Sick 'em

Local News - Chillicothe Gazette - www.chillicothegazette.com:

"HUDSON - Police officer David Devore just didn't appreciate John Bell III's 'whimsical sense of humor.'When Bell, 38, took digital pictures Feb. 6 of Devore's police cruiser stuck in the mud and being towed out of a ditch after an errant U-turn, Devore got angry. He took the memory card from Bell's digital camera and erased the images.Now the two are headed for court, with Bell suing Devore and the city for more than $25,000 in punitive damages, claiming his civil rights were violated because he was stopped without probable cause, wrongfully detained, verbally abused and deprived of his property.Why did Bell take the pictures?'His motivation was his whimsical sense of humor,' attorney Dean Hoover said."

Apparently even his photo is an insult

stereogum: Trent Insists On An Unmolested Bush:

"Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as previously announced. We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop. Apparently the image of our President is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this fall when we return to play in America.
--TRENT REZNOR

Cute:)

Good point

The Huffington Post | The Blog:

"Let us accept the assumption that these embryos, clumps of a few cells, are in fact life. Despite the reality that nearly all will be destroyed anyhow, they are certainly potential life. The tradeoff here is a handful of these potential lives for the promise of saving tens of thousands, even millions of existing, vibrant hyman beings from extended agony and death. Compared to the D-Day and Enola Gay decisions, this one should be easy, especially for those who proclaim themselves as pro-life."
--Norm Ornstein

When Dubya said that shit about not using federal dollars to kill ppl the other day, I about shit my drawers. I thought we were gonna get rid of the military. I mean there only purpose is to kill people to defend American /interests/ -- American lives being an American interest, but so are lots of other things like oil. Point being simply that we use Federal dollars everyday to kill people in various places around the world.

Just Shut It Down

Just Shut It Down - New York Times:

"Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: 'When people like myself say American values must be emulated and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantnamo Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us: 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.' '"

Time to buy some Mac and Cheese

Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.:

"From: Marc Firestone, Executive Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kraft Foods Inc.
Subject: Kraft's Contribution to 2006 Gay Games
The true test of any commitment is how you respond when challenged. Kraft is experiencing this to a degree right now, as a result of our decision to be one of several contributors to the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago. The games will bring together thousands of athletes in a competition that will take place in our corporate hometown.

In recent days, the company has received many e-mails, the majority of them generated through the America Family Association, which objects to our sponsorship. We also have received calls and e-mails - - not as many, but equally passionate - - thanking us for supporting this event. A member of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's team said, 'We applaud the businesses that are sponsors of the Gay Games, including Kraft Foods.'"

I sent my email. And I just sent another one thanking them for having the corporate testicular fortitude (Thanks Rod;) to stand up to the wingnuts.

Sheep in New York

President Participates in Social Security Conversation in New York:

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. (Applause.)"

That's from a transcript of one of Bushco's Bamblepalooza Tour. An audience applauds when they're told they're being fed propaganda? That's what hand picked crowds will get you.

Poor coaching techniques

Herald.com | 05/25/2005 | Gulliver Prep coach Lazer Collazo resigns

According to a Coral Gables police report, Collazo dropped his pants, took out his penis and accused his players of not having the testicular fortitude it takes to play baseball after a loss to Florida Christian on April 7.

''He then,'' according to a Coral Gables police report, ``pointed to his penis, testicles and asked the team if they had a set of these or were they equipped with a vagina.''

Go Reds!

ESPNSoccernet.com: UEFA Champions League: Fans revel in pre-match party

No not those Reds. Cincinatti can stuff itself. I mean Liverpool. In a few hours they play for the worlds most prestigous Club trophy -- the UEFA Champions League Cup. They play vaunted AC Milan, and it should be a helluva match.

Blue vs. Red at Trafalgar

BBC NEWS | UK | Battle must not 'bash' French

Unbelievable. The English are doing a reenactment of Nelson's great Victory at Trafalagar, but so as not to offend the French and Spanish the sides will be labled Red vs. Blue. It was 200 years ago for Chrissakes. The French were trying to invade and conqueror England. Don't be a bunch of pussies.

Teacher fired for promoting /legal/ uses of p2p networks.

Lecturer censored in Spanish University (UPV) for defending P2P networks

Wait Newsweek was right?

Red Cross Issued Several Warnings to U.S. About Koran Desecration - Elites TV - Your Elite News Source

Duh.

I invoke Godwin's law

The Raw Story | GOP senator compares Democrats to Hitler

Debate on the Senate filibusters is now over, and the Dems are declared the winner.

More on Godwin's Law

Update on the Piano Man

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Piano Man 'Is French Street Musician'

They lied and thousands died.

The Downing Street Memo :: What is it?

Here it is. The ignored smoking gun that Bushco lied through its teeth. They either lied to the British government or to the American people. Go read the memo and see what you think.

It's amazing that this isn't getting coverage.

Great Story

Hey Norton! - Ken Norton's blog - The time I flew on the Enron corporate jet to meet Jeff Skilling

DeLay Works to Protect You... er I mean the Saudis

Boston.com / News / Nation / Washington / Saudis lobby to limit liability on additive

Call to review the "Obvious" clause for patents

The Progress & Freedom Foundation - News

A good idea. Right now it's all most impossible to get a patent invalidated on the idea that it is obvious. That should change.

So sayeth Fox News

FOXNews.com - Politics - Different Writer, Same President:

" This president likes to be very familiar with what he's going to say before he says it. His speeches %u2014 especially the important ones %u2014 will go through several drafts and a lot of tightening, with the final version typically completed ahead of time."

He gets his homework done on time! What a good boy.

A Chilling Effect | Needlenose

A Chilling Effect | Needlenose

Quick read and as usual from The Nose, smart.

When Wingnuts Attack

Informed Comment

They don't let the facts get in the way. Juan Cole brilliantly tears apart the wingnuttry surrounding Newsweek's "clarification" of last week's story by Michael Isikoff on the desecration of the Koran by interrogators at Gitmo.