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Thanksgiving message
Just heard Tony Hall, the US ambassador to the UN food agencies in Rome, talk on the radio. Read about his latest party trick. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
Bush wins Florida
“With Jeb Bush as governor, and voting machine maker Diebold contributing to the Republican party, this might be what voting is like across Florida on Nov 2.”
Against software patents
“The European Union is on the verge of making a huge mistake: to pass a law that would legalise software patents.” The issue directly affects more than 450 million people living in Europe. Are you one of them?
Day after the crash
Yesterday evening I had a massive accident with my bicycle. A car pulled out in front of me and I crashed into it at about 40 km/h. I went over the car like a torpedo and then hit the ground face first. Any injuries, however, are confined to my right shoulder.
Use pen… to unlock bike
Kryptonite, makers of ‘Tough Locks for a Tough World’, are now known to have been selling bicycle locks which are not only more expensive, but can also be opened with a ball point pen. Apparently, this keyless mechanism was first documented in 1992.
Cartoon network?
It’s hard to open any newspaper these days and think that what you are reading really happened that way. Steve Bell’s cartoons, however, consistently seem to reflect a greater-than-average degree of objectivity.
Fotoshow: Nein zum Krieg
In German
In February 2003 millions around the world were united in protest against going to war in Iraq. Take a look at this gallery of pictures taken during that period.
www.geo.de
People protesting against going to war with Iraq in Hamburg, February 2002.