] The threat to the country is very real. The large pool of
] idle youth has allowed Islamic fundamentalists to find
] easy recruits. Saudi sources say that many of the
] insurgents were in their early teens.

Since the early 90s, I've always compared Islamic fundamentalistic terrorism with the punk movement. It seems apropriate.

The real inspiration for Islamic Terrorism? Boredom

] This section will be updated as often as possible with
] several new lists at a time.

Continually updated, with tons of interesting articles and well, lists.

Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Lists

] There has indeed been a dramatic and dangerous rise in
] religious fundamentalism in the Muslim world. The problem
] is that under the Likud Doctrine, there is no space to
] ask why this is happening. We are not allowed to point
] out that fundamentalism breeds in failed states, where
] warfare has systematically targeted civilian
] infrastructure, allowing the mosques start taking
] responsibility for everything from education to garbage
] collection. It has happened in Gaza, in Grozny, in Sadr
] City. Mr. Sharon says terrorism is an epidemic that
] %u201Chas no borders, no fences%u201D but this is not the
] case. Everywhere in the world, terrorism thrives within
] the illegitimate borders of occupation and dictatorship;
] it festers behind %u201Csecurity walls%u201D put up by
] imperial powers; it crosses those borders and climbs over
] those fences to explode inside the countries responsible
] for, or complicit in, occupation and domination.
]
] Ariel Sharon is not the commander in chief of the war on
] terror; that dubious honour stays with George Bush. But
] on the third year anniversary of September 11, he
] deserves to be recognized as this disastrous
] campaign%u2019s spiritual/intellectual guru, a kind of
] trigger-happy Yoda for all the wannabe Luke Skywalkers
] out there, training for their epic battles in good vs.
] evil.
]
] If we want to see the future of where the Likud Doctrine
] leads, we need only follow the guru home, to Israel
] %u2014 a country paralyzed by fear, embracing pariah
] policies of extrajudicial assassination and illegal
] settlement, and in furious denial about the brutality it
] commits daily. It is a nation surrounded by enemies and
] desperate for friends, a category it narrowly defines as
] those who ask no questions, while generously offering the
] same moral amnesty in return. That glimpse at our
] collective future is the only lesson the world needs to
] learn from Ariel Sharon.

The Likudization of the World: The True Legacy of September 11

] Look at this enlargement from Section 2: Clause 4. If we
] magnify the image we see that the "h" in When and the are
] identical. This cannot be possible because at the time
] the framers of the constitution were using a
] Johnson-Matlock Quill pen, this was a very messy pen and
] did not allow for uniform letters. The earliest a uniform
] quill pen was invented was in 1793. Four years after this
] document was purported to be written.

The Constitution is a FAKE!!!

] 2004 Electoral Vote Animation
] May 24 - Present

This is really cool, although not great news for those of us who don't like Bush.

2004 Electoral Vote Animation

This is chimptastic! (word borrowed from k)

This site lets you drag and drop fragments of Bush speeches so that you can generate a Bush speech that's nearly as nonsensical as the real deal.

George W Bush Speechwriter

South Korea has pledged 3,600 troops to help U.S. operations in Iraq, the largest number of foreign soldiers following the United States and Britain.

[ Chimptastic job, yet again. -k]

Great adjective!

World Tribune.com--Front Page

] Important Senate news today. Several new polls there have
] changed the outlook. Just going by the spreadsheet (i.e.,
] the current poll numbers), the Senate will be split 50-50
] as a result of a new poll in Oklahoma that now puts Brad
] Carson ahead of Tom Coburn (the former obstretrician who
] has admitted to performing abortions but now says
] abortionists should be executed). In addition, the
] spreadsheet says the Republicans will win the Louisiana
] seat, but since no Republican has ever been elected to
] the Senate by the people of Louisiana since direct
] elections of senators began in 1914, my best guess at
] this point is that the Democrats will actually have a
] majority in the Senate (counting Jeffords as a Democrat).
] This scenario was unthinkable 6 months ago.

This is the slickest electoral college map site.

Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

] For those who are interested, there's an enormous debate
] across the Blogosphere regarding the authenticity of the
] National Guard documents released by CBS yesterday (and
] highlighted in an earlier post of mine). The documents
] are supposed to be personal files of one of Bush's
] superior officers, showing unhappiness with Bush's
] performance and making reference to pressure to "sugar
] coat" Bush's service.
]
] Strong arguments have been made that the papers look all
] too similar to modern Microsoft Word documents, in terms
] of the font and default tabbing and spacing. While at
] first it seemed strange that the government produced its
] own copies of the same documents, it's now clear that
] those copies were faxed to the government by CBS, the day
] before.
]
] I will update this story as more information become
] available. I invite readers to link or repeat any
] information they've seen.
]
] Thanks.

My Galaxy is Milky Way Adjacent - JoeUser.com: Damaging Anti-Bush Guard Records May Be Forgeries

] ``It's kind of like a panic on the part of Kerry: Just
] because he got clobbered with his record he thinks
] something like this would hurt Bush,'' said Pete
] Domenici, a Republican Senator from New Mexico. ``But
] they're not in the same ballpark.''

[ Wait a sec, what?! So, completely unsubstantiated claims of possible exaggeration of war injuries are MORE RELEVANT than the standing CiC having outright lied about his service, having performed poorly when he did serve, and having gotten the opportunity to fuck around back home due to family connections and nepotism?

He's fucking right they're not in the same ballpark... if those "I think Bush is honest and forthright." numbers don't drop precipitously, my faith in the American public is gonna hit a new low. -k

and PS, what the fuck kind of bullshit response is this from the Kerry camp : ``These are questions for Scott McClellan and Dan Bartlett to answer, not the Kerry campaign,'' That's the softest answer i've ever fucking heard.]

Bush's Guard Record Raises Credibility Questions