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Back in LA.

Ah, the smell of the sea.

Nice review of OSX in Tidbits.

Great Dylan show I missed.

Best Jewish delis, LA or NY?.

Belated Happy Birthday to John Lennon.

Laughlab.

Giuliani to "clean up" Mexico City.

No more left or right?

More futile efforts to block the future.

Questionable assumptions about the impact of war and deflation on the global economy.

What is heck is "listeria"?

Bush's Harken past will not go away.

Library of Alexandria reopens after 1500 years.

Al-Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyah.

America's for-profit armies.

Corporate profit reports are just fantasy.

Motorola selling its PowerPC division?

Questionable projections of computer sales.

Apple announces fourth quarter results.

Woody Harrelson says no to war with Iraq.

.Joni Mitchell calls music industry a "cesspool"

Javascript and DHTML goodies.

Hydrogen based cars take another step.

British hypocrisy at work.

Doing it in space?

Ireland and the EU.

More on European enlargement.

Thanks to Wikipedia, a public encyclopedia.

And do they have pajamas in space?

English rabbi may face heresy charges.

States investigating national brokerages.

Scots not so strait-laced anymore.

The hypocrisy behind our compassion.

Energy industry's dirty little details about to see light.

Ask Jeeves joins the no pop-ups bandwagon.

Old Jewish New York fading away.

Gender-bender chemicals.

OK, I'm back.

"They went that-away".

New York Times finally admits it has no idea where the dollar's heading.

French Minitel celebrates 20th birthday.

Can't decide whether or not.

EU makes polluters responsible for clean-up costs.

US predicts 'long fight' in Iraq.

Total lunar eclipse tonight.

New version of Blogger.

Lots of blogs at Blogcount.

Alas, a blog.

All about books.

Eclipse was beautiful.

Texan Democrats survive Denny's.

Howard Dean announces his health plan.

Migrant workers sent home $80 billion last year.

Looking for something to read?

Sharing your site with RSS.

Journalists among worst looters in Iraq.

If you have nothing to do, you can do it here.

No comments here yet.

US troops spray paint graffiti on ancient city of Ur, Marines misspell 'Semper Fi'.

Brutal hazing of girls by girls.

US and Russia bargaining over Iraqi spoils.

Chechen attacks represent new level of violence.

George W. Bush's resume.

British trade minister admits he's been wrong about the IMF and the World Bank.

Exactly what did happen on 9/11?

Indian government reluctant to send troops to Iraq.

The restructuring of Al-Qaeda.

Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy.

Corporate manslaughter bill proposed in the UK.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez says legalisation of drugs the only way to end war in Columbia.

Palestinians in Gaza protest against terrorists -- finally!.

Case of mad cow disease found in Alberta.

European depopulation.

Story of Private Lynch's rescue all lies.

Strikes in India.

Warren Buffet on Bush's tax cuts.

Eurozone members seek greater autonomy.

Wikipedia.

History of British foreign policy.

"The Truth Will Emerge".

"Passive smoking: who cares about the facts?"

UN makes Iraq colony of the Americans and British.

The payoffs of space exploration.

US aiming for "regime change" in Iran.

Who will pay for software?

Most of world off limits to Australians now.

Updates on the Texan Democrat-Republican wars.

Columbia Records offering custom-made Dylan CDs.

More on Dylan: he's got a new movie coming out.

Thomas Friedman says Saudis have too much democracy.

Disarray in Iraq threatens U.S. Plans.

Photo blogs become mainstream.

Power, Ever More Power.

Efforts begin to limit lawyers' fees.

Blueprint for an EU president.

Manchester tops UK "bohemian' index.

US looks away as new ally tortures Islamists.

Britain told to choose between Europe and the US.

US preparing to overthrow the Iranian government.

Thanks for the memories.

Sharon embraces new peace efforts.

AOL-Time-Warner may split up.

Palestinians back out of road map to peace.

Myth of 'One Afghanistan' shattered.

Japanese banks report huge losses.

Update on Russian oil and oil pipelines.

Corporate adjustments to Euro's success.

The lunatics are in charge of the asylum.

View this blog with wood borders, or not.

Howard Dean's letter to the FCC.

Passion for Peace.

Amnesty International says the war on terror tramples human rights.

Peru declares state of emergency.

