Little to show for U.S. billions spent on Iraq reconstruction – baltimoresun.com (tags: Oversight Corruption Iraq) McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/02/2007 | Justifications for attacking Iran on shaky ground (tags: Iran) Church To Defy NFL, Show Super Bowl With Projector – Sports (tags: Football Church)
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This is just a quick selection of articles about a topic that's currently dear to my heart: Congressional oversight. Unfortunately, a lot of shit is going to come to light, but unless there's a sexy-money scandal to get people lathered up over it, nothing will really change for the next couple of years. FT.com / World / US & Canada – Bush ‘distorted’ climate change reports The Bush administration has routinely suppressed or distorted communication of climate change science to the public, a climate specialist at Nasa’s Goddard Institute said on Tuesday. The accusation, before the chief oversight committee…
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Bush's Four Anti-Terror Successes All Fictional | Let's Try Democracy Keith Olbermann recently cited these 4 statements lacking in truthiness. They're all vaguely familiar when you run down the background, and pumped up like a water-injected hotdog to look impressively beefy and unadulterated.
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Via: Flickr Title: 02-02-07_1841.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 2 Feb ’07, 6.42pm CST PST
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Joi Ito's Web: Free FON Wi-Fi routers for America Is this for real? It's Joi, and he's on the FON board, so yes, it's probably for real.
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Hires:Product » Hamburger and Fry Sauce Two PackArctic Circle: Original Fry Sauce There are few things less healthy to eat, and few things more satisfying, than fries with fry sauce. It's kind of a Utah thing – it was written up during the Olympics, it showed up on pins and posters, but still a locally acquired taste. It's not just ketchup mixed with mayonnaise; there's a bit more kick to it than that. When I was growing up in Utah, there were several local burger eateries, and Mom and I went to them all in turn. We often went to…
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Via: Flickr Title: Squirrel lunch By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 1 Feb ’07, 12.23pm CST PST
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Boing Boing: Dr Who Tardis USB hub Me do, that’s who: Dr Who, SciFi
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This is just a test post with perks: I get to see if Image Manager by Per Søderlind solves my little problem with IE not being able to show the WordPress image uploader. And it does, so nana-nana-booboo, Mr. Gates. My readers (all seven of you!) get to see my great-niece, Alexa. All snowy and cute. And perky. And it works! The crowd goes wild. Extended geeky navel-gazing follows… I had been somewhat puzzled by the fact that at home, I could upload images via either the WordPress built-in uploader, or via ecto, but I could not upload images while at work.…
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Wired News: I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI (tags: QueenAnne Seattle Cybercrook carder Underground) deseretnews.com | Remember clear air? ‘Red’ days lingering (tags: SLC pollution inversion crud) CLIF BAR | Eat | CLIF BAR (tags: nutrition)