"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."
             ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

12/31/06 Lunch today with my sister Cheryl at Mamas Royal Cafe.

12/30/06 Woodward: Ford pardoned Nixon out of personal loyalty.
* Parrot's oratory includes words he's invented for novelties..
* Whitehouse advisor spins "..success that hasn't occured yet".
* 67 yr old Spanish fertility patient births twins in Barcelona.
* World map of capital punishment laws, by country and US state.

* Comic: If necessary world peace to be forced by military power.
* Geostationary Banana over Texas is proposed art intervention.
* CD sales reflect ease of music discovery, distribution. [via]
* David Crosby "If Only I Could Remember My Name" Mt. Tam High.
* CAN krautrock pioneer proto-ambient "Future Days" title track.

12/29/06 Film tonight: Waking Life [2001]. Philosopher's dream.
* Mathematicians crochet hyperbolic geometry, chaotic manifold.
* Vaccine targets perennial protein common to many flu viruses.
* AT&T commits to Network Neutrality, hastens Bellsouth merger.

* Affable athlete Gerald Ford was first unelected US President.
* Park Staff forbidden to disclose Grand Canyon's geologic age.
* Nominally Sunni Hussein hanged for 1982 Iraq Shiite massacre.
* MP3: Boderline, by Camper Van Beethoven [1989]. Railroad zen.

12/28/06 RIP Gerald Ford. Pardoned Nixon. 2004 comment on Bush.
* Former Senator John Edwards announces second White House bid.
* James Brown carried to Harlem's Apollo Theatre in gold casket.
* Beatles album covers featured on new series of British stamps.
* Ancient ice shelf releases 45 sq. miles off Ellesmere Nanavut.
* MP3: Disney's Junglebook [1967], That's What Friends Are For..
* National Rifle Association wacky fear-mongering graphic novel.

 
  lobster owl pig steer, snarl stubble navel tattoo

12/26/06 Pentagon would promise citizenship to foreign recruits.
* Senate Foreign Relations chair will oppose Iraq troop "surge".
* Iran oil revenue in sharp decline. [Nat'l Academy of Sciences]
* RIP Frank Stanton. Backed Ed Murrow. Defied Congress subpoena.
* Fidel Castro doctor contradicts US Intel Dir. John Negroponte.
* US passport RFID chip can be secured with a hammer [link fixed].
* Ram Bamjon emerges from forest, eating herbs, carrying sword.

12/25/06 Soul & Funk innovator James Brown died this morning.
* Rhythm of the Seasons. Agrarian Japanese Festival Atlas [via]
* Econ Nobel laureate claims corporate drug patents cost lives.
* Brooks Law: Adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
* Palestinian political leaders agree to talks in Amman Jordan.

* French polar orbiter to scan for signs of Earthlike planets.
* Apollo 8 crew saw Earthrise behind our Moon - Xmas Eve 1968.
* La Jetee [1962] poignant series of still B/W images - 28 min.
* Film tonight Dr Strangelove [1964] Peter Sellers triple role.
* Hollywood loves Somerset Maugham; The Painted Veil [2006]..

12/24/06 TSA violates spirit & letter of Secure Flight charter.
* Sen. Dodd backs Iraq withdrawal in caucus state Xmas Eve OpEd.
* Poisoned Litvinenko contact arrested in Naples is KGB expert.
* Doctor claims SETI contact coverup involves NSA, NRO jamming.

12/23/06 Abbas & Olmert conducting formal talks in Jerusalem.
* 1st Radio Broadcast 100 yrs ago by Fessenden, Marconi rival.
* Science Teachers prefer Big Oil video to Inconvenient Truth.
* Muslim US Congressman turns other cheek to wingnut colleague.
* US won't extradite witness in Bali bombing case to Indonesia.

12/22/06 Public interest trumps trade secrets in AT&T/NSA case.

12/21/06 Republicans again couple minimum wage with tax cuts.
* Bowie/Bing Crosby TV duet arrangement became standard. [via]
* Man hibernates 21 days with no food or water. Body temp 71F.
* Fresh kill deer found this morning on Cheney USNO compound.
* I saw Selective Service forms today, Mt Shasta Post Office.

12/20/06 Film this morning Les Miserables 1998. Great story.
* Scientists see correlation between common cold & bad mood.
* Non-contact thermometer. Infrared sensor. Instant reading.
* Peruvian President touts nutritional value of Coca leaves.

* Cheney 1st sitting VP called to testify in a criminal case.
* NY Senate GOP Majority Leader Bruno subject of FBI inquiry.
* NPR airs critique of Digital Rights Management techniques.
* Stryder.com's new mirror is borscht.org, hosted in Sweden!

