13 July 2001

  • Abner Louima receives $8.7M in brutality case.
  • U.S. Defense will no longer be able to fight two wars at once.
  • 100-plus officers injured as Irish Catholics riot, in response to Protestant marches.
  • Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games.
  • Western leaders--Bush, Chirac--embrace Putin while Russian troops increase brutal attacks in Chechnya.
  • U.S. Trust, wealth managers for Charles Schwab, fined $10M for violating secrecy laws.
  • Nike streams online movie of Vietnam factory to refute sweatshop claims; activists not impressed.
  • The French invade New York on Sunday, in fourteen tiny cars.
  • My current favorite Flash piece: the infinite cover of AustralianInfront.
  • Bush practically endorses a revolution in national defense, but the military doesn't agree.
  • Jeup has a good site for selling modern furniture.