Bits and Pieces for the Week of August 26 - September 1

New study raises doubts about cell phone safety (Mike)

Time will end September 19, 2007 (really!) (Mike)

A sad ending to the life of a wrongly-accused American (Mike)

Not only is Fidel Castro not dead (yet), but he's been penning his own editorial column since April of this year. (Mike)

TPMmuckraker's must read. "GOP Corruption: '07 is the New '06" (7 of 6)

I am this close (index finger and thumb almost touching) to doing what Paradox has just done. (Mike)

Check out this brand new site, PolitiFact, that checks candidates' statements for accuracy and truth, using it's Truth-O-Meter. (Mike)

Kos is right! Senate ethics committee "Is there such a thing? Because if there is, why aren't Sens. Craig, Vitter, Stevens, Domenici, and Murkowski being investigated for their ethical and criminal violations?" (7 of 6)

Karma comes through! Senator Larry Craig, the former Chairman of the Senate V.A. Committee and still the ranking rebupli-con (hypocrite) on the V.A. Committee did bu$h'$ bidding for years to fuck the Veteran's over. Busted in Minnesota bathroom in June, pleads guilty to disorderly conduct! (7 of 6)

Here's a soldier's blog the military forgot to shut down: Army of Dude (Mike)

Gone-zales - Do let the door hit you on the way out. (Mike)

Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure by ZDNet's Michael Krigsman -- The Department of Homeland Security “virtual fence” project, being built by Boeing, is in big, big trouble. The virtual fence is a high-tech network of cameras, lighting, sensors, and technology designed to intercept illegal border crossings. According to the Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. has changed the management of an electronic-surveillance project along the U.S.-Mexican border [...] (Mike)

"Multi-National Corps Iraq commanding General Ray Odierno", our number two man on the ground in Iraq, says "U.S. forces would begin withdrawing from Iraq by April 2008 at the latest." Just in time for bu$h to wind down his pResidency. (7 of 6)