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Monday, Jul 08, 2002

turnout the lights

"The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented."

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hearsay

aural delight: an eclectic guide to internet radio

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strip search

"Earth's population will be forced to colonise two planets within 50 years if natural resources continue to be exploited at the current rate, according to a report out this week."

"A study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to be released on Tuesday, warns that the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life."

"In a damning condemnation of Western society's high consumption levels, it adds that the extra planets (the equivalent size of Earth) will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted."

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Sunday, Jul 07, 2002

whitewash

plodded through The Trust: The Family Behind The New York Times. interesting account of the Ochs-Sulzberger clan but hardly an indictment of The Times as i had hoped it would be.

on to alexander cockburns Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press. sure to muck it up there.


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eye spy

"VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - If you're a criminal, a runaway or a terrorist, a day at the beach here may soon be anything but that."

"The city will become the second in the nation — Tampa, Fla., is the other — to employ facial-recognition software to assist police in identifying and catching criminals and missing persons.

"The system is to be tested along the city's oceanfront resort strip this holiday weekend, and police hope to have it fully operational in two to three weeks."

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seeing double

"Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II " by William Blum

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Saturday, Jul 06, 2002

take your medicine

"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 3 — The unsolicited Prozac arrived in a hand-addressed manila envelope. It came from a Walgreens drugstore not far from here, and there was a "Dear Patient" form letter inside."

"Enclosed you will find a free one month trial of Prozac Weekly," it said. "Congratulations on being one step to full recovery."

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swing kids


i was a terrible student
a miscreant learner
alone germane in youth
still mostly drang and a little sturmer

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tensegrity


i fear the center will not hold
and it will all come crashing in

put a finger in the whole (and glisten)
as you hear the crackling skin

the dinner bell rang out
but there was nothing left to eat

the mynabird sangfroid
if it could only keep a beat

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miss american piebald


it was a terrible blow
to my psychic connection

blue out a fuse
in my sleep
awoke to convection

arose with conviction
to make a correction

not a clue
what to do
sold short on conception

in a saccharine daze
yet i longed for confection

thought i was through
off ascent
and misdirected ascension

he was a civil warrior true
but a revolting insurrection

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