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ugly china pattern
"BEIJING, Feb. 12 -- A religious rights group in the United States has published a set of internal Chinese government documents describing in remarkable detail the suppression of unauthorized religious groups, including efforts to crush underground Catholic churches, use of secret agents to infiltrate illegal Protestant congregations and orders for "forceful measures" against the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement."
maureen corps
"Aren't we supposed to be influencing the Saudis and other Middle Eastern countries in the direction of honesty and transparency? Instead, the vice president emulates his Saudi friends — operating with high-handed secrecy, plotting with cronies to develop a petrostate, and restricting the press — just as he did during Desert Storm."
watch out
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington police are building what will be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday."
pazz dispenser
village voice pazz and jop 2001
ollie ollie oxen free
"Afghan Officials Expect Surrender of Top Taliban"
brownout
i didnt know ted turner was a brownie. smart thinking about that honorary degree. probably be worth $50 million when ted drops some serious cash on them. now that he doesnt have a job, shouldnt he run for office or something, or is that beneath captain outrageous?
thin ice
i was one of the many who thought those canadian skaters were robbed of the gold medal on monday. bob costas just said that the french judge (who was the only "western" judge to vote for the russian pair) traded their vote in exchange for a vote for a french pair of ice dancers later in the olympics.
painted love
apparently its ok to show women topless on the 10 o'clock news if they have two canadian flags painted on their chest and the story is in the context of mardi gras.
cheap thrills
funny commentary about an article about manhattanites on the make in hipster brooklyn from The Morning News.
usability
"Usage Note: Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. ·Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning “up to.” In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect."