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Hey, 2002 is a palindrome!
Salon has a good piece on how
to divide up all the charity money that has been collected for the September
11th funds. How much is someone's life worth? Is it right that a cop or fireman
who died be paid more money? Should a janitor who died with a $800 a month
apartment rent fee get paid the same an investment banker who died with a $8,000
a month mortgage? And what about other disasters, like the Pentegon crash (which
is virtually ignored) or Oklahoma City bombing? Plus charties feel they have to
do this right, so that people will continue to donate and won't feel like their
funds were misused (like the Red Cross was going to only use a portion of the
funds for Sept 11th and save the rest for other causes, which caused a huge
uproar). So many questions, and so few right answers.
Box Office Mojo has a nice table comparing
the box office earnings for Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Phantom
Menance, and Titanic. Should get more interesting as the weeks go on.
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