abstinence 'education' doesnt work

* " Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and his 2000 Senate campaign committee, Frist 2000, Inc." LINK
i heart melanie. as long as we have CREW and ACLU, theres a *small* chance we'll get outta this mess.

* chuck hagel continues to dispel the OperationHappyTalk myth LINK
if only durbin was so brave. will it end in tears for chuck? a plane crash? will he get diebolded? oh, the ironing.

* "Asked who the officials had met, Rumsfeld said:"Certainly not with people like Zarqawi. I mean, that's just someone's imagination running wild." LINK
rumsfled finally tells the truth. later in the day, billy graham was asked whether he hears voices, graham said "Certainly not from people like Dog. I mean, that's just someone's imagination running wild."

* "The chairman of the House ethics committee apparently did not properly file a required report about a $3,170 trip to Canada last year. His staff said it must have been lost in the mail." LINK
the dog ate it

* "To avert an ethics docket stuffed with hundreds of cases, Republican leaders have contemplated declaring what amounts to an amnesty for past paperwork errors, then restating the rules and enforcing them rigorously." LINK
dear wifey, i wont cheat from this moment. i promise. lets call today an accountability moment.

* there are two stories ive been meaning to look into further but my computer probs have got in the way - the first is the madcow thing, and the other is the humvee up-armouring (who made up that word???) story. i imagine that the web of corruption behind both of em will leave even me breathless.

* ""By the early summer of 2002, officials said, there was a new sense of alarm and concern in London. The Bush administration had not committed to seeking U.N. support, and U.S. forces were increasing flyovers and other military activities that officials feared could be provocative." LINK
"other military activities that officials feared could be provocative."? wtf? ron is all over this. its an old story but he is doing great work getting it some exposure
(its nice to see wapo frontpaging the story, tho they still position it as a british issue. heres the headline: "From Memos, Insights Into Ally's Doubts On Iraq War
British Advisers Foresaw Variety of Risks, Problems". anodyne. bastards. )

* coingate (congate?): "The answer, according to the chairman of the state Republican Party, is possible indictments.
A handful of people - mostly Democrats and liberal activists - are calling for, or predicting, Taft's resignation." LINK

* krug: "The China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a company that is 70 percent owned by the Chinese government, is seeking to acquire control of Unocal, an energy company with global reach. In particular, Unocal has a history - oddly ignored in much reporting on the Chinese offer - of doing business with problematic regimes in difficult places, including the Burmese junta and the Taliban. One indication of Unocal's reach: Zalmay Khalilzad, who was U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan for 18 months and was just confirmed as ambassador to Iraq, was a Unocal consultant." LINK
(so was karzai, i think?)

* laura rozen: "I wonder if the cost of extraordinary renditions hasn't just gone up considerably, with half the Agency's Italian ops' cover and real names all over the Italian press, with considerable help from the Milan prosecutor's office. Revenge for the US's killing of Italian agent Nicolo Calipari?" LINK

* "Doctors in Bangladesh say they have removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains." LINK
abstinence 'education' doesnt work