31. July, 2002 - End of Month Miscellany

July seemed like a much longer than usual month.
Raving Lunacy: If the government is as successful in the war on terrorism as they have been in the war on drugs (hey, glowsticks are drug paraphenalia now!), it's going to be a long haul. [instapundit]
John Stossel's Is It Time to End the War on Drugs? parallels his show that ran last night, I'm told. Didn't see it, but it was highly recommended. [endwar]
Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! aired a report Monday showing how many current and former military officers including members of the Joint Chiefs say Saddam Hussein poses no imeediate threat the the U.S. Mainstream media mentioned this as well, including MSNBC [Jim]
DoS Attack disables music industry Web site - just the type of attack that would be legal for the RIAA to make on other people if Rep. Berman's bill becomes law. [fark!]
Hear about how MLB shut down Mets Online, a fan-run site? Yeah, that's a way to get some good press before you lock the players out. An example at Baseball: Fan's Site Is Foul Play: Major League Baseball forced a 6-year-old Mets Web site, started by an upstate fan when he was 14, to shut down yesterday after league officials said it illegally used registered team and league trademarks and profited from the team's name. [scripting and instapundit]
Major media is getting Flogged by bloggers whoc fact-check the stories and aren't at all shy about pointing out inaccuracies. [instapundit]