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Dr. Chester Hope was late for everything - late coming back from his lunch hour, late seeing his patients and late getting to City Council meetings. "It got to be a pretty big joke with all of us," Mayor Andy Feury recalled. "I'd say, 'We'll just go ahead and start, Chet will be here in a few minutes.'" So to honor Hope, who was shot to death last month, the council unanimously passed a measure calling for meetings to be held 10 minutes late. "During his entire nine-year term," the ordinance says, "Chet Hope was rarely on time and typically...

When George Bush announced a $5bn hike in US aid last week, many were surprised by the figure at his side - the same Irish rock star who once routinely denounced the president's father. Bono tells Madeleine Bunting and Oliver Burkeman how he wooed Washington Senator Jesse Helms is 80 years old. He walks with a four-pronged cane. A fearsomely rightwing evangelical Christian, he has repeatedly exploited racial prejudice in his election campaigns. He believes that homosexuals are "weak, morally sick wretches", and a couple of years ago, he endorsed a report entitled "There Is A Virus Loose Within Our...

    The Age Of Muslim Wars Battlegrounds: An outburst of violence is sweeping across the world. What are its root causes—and will they erupt into a full-scale global conflict? The makings of a possible ‘clash of civilizations’ are present]   By Samuel P. Huntington NEWSWEEK       Jan. 2002 —  Contemporary global politics is the age of Muslim wars. Muslims fight each other and fight non-Muslims far more often than do peoples of other civilizations. Muslim wars have replaced the cold war as the principal form of international conflict. These wars include wars of terrorism, guerrilla wars, ...

Let's be friends Jude Wanniski is a white, arch-conservative, US Republican. So why, asks Gary Younge, has he forged an alliance with Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, and pariah of the white establishment? Thursday March 14, 2002 The Guardian Jude Wanniski's name has appeared in an eclectic array of places. The former marxist, Democrat and adviser to president Ronald Reagan was credited with making a major intellectual contribution to supply-side economic policies that dominated America during the 80s. The man who started the 1996 presidential campaign backing Bob Dole, withdrew his support to encourage millionaire Steve Forbes...

March 14, 2002 At Airport Gate, a Cyborg Unplugged By LISA GUERNSEY STEVE MANN, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto, has lived as a cyborg for more than 20 years, wearing a web of wires, computers and electronic sensors that are designed to augment his memory, enhance his vision and keep tabs on his vital signs. Although his wearable computer system sometimes elicited stares, he never encountered any problems going through the security gates at airports. Last month that changed. Before boarding a Toronto-bound plane at St. John's International Airport in Newfoundland, Dr. Mann says, he went through...

nbsp; nbsp;When a couple seeking to adopt a white baby is charged $35,000 and a couple seeking a black baby is charged $4,000, the image that comes to the Rev. Ken Hutcherson's mind is of a practice that was outlawed in America nearly 150 years ago #151; the buying and selling of human beings The practice, which is widespread among private adoption facilitators, of charging prospective parents different fees depending on the race or ethnicity of the child they adopt is one that Hutcherson is fighting to change from his Redmond, Wash., church. The Antioch Bible Church has established...

Mobile/PDA | Books | Onion Merchandise amp; Subscriptions | National Distribution Personals | Media Kit | Employment | Copyright 13 March 2002 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; SAN DIEGO#151;According to a University of California#150;San Diego study released Monday, sexism is rampant throughout the natural world, particularly among the highest classes of vertebrates. nbsp; Above: One of the millions of lionesses trapped in an abusive relationship. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; quot;When we first decided to examine attitudes and behaviors toward gender roles among non-humans, we were wholly unprepared for what we would find,quot; said Jennifer Tannen, leader of the UCSD research team,...

tangled webPipe DreamsThe origin of the "bombing-Afghanistan-for-oil-pipelines" theory.By Seth StevensonPosted Thursday, December 6, 2001, at 11:32 AM PTA theory making the rounds on the Internet, on the airwaves, and in the press claims that the bombing of the Taliban has nothing to do with a "war on terrorism" but everything to do with the oil pipeline the West wants to build through Afghanistan. Where did this theory start, and how did it spread?The California energy company Unocal seriously pursued building an Afghanistan pipeline in the 1990s, but back then the theorists, such as this Middle East specialist in 1998, argued that ...

RALPH RUMNEY, the artist who has died aged 67, was the sole English founding member of the Situationist International, the subversive movement which helped to inspire the Paris riots of May 1968, the Sex Pistols, the K Foundation, the decor of the Hacienda Club in Manchester and Damien Hirst.The Situationist International was founded in 1957 by Guy Debord in a bar in the village of Cosio d'Arroscia, high in the Italian Alps. Rumney was there throughout the week-long meeting, supposedly representing the London Psychogeographical Committee (which did not exist). He documented the proceedings in photographs, witnessing, as he believed, the ...

