November 12, 2004

Have just begun using Mozilla/Firefox! And have discovered that the Ranter looks weird in it! And that the clock doesn’t work! (Cue Mozilla users saying “Clock? There’s a clock?”) Just another reason to begin the long delayed Ranter Redesign…

In the wake of Yasser Arafat’s death, many well-informed voices have raised concerns that a damaging factional struggle might break out and possibly damage the peace process. On one side, a hard-line sect united in adulation of their leader and in their trust in force. On the other, the forces of an established bureaucracy hoping…

It now seems that, just as predicted, the insurgents have been slipping out of Fallujah. As predicted, they headed north towards Kurdistan….where the state of emergency doesn’t apply. And, as predicted, they created mayhem. The Guardian reports on the eruption of fighting in Mosul, where rebels have apparently gained control of the streets at least…