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And that's that... again.

mr damon — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:52:00 PST

I have very little to say in this space anymore. So, a year after I first said "I'm done!," this time I'm pulling the plug. At this point, what else can be said about the BushCheney Balrog on Pennsylvania Avenue? To paraphrase El Presidente himself, you're either for them or against them. After five years of this nonsense -- recently flavored with the warrantless wiretaps, the shotgunning of the

HST RIP, one year on

mr damon — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:36:00 PST

"The widow of Hunter S. Thompson said she would let fans download a rarely seen photo of the gonzo journalist posted to his Web site to mark the anniversary of his death. "Hunter S. Thompson was 67 when he shot himself to death Feb. 20, 2005, in his home in Woody Creek, apparently despondent over health problems. "Anita Thompson said she took the photo at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles,

Egypt Extra

mr damon — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST

So... way back when, when we lived along the Nile, I had scribbled down a number of weblinks and publication titles that came to my attention. We're in Korea now and I just cleaned out my wallet (American and Thai phone cards, Taiwanese bookstore and restaurant cards, a miniature page of the Koran (that I found on the floor of Trabant chai house, an hour before I left Seattle)... There was also

Google, the courts and you

mr damon — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:48:00 PST

"Google's recent legal spat with the U.S. Department of Justice highlights not only what information search engines record about us but also the shortcomings in a federal law that's supposed to protect online privacy... Q: Does that mean Google has the technical ability to link a person's searches together and divulge them when legally required? Yes. Google says in its FAQ that it records

Justice in Vermont (with your help)

Amelopsis — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:51:00 PST

"A citizen in United States should never expect to gain justice through the judicial system. The system is so corrupted that in the rare case when justice prevails, it is not because of, but it is in spite of, the system." ~Rosemarie Jackowski We are posting this call to action today because a kind and decent woman needs your help. Rosemarie Jackowski is a 68-year-old grandmother, Air Force

Taipei 2.2

mr damon — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:07:00 PST

All the rest: nmazca.com/taipei

Oh, damn, I forgot:
"When the President does it,
that means that it is not illegal."

mr damon — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:16:00 PST

Not-so-wise words spoken by the last Executive Wiretapper, Richard Milhous Nixon. "OK, everyone who has studied the unitary executive theory of the presidency, raise your hand. Anyone? Anyone? "If you are not raising your hand, you're not alone. Only recently has the world received notice that President Bush's 'I can do anything I want' approach to governance has a name: the unitary executive

Beyond Viet Nam
(now Iraq and Afghanistan)

mr damon — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:50:00 PST

"Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home, and death and corruption [overseas] in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen

News from half a world away
about a murder seemingly solved

mr damon — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:08:00 PST

I wrote about the murder of Stephanie Hummer in March 2004, 10 years after her body had been found near downtown Columbus, Ohio. I was a reporter for the campus daily at the time, and I wrote several articles about the case. And I, like others, had seen years go by, occasional leads pop up, but there was no resolution. Twenty minutes ago, I received an email alerting me to the news of a suspect