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April 14, 2001
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the
struggling Internet portal, and laying off its remaining 300 employees.
NBCi reportedly had lost $245 million in the three-month period ending
in December, "Money" said NBC CFO Mark Begor, "that could
be better used to raise executive salaries."
The
commission under Chairman Michael Powell is widely expected to
eliminate the 35-percent limit on broadcasting ownership . It is also
expected to do away with the rule barring media companies from owning
newspapers and TV stations in the same market. Bush said "we feel
the 35 percent limitation rule is restrictive to the wealthy, powerful
robber barons who wish to own the airwaves. I say if Murdoch or
Redstone want to take over the world, hell, let them, I'll still be
here. I got oil money."
Robert
Grestle of Andover Massachusetts is suing the Renutogen Pharmaceutical
Labs of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and their advertising agency, Polk, Polk
and Westerberg, of New York. In an unusual case, Mr. Grestle, 50,
claims he purchased Renutogen's "Teenagain Face Creme" because
the ads promised "skin like a teenager's". After Grestle
applied the creme overnight, he woke up with a face full of acne. The
arguments here write themselves, it should be a fun trial to watch,
we'll keep you posted. --S.T. (
The
Canadian government has eased restrictions on private citizens growing and
possessing marijuana for medical purposes. It sounds good, but the fact
is, anyone who has ever smoked even the best Manitoban Mudweed knows it's really
low quality stuff, giving the user a headache rather than a buzz, and delivering
less cannabinoid per lungful than Amsterdam grown versions such as First Class
Flight or Karma One (available from Dirk Van Der Von
Venter, 11 Mozartstraat, Hilversum, Holland. Not for shipment to USA, Canada,
Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain, France, United
Kingdom (including Wales, Scotland, Gibraltar, Channel Islands, Isle of Man,
blah blah blah) , China, Japan, North & South Korea, Brazil, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Guatemala, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Peru, Kuwait, Iran,
Iraq, Italy, Australia, Fiji, American Samoa, APO addresses, New Zealand,
Russia, Viet Nam, Sudan, Paraguay, Uruguay, Panama, Finland, Algeria, Malawi,
Belize, Greece, Cuba, Venezuela, Belgium, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany,
Finland, Tasmania, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Barbados, Gabon, Mongolia, Slovakia,
Palau, Ghana, Croatia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Togo,
Qatar, Albania, Botswana, Gambia, Libya, Jamaica, Jordan, Pakistan, San Marino,
Ukraine, Philippines, Cameroon, Bolivia, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Micronesia,
Andorra, Lesotho, Turkey, Tunisia, Nepal, Grenada, Ethiopia, Austria, Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Egypt, Monaco, Oman, Vanuatu, Equatorial Guinea, Chad,
Angola, Georgia, Lebanon, Portugal, Poland, St. Kitts and Nevis, Macedonia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Niger, Belarus, Antigua and Barbuda, Ireland,
Kenya, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Nauru, Saint Lucia, Yemen, Benin, Czech Republic,
Guinea, Laos, Romania, Rwanda, Somalia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Zambia, Morocco, Bhutan, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Sierra Leone,
Tuvalu, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kiribati, Moldova, Brunei, Yugoslavia,
Vatican City, Namibia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Israel, Burkina Faso, Kergyzstan,
Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore,
Uzbekistan, Dominica, Burundi, Sudan, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Congo (formerly Zaire), Congo Republic, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Uganda,
Myanmar, India, Djibouti, Cyprus, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Tanzania, Syria,
Maldives, Samoa, Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Mozambique, Mali, Sao Tome
and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal,
Tonga, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova,
Seychelles, Thailand, Tajikistan, Slovenia, Swaziland, and Suriname.)
Attorney
John Ashcroft has decided to allow the relatives of Oklahoma City
bombing victims to watch the execution of the convicted bomber, Timothy
McVeigh, on closed circuit television. According to the show business
publication Weekly Variety, the execution will be preceded by several
variety acts and will be produced by Gilbert Cates, directed by Don
Mischer, and written by Buz Kohan and Bruce Villanche, with special
musical material by Kohan. Sponsors include Coca Cola, Gillette, and
Dodge-Chrysler-Plymouth.
Last
week we discussed dental microphones, this week the implants are a bit more
sinister. If you have ever had surgery of any kind since 1956, you should be
aware that surgeons have the capability of implanting tiny crystals into
your soft tissue which transmits to a receiver up to 150 miles away.
Receivers are now portable (and have been since 1969) which allows them to
monitor you wherever you go. Have you been operated on? Are they,
therefore, spying on you? According to the United States Government Roswell
ALLIANCE Files, there is a better than 65 % 
