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130 Afghan People Executed
Some victims "were tortured prior to execution, particularly through bayoneting and mutilation by knives," it said. At least one firing squad victim was skinned, it said....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2001 6:58am PDT
Osama Goes Fission
“It is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorise the enemies of God.”...
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2001 5:49am PDT
CLOSE SHAVE
At the time of their arrests, Azmath and Khan had their hair cut short, were cleanshaven and, according to sources, had shaved the rest of their bodies....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2001 5:41am PDT
Guidelines for Countering Religious Profiling
Regularly seek out a variety of perspectives for your opinion pieces. Check your coverage against the five Maynard Institute for Journalism Education fault lines of race and ethnicity, class, geography, gender and generation....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2001 5:29am PDT
October 23-26 Update News from Pakistan
My sources are personal contacts, bit of local news media and particularly those who are working as volunteers and aid workers on the borders and camps for refugees for the humanitarian assistance NGOs......
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2001 12:54am PDT
QUEEN OF THE WORLD?
Arundhati Roy, journalist extrordanaire from the superlative sub-continent of India.. Whatever Gods or GOddesses that have consented to bless Ms Roy, have exceeded their purpose.. Ms Roy may birth the second coming of Christ. Or may simply be the second coming herself. Her depth surpasses all known forms. All religious coming of age myths should now look to Ms Roy for personal guidance. She is universal. This is my commentary, John Lionheart....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 8:32pm PDT
Cheney: Precautions to Become Normal
The new and EXTREMELY important dick......
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 7:57pm PDT
His Delicious, Mansard-Roofed World
And I thought at that moment, with those pictures in my head: "His delicious, mansard-roofed world." He being God. I wrote down the words on a Post-It and put it on the bookcase, thinking some day I'd use them in writing about . . . something. Maybe joy. Maybe: us. Or maybe I'd just see them and think: That was a nice moment....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 7:48pm PDT
Who gives a FUCK about New York ?
Who gives a FUCK about New York when whales and elephants are dying?...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 7:16pm PDT
Oct 29 SF Supes Voting on Money for Military
Item 17 of October 29, 2001 Board of Supervisors Agenda: 011743 [Compensation for City Employee Called to Active Military Duty] Mayor From: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/a102901.htm...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 6:40pm PDT
9/29 SF Supes Voting on Money for Military
Item 17 of October 29, 2001 Board of Supervisors Agenda:
011743 [Compensation for City Employee Called to Active Military Duty] Mayor
From: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/a102901.htm...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 5:56pm PDT
say it ain't so, Joe
After the release of the Woodstock film, McDonald was banned from appearances, lost radio air play and was stamped as unpatriotic....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 5:50pm PDT
War Is Not The Answer (video/x-pn-realvideo 4.7MB)
Scenes from an October 8 protest in Berkeley. 3 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 5:19pm PDT
FBI Seeking to Wiretap Internet
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to broaden considerably its ability to tap into Internet traffic in its quest to root out terrorists, going beyond even the new measures afforded in anti-terror legislation passed by the House today, according to lawyers familiar with the FBI’s plans....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 12:38pm PDT
Ashcroft Discusses New Powers
WASHINGTON –– Attorney General John Ashcroft pledged Thursday to use new powers granted by Congress to pursue terrorist suspects relentlessly, intercept their phone calls, read their unopened e-mail and phone messages and throw them in jail for the smallest of crimes....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 11:28am PDT
4th amendment gutted
Pres. Bush signed the anti-4th Amendment bill today...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2001 11:00am PDT