News – New York : No on the Patriot Act

US

New York City is the latest in a long line that has denied the Patriot Act. The city where it all started. Things have come full circle.

2,000 rally against gay marriage in Boston. Boston Archbishop Sean O’Malley said gay marriage would have an “enormously negative impact on our society,. Personally, I wonder what this negative impact is? What is it about gay marriage that makes some people think it will be the fall of US society?

It isn’t about weapons anymore. It’s about capability, says Bush. Well, not even that really. Program activities is such a broad category, I could probably be charged with it for the household stuff I have in my basement.

The Bush administration is planning an initiative to promote democracy. Offering incentives to get nations to come in line with certain political, societal and economic reforms.

What can one say when it seems Bush ascribes to a Platonic view of reality?

Ohio continues to grapple with shootings along I-270. At the very least they do have a description of a possible suspect. A white male, 30 to 40 years old. He was believed to be driving a small, dark car. Yeah, not much but all things start small.

The dispute over fixing up the Hubble Space Telescope continues. Will it be too dangerous or not and is it worth the risk? That is the question.

Even after more voting machines drop ballots, the company resists calls for the machines to have auditing mechanisms. Why in the hell are they resisting possibilities so simple as a printed out receipt for voters? Its becoming more and more obvious their machines suck.

Iraq

Blix pops up again to lay scorn on Bush and Blair for acting like salesmen. Though he was careful in his wording, which is likely smart.

Prince Charles popped into Brasa to cheer British troops in his first stop on a tour through Islamic lands.

A showoff how a red herring coup attempt on Saddam was used to distract from Saddam’s weapons programs back in 2000. Mostly attempts to convert chemical agents into dry forms, it seems. One can’t deny Saddam had ambitions, but I still doubt he was a credible enough threat for the quick and dirty war that was waged.

Israel/Palestine

In a promising move, hundreds of Arafat’s Fatah members have resigned over the lack of reforms. The hoped for outcome is either Arafat quits, is ousted or actually caves and begins to be a productive part of the region rather than an aging roadblock. Him and Sharon are past their prime and obsolete.

Speaking of Sharon, the bribery charges are still hounding him. Good.

Saudi Arabia

The Saudis will be building their own security screen now. On the border with Yemen in a bid to stem the flow of weapons and militants across the border. Yemen is upset that it is being build within a twenty mile open zone. Talal Anqawi, head of Saudi Arabia’s border guard, says it is being built on Saudi soil.

Korea

The UN World Food Program is making an appeal to donors as it begins to run out of grain to feed neglected North Koreans.

General

Guide to web based tax software. If you’re going to leave behind the paper, carefully consider your options.

Perhaps the politicians are the reason there is no price discrimination in the drug arena. An interesting bit of perspective, wouldn’t you say?

What’s up with the sex sells BS in The Apprentice? I suppose it would be too much for people on any reality show to even try to give something more fulfilling than every other p-o-s ratings grabber that has squelched it’s way out of the sewer.

What’s up with Dennis Miller’s sudden and seemingly extreme ideological shift? Seems to be that if he had a little more sense of self, he might be embarrassed how it makes him look.

International Papers cover Janet Jackson and Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Whopper: George Soros – Yes, George, you did compare Bush to a Nazi. Get over it.

Fraysters weigh in on Bush’s time on Meet the Press this weekend. Some are kind, some aren’t.

Today’s Papers Pentagon managers ordering some negative articles be disallowed in the military’s daily clipping service the “Early Bird”, Iraqi militia groups reluctant to disarm and Putin’s potential for undermining democracy in Russia.

Amusements

While I’m not one to advocate vigilante justice, it’s nice to see an elder woman laying down the law to a teen. Sort of adds to the comedy of those times in movies when the brash elder slaps around the thuggish ‘bad guy’ in movies. 😉

Men take to the streets of New York to picket for the right to wear skirts.

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Theme: Celebrities’ custom limousines

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