xymphora blogrolled me. sigh.

* the erection/viagra ads on tv here used to point to some campaign called weekendbliss.com.au or weekendretreat.com.au or some such - ive just seen a new version of the ad pointing to respondagain.com.au. funny. more here.

* "A federal prosecutor said he will reconvene a grand jury in a case involving the jamming of Democratic phone lines in 2002 - raising the possibility that other Republicans might be implicated.
Phone lines were bombarded with electronically generated calls, jamming lines set up for voters seeking rides to the polls on Election Day." (link)
itd be nice if this caught some more repug evil-doers - but the thing that i wanted to highlight is just how nefarious and 'sophisticated' *and comprehensive* these people are. they apparently think nothing of illegal election activities - no problem there - but to what end? to preclude those who are seeking rides to the polls! its almost as though its just dirty tricks for fun. seriously, what % of dem voters call a phone line trying to get a ride? i dont have a clue how close the 2002 NH election was sposed to be - but criminal activity to try to stop, what, 100 voters? how many voters are there who cant drive or walk to a polling station, and cant get a lift from their family or neighbours, but still desperately want to vote to the extent that they are willing to ride with strangers? imagine what these dirty tricksters would do in a target-rich environment! imagine what else they are doing.

* "I mean, we expel kids from school for writing up violent fantasies, but apparently a so-called Christian can call for a hit on national TV, before an audience of 1 million" (link)

* "Here's a buried nugget from WaPo: "Large sections of the Roberts files that have been made public have been heavily redacted with black ink."" (link)

* driftglass is trying to sucker in the comment-spambots - read the comments (link)

* xymphora blogrolled me. sigh.

* i mentioned earlier that bolton has hijacked the UN document - there are some details here
including "p.1: CUT: "respect for nature"". please tell me he is fucking kidding. of all the egregious crimes of this radministration... im speechless. its difficult to not imagine him with his hand down his pants as he pulls out the red pen and opens up page one of the report (granted, its also 'difficult' to imagine it...)