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War Against Terror Misfires    By Verne McDonald
Publish Date: 26-Aug-2004
U.S. government still missing the point on sources of threat
 The so-called War Against Terrorism’s supposed goal is a world where people can live without fear. In most parts of North America, the obvious first priority would be to follow through on the principle that people who [...]

I was reading an old Destroyer novel (#35 in the series that now is in the 130’s) and came across a paragraph I liked.
This is being thought by a Soviet Spy in Washington DC in 1974.
The two men sat silently, staring out over the bridge railing at the greasy waters of the Potomac.  It was [...]

Cute Quiz:
Is it a Prescription  Drug or a Transformer?

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TomsDispatch.com - What do we call the Enemy?
Tom Engelhardt has another media critique on the US Media’s coverage of Iraq on his site at:  http://tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1687
It covers some excellent stories that have been missing from the American Media Coverage of Iraq including:

 Air power
 Permanent Bases
 Urban warfare and slaughter
 American strategy in Iraq
 The Imam Ali Shrine and Shiism [...]

Stolen from the Daily Show:  Bush vs Bush

I have a theory that Disney has designed a hurricane making machine and they use it during their off-season to force people from the coasts to come inland and rent hotel rooms.
Note that hurricane season begins at the start of their slow time of year and runs til they get busy again in the fall.

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On Tuesday night Brian and I hopped on the El (actually we stepped onto the El and took our seats like normal people and did no actual hopping) and went down to center city for the first of volunteer info sessions for people willing to give time to the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philadelphia Fringe [...]