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Michael Ledeen described as a "close friend" of Larry Franklin Franklin is the Pentagon "policy wonk" at the center of an FBI investigation that's been in the news the last few days. He "may face charges, accused of divulging to Israel classified information on U.S. government plans regarding Iran". What I find noteworthy about this Newsweek article is that it quotes a close friend, Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute, sa(ying that) he believes the charges against Franklin are "nonsensical." Ledeen was deeply involved in the Iran-Contra affair and is a very prominent hawk. Some bio from Alternet. more inside

It's still about Flordia, stupid. By doing away with the witness requirement, Hood, Gov. Bush, and the Florida Legislature have removed the only existing brake on absentee-voter fraud. It's now open season in the Sunshine State. I know we've talked about this several times already, but apparently the truth still isn't obvious: Florida's voting system is so blatantly corrupt, it's outrageous. Whatever. Read for yourself, and wonder why this isn't all over the news.

The Snow Leopard.

"You don't support Democrats. Why should your ketchup? more inside

Well, EXCUUUUSE MEEEE Princess.com
SFW, but likely to get you fired nonetheless. Please use wisely. And sparingly.

Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. A book by Gregory Maguire illustrating the childhood and school days of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West. Now a Tony-winning musical, this book turns the well know story of the Wizard of the Oz on its head and offers some interesting views on what evil is and what makes someone 'Wicked.' more inside

Petrushka (Igor Stravinsky)

Bush on tribal sovereignty. [link goes to 500kb mov file]

Machine guns are your constitutional right says senatorial candidate from Illinois Alan Keyes, and in the same breath accuses his opponent Barack Obama of "ideological extremism". Here finally is a candidate who is unafraid to become a laughing stock when loyalty calls. Let us all laugh at him; it is the least we can do. more inside

Dylan Plugs in. 39 years ago this week Bob Dylan "turned his back" on folk for rock and plugs in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival. He came back though... more inside

I can't pot my nurdled wink...
...so I'll piddle you free and you can boondock a red. What am I talking about? more inside

Curious George. more inside

Furious George and the Cross-Country Crime Spree A rather addictive game featuring a lovable monkey and heinous criminal acts. Travel from state to state! Commit atrocities! Rack up points!

Mel Gibson 2004. This will be a "gorilla-political war" with each individual citizen doing, in his or her own way, whatever legal thing he or she can think of to promote Mel’s election. more inside

Australian Spam John Howard's government has banned commercial spam. Political spam is OK, but then the idiot hires a commercial company to spam the whole of the Australian electorate. Oh yes, the commercial spammer is his son. more inside

Death Mask Gallery. Death masks of the famous, the unknown and (eek!) own of our own

Curious, George? Honour Societies. What are they worth, really? Does the membership fee get you anything useful? Do employers care about them? more inside

Curious, George: Yahoo! Chat Why can't I login to Yahoo chat? more inside

Dance, Moneys, Dance! These monkeys are at once the ugliest and most beautiful creatures on the planet. 2.1mb MP3 via the curmudgeonly apes over at the Blue