Monthly Archives: March 2004

The Coming Saudi Civil War

Posted on March 10, 2004 by Allen

The NYTimes (regisration required) has an excellent set of article entitled Intruders in the House of Saud, Part I: The Jihadi Who Kept Asking Why. The article follows a jihadi, Mansour, who has since turned against his fellow Wahhabists and … Continue reading →

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Tricking You Into Reading This Stuff

Posted on March 10, 2004 by Allen

I’ve been mulling the recently attempted outser of Eisner from Disney. How a “board of directors” can retain a CEO who has 43% of the shareholders voting against him is beyond me. I think it probably would have been over … Continue reading →

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Iraq’s New Constitution Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted on March 8, 2004 by Allen

Or so says that fact-based-news-wire-service: ScrappleFace.

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Light Blogging

Posted on March 8, 2004 by Allen

Blogging has been light lately with lots of work duties and home stuff coming up. I’m trying to work on some scheduled posts. Not that it matters that much. I don’t have that many folks who are “dedicated” readers. I … Continue reading →

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PLO: Game Over

Posted on March 5, 2004 by Allen

A recent edition of Jerusalem Post has an article about the deteriorating condition of the West Bank and Gaza in Israel News : Jerusalem Post Internet Edition. We are reaching an end game with the PLO (and coming up on … Continue reading →

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Made with 100% Real Yeti

Posted on March 3, 2004 by Allen

YETI SPORTS by chris hilgert is a gathering spot of all sorts of Yeti games. Yeti. Yetiyetiyetiyetiyeti. Badgerbadgerbadgerbadger. Yetiyetiyetiyeti. I smell a flash movie!

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Free Trade and China

Posted on March 2, 2004 by Allen

WSJ has an interesting article on China “outsourcing” iron mining to the US. Read WSJ.com – Chinese Outsourcing (paid subscription required) for the full details. A iron mine in Minnesota has re-opened to fill iron requirements for manufacturing firms in … Continue reading →

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Great Word Puzzle Site

Posted on March 2, 2004 by Allen

Re-found a great site that has word puzzles of a different sort. +———+ v | [h]->[i]->[g] +–+ +–+ +—-+ | v | v | v | [l]->[y]->[ ]->[r]->[e]->[c]-+->[o]->[m]-+->[e]->[n]->[d]->[e] RouteWord – Find the Route that Reveals the Word

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Current Quote from Jefferson

Posted on March 2, 2004 by Allen

My current (rather longish) quote comes from Thomas Jefferson. It examines the rights and powers of the judicial branch and how it will tend over time to become despotic. I found the quote at an excellent site: http://www.landmarkcases.org/index.html The site … Continue reading →

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Retired Quote

Posted on March 2, 2004 by Allen

Retiring my current quote and enclose it here: Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. Epicurus

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