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Friday, Aug 20, 2004
no fly zone
"WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] thought he'd been called every name in the book during his career - until airline ticket agents mistakenly flagged him as a terrorist suspect at Boston and Washington airports."
army of god 2
"In short, the West Bank from which Olmert wants Israel to withdraw and from which Sharon says, with rather less credibility, he wants to withdraw, is not the same West Bank that existed 20 years ago, and the Israeli military is not the same force it was 20 years ago. If, indeed, the political echelon ever gets its act together and moves from talk of withdrawal to actual withdrawal, it is likely that it will likely face militant organized opposition."
army of god
"US FORCES fighting in Iraq have been accused of secretly training in Israel, where they have been taught tactics used over the past four years against Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A senior Israeli military expert confirmed that elite American troops were regularly trained in Israel."
balls in his court
didnt see it but i like how it sounds. someone must have reminded chris matthews that hes a democrat (has a conscience) and that you are allowed to take liars to task, and that that too can be good for ratings.
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004
crop circles
"This November's Presidential election will be no exception, as a bumper of initiatives addressing marijuana policy and enforcement will appear on various state and municipal ballots. Below is a summary of this November's more prominent marijuana law reform proposals."
really, im not talking about you
you know what i find is really the most annoying thing about stupid people? its that they are so fucking stupid. oh yeah, and that i have to deal with them, as opposed to say remove their corporeal form from its current junction in time and space. if only my killbot hadnt run off and joined the intergalactic peace corp, or whatever euphemism theyre using for the military these days.
memeo to self
"A newfangled news tangle"
truth or dire
"Harvey Rishikof and Michael Schrage have a really interesting essay in Slate about some new medical techniques which could be used by the intelligence community to extract information from detainees unwilling to talk -- in lieu of barbaric practices like those used at Abu Ghraib and possibly used in U.S. secret detention facilities abroad. The essay raises a litany of difficult moral, practical and legal issues, and none of these are easily resolved."
technolibertarians
technology liberation front
scandal us
"WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited report on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal will implicate about two dozen military intelligence soldiers and civilian contractors in the intimidation and sexual humiliation of Iraq war prisoners, but will not suggest wrongdoing by military brass outside the prison, senior defense officials said yesterday."