STH Newsletter

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Subhead - September 2000

by Jason Roth

• (Associated Press, August 1, 2000)

  Japan Defies Whaling Commission

  Finally, a country with some rice balls.

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• (InfoBeat News, August 3, 2000)

  N. Korea campaigns against smoking

  First campaign ad reads: "Second-hand smoke bad, first-hand misery and starvation good."

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• (The Register, August 8, 2000)

  Chinese government shuts down dissident site

  Congressional Republicans cite this as yet another example of China's progress towards a free enterprise system.

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• (Associated Press, August 8, 2000)

  Nazi Web address sparks furor
  Germans move to ban Nazi slogans as Web addresses

  Germans succeed in shedding Nazi image... by banning free speech.

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• (Associated Press, August 10, 2000)

  Reform Party Feud Intensifies

  The only thing left uniting the two opposing factions is a complete lack of principles.

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• (Reuters, August 11, 2000)

  NASA Says It Learned From Mistakes for New Mission

  "This time, we know to send up at least one celebrity, get better publicity from Hollywood, and if possible, to make sure our rockets and shuttles don't get lost or explode," a NASA spokesman said.

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• (Reuters, August 14, 2000)

  Over 100 Trapped on Crippled Russian Sub

  US says "We ain't saving your commie asses again unless you let us make a TV movie out of it."

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• (Reuters, August 21, 2000)

  Jiang Zemin Says E-Commerce Will Transform China

  "Web-enabled scrotum vices for everyone!" Zemin said.

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• (Associated Press, August 23, 2000)

  Iraq Says It Won't Permit U.N. Visit

  Clinton One Step Closer to Fulfilling Campaign Promise of Complete U.S. Annihilation by Iraqi ICBMs

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• (Reuters, August 23, 2000)

  Clinton Allows Japan's NTT to Purchase Verio

  Clinton says that having a Japanese company's throat in your grip is "well worth the risk" of any potential espionage.

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• (ZDNet Australia, August 28, 2000)

  Olympics site won't be accessible to the blind
  Organizers won't comply with demands

  Olympic events won't be accessible to the blind either. Reality also won't comply with demands.

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• (Cox News Service, August 28, 2000)

  Gender Imbalance Hurts The Tech Industry, Female Execs Say

  Never trust a story on "gender imbalance" that's reported by "Cox News Service".

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• (Associated Press, August 28, 2000)

  2 Die in Arkansas Campus Shooting

  VH1 Cancels Elementary School Gunmen episode of "Where are they now?"

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