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i’ve just came upon a CD where i archived some old IM conversations. i honestly don’t know why i saved them at the time, but now my blog will reap the benefits! (or not, depending on how much these turn out to suck.) this first one is from 9 june 2002. [...]

This is too good to be made up.
January 28, 2004 — A Cook County judge has given R-and-B star R-Kelly permission to travel to Los Angeles to attend next month’s Grammy Awards — but he can’t associate with pop star Michael Jackson.
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on primaries that include sharpton:

I have to admit I find the whole thing far more enjoyable with wackos included. Tired of candidates who actually know what the Federal Reserve is, or at least can fake it? Sharpton to the rescue.

(referring to the following exchange)

JENNINGS: Reverend Sharpton, I’d like to ask you a question about [...]

my vote this week goes to notes from the (legal) underground for trial lawyer’s prayer.
you can see all the entries here.

howard dean, the red-faced, shouting candidate for the american presidency, has committed another faux pas (#4982, if you’re keeping score at home) in his floundering campaign to “take back the white house–yeeeeaaaarrrrgh!”.
in an effort to wash clean the minds of americans who saw him dancing around like macho man randy savage on an [...]

Bill Maher had this to say about Howard Dean’s recent let-me-list-the-states-Yeeeaaaarrrggh outburst:
“…appropriate if you’re a crystal meth addict at a Don King weight in.”
Ouch.

If you have never seen a grown man nosedive into self-induced madness, then help yourself to this video clip of Howard Dean.
Click here to laugh, and be scared.

There was a great article in The New York Times yesterday (Sunday) about Brazilian slums. It focuses on the political roots of their perpetuation. Well worth the read, especially if you’ve lived in Latin America.
Brazilian Slums Seen as Pawns in Political Games

we told you that the recent massachusetts and texas court rulings on gay issues would start something like this:

SALT LAKE CITY — Citing a Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Texas sodomy law, a civil rights attorney filed a lawsuit this week challenging Utah’s ban on polygamy.
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The suit [...]

For those of you who didn’t read about Brazil’s “reciprocity” gesture, read a couple entries down to catch up.
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Today, one of Argentina’s largest newspapers, La Nación, ran an article about the ongoing reciprocity debate. Click on [...]

well, i think it’s time to close out our poll. all of the candidates (deservedly) received votes, but in the end, william jefferson clinton, or “american president who deftly escape jail time” as it is translated in japanese, is our outright winner. he received nearly a third of the total votes, despite the [...]

I’ve found a new site for political discussion. It’s called Political Crossfire, it’s new, and it is a lot of fun. There are liberals, conservatives, Dean supporters, and plenty of us “Bushists” (as a liberal member prefers to call Republicans).
http://politicalcrossfire.com/forum/

As you may know, the U.S. has implemented a procedure whereby visitors from countries that need a visa to enter the U.S. have to be digitally fingerprinted upon entry. This seems like a logical measure, not only to fight terrorism, but to help keep track of foreigners who just may…(feign shock)…stay here illegally.
Few countries [...]

we may never know….

via american realpolitik

For anyone who has been absent from the United States for the past three days, catch up on the most important news item the media has been following:
Woman claims she lost winning lottery ticket, then sues the individual who turned the winning ticket in
Ahhh…but the plot thickens. Apparently the woman who “lost the ticket” [...]