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Monday, May 20, 2002

studly habits

i am shocked by these findings --

"A study released this month by the University of Rochester in New York shows that teen-agers who get anything pierced beyond their ears are more likely than their non-pierced peers to do things their parents disapprove of. Girls with body piercings were about 2 1/2 times more likely than other girls to have had sex, to have used marijuana in the past month and twice as likely to have skipped school in the past year. Boys with piercings were five times as likely to have skipped school and had similarly high risks for smoking and drinking as girls. While body piercing is becoming more mainstream, in a teen it still signals rebellion, says study author Dr. Timothy Roberts. "If your adolescent wants to have a body piercing, it is a reason to talk to them," he says."

the lone cathode ray gunman

malcolm gladwell believes philo t farnsworth should have sold out to rca.

bombs away

the most damning bit of evidence that "bush knew" is still underreported in the press. why did it take so long even after the wtc attacks for the airforce to scramble planes over washington. andrews air force base is 10 miles from washington dc. the third plane did not hit the pentagon until 40 minutes after the second plane hit the south tower. you could have towed a plane through dc rushhour traffic jams in that amount of time. the faa know almost immediately when a plane deviates from its flight pattern. so there is no rational explanation other than that they wanted it to happen or that the military is manifestly incompetent. neither option is particularly comforting.

paralegal

columbia warmongering posing as news.

blog happening

chris matthews has a weblog and msnbc has a weblog tab in their opinions section. cant get much more mainstream than that.

Sunday, May 19, 2002

fear is our friend

talking points smells a rat with todays spate of bogeyman warnings. is someone trying to change the subject?

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