unknown unhappenings

* " the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization historically devoted to fighting racial discrimination, has decided to brand the entire pro-family movement as "hate groups" and "extremists," like the Ku Klux Klan." LINK

* "Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has introduced a privileged resolution in the House which seeks to rebuke House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for abusing his power at a Patriot Act hearing last week" LINK

* moonietimes: "Former chief economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term Morgan Reynolds comments that the official story about the collapse of the WTC is "bogus" and that it is more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed the Twin Towers and adjacent Building No. 7." LINK

* "Frist (R-Tenn.) refused repeated requests for a roll call vote that would have put senators on the record on a resolution apologizing for past failures to pass anti-lynching laws" LINK

* "the Bush staff guy (Cooney) who edited all the global warming documents....he's going to work at ExxonMobil" LINK

* robertfisk is mad that the saddam footage was silent. LINK

* " "Of the 42% who say the war was worth it, the top reasons cited are the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States [and] the need to stop terrorism..."" LINK

* are we winning in iraq yet? have the turks joined in yet? kirkuk looks like a disaster zone.

* miggidy tells me its hot in nyc. remember that epsiode in france where something like 12000 people died a coupla summers ago. and they rotted for days and weeks till their families came home or the neighbours complained. that was just odd.

* "Officials say more than 400 teenage boys have fled or been driven from a polygamous sect." LINK
i love this shit. whats the first thing u think of when u read that sentence? its fucking evolution, happening right in front of the fundies noses and they still dont get it. this is why the fundies hate evolution, it shows them to be as base as they really are - fucking animals. and thats why they hate sex. if they believed in evolution, they'd have to accept gays as equal, rather than one of gods mistakes, like an appendix or a clitoris.

* here judymiller on oil4food. LINK
richard roth is so excited. how long till they lynch kofi?

* "Eight former American ambassadors to the United Nations sent Congressional leaders a letter on Tuesday opposing legislation to withhold half of the United States' dues unless the United Nations met specified requirements for change.
The former envoys argued that the bill, scheduled for a vote on Thursday, would "create resentment, build animosity and actually strengthen opponents of reform," they said." LINK

* "(doctor) Frist: "(schiavo) certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli."
Autopsy report: "The vision centers of her brain were dead."" LINK

* rumsfeld: "A lot of bad things that could have happened have not happened."
unknown unhappenings

* heres raimondo on the franklin indictment LINK

* james wolcott uses words really good. im jealous. jealous.

* " Host nation Germany survived a bout of first-night nerves to beat Australia 4-3 in a frantic Confederations Cup match in Group A in Frankfurt on Wednesday."