Monthly Archive: January 2002

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Poverty Causes Substance Abuse

Dangerous stuff, claiming that poverty causes substance abuse… But that’s exactly what this study of monkey hierarchies shows. And incredibly enough, “environmental enrichment” seems to make monkeys less likely to become substance-dependent. I wonder...

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Tacticals

They may be racist and fuck-all use in urban situations, but the Pentagon’s “special forces” did a bang-up tactical job in Afghanistan, especially considering the limited resources allocated by the Bush Gang. Still, I...

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Military Grade Anthrax

Yet another story about the probable US military origins of the anthrax used in the postal terror campaign. Apparently two dozen “dangeous biological specimens” have gone missing from the Fort Detrick biowarfare research labs....

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Chris Cunningham Closed

Sheesh. I close off the Chris Cunningham video directory to save some bandwidth, and all of a sudden I have dozens of emails from people begging for a download. I keep sending them here,...

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The Only Good Somali Is A Dead Somali

The Only Good Somali Is A Dead Somali, apparently. Interesting review of Black Hawk Down movie. And another one here, from NTK. it’s like Ridley Scott decided to remake “Aliens”, but misheard “some aliens”...

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Universal Broadband… Corporate Welfare?

Wall Street Journal has this on proposed new Government regulation and tax breaks to encourage Universal Broadband Access. This idea appears to be gaining ground. Whether this becomes a public good (Universal Service, the...