Bits and Pieces for the Week of October 14 - 20

Some sorely needed amendments to the U.S. Constitution (Mike)

A police state in the county I live in! "The leaders of an alternative newspaper chain were arrested after running a story about grand jury subpoenas they received seeking reporters' notes and information on who visits their Phoenix weekly's Web site." More at DKos by artmartin, Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution in Arizona. Lucky for me my next door neighbor is a Deputy who works for Sheriff Joe... or maybe not? (7 of 6)

154 Republican congressmen hate the children whom they represent. (Mike)

California tries shaming income tax scofflaws into paying up by publicly listing them on the web. (Mike)

Turkey wants to start a "new front in the Iraq War". The Turks have had a long hatred of the Kurds. The Kurds are an ancient culture and have never (peacefully) had their own state. The Turks would like nothing better than to keep 25 million Kurds oppressed, with no autonomy. The Turks have 10 million Kurds living in Turkey. Do the Turks really think that pursuing Kurdish rebels in Iraq will stop them from wanting what they have never had? Time for the Turks to lay off! (7 of 6)

MSNBC presents: Vital Signs of a Warming World. My 11 year old showed it to me. I see his response and feel hope for the future. (7 of 6)

Let's check in and see, after five years, how well Bush/Cheney have improved conditions in Southern Iraq. (Mike)

This makes you yearn for the simpler, immoral days of Terri Schiavo: Michelle Malkin couldn't successfully attack a 12-year-old, so she's changed her target to a two-year-old. It's amazing how the right wing cave-dwellers keep redefining "how low can we go". Next thing you know, they'll be attacking gays, atheists and Muslims. Oh wait.... (Mike)

How many times can you vote in Texas? (7 of 6)

Stephen Colbert thinks he can write a NY Times op/ed column. (Mike)

A while back I predicted that Kobe Bryant would be traded to the Chicago Bulls. Today I reaffirm that prediction. (Mike)

Chumly at DKos, does a great job on those GOP pundits who hate the fact "that Al Gore winning a Nobel Prize puts him in the deserved company of rogues, creeps, and ne'er-do-wells of the highest order." You know, the same "creeps" in history like: Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King Jr., Elie Wiesel, Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, Shimon Peres, Lech Walesa, Nelson Mandela, the 14th Dalai Lama, and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. (7 of 6)

Another sign of a declining U.S. economy: increased borrowing from 401K accounts. (Mike)

Another journalist murdered in Iraq (7 of 6)