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Date: August 7th, 2002

Digital Photography

7 August, 2002 (20:34) | Personal | No comments

Well I went to Vancouver this weekend mostly intending to buy a Nikon Coolpix 5700 I decided to take a little longer to make up my mind (not to mention save a litlle more money). I’m glad now that I did. While checking out what I think is the best digital photography review site on [...]

Arafat backing for Israeli withdrawal

7 August, 2002 (20:06) | Political | No comments

Once more a chance for peace appears. Can both sides control themselves long enough to “give peace a chance“? I wouldn’t bet on it. Both Arafat and Sharon are terorists at heart and neither wants peace with the other. It’s also highly unlikely, given that Israel has systematically destroyed the Palestinian police infrastructure, that the [...]

B.C. jails shrink as crime ebbs

7 August, 2002 (13:12) | Sociology | 1 comment

Well this outta get the gun-nuts shorts in a knot. Here we are in Canada with strict gun control and registration legislation in place and the crime rate is decreasing so much they are having to close prisons (unlike the US which is building them at an all time high rate and inventing new ways [...]

Turkey’s Parliament abolishes death penalty, grants rights to Kurds in EU-bid

7 August, 2002 (13:03) | Political | No comments

Turkey, not noted for it’s gentle -or for that matter even humane - treatment of prisoners, political or otherwise, has decided to join the civillized world by abolishing capital punishment (except in times of war). Regardless of the fact that it was done in order to comply with conditions for membership in the EU the [...]

Silicon Valley’s Spy Game

7 August, 2002 (08:51) | Sociology | 1 comment

Here’s what the CIA is up to these days in Silivon Valley. A very interesting and frankly frightening look, by Jeffrey Rosen, at how the CIA and other government organizations are encouraging and funding research to strip away the last vestiges of your privacy.
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