] I'm calling in from the highly-guarded border of Iran and
] Kurdistan. A truck is waiting for us to transport CNN
] staff, our personal belongings, and our television gear
] into kurd-controlled northern Iraq. We're crossing into
] this region to cover the northern front of a potential
] war with Iraq, in an area dense with oil-rich fields
] along the northern no-fly-zone.

This guy is fucking nuts. (With apologies to Elonka.)

That having been said, this could be one of the more interesting weblogs in the coming weeks.... Unless someone actually starts blogging from Bagdad. Or, you know, they actually negotiate a peace. Or the Aliens arrive and colonize the planet.

Kevin Sites Blog

] The CDC is still analysing the bacteria responsible for
] these outbreaks. But Bancroft says initial tests show the
] same strain is responsible for all the outbreaks in Los
] Angeles, and that it appears to be the same as a strain
] first isolated in New York in 1997. It may be more
] virulent because it has a gene called PVL, which codes
] for a potent toxin.

More info on the Superbug

New Scientist - Superbug strain hits the healthy

] Federal scientists are looking for evidence that a bolt
] of electricity in the upper atmosphere might have doomed
] the space shuttle Columbia as it streaked over
] California, The Chronicle has learned.

Cosmic bolt probed in shuttle disaster / Scientists poring over 'infrasonic' sound waves

] In his speech, Bush again called for a ban on all forms
] of human cloning. His opposition to therapeutic as well
] as reproductive cloning has angered scientists who claim
] this stifles important biomedical research in the US.

Fuck....I should have known that Bush was anti-therapeutic cloning. Arg. Human Cloning and Therapeutic cloning are NOT even in the same ball park.
le sigh

New Scientist (recap of state of the union address)

] Rosen, 44, seems to have planted herself squarely in the
] path of inevitable technological change. In fact, she's
] far from naive: She knows downloadable music is the
] format of the future.

An interview with Hillary Rosen

Wired 11.02: Hating Hilary

] Hilary Rosen, the articulate, tough chairwoman and chief
] executive officer of the Recording Industry Association
] of America, the music industry's top lobbying group, said
] on Wednesday she will step down by year-end.

ABCNEWS.com : Chairwoman of Music Trade Group RIAA to Step Down

] An ACLU report released Wednesday warns that the United
] States "has now reached the point where a total
] 'surveillance society' has become a realistic possibility

Comforting....really.

Wired News: ACLU: It's Almost 1984

] "A baby girl born with brain damage in New York State in
] November was infected with West Nile virus from her
] mother while in the womb. It is the first known case of
] this route of transmission. "

Um....bad.

New Scientist - Baby infected with West Nile virus in womb

1984 is here. The new Cyberspace Security Enhancement Act (CSEA) rider on the Homeland Security Act (HSA) brings a $200 million dollar budget to create an automated J. Edgar Hoover sans the sexual peccadillos.

If I were you I would contact my Senators and Representatives today.

[Isn't this "America...land of the *free*" ? What kind of freedom are we supposed to feel if we are being watched like this all of the time? If this passes, they should change our slogan to "America...land of surveillance". - nanochick

You Are a Suspect

] "The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a
] resolution that demands unfettered access for U.N.
] inspectors to search for weapons of mass destruction in
] Iraq. "

hrm....I feel war coming on

CNN.com - U.N. passes Iraq resolution on weapons inspections - Nov. 8, 2002