Friday, February 1, 2002

From Enron to Cheney to California. Golden State politicians are on the warpath after a leaked memo reveals Kenneth Lay's instructions on how the White House should handle last year's electricity crisis. [Salon.com] 11:19:19 PM    As WorldCom Stock Falls, a Debt Rises. Bernard J. Ebbers, the man who built WorldCom into a giant company, now owes at least $92 million more than his stock in the company is worth. [NYTimes] one of many such muckity mucks no doubt -- we wouldn't be surprised if Worldcom itself were history a year from now 11:12:44 PM    very cool 10:13:23 PM    maybe we'll tune out this weekend -- not 5:52:42 PM    'Ransom demand' for US journalist. Alleged kidnappers of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan demand $2m, but an e-mail sent to US media says he has been killed. [BBC] and where's Waldo? we haven't heard much from him since he joined FOX and filed a few reports from Afghanistan 12:06:15 PM    the Colima Volcano in Mexico is about to blow here's the USGS site and a picture of the pyroclastic flow on Colima back in 1998 -- and a great Album Fotografico that shows the dome bulge over the last 2 weeks but coolest of all -- here's the live webcam of the Colima Volcano from the University of Colima volcano observatory site we dig this volcano and geology stuff -- that is, until the rocks start falling on heads and lava and pyroclastic flows bury lives -- then it quickly becomes a big bummer 11:18:25 AM    Aid appeal for Lagos blast victims [BBC] 10:45:42 AM    Sharon Steps Up Pressure on Arafat. The Israeli prime minister said in an interview today that he will ask President Bush to cut off contacts with Yasir Arafat. [NYTimes] 9:11:32 AM    Bin Laden: "The battle has moved inside America" 6:05:58 AM    DDOS attack forces ISP out of business 6:03:29 AM

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