Archive | December, 2003

Keiko has died

Published on TaipeiTimes Link to Original Article Killer whale movie star Keiko catches pneumonia, dies AP , OSLO, NORWAY Sunday, Dec 14, 2003,Page 1 Keiko, the killer whale star of the Free Willy movies, has died, his caretakers said early yesterday. The 10.6m-long, 6-tonne whale died after the sudden onset of pneumonia in the Taknes  Read more »

Nazis’ gay victims remembered in Berlin

15 December, 2003      A memorial for the thousands of gay men killed by Nazis in the Second World War has finally been given the go ahead in Berlin.      The memorial, which is funded by Germany’s government and will be placed in the Tiergarten Park area of the city, is the result of fierce arguments between  Read more »

White House Aide Angers Pagans

Towey Suggests Groups Lack Concern for the Poor From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43967-2003Dec7.html By Alan Cooperman Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 8, 2003; Page A23 H. James Towey, director of the White House’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, has stirred up a pot of trouble by suggesting that pagans don’t care about the poor. Wiccans, Druids  Read more »

Grrrrrrr

Got home from the Christmas Party out in Porter’s at Brian’s parents house and my key got stuck in our apartment’s deadbolt lock. It is still in there partly the rest is on my keychain still. since it’s sheered off and its after 9:00pm on a Saturday Bri is now on his way to Lowe’s  Read more »

Privacy and Consumer Profiling

“The Product is you.” –Adbusters Media Foundation The Electronic Privacy Information Center has a great site up that focuses on consumer profiling by businesses with the help of the big three credit reporting agencies. Federal laws allow them to sell information about you and there is no way you can “opt-out”. http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/