Martin Murray's Weblog

When John Kerry's Courage Went M.I.A. by Sydney H. Schanberg

Interesting claims, considering the military pomp surrounding Kerry's nomination.

Online petition against naked shorting

Here is a petition you can sign to help stamp out the abuse of Naked Short Selling.

Free Speech Zones at the DNC

What an obscenity. Anyway, here is a short attack on the general idea from February of this year.

System Failure

I was going to write a review of "I, Robot", but I like this one from The Village Voice.

Naked Short Selling

This issue affects me personally every day, but I think it is also of interest to non-speculators.

Too funny.

1) Go to http://www.google.com/
2) Type in -- weapons of mass destruction-- (DON'T hit return)
3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button (NOT the "Google search )
4) Read the "error message" carefully, the WHOLE page.

Man Finds Rare Beatle Recordings At Flea Market

Reasons to shop flea markets.

BODY WORLDS

If you live in North America, drop everything to go to this show before it leaves Los Angeles in January of 2005. Actually, I don't know where the exhibition is going next, so it might find its way closer to you. I never thought it would ever come to the USA. I saw it in Belgium and it alone would have been worth the trip.

It is the best opportunity, short of medical school, that you will ever have to get to see inside the human body, every part of it, every muscle, joint, organ, and so on. It is simply the most staggering exposition of the human body ever presented.

Here is also a link to the Körperwelten (Body Worlds) website.

Talking Tombstones

I really want one... it is just too bad I have to wait until I die to get it.