12/19/06 Whitehouse uses CIA secrets revue to censor critic.
* Mr. Bush, I know of one other way to sign up new soldiers.
* Gitmo new Camp 6 to thwart coordination between prisoners.
* Unflattering video of Iraqi Shiite badass Moqtada al-Sadr.
* Chinese banks lend US$ to buy artificially cheap products.

* Artists, scientists evolve ways to coax music from nature.
* NASA and Google seal deal. * Cisco/Linksys release iPhone.
* AT&T fiber upgrade shan't skirt local cable franchise law.
* Today I added 24 new and used DVDs to my small collection.
* DVD tonight, Niel Young Heart of Gold Grand Old Opry 2006.

12/18/06 Steve Martin interviews cartoonist Roz Chast.
* The Extra Head of French mime Jerome Murat. [Thx A.]
* Autistic Doctor legendary for simpatico with animals.
* Youth turns down $1.6B offer for 7th busiest website.
* FCC eliminates amateur radio morse code requirement.
* Direct brain control of humanoid robot demonstrated.

* Christmas is about what people want but haven't said.
* Geeks facilitate safe Internet with the freedom disk.
* Skype Venice Project pushes Internet/TV integration.
* Film this morning: Good Night, and Good Luck [2005].
* 800 yrs of hard won checks on arbitrary state power.
* Clinton impeacher, civil libertarian Barr quits GOP.

* War on Terror burdens military, unifies opposition.
* Tony Blair arrives Jerusalem to coax Peace Process.
* Gaza ceasefire ends with gunfight near Abbas house.
* Olmert says he wants to meet with Abbas "very soon".
* Iran former moderate president Rafsanjani comeback.
* Short MP3's from 2002 Punch Drunk Love soundtrack.

12/17/06 Mt Hood summit ice cave sign of lost climbers.
* Ancient Irish tomb is a big draw at Winter Solstice.
* Friend's moonrise at sunset over vineyard in winter.
* FAA publishes US requirements for human space flight.
* Left Behind religious apocalypse video game reviewed.
* California & Florida coincidentally halt executions.

* Hospitalized Democratic Senator Tim Johnson update..
* Top US Democrats comment on temporary troop increase.
* Colin Powell comments on planned "surge" in US troops.
* France withdraws from US operation Enduring Freedom.
* Garry Kasparov calls unseating Putin a "moral duty".
* Film tonight: Unbearable Lightness of Being [1988].

12/16/06 Abbas calls elections; just 1 year in power.
* Key Sunnis/Shiites skip Iraq reconciliation meet.
* Active Duty troops petition Congress to end War.
* Bill of Rights ratified 215 years ago yesterday.
* Nepal's new constitution relieves head of state.
* Best editorial errors & corrections of the year.

12/15/06 NYT: 3 US Senators plan trips to Damascus.
* Bipartisan group of 10 US Congressmen visit Cuba.
* How to win in Anbar [PDF] by Capt Patriquin [RIP].
* Carter explains "apartheid" reference to Zionists.
* Mt Hood trio lost 8 days; left list at trailhead.
* Comet dust alters conventional views of origins.

12/14/06 McCain enters vacuum around US executive.
* Federal bench dismisses habeas corpus petition.
* Senator Nelson's visit to Syria an inspiration.
* Whitehouse may prefer Chalabi liaison to Syria.
* Arab League reports progress in Lebanese talks.
* US Homeland Security chief defends National ID.

* 10,000 US researchers decry political influence.
* Dust from outside solar system under microscope.
* Geffen offers $2 billion cash for the LA Times.
* DVD last night, Sarah Silverman Jesus is Magic.
* Candy Pop Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot War on War
* Electronica Wm Orbit Strange Cargo III Paranoia

12/13/06 Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD] enters hospital.
* Sen. Bill Nelson [D-Fl] visits Syrian President.
* New Zealand fossil foils island of birds cliche.
* Publicly shaming prostitutes raises indignation.
* Netherlands first to eliminate analog TV signals.
* Ken Nordine MP3 "A stranger came into our town.."
* Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan Unplayed Piano instr.

12/12/06 Kircher Society inaugural NY City Jan 16
* West Bank Church of the Ark dated 390 AD. Pics!
* Rabbi scapegoated for public xmas tree removal.
* Lunar month of Ramadan migrates through seasons.
* Saudi Arabian Ambassador to US abruptly resigns.
* Three prostitutes killed near London since Oct30.

* David Mamet looks at money as a confidence game.
* David Lynch sits on Hollywood corner with a Cow.
* Tofu makes you gay - says miracle documentarian.
* 2nd gay-damning promiscuous Colorado pastor out.
* Decider seeks and gets advice; won't decide. [NYT]
* Botswana court due to rule on indiginous Bushmen.

12/11/06 Craigslist explains "no" to Wall St. [NYT]
* Cindy Sheehan convicted of trespassing in NY City.
* David Duke keynote at Tehran Holocaust conference.
* Pakistan peace deal augurs virtual ministate. [NYT]
* Arab League has Syrian support to broker in Beirut.
* Consumer Report annual review of cell phone service.

