it, we never really realized it for what it was: a declaration of war. Pretty easy to see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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And it’s 1,2,3, what are we debating anti-war resolutions for?

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like the two proposed anti-war resolutions before the Houston City Council will meet the same fate as the slavery reparations resolution did. Though I thought the whole thing was a waste of the Council’s time, I do want to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Telemarketers gain upper hand in technology

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Uh oh, telemarketers now have a way to defeat privacy tools like the TeleZapper and SBC’s Privacy Manager. Castel, a maker of automated dialing technology, boasts that its DirectQuest software is immune to the TeleZapper, a $40 gadget designed to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blood and oil

Posted on February 26, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I haven’t seen anyone blog about this Salon article, which rather surprises me. The article discusses why Big Oil really doesn’t want war with Iraq, at least not now. A lot of the points this article makes are quite sensible … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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