Media concentration a life and death matter.

Ted Turner says new media rules would have kept him from founding CNN.

Bill Moyers warns of rising national deficits.

Is There Anything Left That Matters?

Tech support reminder: details matter.

UK soldier took photos of torture in Iraq.

Chlorine in pools linked to children's asthma.

Global property a "house of cards"?

Tensions at the G8 summit.

Powell and Straw had serious doubts about Iraq's WMDs.

Why I link to the Guardian so much.

Cluster bombs litter Iraq.

Suu Kyi again taken into custody in Burma.

Willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic, 30th anniversary.

Statistical proof that the US is the least free country on earth.

Leading Scottish lawyer calls for legalisation of drugs.

The lies that led us into war.

I don't think Iraq was all about oil though.

Third night of protests in Geneva.

American drug companies fighting free enterprise.

Baghdad blogger gets regular column.

Malaysian government says CDs and DVDs overpriced.

Librarians fighting the Patriot act.

It's not right/left, it's right/wrong.

US Marshals auction off car full of pot.

Cheney says US will destroy its enemies.

The Dead will be selling instant CDs of live shows.

Keanu Reeves gives away Matrix profits.

What is a weblog?

Surgeon General calls for complete tobacco ban.

The Promise of Democracy.

California marijuana grower sentenced to one day.

ECB cuts interest rates.

Spam suggestion, and thoughts on advertising.

The Day of the Jackals.

Dance the Night Away.

The new American feudalism.

Hamas breaks off peace talks.

Possible solution to the Israeli settlement problem.

Duped and Betrayed.

British continue to waffle on the Euro.

Soros leaves Russia, says US needs help more.

The Bushes, the Nazis, and a long sordid history.

A web designer's fantasy and nightmare.

Dean beginning to get international attention.

Childrens' illnesses soaring in Iraq.

How to bring down the Bush juggernaut.

Ashcroft wants to expand the Patriot Act.

Bush wants to eliminate the Endangered Species Act.

Counterpunch shouldn't be trusted that much though.

Poles vote to join the EU.

Clear Channel purchases the FCC.

"After dark it becomes a fast shade of worse."

World Com was being run by the seat of the pants.

UK sort of gives Euro a definite maybe no, but not for sure.

Cheese cake recipes.

European views of Britain's euro decision.

Blair and Brown lost in their euro blunderland.

Why I'm writing so much about the Euro.

Bill Moyers' 'Presidential Address'.

Dennis Kucinich deserves a hearing.

The U.S. prison system as Hannibal Lector.

The history of chocolate.

Growing monkeypox problem in the midwest.

Baghdad blogger refers us to his friend, G.

More reports on massive fraud at WorldCom, now MCI.

What beautiful photos.

House Republicans hold child-tax credit hostage to demands for yet another tax cut for their corporate friends.

Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan.

Thoughts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Dylan albums to be released in the new Super Audio CD (SACD) format.

Columbia most dangerous country for labor unions.

Technology moving backwards?

Ranting and raving on the web.

Amiga fans want Mozilla.

Howard Dean gets the economy.

Did you know only state governors get elected president these days?

The Tate Gallery's online exhibition.

Bill Moyers on the history of American populism and progressivism.

Blair makes major changes in British legal system.

The dark and the light.

Ol' Robert Hunter is cooking these days.

Israel and Hamas in total war, but British may finally begin to act against Hamas.

Saudi defends aid to bomber families.

Use of a cell phone makes it a federal crime.

DeLay is a very dangerous radical.

Iraqi death toll may reach 10,000.

Retiring Hans Blix has harsh words for the US.

US bans anti-American activities in Iraq.

Peter tries to buy an electric car.

Amnesty International's 2003 report on the USA.

More public protests in Iran.

American auto giants in trouble.

Historical child labor photographs.

Blair under increasing pressure.

Why am I blogging about politics?

Best of the female bloggers.

Jews and Arabs have NOT been fighting for centuries.

Was Paul Wellstone assassinated?

America's Imperial Delusion.

US in Iraq for the long term.

California's job market continues to deteriorate.

Canada calls for major reform in the UN.

70 die in US attack on terror training camp.

Protests in Iran spread.

Bill Clinton wants to be mayor of New York?.

Bob Geldorf calls for global summit for Africa.

