March 19, 2003

It has started

AlterNet: Credibility Bomb

Bush tried to blame France for causing the war by threatening to use its veto. What hypocrisy: Since the United Nations creation, the United States has used its veto 76 times, and 41 of those vetoes in the last three decades concerned attempts by the United Nations to call Israel to account for its violations of multiple U.N. resolutions. Not just the Muslim world, but many outside it, find this record shockingly one-sided.

Scott comes back

Eve of destruction, postscript

Scott Rosenberg answers some critics.


Al Gore has a job

Former Vice President Al Gore Joins Apple's Board of Directors

It is an interesting choice. As you can imagine, the Mac web is filed with a lot of "he invented the internet" jokes. This was old when it first made the rounds.

For the record, he said "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.". Or in other words, he was key in getting the funding for the researchers during his stay in the senate.


My Uncle

Soleil

My uncle Bert and the Russian millionaire.