fate-based-initiative

* could u date anyone who was voting4bush?

* remember, ssris can hurt u if u are a kid

* fnc is saying '650 brits may be moved to fallujah' - lol

* geraldo interviewed dadberg - dadberg said 'we are all possible victims while we are in iraq.' after the interview (or however much of it they showed) when berg was gone - geralod said 'after we finished, i said to dadberg 'they'd be attacking us anyway - like on 911'"

* nyt Editorial: "jonk4Pres... We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking..." http://nytimes.com/2004/10/17/opinion/17sun1.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position=

* "Campaigning in an area heavily dependent on the military, Bush said, ``We will not have an all-volunteer army'' before correcting himself. ``Let me restate that,'' he continued. ``We will not have a draft ... . The best way to avoid a draft is to vote for me.''" http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4556226,00.html

* "Tom Josefiak, the Bush campaign's top lawyer, said Saturday ``it may takes days or weeks'' after Nov. 2 to determine the winner." neaveh forbid.

* jonk '43 is never in doubt, frequently in error' - i like it.

* suskind (cf paul oneill) does a 10+ page bit on the furious one in nytmag http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?oref=login&oref=login&pagewanted=all&position

* re ssris "Though the overall risk of suicide is low, children and teenagers who take antidepressants appear twice as likely as those given placebos to become suicidal, according to studies. If 100 patients are given the drugs, 2 or 3 more will become suicidal than would have had they been given placebos, the studies suggest." ummm - 2 or 3 extra suicidal kids per 100 is "low"! good heavens. and what do we get for this extra suicidality? "few antidepressants have proved effective against depression in children and teenagers." how bout we just get rid of the stoopid things. http://nytimes.com/2004/10/16/politics/16depress.html