~ choice wordsmithery:

“The Patriot Act is expected to expire, but the terrorist threats will not expire.” -gwbush

~ re: eric rudolph

“It really doesn’t matter what you say because I will go back to my home and you will go back to jail. The clinics in town will still be open and abortion will still be legal,” Lyons said.

haha!

stay out of atlanta, rudolph!
stay out of atlanta, deadbeat!

good riddance.

~ now that the death toll from the latest of the daily suicide attacks in iraq has passed 90, it seems that the u.s. state department is not interested in the iraqi flag for a day, cnn is not publishing ‘chilling’ cctv images taken of the bombers before the attack, and there won’t be two minutes of silence as big ben tolls at noon.

~
once lance armstrong retires, americans will not be interested in cycling tournaments in france, so we are working on a ‘tour de phila‘ schedule for next summer; we don’t have any alps or pyrenees, but we can use the rim-bending potholes on 21st and south streets, clueless students standing in bike lanes (on cellphones), car doors opening two feet ahead, 400 degree exhaust from buses, taxis making right turns across path, bikes stolen between stages, and that guy we shouldered on chestnut at 11pm.

~ cl.park success!

~ re: london

Suicide bombers kill at least 33 in Iraq
25 die, dozens hurt in attack on Baghdad military recruiting center

-MSNBC News Services, July 10, 2005

reports state that the g8 leaders did not release a statement praising the resolve of the folks in baghdad; amercians, finns, and germans are not placing candles and flowers outside their respective iraqi embassies; no one is leaving well wishes and prayers on the craigslist baghdad rant and rave; australian parliament did not hold moment of silence for the victims; there are no cute headlines such as ‘baghdad calling’.

~ until that coffee review site by those sisyphean [w] guys is set up, we’ll just say here that the only male barista at tuscany is an uptight bastard – standing and holding the cap over you as you add soymilk to your coffee, then pouring it himself when you go back for refills. stand down, jackass; we will use all of your soymilk if we choose, then you can go buy more.

~ this past holiday, we saw a glimpse of information regarding the notion that karl rove was the source for the revelation of the identity of cia operative valerie plame. ‘surprisingly’, however, the headlines since that moment have been about a kidnapped little girl, unless you delve into newsweek [w] and countdown [w] and, of course, ted rall [w].

~ “If they gave the award based on presentation, we would have won,” [nyc mayor] Bloomberg said.

too bad they give the award based on merit, substance, and bribery! those guys from the work.group should be heartened.

~ portrait of a pre-holiday:

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~ yes, we have heard that the ‘swinging’, ‘centrist-right’ o’connor is getting the f out of scotus, which all but assures a fundamentalist, anti-liberty reactionary will be on the court for the next 20 years. on the bright side, for subscribers to the philosophy: ‘America is at that awkward stage; it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards’, the coming justice will be a step in the direction of the latter.