News – Israeli Leadership Losing Credibility (2/2
The new fad for leate 2003. Will it last? I hope so.
General
A new fad, iPod tune sharing with total strangers. Seems an odd practice to me, but anything that develops fellowship amongst humans can’t be too bad. And it seems to be developing totally out of the blue.
A nutrition advocacy group is warning that the Atkins diet might cause heart disease and may have been the cause of death of a teen-age dieter. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine noted that it couldn’t be proven, but people are already claiming this is true.
Smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD in children.
An international sweep of hackers, pirates, credit card spoofers and other internet criminals lets up 125 arrests. Good.
President George W Bush has asked the US Senate to ratify the first international cybercrime treaty.
In a letter to the Senate on Monday, Bush called the Council of Europe’s controversial treaty “an effective tool in the global effort to combat computer-related crime” and “the only multilateral treaty to address the problems of computer-related crime and electronic evidence gathering”.
My sad first reaction is, “So what’s wrong with it?” Bush likes it, that means something’s wrong with it. Well, civil liberties groups have been on this since it manifested in 2000</A., saying it gives too much power and threatens privacy. And there we likely have it. More monitoring power for the Bush administration under the guise of being more multilateral.
Or so I’d surmise. Curious that this is the first I hear of Bush caring about it for the last three years.
A review of Cat in the Hat with Mike Myers. Not a pleased one, either.
Today’s Papers notes he Dept of Homeland Security will be abandoning its visitor registration program targeting Muslim men. It notes some more poll data, Bush saying he won’t rule out bringing more troops to Iraq and more.
Amusements
Fark Photoshop Challenge: A reoccurring Nightmare and “Photoshop this perfectly ordinary cat caught in the middle of summoning Cthulu”
Survey reveals most people are half dressed, having side conversations, or doing their makeup while on conference calls
Gym instructor sues man who asked if she’d like to share his banana
Police and SWAT surround house for seven hours. Finally knock on door, no one is home
I like your diary. Very informative. 🙂
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That Cat in the Hat is horrifying. I’d be afraid of him if I were a kid. My mother smoked 7 cigarettes a day when she was pregnant with me. I also have a rather severe case od ADHD. Perhaps there is some connection.
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