The better question is, Who will emerge from the sandbox ready to fight lies, not with polar opposite lies, but with the hard work of sound, moral and well-reasoned arguments -- in a word: truth?

Michael Moore and the Media's Job

] "Look at what he's done to free the Iraqi people. The
] oppression that these people were under over there for so
] long, and now they have just the simple things in life
] that they didn't have before -- food, water, medicine --
] the things we take for granted every day,"

[ Oi. Sweet jesus. All hail King Bush. -k]

Wars Bring Security At Home, Bush Says (washingtonpost.com)

With a teacher like this I would have gone in for extra credit

[ wow. so wrong. i wonder if the kid's talking mad shit or if he's in mental anguish... -k]

FOXNews.com Photo Essay

] And so it's come to this. The American people -- proud
] heirs of a bold revolutionary spirit now marking the
] 228th anniversary of its fiery eruption into the world --
] have been reduced to thanking the robed Olympians on the
] U.S. Supreme Court for preserving a few crumbs of the
] nation's once-vast ancient liberties.

Damn...

[ Seriously. -k]

A Russian view of the Supreme Court Decision

] But the Rev. Richard Land, who deals with ethics and
] religious liberty issues for the Southern Baptist
] Convention, a key Bush constituency, said he was
] "appalled."
]
] "First of all, I would not want my church directories
] being used that way," he told Reuters in an interview,
] predicting failure for the Bush plan.

[ Good. SO he's alienated the fiscal conservatives, worked hard to alienate the military and their families, and now he's gonna work on pissing off large segments of the religious base? Sounds like a winning combination to me. Granted, these people are probably pretty solidly red overall, but every vote counts and all that... a few percent change could make the difference. -k]

Bush Seeks to Mobilize Religious Conservatives

[ No, really, what the fuck? Anyone have an RFC? Or anything at all, seeing as I've never even heard of this shite? -k]

China's New Generation Of Ipv9 Network Technology Ready

] Delta Air Lines said yesterday that it planned to use
] disposable radio tags to track all luggage it handles at
] domestic airports. The airline, which is based in
] Atlanta, said it would have to invest up to $25 million
] to deploy the necessary hardware and software throughout
] its operations, a process that it aimed to complete
] within two years.

[ Sounds like thise could pretty close to eliminate lost bags... which is probably a very good thing. -k]

Delta to Invest in Radio Tags for Luggage at Airports

] The technique relies on tiny gold-coated particles called
] nanoshells which, when injected into the bloodstream,
] selectively accumulate in tumours. By varying the size of
] the core and the thickness of the gold shell, the team
] tailors the nanoshell to convert near-infrared light into
] heat. The heating is said to be localized and does not
] affect healthy tissue close to the tumour.

[ I'm seeing a lot of novel cancer treatments coming out of the nano space... I really think we'll start seeing some highly effective cancer treatments in the next 5-10 years. God knows we need them. -k]

nanotechweb.org - News - Heated nanoshells kill cancer cells (June 2004)

] The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a
] contentious section of the barrier being built by Israel
] in the West Bank violates the rights of thousands of
] Palestinian residents by separating them from their
] farmland in "a veritable chokehold, which will severely
] stifle daily life."

This story includes a pretty amazing photo of Israel's Berlin Wall.

[ That is a fantastic picture. I don't want to carry symbolism too far, but it's worth noting that the left and right sides look just the same... if only the people on both sides could see themselves in that way.

I look forward to the day when i can watch the people tear down this one too. -k]

Israeli Court Orders Changes in Barrier (washingtonpost.com)

Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle.
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And....
Always look on the bright side of life, (whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life, (whistle)
If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing.

[ Good advice, wish i was better at following it... -k]

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life