British reforming their supreme court.

Iranian weblogs.

Devolution and regional government around the world.

The story of J.K. Rowling.

Update on corporate wars against unions.

Europe moves to support force against "rogue" nations.

Dean's Machine.

North Sea cod stocks about to collapse.

Scots 'Americanizing' their justice system.

Second installment in J.K. Rowling's story.

The spectacular collapse of England's train system.

Massive security for Greek European summit.

Using globalization to achieve global democracy.

Turning the tanks on reporters.

Newt Gingrich steps up criticism of the State Department.

Israel and the Palestinians.

Australia's US ties making it a pariah in Asia.

CIA takes over search for Iraqi WMDs.

A snippet from my world history.

History of the Bush family.

User has moved.

Dutch abortion ship sails to Poland.

British blogs.

The legacy of Harry Potter.

Danny Goodman is still on it.

Account of first wave of the D-Day landing.

The Disease.

Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian.

'Washington was warned'.

Painters will love this.

My first image.

Kudos to Microsoft for suing spammers.

Guide to journalism in the.

US troops admit shooting Iraqi civilians.

US may be in Iraq for ten years.

Protesters confront police at Greek summit.

Goodbye to China.

Ascot inspires sarcasm among Brits.

Blogging is good for your vocabulary.

Dr. Howard Dean's electability.

Emerson: Self-reliance.

Iowa allows you to look up all state employees' salaries.

The case for public patents in drugs and biological discoveries.

The Dead begin their summer tour.

Iraqi children being blown up by mines and unexploded bombs.

No "international" democracy means no "international" law.

Corporate sponsorship of schools growing.

All 50 states now warn of West Nile virus threat.

NY Times' propaganda on Iranian MWDs.

Is the stock market boom back, or not?

Some international blogs.

Drugs to make people taller.

Immigrants indignant over patronizing treatment.

An account from Iran.

What is a RSS feed?

Increasing resentment of US in Iraq.

Mickey Hart blogs the Dead tour.

Harry Potter sales on the movie blockbuster level.

Comments by Haloscan aren't working today.

It's Apocalypse Now for US troops in Iran.

More Iraqi stuff, this time on WMD lies.

Dr. Howard Dean formally announces his candidacy for President.

The Economist doesn't like the new EU constitution.

Six British soldiers killed in Iraq, eight hurt.

'Party animal' Bush raises $4 million in one night.

Cover your hair.

Apple moves into the future, at least a little.

The Guardian has a recipe contest.

New Galileo Community Center.

Senator Byrd speaks up again.

The Clear Channel-Bush connections.

California budget crisis getting worse.

I'll be back in a few days.

Abominable story of AOL-Time-Warner merger.

Just stunned by how bad the new Blogger is.

Iraq descending into utter chaos.

New weblog and library

Back in business

Iraq war 'began last year'

French turn Seine into beach

American deficit dependency and the world economy

Anniversary of moon landing

Dead finish first leg of tour

OK, back to blogging.

Thanks for the memories.

I keep forgetting the categories.

New forum software too.

Bush wants to prevent gay marriage.

Masked and Anonymous.

Why the US fears Cuba

Afghani situation continues to deteriorate.

Oops, been missing my mail.

Amazed at the effort behind a web site.

US scraps nuclear weapons watchdog.

TruthOut Report to Those in the Battle Zone.

How much should I blog the wars?

British not always right, though.

Stupid Israeli marriage law.

Buying peace and tolerance.

Edinburgh-festivals.com.

Economist's open letter to Berlusconi.

A farewell to Japan.

Extraordinary images at Dublog.

The world of Vermeer.

My ebooks are finally online.

Following California's crazy politics.

A GI blogs from Iraq.

Guardian's Onlineblog

LA Times covers recall.

3,000 die in French heat wave.

Free news getting scarcer.

Pirates attack ships in Malacca Strait.

Lazy Guide to Net Culture: Random personal pictures.

The Other Side - Twisted animations.

Interview with Roger Ebert.

Microsoft exploiting the holes in its own software.

Relocating to LA for a bit.

Iraqi children being held without trials.

Baghdad Burning.

FarmAid webcast tonite.

Anger in Baghdad.

Why Muslim fundamentalists don't wear ties.

Boise-Cascade stops all old-growth logging.

