* "Al-Jazeera is not perfect; it can be lurid and over-heated. Some say it sits somewhere between the BBC and the heavily-slanted Fox News." crime of crimes. every media outlet which meets this criteria outta have their licenses revoked.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6706.htm "Bit by bit, the intellectual foundations of this war are crumbling to dust. No WMD; no outright end to human rights abuses; no democratic breakthrough. Even the most basic facts of the war are now in dispute - including the continued American-British attempt to pretend it's over." beware the non-najaf explosion. cf basra, sadr city and the other 10 or so cities at/beyond breaking point. wot a farking disaster.

* "The leaders of the Democratic Party know that to once more sit in the White House, to replace lunatics and liars, they must become George W. Bush, albeit with a brain, proclaiming the drums of war and the strength of violence." abb yada yada http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6714.htm and "Bush v. Kerry? Not Even a Dime's Worth of Difference" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6708.htm

* jfk2: "god only gave us 3% of world oil" please shut the fukk up about dog. iran is a theocracy yada yada

* can any one make sense of the long-going cnn ad 'the average computer has 102 keys - we say 'u only need 3'" i wish people would at least try to make sense.

* i remember a time longlongago when words actually at least contrived to make sense.

* the world is soooo furked - are we at crescendo point? iraq is on fire.

* did anyone hear how much counterfeit $ chalabi is being charged with? i never thought that id be defending chalabi - keep your enemies close and your friends closeclosecloseclosecloser

* rumsfled "in important countries, violence occurs."

* limosine liberals are terrorists

* the latest speculation is that ozelection will be announced soon so that much of the mandatory pre-election period will overlap the olympics - with an election sep 17 or thereabouts. that would make me a lot more comfortable than a late oct election (immediately prior to the uselection). we'll see...

* "Now there is unambiguous proof of two things we knew were happening in liberated Iraq - Iraqi prisoners are being abused by the new, US-appointed regime; and the Americans, as a matter of policy, refuse to do anything about it." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6710.htm

* im not particularly concerned about a major errorist incident in athens

* praps anthrax shots arent the only prob - choose your poison ""The Doctors, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children" is a documentary film by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn. This new video, just released by Ochoa-Wagner Produktion in 2004 in Germany, documents uranium contamination in Iraq following aerial bombardment and armored tank assaults by U.S. and allied forces." http://www.traprockpeace.org/depleted_uranium_iraq.html and http://www.coastalpost.com/04/08/01.htm which uses the stunning word 'omnicide'. language matters.

* ""I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified," the Florida Republican told documentary-maker Michael Moore's production company during the filming of the anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11."" http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5944517

* "The 26-page booklet, entitled "President George W. Bush - A Friend of the American Jewish Community," outlines the history of Bush's relationship with the American Jewish community, the struggle against anti-Semitism, the war against terror, and assistance to Israel." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/463545.html