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"Largely uncontroversial." I've got 421 articles that say otherwise.

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[ Right on. -k]

Penny Arcade on Star Wars DVD

] Mr. Bush might have done better at wooing broader
] international support if he had spent less time on
] self-justification and scolding and more on praising the
] importance of international cooperation and a
] strengthened United Nations. Instead, his tone-deaf
] speechwriters achieved a perverse kind of alchemy,
] transforming a golden opportunity into a lead balloon.

[ But other countries hate america, so they're the enemy. -k]

President Bush's Lead Balloon

] Pongmechanik is an absolutely physical game. The game is
] realized electromechanically, and essentially consists of
] four elements:
] A relay computer, the mechanical movement with collision
] detection, the display and the acoustic components.

[ So fucking cool. -k]

*** PONGMECHANIK ***

] But Kerry needs to do a better job of explaining what he
] would do -- beyond what Bush is already trying to do --
] to rescue Iraq and America from the calamity Bush has
] been creating.

[ I wish reporters would stop trying to soften their criticisms of Bush by ending like this. I'm not denying that hearing a reasoned and well designed plan for Iraq from Kerry would be fabulous, but it's certainly not necessary at this stage. Kerry may not be able to fix Iraq. Maybe no one can. But it doesn't take much to realize that the dipshit who fucked up so bad in the first place probably isn't the best choice. -k]

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Editorials / Getting real about Iraq

I like this article because it seems to have a more balanced view of what's known about the situation, and because it seems to be written from a military perspective rather than a political one.

[ Good find. This is very even handed and complete. Everyone's so caught up in CBS' massive gaffe, that the underlying facts are still unclear. That he was honorably discharged is not in question. What's in question is the gaps in service records if that's the case.

Anyway, this is the fairest, most unbiased and unsensational account you're likely to find on the subject. -k]

Air Force Times: Bush and the Guard

] Scientists can see how a virus causes infection by
] interacting with DNA, thanks to the first molecular-scale
] images of the phenomenon. Now that they can see how the
] virus does its dirty work, researchers can try to build a
] drug to block it.

Wow...so these scientists have actually been able to image an adenovirus attacking DNA and have created a computer model of the image....this will be the cover of the next Molecular and Cellular Proteomics....can't wait....science is so rad

Wired News: Catching a Virus in the Act

] I'm as weary as you are that our politics veer away from
] what matters -- Iraq, terrorism, health care, jobs -- and
] get sidetracked into personal issues manufactured by
] political consultants and ideological zealots. But the
] Bush campaign has made clear it wants this election to
] focus on character and leadership. If character is the
] issue, the president's life, past and present, matters
] just as much as John Kerry's.
]
]
] Dan Rather has answered his critics. Now it is Bush's
] turn.

What Is Bush Hiding? (washingtonpost.com)

] "The bottom line is, at this moment we are losing
] the war," says Andrew Bacevich, a former Army
] colonel who teaches international relations at Boston
] University. "That doesn't mean it is lost, but we
] are losing, and as an observer it is difficult for me to
] see that either the civilian leadership or the military
] leadership has any plausible idea on how to turn this
] around."

"Retired Marine colonel Thomas Hammes, a contractor who trains foreign fighters allied with the United States, says Iraq will take time. “Insurgencies last 10 to 30 years,” he says. “It took the British 12 years in Malaysia” to end the Communist uprising after World War II, and the British were losing for the first three years, he says. “We certainly have the capacity to get it right” in Iraq, he says. “But it is an incredibly complex situation.”

Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism specialist at RAND, agrees that patience is needed. But he says the United States has already “squandered a lot of precious time.” He points to bungled efforts such as poorly training Iraqi police and relying on air power to battle the insurgency, which turns civilians against the coalition. “Helicopter gunships become potent propaganda,” he says."

"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cast it a little differently this week, at a news conference in Missouri. Iraq is making progress, he said. “At some point the Iraqis will get tired of getting killed and we'll have enough of the Iraqi security forces that they can take over responsibility for governing that country,” he said."

[ More good news, and a fascinating strategy from Rumsfeld. That's the fucking Sec. of Defence talking! EVENTUALLY THEY'LL GET TIRED OF GETTING KILLED?!!?!? You've got to be fucking kidding me. No shit, Rumz, but how many americans are gonna get shot, maimed, or beheaded in the meantime? How many civilian casualties? How many new terrorists are we going to create in the process? What an asinine thing to say. -k]

Rumsfeld's a moron.

Current graph of the Iowa political Elections Market, one of the most accurate predictors of political elections for some time. It shows a wide and increasing gap between presidential candidates. In this particular case, I think I might start looking at moving to Canada.

[ I think there's a fairly good chance that what this shows is people sending their money to democratic causes rather than investing in the presidential futures market.

I did meme this last month because i thought it was pretty interesting as a concept, but all the indicators are all over the place this year. We have polls ranging from a dead heat to a 12 point lead. I don't think any predictors are faring well at the moment. -k]

IEM 2004 US Presidential Election Winner Takes All Market Price Graph