buffett: "Overall, it's hard to conceive of anything sillier than the schedule the Senate has laid out. Indeed, the first President Bush had a name for such activities: "voodoo economics." The manipulation of enactment and sunset dates of tax changes is Enron-style accounting, and a Congress that has recently demanded honest corporate numbers should now look hard at its own practices."

"The Total Information Awareness program now under development by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, will henceforth be named the Terrorism Information Awareness program. " fukking hell - i feel better already!

"Norway to be an example to others?
"I have twisted my brain trying to find an answer, and after rejecting most theories I am left with this: Al-Qaida knows a local group is ready to attack a Norwegian target," Stein Toenesson of the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) told Aftenposten.
"I fear a Norwegian target has been chosen, and this will increase the fear of terrorism in the USA and other countries on the list. But the idea of all this could be just to create fear," said a baffled Toenesson."

Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania claimed that sending out taxpayer-financed postcards to announce his public meetings was -- he actually said this -- "directly related to the war effort" because "meeting with the people of Pennsylvania is an important part of our job, including informing them of the war effort."

"After two weeks of claiming that Glover’s ads were some of the most popular ever aired by MCI, we received an e-mail today announcing that MCI would no longer be using Danny Glover as its spokesman. Because of your calls, Danny Glover is being held accountable for his comments"
please libate me.

"I take my own paper to task for the manner in which it reported the Lynch story," wrote the Post's Richard Cohen.
The Post initially said Lynch was shot and stabbed as she fought off her attackers "gun blazing" until she was taken prisoner.
"Trouble is, much of that may be false," Cohen wrote, adding Lynch was likely neither shot nor stabbed. One person unlikely to shed any light on what happened is Lynch, who doctors say has no recollection of the event."
please amnesiate me.

The Pentagon plans to leave just two divisions--30,000 men--to patrol Iraq. That's significantly fewer than the 50,000 peacekeeping troops NATO stationed in Kosovo--a nation less than one-fifth the size of Iraq. 95 percent of Afghanistan has no peacekeepers whatsoever, with fewer than 8,000 in Kabul.

"The Post has also reported that in 1999, while working as an intern at the Boston Globe, Blair faked an interview with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams." wow - blair was running big risks really early! how do expect not to get caught?