sleight of the union

VOTE
* iraq turnout down to 44% http://electroniciraq.net/news/1854.shtml

WAR
* "Turkey doesn't want to be drawn into a conflict that could erupt
over a boiling dispute regarding control of the northern Iraqi city
of Kirkuk, but nobody should expect Ankara to sit back and watch if
developments there spill over, destabilizing neighboring Iraq,
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül indicated yesterday."
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=&enewsid=4619

* "We're potentially looking at an anti-American Shiite government
that signs right up with the mullahs in Iran. What do we do then,
re-invade?" http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0202-21.htm

* the crashed britc130 is still curious. not sure what happened
there. the 2 questions seem to be 1) how it was blown up b) what
the hell it was doing there anyway. it seems unlikely that it was
hit by a sam on the ground - and maybe something exploded inside -
praps intentionally. praps not. but theres something else weird
going on as well.

AMDOM
* "CREW Asks for FCC Investigation on Networks' Policies on
Controversial Ads" can crew save us?
http://www.citizensforethics.org/activities/campaign.php?view=24

* "Schieffer named to replace Rather" bob is of course an old time
bushfriend, and brother of bush's baseball business partner...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-etoff0203,0,4660030.story?coll=ny-nynews-headlines

* does laura get stepford training? does pelosi?

* " For a man who wasn't considered very smart when he was first elected, Bush has developed an amazingly Teflon presidency. He was helped by the events of 9/11 and by the fact that we're at war, but another reason the mistakes of his administration don't stick to him is that the Democrats are afraid to make noise." http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpmcc034133545feb03,0,2938679.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines

* " Most significantly, this official revealed that most or all of
the earnings from new "personal" or privatized accounts will be
paid not to the holder of the account, but to the government." go
figger.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_01_30.php#004645


* safire's professional obit. hack.
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9137

* ""In a significant shift in his rationale for the accounts, Bush
dropped his claim that they would help solve Social Security's
fiscal problems — a link he sometimes made during last year's
presidential campaign. Instead, he said the individual accounts
were desirable because they would be "a better deal," providing
workers what he said would be a higher rate of return and "greater
security in retirement.""
these people!!! the boos from the dem side of the sotu floor must
have hurt bad...
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_01_30.php#004662

* "Gonzales, 49, was approved 60-36"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=azJWyK3gwV4w&refer=us

* "12% of the correspondence coming in and out of 43's texas guber
office concerned executions. " sweet. murder is so much fun.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/1519226

* "Bush has promoted Elliott Abrams to be his deputy national
security adviser. "
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/03/158244

OTHER
* ashlee simpson is spooky. in many ways.

* apparently brits are doing coke. i need a drug habit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,1404510,00.html


* i love the beastieboys' 'open letter' - its so tense. and urgent.
wheres that sample from? chembros' galvinise has a similar urgency.
theres an arabic-y sound - and it feels like the world is gonna
blow up. its kinda like the darkness of quality jungle - but more
imminent. or asymptotic. or maybe its just me. fiddling. burning.
apres moi, le deluge.

*speaking of deluge, melbourne got rained on. pic attached.
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