orangegate

* boxer will be on blitzer

* "Asked whether differences on Iraq would cloud his visit with the Belgian government, Bush launched into an anecdote about his trip to a chocoloate merchant on his last Belgian excursion. Then, as his attractive female interviewer thanked him and stood up to leave, Bush--apparently thinking the cameras were already off--muttered with a sly look and salacious grin, "You have beautiful eyes!"" http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/02/bush_lets_cat_o.html

* "*Adults* taking popular antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide as patients given sugar pills" hmmm - never saw that one coming - look for the elitefluffpatrol doing 'but ssris are good' stories - probably personal stories how 'they changed my life' http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&u=/washpost/20050218/ts_washpost/a33389_2005feb17&printer=1

* "The comptroller general has issued a blanket warning that reminds federal agencies they may not produce newscasts promoting administration policies without clearly stating that the government itself is the source... late Friday afternoon..." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/politics/19gao.html

* "Is anyone surprised that the same people who came along with the Americans – the same puppets who all had a go at the presidency last year – are the ones who came out on top in the elections? Jaffari, Talbani, Barazani, Hakim, Allawi, Chalabi… exiles, convicted criminals and war lords. Welcome to the new Iraq.'
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#110872871401791299

* the other fun thing about the haririkiri is that everyone seems to have decided that it was obviously a state security apparatus that was involved - whether it was syria or israel or whatever. meanwhile 19 cavedwellers can hijack 4 planes simultaneously and hit their targets after taking the long route...

* ari3 is back. "Ahmed Chalabi is likely to emerge as Iraq's leader, as originally envisioned by the US, Dan Senor, the former spokesman for the US occupation government in Iraq, told The Jerusalem Post... Chalabi, said Senor, is confident." jpost=cblack=kissinger+perle http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1108610313049 (juancole laughs at this idea)

* "In Imperial Hubris, Scheuer endorsed the view that widespread Muslim hatred of America is an outcome of American policies that are perceived as anti-Islamic and not the result of Muslim hatred of western ideology or culture. In advancing this argument Scheuer ignores the role that state-controlled propaganda plays in shaping popular opinion in the Middle East. He also ignores the argument that U.S. foreign policy has been, on balance, ostensibly pro-Muslim and pro-Arab." (only the wklystd could write this. on 2nd thoughts, there are many, unfortunately) http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/249irrsq.asp?pg=2

* "In September 2003, 115 House Democrats voted against the supplemental military funding bill. This year that number could fall to a handful." http://wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/kerr-f19.shtml

* " Boxer, a co-sponsor of the Syrian Accountability Act, called on the administration to use the current crisis “to save Lebanon and give to them their independence.”" http://wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/kerr-f19.shtml

* "Mysterious deaths have characterised all such so-called “democratic” regimes, which have been glorified by the Western media and which have come to power via “revolutions” supported by Western governments with large sums of money." http://wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/geor-f16.shtml

* blinky (purportedly in private): "And I read the Bible daily. The Bible is pretty good about keeping your ego in check." and "I'm not going to kick gays, because I'm a sinner. How can I differentiate sin?"" (interesting article, probably propaganda) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/20talk.html

* will someone shoot 43 in europe? nah, nobody wants cheney in charge. http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=193172005

* champions league this week. delicious.

* i had a dream that an exgf is now a hairdresser and cut brents hair. twice.

* happy bday brenty