AlterNet: Chemical Warfare: The RAVE Act

"At the security checkpoint, a man in a windbreaker asks you to remove your jacket, your shoes and your hat. You lift your arms parallel to the floor and he frisks just about every inch of your body. Your hair is searched. He checks your piercings. You lift up your tongue so he can look underneath with a flashlight. You think, "So this is how produce feels." You pass the inspection, minus one Chapstick.
This is not the scene at airport security on a "heightened state of alert" day. This is a party, and you're in the pre-party phase. Up against the wall and spread 'em. And try to relax."

Throwing a Dinner Party: Immediate Style
This short essay by Hakim Bey gives some excellent ways to throw a party that emphasizes and accentuates ideas of immediatism, the play of direct and active experience over mediated and passive experience. Who's in?

Washington Exaggerating Iraqi Threat?
There seems to be one good thing about our government going nuts...sarcasm has never been more fun and acceptable in the news. An excerpt responding to Bush's claim that Iraq had attempted to import hardened aluminium tubes supposedly used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons: Mr Albright, who heads the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington thinktank, said: "There's a catfight going on about this right now. On one side you have most of the experts on gas centrifuges. On the other you have one guy sitting in the CIA."

Bush Backpedals: From The Tampa Tribune

``There's been the appearance and there's been the reality and the reality is there's a hidden agenda, and insiders have known that all along,'' Henriquez said. ``To a certain extent, I'm pleased people are getting a chance to see the real Jeb Bush.''

I'm voting against Bush. Lesser of two evils. And if he loses, there will be far less confidence in the OTHER Bush administration.

Bush Accepts Iraqi Offer for a Duel, by Graham Smith - Democratic Underground

"In the event of a split victory, it has been decided the four will face off in a timed hot-dog eating contest at a time and location yet to be announced.
Cheney is heavily favored in that event."

HAHAHAHAH!!!