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As pointed out by Elizabeth, the Homosexual Agenda is largely a myth made up by homophobes. What in the world is so scary about gays? How does allowing a pair of men (who already live together monogamously) to call themselves “married” make a damned bit of difference to anyone else? The people who live upstairs I assume are married. It’s a man and woman, but if they weren’t married, that would make no difference. If they were two women, that would make no difference to me either.

Homosexual agenda. See also liberal media bias.

Shamelessly stolen from Jason.

Current.org | News viewers’ perceptions

The University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes surveyed a bunch of people and asked them to tell whether these three statements were true or false:

• Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or proven to be supporting al-Qaeda.
• Weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq.
• International popular opinion favored the U.S. war against Iraq.

All three are false. But two-thirds of about 3,000 respondants said at least one was true. How likely you were to be suckered depended on your primary source of news:

• Fox — 80%
• CBS — 71%
• ABC — 61%
• NBC — 55%
• CNN — 55%
• Print media — 47%
• PBS/NPR — 23%

If you watch Fox News, you’re almost four times as likely to believe false things than if your primary news sources are public broadcasting.

This is not exactly news, is it?
N. Korea regime unstable: defector

Hwang Jang-yop, an 81-year-old former secretary of North Korea’s ruling Worker’s Party and secretary of foreign affairs, told members of the House Policy Committee, “the regime, albeit it takes great pains to show us it is stable, is in fact profoundly unstable.”

Libertarians Pursue a State of Their Own

Because our political system makes the tiny state of New Hampshire disproportionally important every four years, a bunch of libertarians want to take over the state and play with the political process. This should prove interesting.

GOP to put challengers in black voting precincts

Jefferson County Republicans intend to place Election Day challengers at 59 voting precincts in predominantly black neighborhoods, a move that NAACP leaders yesterday called blatant intimidation.

The GOP election workers, most of whom live outside the targeted precincts in western and central Louisville, Portland and Newburg, will be on hand to challenge voters who they suspect aren’t eligible.

Jefferson County GOP Chairman Jack Richardson IV said the precincts were chosen at random or because the Republican Party has had trouble finding registered voters in those areas to serve as election workers. […] Richardson said the precincts weren’t chosen because of their racial makeup or voting patterns.

Yeah, right. It’s a complete coincidence. Sure…

Bush orders officials to stop the leaks

Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush–living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge–told his top officials to “stop the leaks” to the media, or else.

News of Bush’s order leaked almost immediately.

Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he “didn’t want to see any stories” quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used.

Suncomm claims shift key violates their intellectual property rights

It’s astounding. Suncomm is going to sue the fellow I mentioned the other day. They claim that telling people to hold the SHIFT key is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and that the perpetrator of this crime has disseminated information which facilitates infringement. Said Suncomm CEO Peter Jacobs, “This cat-and-mouse game that hackers and others like to play with owners of digital property is over.”

Yep, it’s amazing that he wrote this felonious paper which tells people that the Suncomm copy protection system simply doesn’t work. OK. The article also mentions that the author of the article came to false conclusions about the efficacy of the technology. Let me get this straight. It either works, in which case you can’t claim he came to false conclusions. Or it doesn’t work, in which case you can’t claim that it is infringing on any damned thing. You can’t have it both ways, Suncomm.

The Official Blog of the campaign to reelect the President. Way to go Movable Type! Yes, there is an RSS feed for ubergeeks.

According to the California Recall lineup, Arnold will be the new governor for our most populous state. Maybe now he’ll finally get around to producing more than vague statements using movie references. Perhaps, if they’re lucky, he’ll be a good leader, the moderate he seems to be.

Of course, I’m disappointed that Mary Carey only got 9500 votes. Amazingly, Arianna Huffington, who pulled out of the race, got 1 percent of the total ballots.

Competing for the title of lowest-ranking Democratic candidate, Carol Moseley Braun formally launches 2004 presidential bid. People across the country responded by saying, “huh?”

Seriously, she’s only like one percentage point above Al Sharpton in the Democratic polls. If she’s pulling 3 percent of the Dem vote, that means she’s got about zero name recognition outside the party. Why would you go through the hassle of running for an office that you know there’s nearly no chance of your winning?

