August 25th, 2003
STRONGER, YOU FOOL!
(Thanks, DailyPundit)
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August 25th, 2003
A tally of US taxpayers’ tab for Iraq
Tim insists that I link to this article about the cost of the US involvement in Iraq. Surprise, surprise, “reconstruction” is costing a fortune. Probably the biggest cost of the war is the cost in increased oil prices (no blood for oil, eh?) Since there has been some misunderstanding about my stance [...]
August 25th, 2003
Have the WMD’s finally been found? Let’s hope Bush has the guts to follow up…
(Thanks, RE)
August 25th, 2003
CD-Recordable discs unreadable in less than two years
Long before I got my first CD-RW drive, I had friends make CDs for me and stayed up late in the schools computer lab to transfer my files by ftp and back up my stuff on the ancient 2X burners. Because CDRs store data digitally and CDROM drives do not touch the surface when [...]
August 25th, 2003
The lesson that we should draw from the results of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is that efforts to partially privatize the industry are likely to retain those elements of regulations that benefit concentrated interests in business most.
If this point is not immediately evident to you, I highly recommend you read “The Question of the [...]
August 25th, 2003
China’s Mix of Freedom and Blood
A successful Chinese businessman was jailed earlier this year for his anti-communist statements as well as for illegal competition with state banks. This case is typical of the resistance state-run industries in China put up to better and more efficient private companies. The spread of private enterprises in China is creating a new [...]