12/10/06 2007 Burningman theme: relationship with nature.
* Cusack film portrays family of killed US soldier. [NYT]
* US bugged Princess Diana's cellphone night of her death.
* New Fire Science leading to reversed arson convictions.
* Darwin's Dilemma appearance of animals in fossil record.
* UK Copyright Extension supporters include dead artists.

* Kremlin ends silence, now tries to discredit Litvinenko.
* Abbas calls early elections after nat'l unity talks fail.
* Hezbollah draws 100's of thousands to Lebanese capital.
* Louisiana's "cold cash" Jefferson re-elected in runoff.
* Berlin's Winter Bathing Ship discovered by expat Imomus.

12/9/06 Pollonium found in two Hamburg flats. [Litvinenko]
* Pitt/Jolie spend birthday at Wright's Fallingwater house.
* Earliest Judeo Christian texts on display, Washington DC.
* Whitehouse blames bad news on 2001 conservative darling.
* Pfizer bribed Federal NIH Alzheimers researcher $285,000.
* Nobel Laureate urges banks to make microloans to beggars.

* Bob Ross theme video game. * Warhol theme Campbell soup.
* Treehugger.com guest on Oprah, Martha, noted by Limbaugh.
* Shuttle crew's rare night launch. Fleet retirement 2010.
* YouTube's new Quick Capture feature is faster and easier.
* Waterproof emergency shelter, 45 sq ft folds away to 10".
* Stryder.com moved to temporary digs. Some files missing.

12/8/06 Saudi groups funding Iraq's Sunni militias.
* Rare solitary predator inter-species cooperation.
* Automated Targeting System garners 5 Kafkas. [Via]
* HP pays California $14mil; Civil Charges disappear.
* AT&T's accurate 1993 predictions as study in failure.
* Sun CTO predicts Internet consolidation endgame near.

* US Democrats trying to block lame duck GOP payraises.
* Foley lead Congressional caucus on Children's issues.
* Actor with political ambitions suggests closing CIA.
* Hollywood depicts computer code in motion and in 3D.
* UK's phoney War on Christmas. * SF Giants sign Bonds.

12/7/06 Transreal nullity solves for division by zero.
* 1525 treatise on perspective read widely by artists.
* Rolamite only basic mechanism invented last century.
* Kite powered cargo ship can expect 15% fuel savings.
* USS Intrepid museum freed from Hudson River mud [NYT].
* Dixie Chicks, Gnarls Barkley among Grammy contenders.

* Mary Cheney and partner Heather Poe in a family way.
* Canadian parliament won't debate same-sex marriage.
* McCain's new campaign manager embarrassed Wal-Mart.
* Robert Gates is veteran of politicized intelligence.
* Nasrallah speaks to supporters in Lebanon's capital.

* Daily Show/Colbert online nightly at ifilm.com. [via]
* Film Gadjo Dijo [1997] - on repeat in my house today.
* Pi Director's new film about search for immortality.
* Unabomber journal cipher found. Exhibits & evidence.
* Malaria post-recovery period exposure prime for HIV.

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12/5/06 Richard Leaky legacy's local Kenyan politics.
* New US House and Senate investigators vary in zeal.
* New Senate environment chairwoman's recent remarks.
* Net Neutrality issue affects AT&T/Bellsouth merger.
* Decentralized OpenID authentication system growing.

* Bizarre sea floor creatures imaged off New Zealand.
* Shuttle mission to rewire American side of the ISS.
* R.E.M. Try Not To Breathe {Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe}.
* Yorke sings about snubbing the head of state; does.
* Commentator Keith Olbermann rarely talks with boss.

* Auctioner of Hepburn dress gets $800k for charity.
* Vintage ads, hairstyles: 20's, 60's, Others. [PCL]
* Interactive sculpture of light and sound; pictures.
* Afghans consider restoring blasted Bamiyan buddhas.
* Russian prosecutors spurn Scotland Yard extradition.

12/4/06 I left Artemis at Mookberry yesterday
  morning, with Mau Mau. After crossing into
  Oregon on the way to California I caught
  myself falling asleep, and felt my arms,
  wrists and hands siezed by gravity while
  I blinked off. At the next Rest Area I
  briefly sunk into siesta before a close
  friend called to say he's home from the
  hospital after heart surgery, wife by his
  side. Unable to then fall asleep, I prayed
  gratitude, rested conscious, walked around,
  and got back on the road south..

12/3/06 US War Widow dedicates first Wiccan plaque.

12/2/06 Nintendo Wii game console debuts in Japan.
* FBI reportedly able to activate cell microphones.
* Employers must now save all staff generated data.
* Rep. Jane Harman [D] calls NSA wiretaps illegal.
* Fmr Border Patrol supe to lead House intel panel.

