Now these are collectible cards.
US soldier seeks refugee status in Canada
The Progressive Case for Patriotism
Colin Powell does a disco number. The US isn’t the only nation having a problem with guns – Brazil’s gun ban goes into effect.
Marlon Brando moves to the big gig in the sky.
“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean, from Adaptation
Utah Boy Scouts sell $250 glasses of lemonade to defray likely arson charge for state Scout Council.
Students start to worry about a possible draft next year.
Great article on AlterNet: The Progressive Case for Patriotism.
Fahrenheit 9/11 tops docu box office
Fahrenheit 9/11 tops box office records for a documentary. I certainly helped, by seeing it twice. Could Hannah Storm on CBS’s The Early Show have been more angry with Moore in her interview with him? Moore was able to get in valid points about American media self-censorshp as she glared.
Guantanamo detainees, many held without charge, can finally see a lawyer and defend themselves.
An Irish reporter asks Bush tough questions, the kind US media simply don’t touch — this made Bush very uncomfortable several times during the interview.
The ban on… low-slung pants?
A Louisiana state representative wants to ban low-slung pants in his state. Meanwhile, a CIA career officer says the U.S. is fighting the wrong war.
“F*ck you.”
Dick Cheney to Patrick Leahy, on Senate floor
Behavioral scientists in the UK are attempting to find the stimuli to promote the green consumer lifestyle.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Maybe that’s why Lee Iacocca has thrown his support to the Democrats?
Fahrenheit 9/11 might convert some swing voters, but it’s energized the Democratic base like no one’s business.
Tom Harkin wants to politically balance American Forces Radio with a liberal viewpoint, to counter Rush Limbaugh.
Seven of Nine’s sassy husband
Barack Obama‘s Republican opponents are scrambling for a challenger, after Jack Ryan withdrew around sex club complaints from Ryan’s wife.
Frozen french fries are now vegetables? Yuck.
I wish Al Gore had been this forward with Dubya during the 2000 election.
Fun with flowcharts
A fantastic informational artist, Mark Lombardi, is profiled in the latest issue of Utne Reader, and features several of his flowcharts chronicling the connections of politicians and their connections to contributors, corporations and secret groups.
The George W Bush singers. Think “A Mighty Wind” plus political activism.
Northwest Airlines flight lands at an Air Force Base, a few miles off course.
The Fight Of Our Lives
A fantastic Bill Moyers article entitled “The Fight Of Our Lives“.
“Some things are worth getting mad about. Case in point: the growing, vast equality gap between the richest and the poorest Americans. If this isn’t class war, what is?”
Bill Moyers, “The Fight Of Our Lives“
Utica, New York, still gets to smoke in some bars granted a waiver from the state’s smoking ban.
But I wanted two fives
Fidel asked FDR for a $10 bill, but only got a letter back.
It was so weird listening to the portraits of Bill and Hillary Clinton unveiled, because Dubya was the emcee and kept singing the former President and First Lady’s praises. Briefly, it reminded me when our country wasn’t so divided. An hour later, business as usual.
A wussy Supreme Court decision.
Howard Dean’s scream was aired separately from the crowd applause, thus distorting its emphasis.
Karaoke!
I so wanted to compete in this. Maybe next year — it’s like Star Search, but karaoke.
Unfortunate Google search engine result.
Mouth-washing concierge
The son of Ronald Reagan on the Bush administration: “I don’t trust these people”.
I remember getting my mouth washed out with soap — I think it was Ivory, but I never had a teacher perform the service.