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AMDOM
* notgannon is not military. LINK

* apparently blinky hasnt mentioned the RedLake thing.

* "“[You] have asked a question people shouldn’t have to answer,” said Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman to a reporter asking if he is gay." out again. LINK

* "Kyrgyzstan's revolt is part of a pattern behind which some analysts, particularly Russian ones, see the hand of Washington. Similar "velvet" revolutions have taken place in Georgia and Ukraine, where Soviet-era authorities were thrown out by well-organised street protests. The trigger for the uprisings has been the same: allegations of rigged elections. "
everyone can uprise except the stupid americans. the consequences are global. LINK
(i promise not to pretend to become a Kyrgyzstan expert)

* " Early Friday, Raw Story will release the third installment of our interview with former UN weapons inspector Ritter. The interview was delayed due to transcription issues."
im intrigued. what is a transcription issue? this interview was done 2 weeks ago... LINK

* gorevidal: " Ohio was stolen... Bush was never elected--not in 2000, and not in 2004. " LINK

* jimlehrer is doing a propaganda series on socsec - they do two really cool things: 1) they introduce a 25 y.o. astrophysicist genius who says 'when socsec began, there were 16 workers for every retiree, nowadays...' 2) they stand in front of a classroom setting with a few 20-somethings and ask people to put up their hand if they think theyll get as much out of socsec as current retirees. see, socsec is broken. or bankrupt. or something.

* everyones talking about virginity pledges and stuff. turns out they are mostly abuot 'technical virginity' - so theres lots of unprotected anal sex. neato. meanwhile, check out these clothes. LINK

* "The Democrats have approved the abortion of tens of millions of future workers, millions of whom would be in the workforce right now paying into Social Security." LINK

* "The U.S. Army is ordering more people to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan involuntarily from a seldom-used personnel pool as part of a mobilization that began last summer" LINK

* ohio stinks. remember that massively under-reported story/case about the judges being bought and all that cliff arnebeck won? go read this article - altho it doesnt mention that case (cos the article is 2 years old), it seems to describe that sort of thing. of course, the guy in charge of owning ohio is a repug. of course, the guy in charge is married. of course, the guy in charge sexually assaults men and women. (and is in cahoots with our in-out-shakeitallabout friend mehlman)

* the nazi website where that redlake kid was hanging out had a 'free matt hale' ad on it.

* frank rich informs us that the austin courthouse granite 10commandments recently famousized in todays courts wrt church/state separation issues were actually a promo for Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments. where to start with this one? lol. why does hollywood hate god? so much ironing, so little time. LINK

* "The IRS is accusing a church of violating its tax-exempt status for engaging in political activities.
Read the next line only if you are sitting down. They are making the accusation because of an appearance by a Democratic candidate." LINK

* "As a family spokesperson, Randall Terry spent much of his time demonizing Michael Schiavo, claiming that he had deserted his wife and was living with another woman. Somewhere along the way Randall Terry has misplaced his moral compass and lapsed into a persistent state of memory loss. He forgot his own pathetic record on marital fidelity and other "family values" issues: A few years ago, Terry deserted his wife and children for a young woman who had worked for his failed congressional campaign; last year, when Terry's son Jamiel revealed that he was gay in Out magazine, Terry responded with a diatribe in the Rev. Son Myung Moon-owned Washington Times, criticizing his son, writing that: "He is no longer welcome in my home.""
so sweet. LINK

* bobby "Fischer's real crime was of course making some outspoken, if true, statements in the wake of September 11 about the United States and Israel and their unholy alliance against Islam." LINK
why would they care what a smart person said about 911?

WAR
* so many dead people in iraq i can hardly keep count. still no govt. some of the stories sound like bollox tho. 'we killed lots of people', 'they were bad', 'some were foreign', 'the iraqi troops did a really good job'