The word for today is 'empathy'.

GI's view of one of Saddam's palaces.

Bush's Worst Nightmare.

Iraq's worst nightmare.

Argentina defaults on IMF loan, but growth continues.

Have You Forgotten?

Goodbye to the Man in Black.

Dutch want to ban police officers from pot shops.

Johnny Cash links.

Wounded GI's billed for food.

Canterbury Tales the most popular reading.

Fun at the arms fair.

Fabulous Farm Aid concert.

Interview with a GI blogger.

A conservative grows up.

A soldier's doubt.

Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan tracks.

Scotland's top earners.

The Guardian's experiment in combining news and blogging.

Pathoheterodoxy.

Should Microsoft be held liable for security breaches?

Columbia exempts US from war crimes.

Friedman now trying to blame France.

IMF says dollar could collapse at any moment.

2003 Bloggie awards.

PeaceBlogs.org.

Historical female pirates.

Where was George on 9/11?

Legal music downloads.

Virtual corporate slavery spreading.

Spam to and from California to end Jan 2004.

Kazaa sues record companies.

Court blocks anti-telemarketing bill.

Michael Moore attacks his critics.

Iraqi woman comments on the selling of Iraq.

Ban on ads showing euro and dollar having sex.

US leader in world arms sales.

GIs in Iraq becoming frantic.

LA Times reviews debate, concludes the recall lost.

Iraq body count.

Feds making California's pollution worse.

Dr. Edward Said has died.

No WMDs found in Iraq.

Scotsman wins best daily news site award.

27 Israeli pilots refuse to bomb civilians.

UK and US discussing reestablising death penalty in Iraq.

Russian economy growing rapidly.

Spain and Morocco plan tunnel under the Mediterranean.

Thoughts on Saddam's capture.

Iraqi bloggers comment on Saddam's capture.

Babes Against Bush.

Weblogs comments spam getting out of hand.

On forgiving Iraq's debts.

Asia weblog awards 2003.

Wright brothers' anniversary.

Israelis planned to take Saddam out in 1992.

Russian economy booming, no WTO needed.

New weapon can fire around corners.

Some military-industrial-financial Bush links.

Americans attack Samarra.

Nervy Girl Magazine interviews the Guerrilla Girls.

NY Times discusses Mosley-Braun.

Best of British blogging 2003.

Poland gets tough with the EU.

Dean wants you to help support our troops.

Independent commission says 911 could have been avoided.

Poll on Americans' opinions on Iraq.

What is it with families?

Supporting our troops?

Thanks to Userland for the blog-friendly links.

Some slaves in Niger finally freed.

Despite everything, the Euro continues to rise.

Don’t Do What They Tell You, Tell What They Do.

Reviewing Iraqi-American history.

Land of the free?

Others' predictions for 2004.

A repressive embarrassment.

Amazing interview with Pete Townshend.

Dollar continues decline.

American hawks call for global war.

Schools and states challenging education law.

Stocks up, but corporate sleaze remains.

The dollar and the Euro in 2004.

China is the joker in the global currency wars.

McCloskey on the Endangered Species Act.

Mad Cow USA: The Nightmare Begins.

SARS is coming to the US too.

Classic Mac visitors outnumber OSX ones, 5 to 1.

Michael Moore reprints letters from the troops.

Willie Nelson writes a Christmas song.

"La mer miserable," (the Tigris River).

Almuajaha - The Iraqi Witness.

Picture of Mars.

Breslin on troops occupying NY and the attacks on Dean.

2003 Koufax Awards.

Increased probability of attacks on the US and UK.

Snow, snow, snow.

Republicans and Nazis.

Dollar continues its penny a day decline.

US military arbitrarily extends reservists terms.

World resists US orders to put armed marshals on flights.

Osama calls for continuing jihad.

Halliburton off 'overcharging' hook.

Wonderful story of a woman activist.

China studies yuan peg changes.

A reminder from Bob Dylan.

The long deep slide of America.

IMF projects potential $47 trillion US shortfall.

Iraq definitely had no WMDs.

Top Canadian blogs.

Dollar has a very bad week.

Almanacs and the internet.

LA Times comments on US deficits.

A positive New Year's message.

Hope dies last.

O'Neill says Bush won't discuss economics with others.

