A sunset from Madrona Park, a short walk from my front door. I cropped out the McNeil Island Corrections Center.

Posted by Shad Muegge at August 06, 2002 08:40 PM

A three-judge panel ruled that allowing court challenges to the demolitions could put soldiers' lives in danger because Palestinians would be able to booby-trap the houses or set up ambushes. The ruling leaves it up to the military to decide whether or not to allow hearings in some cases.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 10:18 AM

A World Taekwondo Federation official told a South Korean magazine he ''indirectly'' influenced referees and judges to favor Koreans in Sydney. Chong Woo Lee, a WTF vice president during the Games, said he manipulated the assignment of judges and referees. He could not be reached Monday.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 10:15 AM

The missing FBI weapons included 10 submachine guns, 42 shotguns and 85 pistols. Many were stolen from agents' cars and homes. One was left in a taxicab last year. Another was left in a telephone booth.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 10:12 AM

SUVs are less safe overall than passenger cars, even smaller passenger cars. Studies have shown that overall, in accelerating and handling, SUVs are inferior in comparison to similarly sized and powered cars. In most types of accidents, a vehicle occupant is more likely to be injured in an SUV than in a passenger car. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Studies, in single vehicle crashes, heavy vehicles with stiff frames -which are mostly SUVs - may actually harm the vehicle's occupants more than in a passenger car because there is little give to dissipate the force of running into an immovable object. This is because the best selling SUVs use old "ladder" technology in their frames, which is not designed to absorb collision impacts.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 07:38 AM

Left handed bloggers? I'm ambidextrous in everyway that's important.

A:I've always considered myself a Jerry Brown kinda Democrat -- I think he's been much maligned. Remember when he was pooh poohed over talking 'bout a flat tax during his presidential candidacy? He's also "individual rights" on the Second Amendment. At the same time, Jerry's a Left Coast Liberal who cares about social justice issues.

I'm a Jerry Brown (after the 1992 presidential run) Democrat too. His run for president on $50 donations was real campaign finance reform. It proves we don't need a law to reform just the will to do the right thing.

Posted by Shad Muegge at August 06, 2002 07:29 AM

A quick google search and it seems that a lot of electronic companies are doing lead-free "research."

Posted by Shad Muegge at August 06, 2002 07:22 AM

Still, it is hard not to feel a grudging admiration for the anonymous wordsmiths behind these pitches. The subject line on most e-mail programs is roughly 50 characters, a limit that makes haiku look verbose. In that small space the writer needs to find a way to make an instantaneous connection. The best subject headers -- "Come see my new house," "Let me explain" -- make as compelling an emotional appeal as a good greeting card, in far fewer words.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 07:15 AM

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 06:37 AM

The 33-year-old was assaulted in Kraaifontein by a passerby who offered him food, took him home and beat him up before forcing him to ejaculate into a jar.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 06:21 AM

The PowerMate is an all-in-one PC that comes with a 15-inch flat-panel screen, a 900MHz Transmeta Crusoe processor and 256MB of memory. Similar to IBM's discontinued NetVista X, the "guts" of the computer are located behind the screen. The PowerMate is expected to sell for $1,599.

This is not a particularly good deal for the power -- I could get a flat panel iMac for the price. However, it is fully recyclable, lead-free, low-power, quiet and with a small desktop footprint. I have noted many times in my blog about allergies that a green or organic product will cost about double normal, which is borne out with this machine.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 06:08 AM

In his defence, Finney says it's not up to him to determine who gets a divorce and how. "We didn't create the need for this," he says. "We responded to a need that was already there."

Hutson [says] people who look down on this point-and-click road to divorce don't realize the system discriminates against those who can't afford the traditional channels.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 05:59 AM

The UN resolution - drafted by the European Union and Palestinian officials - was opposed by the United States and Israel, which said it was biased.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 05:53 AM

Mills, 57, was fired in June after the Citizen published an editorial critical of Chretien, a friend of the Asper family, which controls Canada's largest newspaper chain and which supports Chretien's Liberal Party.

Posted by GeeTee at August 06, 2002 05:49 AM