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Monday, July 12, 2004

"Never have we experienced a climate of intimidation and censorship as we have today...." 

I might be in hysterical mode once again but I think now might be the time to really get scared:
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming" intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the November presidential election in the event of such an attack.
from "Election Day Worries" (Newsweek | Related: U.S. Mulls How to Delay Nov. Vote in Case of Attack from Reuters via Nadine S.)

I mentioned a couple weeks back that the Bush I-affiliated Carlyle Group, a company that was a major focus of Micheal Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", had bought Loews Cineplex Movie Theater chain. Now comes this story from the Silent All These Years blog. Coincidence, conspiracy or something else to be genuinely concerned about?

The New York Time's David Pogue on e-voting.

Welcome back to Dark Ages: James Wagoner, the president of Advocates for Youth, is among the professionals in sex-related fields who have started speaking out against what they say is growing interference from conservatives in and out of government with their work in research, education and disease prevention. (full story in The New York Times)

Misleader: A daily chronicle of Bush administration distortions (spotted via MoveOn.org)

And the Governator's Education Secretary, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, tells a 6-year-old that her name means "stupid dirty girl." Nice! (CNN.com)

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