O'Neill also says Iraq planning began long before 9/11.

NY Times says war and economy no longer major election issues.

We lost a lot of true stars during 2003.

Bush promises the moon.

Canadian economy strong and growing.

New US visa requirements damage tourist industry.

Let's send Bush to the moon.

On Dean's electability.

Teenage bloggers have their own world.

Confessions of a white house insider.

Dollar falls, then rises on ECB comments.

Safire offers spin control on Bush foreign policy.

Lane County, Oregon, no longer has any police investigating property crimes.

Syria rejects Israeli peace overture.

Shine Perishing Republic.

A hybrid car with a new twist.

Americans fighting demands for democracy in Iraq.

Italian prime minister to be tried on corruption charges.

Krugman discusses O'Neill's revelations.

US economy is not "humming."

Why do they call them "Black Hawk" helicopters.

OPEC gets closer to pricing in Euros.

Four generations of Bushes and mideast oil.

Dollar retreats a bit.

History of the camera and photography.

Moon and Mars costs don't include ongoing maintenance.

Strange development in beauty contests.

Most countries not enforcing terrorist sanctions.

UN web page on terrorism.

Nobel Prize winners who hated school.

Margaret Cho's excellent blog.

Cheney target of French criminal investigation.

War is a racket.

Dollar edges higher.

Concerns over slowing US consumer spending.

Tax withholding proposed for independent contractors.

Bush pushes funding for religous charities.

List of Iraqi blogs.

The Beatles are as popular as ever.

Many California hospitals shutting down.

Writing Salon via The American Street.

George Catlin's creed on the Indians.

Girls for sale, and slavery in general.

80,000 at World Social Forum.

Globalization links.

Blogging communities.

The insanity and intolerance of Americans.

Iraqis demand democratic elections.

Afghans claim US bombing kills 11 civilians.

Euro and Canadian dollar drop, then steady.

Blogroll and links updated.

Causes of cot deaths questioned.

Dollar sinks against Euro, Loonie, rises against yen.

McDonald's widow leaves $1.5 billion to Salvation Army.

AFL-CIO steps into LA market strike.

The American military's empire: 700+ foreign bases, 6000+ in US.

NASA not ready to resume shuttle flights.

BBC reporter visits Kurdistan.

World Economic Forum begins at Davos.

Sharon's bribe scandal reported, not Berluscuoni's.

Sharia law on women and marriage reestablished in Iraq.

Nice overview of recent revelations about Bush and Iraq.

What's wrong with asking what your country can do for you?

Bloggies 2004 open for voting.

Press reviews of Bush's speech.

'New Labour' Blair now rooting for Bush.

New Pages site and weblog.

Writers and depression.

Scottish business signs all positive.

Conservative Republicans push for spending slowdown.

Friedman's war on ideas.

Euro continues its climb.

Italian police search S&P's offices.

Keeping track of web pages.

The truth about the 'No Child Left Behind' Act.

Clergy Leadership Network responds to Bush.

Carnival of the Canucks.

Bush announces huge increase in homeland security spending.

Arundhati Roy: We should consider ourselves at war.

The Other America.

Dollar continues slides, Chinese ready to cut it loose.

America's increasingly poor middle class.

China lead topic at Davos.

How now mad cow?

Dollar key issue at G7 meeting.

British reclassify cannabis as Class C drug.

US to treat seniors who purchase foreign prescriptions same as heroin users.

5 more US soldiers killed in Iraq, many people injured.

LA Times poll shows Kerry has broad appeal.

20th birthday of the Mac.

Blogging will be sparse for a while.

Happy May Day.

Happy Mothers' Day.

Analysis of Bush's speech honoring Rumsfeld.

Doctors Without Borders seeking help.

Number of US lifers grows to 128,000.

No, 3,000 Americans didn't die on 9/11.

Howard Dean's Dozen.

Vonnegut explains America.

More shocking photos from Iraq.

"Kicking butt is mandatory."

Arundhati Roy on the Indian elections.

US pressuring other nations to contribute troops to Iraq.

Powell says Bush was informed about problems with prisoners.

The latest from Baghdad Burning.

The Cook's Thesaurus.

Russians eliminate prison terms for drug possession.

Red Cross report on Iraqi prisons.

Army-Times editorial on Abu Ghraib.

