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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Thu, 16 Sep 2004
Illegal
From ACSBlog:
Iraq War "Illegal," Declares UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kafi Annan told the BBC,
"I have indicated [the Iraq War] was not in conformity with the UN
charter from our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was
illegal." Annan added, "I think there has been lessons for the US and
there has been lessons for the UN and other member states and I think
in the end everybody is concluding that it is best to work together
with our allies and through the UN to deal with some of these issues.
And I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long
time."
Huge.
Posted at 10:45 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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(snort)
Slashdot has a link to Nature
magazine's questions to our presidential candidates and their
answers. It took about ten seconds to elicit an involuntary horse
laugh out of me when reading Bush's answers. Example:
Q: Recent months have seen various charges of political bias against
scientific panels that advise the US government at different
levels.What would you do to ensure that your administration receives
genuinely impartial scientific advice?
Bush: My administration has a strong commitment to the highest
scientific standards in decision-making. On issues ranging from
climate change to nanotechnology, I have sought out the best
scientific minds inside and outside the government for policy input
and advice, especially the independent National Academies. My
commitment to sound, independent scientific advice is unwavering. And
my senior science adviser in the White House, John Marburger, happens
to be a Democrat.
Go read it. There's a PDF of the whole thing here
if you don't want to do the flash version.
Truly surreal. It's as if most of the Bush responses were written by
the comedy staff of the Daily
Show.
Posted at 10:10 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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So you think it's your computer? They don't.
My buddy Frank over in Germany just sent me links to a couple of
articles; a fellow at Sans took the time to
do a fresh install of XP Home Edition, and then went to some selected
gaming sites. He traces down all of the spyware and malware that gets
installed by simply visiting the wrong web page using Internet Explorer.
Now, I realize that the people who will not take the time to read
these articles are exactly the ones who need to, but this is my
pathetic little attempt at enlightening the world and doing a public
service. So read these, especially if you're not interested in
computer geekery. Really. Please.
Article one of "Follow the Bouncing Malware" is here, and
article two here. Once
you've read them, you'll understand why you should be browsing with Mozilla
Firefox, and why you should install Ad Aware, and
why you should install WinPatrol, and why you should
install Spybot
S&D.
Thank you, and thanks, Frank.
[Update] If you're into geekery, the Handler's Diary is a very
good daily read; I just poked around it a bit. And added it to my
"morning musts" bookmark folder.
Posted at 09:55 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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