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FW: Leasing Rules for Phone Start-Ups Are Upheld (NY Times)

I was on a conference call yesterday where someone said that if you could call the Telecommunications Act of 1996 a stimulant to competition, then Hitler’s “Mein kampf” should be renamed the “Human Rights Charter of 1924.” -Ian....

Putting the Happy on the Face of Terrorism..

Okay, so some punk sending mail bombs isn’t terrorism, but it’s FUNNY! Violence tinged with a sense of humour forces us to confront how we come to understand both. Was this kid inspired by Chuck Palahniuk, do you think? -Ian. ——...

Remix, Redux

— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/arts/09MASH.html Spreading by the Web, Pop’s Bootleg Remix By NEIL STRAUSS The song may sound familiar at first, thanks to the unmistakable guitar riff from Nirvana’s classic “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”...

Re: RE: Invading Iraq…

I think that you should view this still-born plan and the debate sparked by Franks in the context of other events, like the cancellation of the US Army’s $11-Billion Crusader program (the Crusader is a really big self-propelled 155-mm howitzer). Increasingly,...

FW: Buy beer AND beer stocks

—— Forwarded Message From: Shiuman Ho Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 15:50:48 -0700 To: hello [at] ianbell [dot] com Subject: Buy beer AND beer stocks http://ca.news.yahoo.com/020502/5/m62f.html It would appear that if I had bought Molson (the beer and the stock)...