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a magazine for gothams most notorious butt sniffers
living under fascism parts 1 and 2
pictures of protest from the great white north
"The very reason Mr. Bush had the luxury of launching a war of necessity in Afghanistan and a war of choice in Iraq, without a second thought, was because of the surpluses built up by the previous administration and Congress. Since then, the Bush team has been slashing taxes in the middle of two wars, weakening the dollar and amassing a huge debt burden - on the implicit assumption that nothing will go wrong in the future.
But what if there is another 9/11 or war of necessity? We're cooked. The tax revenue won't be there, so the only option will be more borrowing and a weaker dollar. But what happens if the Chinese and other foreigners, who now hold over 40 percent of our Treasury securities, decide they don't want to hold these depreciating dollars anymore, let alone buy more?"
this has been pretty self evident for a long time. like since the idea of invading iraque originally came up. where does friedman come off with that "It is now clear to me..." shit. didnt he skip covering "the most important presidential election of our lifetime" to sell his book ? after giving bush two thumbs up for the preemptive war in iraque!
anyone aware of a good digital photography blog. one that discussed cameras ? im seriously thin king of getting the leica d-lux. i know the draw back, only 3mp. but good lens. small but not too damn small and of decent heft. a camera for life ? all the google results direct you to resources and resources posing as reviews.
So I have been sick for the last week or so. Not enough to completely knock me out, but pretty bad. Sore throat, slight fever, and constant achy tiredness. I have been sleeping a lot. But that's not what I am posting about.
Last night, on top of this sickness, I started to feel the onset of another condition I suffer from on occasion. I guess it is acid reflux, or heart burn, or something like that. I get a case of it maybe once every couple of months. Usually after I don't eat for a long time (like all day,) and then eat too much right at once. I am pretty wimpy in terms of enduring pain, but still, this is the most painful thing that ever happens to me. Very sharp upper abdominal pains. I guess a lot of people get this, so maybe you know what I am talking about.
Anyway, I was very depressed yesterday as I felt it coming on. I drank a bunch of malox, which is what I usually do, but I knew it wouldn't do any good. It never stopped it before. It always happens at night, and it means an entire sleepless night of agony. Since I was already not feeling well my mood was even beyond depression into the fear zone. I just didn't know if I could take it.
Well, a little googling dug up a natural food website where lots of people had written in with testimonials for treating this, and innumerable other conditions, with apple cider vinegar. Who knew?
So with a little help I made my way to the local health food store and bought a bottle of Bragg organic ACV. Apparently the mass produced (Heinz) stuff doesn't work and I wasn't about to argue. Got home, put 1 Tablespoon into a glass with about an ounce of water and slugged it down. Let's just say you wouldn't want to drink it for pleasure. But, and I am not exaggerating here, one minute later I could feel the pressure in my abdomen going down. Five minutes and lots of gurgling and burping later I was 90% better. Went to sleep fine and woke this morning with no problems. Incredible.
Even feels like my sore throat is better.
This is such a relief to me that I just had to share. Apparently it works on gout too, so I'm ready for that as well! Does anyone else have any experience using ACV as a remedy?
red cross findings on Guantánamo "torture"
responsible shopper is an excellent resource to check up on how our multinationals behave in the public sphere.
karate chimp (mpg video)
17 critical mass cyclists arrested in nyc last night
most dangerous/safest cities
celebrity sandwich controversy
rocketboom - vlog
diy holograms
if only there were a way to take down a buck from the comfort of my easy chair. i cant wait for the RPG version. gonna git me sum terra-wrists.
is that a dissertation in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
when we say Yeeow! Ayipioeeay! We're only sayin' you're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
rotten denmark blogspot
a stolen election ? david korn the nation
election fraud watch farhad manjoo salon
Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried Tom Zeller Jr NYT
Dear Friends,
I am so grad to be back in NYC. But I am having sleepless nights
because of this Nov 2nd resort. I just can't accept that horrible man
has won the presidency. It smells very very fishy. I think our fight is
not over yet. We got to start making some noise!
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=196480
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp?
Samoa
geek alert -- hypertransport.org announced a new motherboard-to-daughter board interconnect called HTX. This supports 6.4 gigabytes/second transfer rate, compared to 1 gigabyte/second of PCI-X. Opteron server boards based on this should be showing up in 2005. Will IBM/Apple be ready also?
And no, this isn't enough bandwidth for me. I want more, more, more.
Jersey City is now safe. As you were.
"A study published last summer in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 17 percent of the soldiers who returned from Iraq suffered from PTSD, anxiety or depression, a rate similar to that suffered by troops when they came home from Vietnam."