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Month: July 2005

  • Autism and Thimerosal

    Been reading more and more stuff about the connection between some vaccines in children and autism rates. Then I remembered the thing in the PATRIOT ACT about not allowing patients to sue vaccine companies for damages – and I was only linking that to Cipro (at the time of the Anthrax attacks). I wonder if […]

  • PATRIOT ACT About to Be Made Permanent

    HR 3199: SEC. 3. REPEAL OF USA PATRIOT ACT SUNSET PROVISION. Section 224 of the USA PATRIOT ACT is repealed. Ruh roh.  Did I say death camps – I meant happy camps!

  • War on Terror Rebranded

    Welcome to the War on Terror version 2.0: In recent speeches and news conferences, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the nation’s senior military officer have spoken of "a global struggle against violent extremism" rather than "the global war on terror," which had been the catchphrase of choice. Administration officials say that phrase may have […]

  • Secretly Ordained Women Face Excommunication

    As they say, ‘hilarity ensues’: Nine women are referring to themselves as ordained priests and deacons in the Roman Catholic Church, risking excommunication after a secret religious ceremony on a boat in the St. Lawrence River. When our new Pope was a cardinal, he had 7 women kicked out of the Church for somethign similar. […]

  • Craving Katsu

    Good God am I craving chicken katsu right now! I think it is the salt I’m craving.

  • Amy Goodman on Newsnight with Aaron Brown

    Going through the Democracy Now site and found this clip from June 28, 2005 – I think I missed this. Amy makes the case for immediate troop withdrawal (not sure I completely buy that). She appears with Andrew Beitbart from DemBloggers.com. Watch Aaron Brown cut her off over and over again.

  • Action Required: Resolution of Inquiry for Downing Street Memo

    From David at AfterDowningStreet.org Congresswoman Barbara Lee and 29 co-sponsors are backing a Resolution of Inquiry which, if passed, will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the […]

  • Action Required: Fight Media Consolidation

    Tell FCC to issue a big ‘suck it’ to big media: Comcast and Time Warner are trying to further consolidate their regional monopolies.  If this deal goes through, Big Cable Company #1 (Comcast) and Big Cable Company #2 (Time-Warner) will gobble up Big Cable Company #3 (Adelphia), and the two remaining cable giants will control […]

  • PA Lt. Governor Crashes Marine's Funeral

    Ugh: (via MeFi) She sat down next to a Goodrich family member and, during the distribution of communion, said, "Who are you?" Then she handed the family member one of her business cards, which Goodrich said she still has."Knoll felt this was an appropriate time to campaign and impose her will on us," Goodrich said. […]

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

    I liked it. I enjoyed the Oompa-Loopa songs and spectacles. Altogether the film was creepier than the 1971 movie but not as cruel. True, Johnny Depp screaming at Mike Teevee to stop mumbling was funny but nothing beats Gene Wilder screaming at him You should open your mouth a little wider when you speak! The […]