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General Chaos

AP Headline Haiku , June 10 2002

The Dow dives lower
First time below nine thousand
since October last.

Three straight days' freefall
They call this a recov'ry?
Greenspan's smoking dope.

The Senate passes bill
that hammers bad suits harder
than George can stomach

The GOP says:
“Make unions show their books, too”
Dems nix amendment.

Vice President Dick
and Haliburton cronies
sued for faking books

Cheney laughs it off;
says suit is void of merit.
Judicial Watch thinks not.

Congress votes to arm
airline pilots with handguns;
Not the friendly skies.

Bin Laden's still kicking
says a web site recording
“We are coming back.”

Inglewood police
sued for video'd beating
Bad cop, no donut.

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Administrivia, General Chaos

Gene Kan

CNet just posted a column written by Kan just over a week before he died:

The philosopher George Santayana famously quipped that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” but he said nothing of those who can. We repeatedly prove that even careful students of past mistakes optimistically rush to be first to repeat them.

Yaroslav Faybishenko, who worked with Gene on InfraSearch until it was bought by Sun, remembers Gene on his site, and links to Gene's blog, This Place Sucks.

Rest in peace, Gene.

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