<p>On the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, the questions yesterday flowed like melted butter.</p> <p>Did the art student dressed as a lobster really fend off a dozen intruders who tried to get a predawn peek at his do-it-yourself campus house?</p>

Here are even more links to "Tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast"-- the stories and "issues" the mainstream media doesn't like to mention, or even talk about. Rather than go back and rehash old links, I'll give you links to the original posts here:DUBOB 8-- still *more* tales from the Underbelly*** DUBOB 7-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast..... DUBOB 6-- yet *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast..... DUBOB 5-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast..... DUBOB IV- yet more Tales from the Dark Underbelly of ...

By SUE LEEMAN, Associated Press LONDON (March 1, 2002 11:22 a.m. EST) - When is a leek a deviant delicacy? Never, according to the Welsh, who like to eat - and even wear - the variegated veggie so much that it has become their national symbol. So there was outrage Friday - Wales' national day, named for its patron St. David - when the European Commission published a directive that in the future all leeks sold in stores must look the same. Regulation No. 2396/2001 stipulates that grocers may not sell younger leeks with a diameter of less than eight ...

The logic of aggression is at work in Third World solidarity, and this has made it a continuation of the Cold War by other means. Being non-European is enough to put one on the side of right. Being European or being supported by a European power is enough to make one suspect. The bloody messes in banana republics, and butchery of political opposition and the dictatorial lunacy by their petty chieftains are all brushed aside. Such trifles will not restrain the progress of these peoples toward socialism. What seems criminal in Cuba, Angola, and Guinea has the real purpose of ...

Ammo Types &nbsp; Choosing your ammo is as important as choosing your weapon. Choose wisely, these descriptions should help. &nbsp; The following basic ammo types are listed in order of armor penetration, best to worst. AP - Armor Piercing - A hard bullet made from steel or tungsten alloys in a pointed shape typically covered by a thin layer of lead and/or a copper/brass jacket. The lead and jacket are intended to prevent barrel wear from the hard core materials. For gameplay purposes, AP is slightly worse on unarmored targets than FMJ. This is to indicate the hard AP ...

What we need Right NOW! Our Elected Officials need to do their OWN Taxes! VANNROX at BlueBay 02-01-02 I have cracked open my 1040 tax form and started to work on it. I know that the tax forms have been bad in the past. But, honestly, this is the absolute worst tax form that I have ever seen! It is almost as if a legion of demons have crawled up out of Hell and wrote their own twisted kind of sadistic evil mayhem to wreck upon our frail and pitiful lives. Look, I am a degreed Aerospace Engineer, among ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Explorers using a miniature submarine to probe the sea floor off the coast of Cuba said on Thursday they had confirmed the discovery of stone structures deep below the ocean surface that may have been built by an unknown human civilization thousands of years ago. Researchers with a Canadian exploration company said they filmed over the summer ruins of a possible submerged ``lost city'' off the Guanahacabibes Peninsula on the Caribbean island's western tip. The researchers cautioned that they did not fully understand the nature of their find and planned to return in January for further analysis, ...

VANNROX Link Page of FREE REPUBLIC Bookmarks.GROUP 2 Well, it's the end of the year 2001, and it's time to clean out my bookmarks. I'm sure that someone else might find some of these bookmarks worthy of viewing. For your pleasure and adventure... !!-FLASH-!! A look at the secret decisions that made Bush President. !!-FLASH-!! http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b9bf8201145.htm "Our Constitution is color-blind" A request from Dr. Alan Keyes http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b72cb0e47a2.htm "Pentagon Searchers Encounter Grisly Scenes" http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3ba352d35273.htm "Russian Expert Warns Of Biological Terror Attacks On West!" http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3bc37fd32c6d.htm "SmartCARD" - Your own personal (Carry on you) Personal Identification Card! http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b5c7381150a.htm "Wave 'em" or Jesse ...

VANNROX Link Page of FREE REPUBLIC Bookmarks. Well, it's the end of the year 2001, and it's time to clean out my bookmarks. I'm sure that someone else might find some of these bookmarks worthy of viewing. For your pleasure and adventure... Big Bother Is Watching You 1I Don't Want Your Stinking WarWith one small gesture...Vince Foster's Gun' SN Searched --BEFORE-- DeathAmericans pay approx 60% Tax rateDisarming the citizenry is not the answerChina &quot;Special&quot; Weapons Summary106th Congress Profile 2000Hard Truths About LiberalsA free country?A letter from the Founding FathersBig Brother invades your PCEurope's sex trade networkThe Pro-GAY efforts of ...

Photo of group "nature sliding" from The National Archives. The entire party is wearing tin trousers, the seats of which have been treated with paraffin. Sat Jul 20 2002 Search: More -> newsmedia     Go HomeOdd HistoryNews of the OddAlso OddTalk to UsLink to UsJoin UsWho Are We?More OdditiesOdd SuggestionsRecommend This Site Comments: "With all the publishing that is taking place on the internet it is easy to forget to give credit to other's work. You are among the few that post credit to other sites and share the source of your information. Our writers work hard to...