Biscuit Variety Pack - Two Day Old Special

The St. Petersburg Times on controlling dissent at Bush events

Backdoor Draft Update

U.S. says detained Iraqi women were not held hostage, despite all evidence to the contrary says Reuters.

U.S. CEOs, those not going to prison, continue to rake in the cash.

Peak Oil Goodness. One of Max's major concerns about Auckland, in particular, is that its public transport sucks and it is tied too much to cars. I submit, however, that New Zealand, as a country, is more likely to gracefully beef up its public transport than we are. It is, actually, a small country; it does still have a rail network, though passenger rail service is basically nonexistent; and people there already understand and accept the general ideas of "we're all in this together" -- i.e. public social spending.

"Starve the Courts", says Phyllis Schlafly. Maybe she should go on a very long hunger strike herself, in protest....