The story from the BBC, among other places. Just another sign that we’re turning into an isolationist culture in many ways; scared of outside cultural influence and motives. Pat Buchanan was on NPR a week or two ago and posited that the Mexicans are coming in such numbers that they will not be [...]
Entries from October 2006
US Border Fence Signed Into Law
October 5th, 2006 · No Comments · America, Politics
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FOAF Me
October 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Semantic Web, This Digital Life
I decided to spend 5 minutes yesterday putting together a FOAF document for myself. I have seen a variety of personal URIs out there, but ended up going with Elias‘ pattern: http://fancygonzo.net/who#rob. I also went over to the FOAF Project and added my new FOAF document to their Bullitin Board so that FOAF-aware [...]
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The “War on Terror” that Ruined Rome
October 1st, 2006 · No Comments · America, History, Politics, War
An article in the International Herald Tribune. An exerpt:
KINTBURY, England In the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators, together [...]
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