Apr. 3, 2001: [•] Of course it’s the US’s fault that a Chinese pilot rammed a surveillance plane because God forbid that the Chinese government admits it did something imperfectly. “Sigh” [•] The US Senate approved a campaign finance reform bill. Now it must pass through the House. [•] A US F-16 crashed off the coast the Japan, but the pilot is okay. [•] The Philippine Supreme Court has voted unanimously to oust President Joseph Estrada. [•] Peace talks in Macedonia have begun. [•] A murderer is hung in Botswana. [•] Mexico has arrested a drug czar. [•] Fighting in Colombia continues. [•] 87 anti-globalization protesters were arrested in Ottawa, Canada during a peaceful protest. [•] Four people were killed in riots in Bangladesh as citizens continue to demand that prime minister Sheikh Hasina resign. [•] Ex-LAPD officer Nino Durden has pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiring to violate civil rights and one count of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. [•] Chinese stowaways are found hitchhiking in a ship. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: The US Census says our population grew. I could have told you that! [•] Two bodies are found floating off the coast of Alaska. They are believed to be part of the crew of a missing boat. [•] Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr. has been indicted on accepting bribes. [•] Try playing kick ball in this park. [•] The ex-Chevron employee charged with trying to blow up a plant has pleaded innocent. [•] Today the digital music battle goes to Congress. [•] ICANN has granted Verisign extended rights to manage dot com domains. [•] Cisco releases its web capable cell phones. [•] AIM 4.5 Beta for Mac is out. [•] FCC Chairman Michael Powell overhauls the FCC. [•] The lawsuit against IBM by holocaust victims has been dropped in hopes that they can settle out of court. [•] Black & White has been described by my colleagues as addictive, incredible, and everything a game should be. [•] What the hell is with Japan? Are you guys retards or something? First you want to kill whales so you can eat them even if it means making them extinct and now you want to do the same with elephants for their ivory. When does the stupidity end? [•] Two of the three cows cloned at Chico State University have died. [•] When lakes attack. [•] Overheating a child can kill them (duh). [•] If you have sinus pain like me right now chances are it’s allergies. [•] Be likes Popeye Da Sailor and eatz your spinach, but spell poorly! [•] Stress can ruin sleep. [•] No matter what the patch for the Internet Explorer hole says install it! [•] Dredging draws both support and protests. [•] Get your drugs here. [•] Warwick Police arrest a man accused of raping a woman. [•] A pit bull attacks a mentally disabled man. [•] Sex, lies, and… lies. [•] Sean Kinney (ex-Alice in Chains), Mike Inez (ex-Alice in Chains), Vin Dombroski (Sponge), and Chris DeGarmo (ex-Queensryche) have formed Spys4Darwin. [•] Here come the new albums: Run DMC kicks it old school and Rammstein kicks it hard. [•] The AMD Duron hits 900MHz. [•] Maxtor has bought Quantum’s hard drive division. [•] 2002 Acura TL Type S rules. [•] I love you wife! [•] Poor Immy 🙁 Hope you have a better day soon! [•] BTW: I made an OOPS. I said I was off today and I wasn’t! I’m off tomorrow. Anyhow, that means our next update will be Thursday. See you then.
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Classic DF – 8/7/00
Aug 7, 2000: [•] Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore has chosen Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate. [•] Scientists have discovered 9 new planets. [•] Sir Alec Guinness has passed away at 86 years old. He was best known as Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. [•] Spain and Portugal are being hit by a forest fire. [•] Cyclone Jewalat has hit Okinawa. [•] It rained fish in England. [•] Harrison Ford pulled off a real life rescue. [•] After the pilot of a single engine plane passed out a man with no flight experienced landed it. [•] A block party in the Bronx became a shooting gallery. [•] A man fleeing the site of a car crash went the wrong way down a highway and ending up kill himself along with several others. Stupidity at its worst, indeed. [•] Palm’s new m100 is all ready to go. [•] Apple wants to shut up its information leaks. [•] The number of operations allowed in exported computers has been changed again. [•] Scientists are proposing a new theory that carbon dioxide and not water carved Mars up. [•] West Nile has hit Boston. [•] Doctors in the UK believe that as living standards go up children’s immune systems are getting weaker to certain diseases due to lack of exposure to germs. [•] The arenavirus has struck in California and it is worse than West Nile. [•] Pzifer has halted its tests on a prostate cancer inhibitor. [•] Maine has accused a drug maker of attempting to avoid state pricing laws that give prescription buyers a price cut. [•] Macaulay Culkin has gotten divorced. [•] Preservationists want to make the Gulf of Maine the first ocean wilderness. That’s very cool. [•] Seals are dying in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea and no one knows why. [•] Linux on a wristwatch. How cool is that? [•] Entropy Systems plans never to release its engine that doesn’t need fuel and releases no pollution. Can I ask why? [•] Want to sell music online? You have to market in the real world first (duh). [•] The Japanese Playstation 2 just plain sucks, but Sony promises the American version will be better. [•] Swapoo will let you trade ROMs. The console vendors start to feel the fear. [•] Can family farms survive? [•] How not to hold a film fest. [•] 55 years ago yesterday the US scorched the Earth, destroyed a city, and sent a message to the world– weapons of mass destruction are here to stay. [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: A lost pilot lands everywhere in Middletown except the airport, the mother and son accusing of rape are out on bail, 3 were hurt in a car crash, and someone gets arrested for drugs. [•] Ice-T won’t be pimping or cop killing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he will be playing a cop. [•] Mike D (Beastie Boys) is recovering well after surgery. [•] The Wallflowers’ next album Breach will be out Sept. 26. [•] A Perfect Circle will miss its first tour date due to a family emergency. [•] According to SeemsLikeSalvation News Danny Lohner’s remix of A Perfect Circle’s Judith has been pulled due to him not liking it. Oh well. [•] Robert DeLeo (STP) and Ozzy Osbourne have been playing with each other. [•] Confrontation Camp will be releasing their stuff over the Net. [•] Microsoft’s IntelliMouse Optical can’t teach an old mouse a new trick. [•] Overclock a 566 MHz Celeron to 800 MHz (wow). [•] Increase airflow through your PC. [•] Road & Track Briefs: The 2001 Ford Explorer will be wider and more rollover resistant, Ford will be developing a Jeep style vehicle, GM is going to produce a low price Hummer, and Ford is suing Model E for using a name too close to Model T. [•] Alterworld Wrestling 7 is out. Very cool. [•] Anderm explains why some shouldn’t use computers. [•] Azazel, my incredible wife, is still beautiful and I love her. [•] RRAnarchy is down for legal reasons (I’m not kidding). But it should be back up soon. [•] If you missed it, I recently gave up my 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 and just in time I found this really great mod sight LOL. Life is funny that way 🙂