Q: Is it possible to form a complete sentence from the word "Terrorists?"

A: Watch and see for yourself!

Terrorists!

Terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists.

] Only now, in the increasingly bland, dry,
] bureaucratic-fascism of the Putin era, do we realize how
] much we miss the Russian Oligarchy, some of the most
] colorful, most amoral characters ever assembled. What
] happened to them? While many praise Putin's successful
] bitch-slapping of the oligarch class, few actually stop
] to wonder where they are -- which is too bad, because
] this story has all the juicy, depressing humor of an E!
] biop on the cast of Diff'rent Strokes, only on a grander
] scale.

BAHAHAHAHA!

eXile - Issue #200 - Feature Story - No-ligarchy: The Tragicomic Collapse of Russia's Former Masters - By Mark Ames

] Welcome to Defense and the National Interest. Our aim is
] to foster debate on the roles of the U.S. armed forces in
] the post-Cold War era and on the resources devoted to
] them. The ultimate purpose is to help create a more
] effective national defense against the types of threats
] we will likely face during the first decades of the new
] millennium.
]
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] field. As you browse our site, please pay particular
] attention to the e-mails from our deployed forces in such
] places as Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and other
] Middle Eastern Countries.

Looks like a good source for war nerds.

Defense and the National Interest

] Unfortunately, our leaders do not understand the Fourth
] Generation, so it appears we are about to throw this
] opportunity away. We continue to bomb and shell Fallujah,
] which pushes our enemies toward each other. We seem to be
] readying an all-out assault on the city, which will have
] the usual result when Goliath defeats David: a moral
] defeat for Goliath. Many Iraqis will die, the city will
] be wrecked (as always, we will promise to rebuild it but
] not do so), and any losses the insurgents suffer will be
] made up many times over by a flood of new recruits. Never
] was it more truly said that, %u201CWe have met the enemy,
] and he is us.%u201D

The man who wrote the Marines combat manuals drops the knowledge bomb. Linked from Gibson's blog. Definately one to monitor for war watchers. Gold Star... if I had any.

Every line is so quotable.

William S. Lind On War Archive

Kick ass resource on Bicycle fabrication.

Anvil Bikeworks - Built to hammer on!

Neal Stephenson's next book in The Baroque Cycle trilogy comes out next month. You can order it now.

Booklist had this to say:

This guy really likes to write long books.

With real-life supporting characters such as Isaac Newton and Wilhelm Leibnitz, the series blends fact and fiction so cleverly that it is virtually impossible to separate one from the other. Stephenson is a graceful writer, never getting bogged down in detail, keeping the story moving, dazzling us with his technique.

The concluding volume of the trilogy is scheduled to appear in October 2004, and it's fair to say anyone who reads this one will spend the intervening months waiting with breathless anticipation.

"George, get set for a mind blowing afternoon."

"Attention class A drivers ... You have 15 minutes to qualify."

The Confusion

"Tomorrow, I'll go back to being funny... but your show will still blow."

[ Still the man. -k]

Who woulda thought the VJ would grow up to be a great man!?

Stewart's Post-crossfire comments..

] I take a right down North Avenue, and as it is a steep
] hill, I am going about 30mph as I approach the
] intersection of Courtland and North. A car pulls out in
] front of me without seeing me. It is scary. I slam on the
] brakes, and then continue to coast through the
] intersection. The car behind that one decides that he can
] make it, because he does not see me, because he is not
] looking for a bike, and comes within three feet of
] T-boning me before he slams on the brakes.
]
] Two lights up, a winnebago is tailgaiting me about 10
] feet behind me, and honks. I dutifully give him the
] finger over my right shoulder. An Atlanta PD car
] immediately pulls up beside me, and yells not to do that.
] I yell sorry back. I decide that he does not notice the
] "**** the Republican Party" sticker across the front of
] my green army helmet.

Atlanta is the WORST city to bicycle in, in America. All those angry hour long commuters rushing to escape the city to their racially pure suburbs really don't "have time" for a bicycle to share the road with them. Most suburbanites aren't even aware that you have all the legal rights in the street that they do.

I swear to god, after today I'd almost like to pack heat when I go out on my bike... if this wouldn't garuantee that I'd flip out and pop some caps in the tires of offending cars.

If you drive regularly in the city of Atlanta when you do not have to, I just want to extend a warm FUCK YOU. Jello had a bad day.

I'm not gonna ride for distance in the daytime anymore. Its only safe after 8-9pm.

Please nuke my city and every dirty car driving SOB in it.

] New Age movements attempt to revive -- or create anew
] --pre-Enlightenment ideas about magic, alchemy, ghosts,
] and whatever else practitioners can glean from a record
] for the most part expunged by institutional Christianity.
]
] Christian fundamentalism, meanwhile, is the child of the
] Enlightenment, a functionalist view of faith that%u2019s
] metaphorically %u201Cscientific.%u201D It's scripture as
] read by a cranky engineer who just wants to know how God
] works. The Bible, for a fundamentalist, isn%u2019t
] powerful literature demanding our ever-changing
] discernment; it%u2019s an instruction manual. And
] fundamentalists think that's a good thing.

From Gibson blog

The Revealer: Our Magical President

Suprnova torrent of Stewart on crossfire. Currently very fast...

John Stewart Crossfire Torrent