drat fink

brownout

whew. the administration is taking a pounding this week. even a little "wag the dog" action in afghanistan aint gonna keep the bad news out of the headlines especially when the headlines are revealing the failures to capture osama. im feeling too lazy to link at the moment but let me say thank you to the fine people of venezuela for making our freedom loving government and our "just the fact, maam" media look like the tyrants and thugs they so long to be. ethel has been following the thread of events on the covert side while talking points has the state department beat. damn, if they cant secure venezuela, how are they going to melt saddam or uproot those pesky iranians? now that we cant muddle our way out of the middle east crisis are we just trying to dig ourselves in deeper. what percentage of the whitehouse is hoping for a wider mideast conflict? perhaps not many as even wolfowitz was booed by the american jews (according to talking points) at their support israel gathering in washington as he was too concilliatory for their taste.

makings of an ass

dems dream about mccain as their man and again

taking notes

"In his latest book, "Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives," Gitlin attempts to break down the fast and furious influx of news, music, TV and other mediums. Gitlin recently spoke with Salon from his home in New York about the cluelessness of the TV networks, the Washington Post's love for Ken Starr and why conservative viewpoints thrive on TV and radio."

record release

the covers project

net point

"New York's Natural History Museum Pioneers Use of Internet2"

acid reign

"Power company buys Ohio River village plagued by clouds of acid last summer "

coup coup catchoo

"MEXICO CITY — When is a coup not a coup? When the United States says so, it seems — especially if the fallen leader is no friend to American interests."

"CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez returned triumphantly to office two days after he was ousted and arrested by Venezuela's military, raising his fist in the air as he greeted supporters and reclaimed the presidential palace Sunday."

there goes the neighborhood

"To be called NoLIta Place, the 24-hour doorman building will have 65 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments with 19,000 square feet of first-floor retail space. "We think it's a great opportunity for people from downtown and midtown to live in the SoHo-NoLIta market," said Al Troup, the vice president of the Carlyle Group, whose president is Frank C. Carlucci, a former secretary of defense, with former Secretary of State James A. Baker III serving as a partner. (NoLIta is short for North of Little Italy.)"

put it on my card

"Nearly a million tenants can use their cards to pay their rent, thanks to an arrangement between Visa and the biggest U.S. property manager, Chicago-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. Visa touts the service as convenient for renters and landlords."

charitable donation

as the gum turns
pete rose chewed gum now $1200+ on ebay.