Since Khalid Sheik Mohammed is talking now, we have discovered a shocking fact:

Mohammed said he communicated with al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar while they were in the United States by using Internet chat software, the reports say.

Oh, great. Now they’re going to try to ban Yahoo Messenger as a tool of terrorism. I can see it now:

Geeks Jailed Under USA PATRIOT Act

For a change of pace, let me agree with the President. For Senator Kennedy to accuse the President of bribing foreign governments is, in Bush’s words, “uncivil.”

Of course, you do wonder about the 8.5 billion dollar loan to Turkey, but it’s no excuse for being rude.

According to some people, Wesley Clark’s opinions while employed by CNN are tantamount to treason. I decided to do some research and find these traitorous statements myself. Here’s what I found:

h3. Apr 5, 2003

bq. “U.S. troops met them face-to-face and slugged it out. The U.S. troops were within range of their weapons, and the Americans were *just better.* They are actually moving forward. They’re finding the enemy. They’re bringing fire against them.”

h3. March 25, 2003

bq. The scenario of a quick coalition victory in Iraq is “not going to happen,” according to retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark, a CNN analyst and former NATO supreme allied commander. “The simple fact is that the liberation didn’t quite occur. They didn’t uprise,” Clark said.

h3. January 2003

bq. “Those predictions are incredibly overoptimistic,” he said. “What we have to be prepared for is an indefinite stay in Iraq, at least 100,000 people there for the first year or two, *several billion dollars a month in costs*, continuing frictions and problems politically as a result of this, some casualties on a monthly basis coming out as Arab sentiment rises, and a deepening resentment of Americans from this war. ”

Now, I may be exceptionally dense, but I didn’t find anything in those statements that offered aid or comfort to the enemy. He made it clear that the war and followup would take time and money. He also made it clear that the American military can and will be victorious against any foe, no matter how devoted or fanatical they may be.

I particularly noticed that his statement in January, 2 months before the war began, sound especially prescient.

Talking to coworkers who are Southwest Asian experts, I find much the same sentiment. The war was begun with insufficient preparation to win the peace. For other traitors, see General(R) Shinseki, former Secretary of the Army White…

According to a Newsweek Poll, Clark has become the frontrunner among Democratic candidates after only a few days in the race. Interestingly, 52 percent of those polled didn’t care that General Clark has never been elected to any office. I was sure that would hurt him more. Among all voters, Clark is seen to be just a few points shy of the President.
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According to a BBC article, folks in Britain are using the techniques of flashmob organizers to set up orgies in parks. I’m speechless.

It amazes me that the writer of this article, which lambasts Wes Clark for (as far as I can tell) having an ill-fitting suit, actually served in the United States Congress. It’s astounding to me that someone actually elected this guy. Maybe he only became completely unhinged and part of the lunatic fringe after he lost reelection…
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“In an effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ice cream cone, Dairy Queen® operators throughout the United States will celebrate by offering customers a free 5 oz. vanilla ice cream cone (one per customer) on Monday, Sept. 22, 2003. As part of the celebration, Dairy Queen® employees will be collecting donations for Children’s Miracle Network, the DQ® system’s charity of choice. This one-day grassroots event will kick-off a year-long celebration of the ice cream cone that will run through September 2004.”

Couple Accused of Keeping Twins, 5, Caged
These children, five years old, could not speak nor use a toilet. Child Welfare workers had visited the house in the past and determined there were no problems in the house. They were very diligent, I’m sure.

Thai ban ‘Big Flabby Buttocks’ and “One Woman, Two Men”, because they are afraid the current pop songs (only available in Thai) could encourage promiscuity or marital infidelity.

Gee, don’t you think the hundreds of brothels and child prostitute rings are more of a moral problem in Thailand? Just thinking.

My favorite quote from a National Post story on Islamic headgear:

In 1981, Abol-Hassan Bani-Sadr, the first president of the Islamic Republic, announced that “scientific research had shown that women’s hair emitted rays that drove men insane.”