It's Bastille Day
Yes, it took them a while to get it right (the No-fun police took over and decided that women weren't really equal after all) and the guillotine was invented in the name of charity. You should still read
La Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen.
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
"Je ne crois pas que notre idée puisse être comparée à la taxe Tobin. Cette proposition visait à stabiliser les mouvements de capitaux pour éviter la spéculation. Pour nous, une taxe sur les mails n'a pas pour objectif de stabiliser l'expansion de l'Internet, ce qui serait néfaste. Au contraire, nous disons qu'on peut profiter de cette explosion pour en faire bénéficier le plus grand nombre et réduire ainsi les écarts entre les branchés et les autres." I think it's a wothwhile idea but I also think the
backend will kill it (if it ever gets off the ground).
NY Times : Tough Rules Stand Guard Over Canadian Culture
" 'This isn't just cars or refrigerators for sale; this is ideas,' [Norman] Jewison said. "And when you start exporting ideas, philosophies, behavior, products, ways of living, it becomes an assault on the culture. Americans have to understand that.' "
Wired : 'Web Seance' Summons Art
" 'In showing the IP numbers of Web participants, we're stating the authenticity of the piece's interactivity,' says Sobell. 'And in attributing participants' written contributions to their IP numbers, the piece comments on the nature of identity, as seen by the medium.' " Artists, always looking out for your authenticity...
LA Times : Ventura Will Referee a WWF Match
"The perception is that people need to be professional politicians and that therefore being a politician is your entire life. Well, it's not Jesse Ventura's entire life and I think I was elected upon the fact that I came from being a private citizen." Profound words on Bastille Day.
The World on Djelem
"Bienvenue a Montreal." real audio.