Readers respond with more parallels between the Islamic crazies and the American Taliban of the rabid right
Daily Archives: 5 Jul 05
G8 protest accused set for court
I had been wondering if the anti-globalization movement was ever going to get back on track after 9-11.
“Police say 100 people are expected to appear in court after being arrested during clashes in Edinburgh sparked by a protest against the G8 summit.
Demonstrators fought running battles with 1,000 police in the centre of the city, which was brought to a standstill for six hours.”
(BBC)
So?
Thai teachers to be allowed guns: “School teachers in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces will be allowed to carry guns, the government has said. The move is one of a series of measures designed to keep education staff from leaving the violence-hit south. Many of the region’s teachers are thought to have either stopped working or demanded a transfer from the area.” (BBC)
What’s the big deal? I just learned yesterday from friends of mine in Cambridge, just across the river, that the principal of a public school in the neighborhood where I lived twenty-odd years ago, just above Lesley College and Harvard Law School, is also reportedly packing.
Forget cameras – spy device will cut drivers’ speed by satellite
It is nothing that mysterious; simply based on GPS technology. Cars in London will pilot the voluntary system in return for a break in the ‘congestion charge’ for entering London. The system knows the speed limit of every London street, monitors a car’s position and speed and applies the brakes or cuts the accelerator if it exceeds the local limit. (Sunday Times of London)
