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Thursday, May 20, 2004

well behind the curve

im late to this one but just in case you missed it, heres the start to the washingtonienne story. the pages cache can be accessed here.

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is that a chalabi in your pocket?

"BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 20 — American soldiers and Iraqi police today raided the offices and home of Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi politician once favored by the Pentagon, and removed computers and documents."

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stroker ace

electroclash may be doa but miss kitten bleeps on. some cuts streaming plus one download from the soon to be released cd, I Com.

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dog-earred coping

touch and go is rereleasing the first cd from singer/songwriter nina nastasia.

mp3 stormy weather from dogs


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!!!

is it a good thing if something reminds you of Big Audio Dynamite? im sure there is a hipper corollary.

mp3 hello? is this thing on? from (forthcoming) louden up now


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lion tamer

new cd with attendant website from pedro the lion.

mp3 discretion from achilles heel


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hack license

"You might take this all as a joke," he said, "but perhaps it is not entirely absurd. It may be the explanation for why the world we live in is so weird. On the evidence, our universe was created not by a divine being, but by a physicist hacker."

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Sunday, May 16, 2004

cuff daddy

i think they chose this picture because it looks as if rumsfeld has been handcuffed and arrested.

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Friday, May 14, 2004

general dismay

"I'm privileged to spend a good bit of time with our military officers, from generals to new lieutenants. And I have never seen such distrust of a public official in the senior ranks. Not even of Bill Clinton. Rumsfeld & Co. have trashed our ground forces every way they could. Only the quality of those in uniform saved us from a debacle in Iraq.

Of course, those in uniform don't get to pick the SecDef. And they continue, as they always will, to loyally carry out their orders to the letter. But to be effective, a SecDef must be respected. He doesn't have to be liked. But, especially in wartime, he must be trusted.

Rumsfeld has failed the most important test of all.

Clinging to power isn't a mark of strength, but of weakness, arrogance and brute obstinacy. Rumsfeld has wounded our military and sent our troops to die for harebrained schemes. In place of sound plans, he substituted political prejudices. Election year or not, he has to go.

It's time to bring integrity, mutual respect and a focus on the realities of warfare back to the Pentagon. The White House has Sen. McCain's phone number."

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never the twain

this mark twain quote is eerily prescient.

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