Pentagon: Were Under Heavy Attack

An item for your Rumor of War files, or at least, cyberwar.

Israel Hits Back With Warplanes

Go Israel! I love Sharon's tit-for-tat strategy where every car bombing and suicide bomb attack is met with an immediate reply. Actions have consequences and it's time the PLA learned this lesson.

No Damage Reported in 3.9-Magnitude Quake

An item for your Quake files, another one in CA.

China Beats India By A Head in Buddha Wars

An item for your False Christs files. Build a better Buddha and they will come.

Dow Closes Above 11,000 Mark

An item for your Sign of Noah files, some good news for our commerical and consumerist society. Spend on, happy campers!

Bloodshed on Israel Anniversary

An item for your Rumor of War & Covenant With Many files, the cycle of violence continues in Israel.

Annan in Washington to Seek AIDS Funds

An item for your pestilence files, the UN wants money to fight AIDS on a global scale.

Mobile Commerce Confidence Drops

An item for your Mark files, it looks like m-commerce is not quite ready for prime time.

Flare-up As Israel Buries Slain Boys

This may be a turning point in the war process, I think.

Pentagon to Put General in Charge of Space

An item for your Rumor of War and/or Signs in the Heavens files, it seems the U.S. is making the necessary administrative changes to prepare for war in the heavens.

Improving Our Asteroid Alarm System

And for your Signs In The Heavens files, a report on the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEOs).

Report: Pentagon To Abandon Two-War Strategy

An item for your Rumor of War files, it seems that the U.S. is now confident that major war could not break out in two places at the same time. I am relieved to know that my fears regarding the Russian and Chinese "anti-American hegemony" strategy are not well founded. I'm also relieved to know that even though the Korean War is still not formally over, the Defense Department does not expect it to ever resume, even as we maintain thousands of American troops on the DMZ. It's also good to know that even though the Gulf War never officially concluded with a peace treaty, Iraq is not expected to instigate any major conflicts in the near future. In short, we should regard this as very good news and proof of an unprecedented standardization of history and events: one war at a time, please.

Dalai Lama to Start U.S. Visit Next Week

An item for your False Christs files, the spiritual leader of Tibet (and a living god, don't you know) will visit the U.S. next week. Hello Dalai.

Peres urges Bush to condemn Palestinian violence and terrorism

An item for your Covenant With Many files, now that Peres has burned his bridges in the Arab world, he runs to Bush for cover. Somehow, I don't think it will be enough.

UN Removes U.S. From Rights Panel

An item for your Wickedness Increases files, nations that ignore human rights now sit on a panel that investigates abuses, while the U.S. (often critical of human rights abuses, including religious persecution) has been voted off.

Online consumer spending to hit $65 billion this year

An item for your Mark files, it looks as if e-commerce is going fine. Next up, m-commerce.

Israel Anxious for Peace Talks

An item for your Covenant With Many files, it looks as if Peres is going to press for greater American involvement in the peace process. But, is Peres acting on his own, or does he have Sharon's backing?

Astronomers Find Spinning Black Hole

For your Signs in The Stars files, scientists report detecting the first spinning black hole, and it's only 10,000 light years away.

Religious Rights Worsen

And for your persecution files, another news story on the latest U.S. report on religious freedom, this one focused on religious freedom in China.

Schroeder EU Vision Causes Stir

I'd vote for a two speed Europe with an inner core of say, oh I don't know, maybe ten countries?

Government Web sites attacked by hackers

What do you call a Chinese hacker? What, are you waiting for the punchline?

Mid-East blasts cloud peace hopes

And another item for your Rumor of War files, or perhaps your Covenant with Many files, about the latest developments in the Mideast war process, er, no, I mean, peace process. The latest bomb attack was probably planted by the Palestinians and targeted at Israelis, but ended up killing a Palestinian who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Friendly fire in an unfriendly peace.

Bush Calls for Missile Shield, Saying ABM Pact Is Outdated

An item for your rumor of war files, not that NMD will cause a war, but it will almost certainly cause an arms race. This is good news for arms manufacturers, but bad news for those who hope for reduced conflict in the future.