Languages on the web.

Sympathy for Lynndie England.

The Geneva Convention.

Dawn of the Daddy State?

The American climate of torture.

Michael J. Fox on stem-cell research.

First chapters from Canada.

Hugo-nominated fiction online.

Interview with Arundhati Roy.

US teetering on edge of "abyss" in Iraq.

Berg's decapatitation video almost certainly faked.

Entire state of Vermont makes endangered places list.

America's mercenary corporations.

Term "coalition" seems to be disappearing.

More prison abuse stories.

UN troops routinely raping refugees in the Congo.

General Zinni's interview on 60 Minutes.

"Spray and slay."

Bush getting desperate to keep Blair in power.

Google definitely censoring news images.

Susan Sontag on American torture.

JK Rowling approves of fans' fiction.

Iranians sign up for Iraq attacks.

David Crosby interview.

9/11 report a bestseller, despite being available for free.

Short stories on the web.

America's "ghost prisoners".

Ron Reagan: The L-word is 'Liar'.

House of Bush, House of Saud.

International media skeptical about Kerry.

American media beginning to predict Democratic sweep.

Public letter to the 9/11 Commission chairman from FBI whistleblower.

20 Rules for Writers.

9/11 Commission chimera.

"Attack dogs".

Iraq is about to explode.

Blog Africa.

Edinburgh festival begins.

Election protection volunteers.

From Abu Ghraib to American prisons.

Craigslist approaching a billion hits a month.

Syria blog.

Jewish tourists assaulted at Auschwitz.

Dozens of swastikas appear in San Francisco.

An excellent African blog.

Mexicans chant 'Osama, Osama" during US-Mexico soccer game.

The risks of a housing bubble.

Lebanese Daily Star amazingly objective.

Woody Allen interview.

Turning corners.

FDA says terrorists could use Canadian drugs to attack.

The meltdown of the Republican party.

Little Bush lies.

Iranian athlete forfeits rather than fight Israeli.

Chinese begin to invest heavily in Japan.

Update on the Iraqi mess.

Jimmy Carter: Florida can't vote with confidence.

Guardian's best 100 web sites.

Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace.

Comments turned off temporarily.

New alliances in a multipolar world.

Arundhati Roy: People vs. Empire.

Interview with Time's Bagdhad bureau chief.

"Quiet, or I'll call democracy."

ACLU releases document proving Bush ordered torture.

Indians indifferent to Americans.

The Satan Pajama awards.

What I Heard About Iraq.

The Children of Iraq.

Brass Crescent Awards.

Living under bombs.

More horrific Abu Ghraib stories.

US plans new generation of atomic bombs.

An anti-war right emerges.

Visit the Bloggie nominees.

Iraqi elections aimed at the west?

Thoughts of an Iraqi woman in exile.

West German carnival pokes fun at Bush.

Western Democrats.

Peshmerga Women's Force fights for Kurdish independence.

Iraq dispatches: tales from Fallujah.

EU to resume arms sales to China.

On the proposed 2006 federal budget.

US targets journalists in Iraq.

Should Bush appoint people who have broken the law?

Russia plans arms sales to Venezuela.

Bush wants to cut funds for Amtrak.

Huh??? Bush explains his social security plan.

Iranians set up "No War On Iran" site.

Republican budget represents class war.

Extraordinary rendition.

Getting the purple finger.

The Buddha averts a war.

China's ambitious road building plans.

The Silence of the Blondes.

Burying the chains.

World Order, Failed States and Terrorism.

US military readies draft plans.

Chavez says US is terrorist state.

Overviews of the Iraqi mess.

Syria and American "extraordinary rendition."

Leave Our Country Now.

A proper suit.

Demands to stop illegal child labor at Wal-Mart.

Behind the walls at ward 54.

Life altering experiences.

US military power reaches its limits in Iraq.

Bush's winning streak coming to an end.

German chancellor questions need for NATO.

Brooklyn's Abu Ghraib.

Chinese send 11 billion new year's messages.

"Is Damascus blind?"

Report on US abuse in Afghanistan.

Chinese inflation rate continues to decline.

British politics and the war in Iraq.

Social security debate.

World faces "bird flu pandemic."

More Americans than ever believe Saddam and Iraqis part of 9/11.

Women and blogging.

