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Bush.

Make your own Bush speech. (thanks Samuel)

Linked on the 1st of October, 2002 Details

Big brother at the commission.

Europe doesn’t need to worry about echelon, the NSA already has a nice and comfy seat from where it can watch everything happening within the European commission. They’re buddies with the guy in charge of communications encryption. Priceless…

Linked on the 2nd of March, 2001 Details

The Bush pardons.

Looks like Bill Clinton wasn’t a pioneer in giving out suspect pardons. Bush senior was playing that game well before him.

Linked on the 27th of February, 2001 Details

MOJO wire: The Drug War Comes to the Rez

Alex White Plume planted a field full of industrial-grade
hemp, in an attempt to bring his family and community out of poverty. The DEA didn’t agree and cut down his "field of dreams" Looks like another example of the US Government’s two-faced relationship with Indian communities.

Linked on the 21st of February, 2001 Details

Gay and Bi Men in the Crosshairs

A new TV ad aired in the Bay Area claims that HIV-positive gay and bi men can stop the AIDS epidemic. What's behind these ads?

Linked on the 13th of December, 2000 Details

The future of the UK monarchy

Interesting: UK newspaper, The Guardian, is running a special report on the future of the monarchy and argues that in the new millennium Britain should be given the choice whether to keep the royal family or become a republic. It will also be backing a legal challenge to the Act of Settlement, which excludes Catholics and others from succession to the throne, on the grounds that it is incompatible with the European convention on human rights which recently became part of UK law.

Linked on the 6th of December, 2000 Details