Canadians won't participate in US missile plan.

Hunter Thompson's Political Genius.

Astronomers discover "invisible" galaxy of "dark matter".

Europeans playing with Bush.

Gomer Says Hey.

2004 Koufax Award winners.

Iranian bloggers for peace.

US could help Iran join the WTO.

US threatens Canadian sovereignty over missile plan.

Tom Waits' favorite records.

US tries to sink forests plan.

American efforts to suppress the truth about Iraq.

World bank nominee faces resistance.

Iraqi accounts of American war crimes at Falluja.

Afghanistan becoming one huge American prison camp.

Mass arrests at Saudi gay party.

Governments not delivering on promised tsunami aid.

Army seeks to extends enlistments for two more years.

Year three of Iraqi War begins.

Interview with Riverbend of Baghdad Burning.

Seymour Hersh reviews Abu Ghraib investigations.

George Galloway's testimony to Congress.

Flickr reopens huge Creative Commons photo collection.

Good overview of America's huge domestic gulag.

Mixed berry muffins.

Iraqi veterans lead march to New Orleans.

Koufax award winners announced.

Occupying Iraqi hearts and minds.

Chocolate cake.

Horrific BBC report on torture in America's prisons.

Weirdest Beatles clip ever.

Lebanese bloggers.

Iraqi blogger criticizes Arab media.

Bob Dylan's radio show.

Home made barbecue sauce.

Not all Lebanese are big fans of Hezbollah.

Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle.

Republicans are "Advertising Terrorism".

Devastating attack on US base in Iraq.

Slow cooked chicken, French style

Roast capon or chicken with chile-cilantro rub.

Hatred of America growing rapidly.

Massive war profiteering by Bush family members.

Riverbend on Iraqi casualties.

Beginning to grasp extent of the Iraq mess.

A quick visit to Baghdad.

Civility in a Democracy: A conversation with Miss Manners.

Fighting the No Child Left Behind Act.

Indicting the Bush cabal for fraud.

The sad, quiet death of Malachi Ritscher.

Lovely online Advent calendar.

Happy birthday to Tom Waits.

Tom Waits - Jersey Girl

"Today is better than tomorrow"

Comptroller General says US debt out of control.

John Prine tells it like it is.

Wolfgang's Vault, awesome new music site with vintage concerts.

Endless American harassment of Iraqi civilians.

Bush requires political commissars to oversee federal agencies.

Up in Alaska, the blog of an Alaskan cycler.

Seventh annual weblog awards: 2007 Bloggies.

Chowhound, most excellent food forums.

Soldiers gang-raped teenage girls at Abu Ghraib.

Bush the empire slayer.

The actions of the stock market really baffle me.

Bob Dylan, George Harrison - Peggy Sue and more.

Interesting facts about the history of Hillary's corruption.

Questions about the "battle" at Najf.

The exquisite municipal market in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Bob Dylan video - Series of Dreams.

Bush plans on requesting hundreds of billions more for Iraq and Afghanistan.

Check out "Today in Iraq" to find out what's really happening there.

The devastating effect of the war on Iraqi children.

Hershey's and M&M/Mars continue to engage in child slavery.

Truly frightening article on various aspects of Vista.

Watching America.

Good analysis of the utterly ridiculous new US war budget.

Bombs over Baghdad, the US air war.

Putin takes off the gloves.

US veteran points out the idiocies of the surge.

Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone, 1966, 1998.

Peach soup, Chinese and French.

An American appeals to people around the world.

US donates paltry sum to "study" Agent Orange use in Vietnam.

Dylan, Not Dark Yet and Trying to Get to Heaven, 2000

Happy Valentine's Day.

Constant rape in America's prisons.

Murder, Inc.

Randy Newman - A few words in defense of our country.

Serious Eats.

Putin's speech at kremlin.ru, and some other Russia links.

The US has at least 737 foreign bases, probably more.

Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino rock out.

Ray Charles, In The Evening

Reports from Iraq veterans.

Itraqi insurgents form coalition, ready to negotiate

US Marines ordered to beat Iraqis

Watching America.

Stop trying to 'Save' Africa.

The Militarization and Annexation of North America.

75 greatest Dylan shows.

American air war in Iraq becoming a reign of terror.

Tom Waits, Downtown Train

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