* Travelers judged in secret by computer algorithm.
* Fox's bogus copyright notices chill Web writers.
* May 22 1856, the US Senate became a combat zone.
* Mexican congressmen brawl for Calderon inaugural.
* Hi-tech Urgent Care clinic won't charge patients.

* Not one hurricane made landfall in US this season.
* Kenneth Starr argues Bonghits 4 Jesus SCOTUS case.
* Suggested SF 49ers name: Santa Clara Gold Diggers!
* CAPS LOCK KEY oversized, accident prone, obsolete!
* Stryder.com taking suggestions for new HTML colors.

* NY Times reports on final Rumsfeld Whitehouse memo.
* Recent interview with CIA Director Michael Hayden.
* Litvinenko guest falls ill. Pollonium via Russia.
* Helicopter Diary: pictures from over Africa. [Via]
* Why DeVito gets bye; he's not a jerk or hypocrite.

12/1/06 US Main Street Republicans emerge from exile.
* Florida's 18,000 lost votes show paper trail needed.
* Rundown of probes, lawsuits, audits of NSA program.
* SCOTUS will decide whether car exhaust is pollution.
* US President to meet top Iraqi Shia in Washington.

* US Evangelicals debate pastor's Barack Obama invite.
* Jimmy Carter notes weird Revelations interpretation.
* Library of America to publish hardback Philip K Dick.
* FCC deadlocked on AT&T/Bellsouth merger; 1 recusal.
* 1st solo show for 16th c. Italian artist Annibale.

11/30/06 Story of Charlie Brown Christmas Jazz [via]
* Iraq Study urges change from combat to support role.
* Abbas finishes "dead end" negotiations with Hamas.
* Hezbollah will try peaceful Lebanese coup tomorrow.
* Benedict becomes second Pope ever to visit a Mosque.

* Archeologists sift discard of contested Holy Site.
* Atheist decries effects of religious conflict. [ref]
* Girl in Arabia follows Ibn Battuta's footsteps. [Via]
* New analysis of 2000 year old Antikythera Mechanism.
* Alcatel/Bell Labs/Lucent merger is under NSA edict.

* Possible security flaw in ATM's could reveal PIN's.
* US Feds quietly disclose ATS traveler rating system.
* Obit: Computer Law expert Peter Junger. [Sued Feds]
* Dialogue on recent Webb/Bush exchange: Right, Left.
* Hawking: human species needs to find new home sun.

11/29/06 Pope meets East Orthodox Patriarch [Istanbul].
* NATO leaders discuss Afghan War rules of engagement.
* Litvinenko investigation leads to UK passenger jets.
* Pound nears $2. England Bank expected to raise rates.
* NYT: Neighborhood Peace Wreath opponents defrocked!!

* Science publications add rules for deliberate deceit.
* Archive.org gets limited exemption to draconian DMCA.
* Bittorrent cuts deals with several Hollywood studios.
* RIAA: offering files on the Web infringes copyright.
* Conservative San Diego bans Wal-Mart, big box stores.

11/28/06 Senator-elect refrains from slugging Bush.
* Hillside War Memorial controversial in my hometown.
* US govt wins right to see newspaper's phone records.
* Newt Gingrich advocates limits on US Bill of Rights.
* Zombie impersonators sue Minneapolis for WMD arrest.

* Whitehouse leaks memo critical of Iraqi PM Maliki.
* Jordan to host meeting of US President & Iraqi PM.
* Christian activists resist call to fight poverty.
* US durable goods orders drop 8.3%; most in 6 yrs.

* Report: 11 European nations knew about CIA prisons.
* Exiled oligarch Berezovsky tied to Litvinenko death.
* Italian PM rejects redeployment of Afghanistan troops.
* Mexican Congressmen obstruct Presidential inauguration.

11/27/06 US DOJ to investigate NSA wiretapping. [NYT]
* Fox News offered hush money to victims' families.
* Barney Frank questions Fox News anchor's balance.
* Bill O'Reilly discovers DNC plot to smear Fox News.
* Tough talking Olberman helps MSNBC, hurts O'Reilly.

* Colorado neighbors ban offensive Peace Sign wreath.
* NYPD fires 50 bullets into car of unarmed blacks.
* Scant data on educational results of Unschooling.
* MPAA expose: "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" [2006]

* Last Italian soldier will leave Iraq by Dec. 2nd.
* UK Defense Secretary predicts '07 troop reduction.
* Olmert suggests West Bank/Gaza Palestinian state.
* Chavez friend Correa leads Ecuadorean exit-poll.

* Litvinenko lunch guest was nuclear waste expert.
* Belle Epoch heyday of Parisian print art. [Via]
* Penguin books published w/out coverart. [gallery]
* Favre starts 232nd straight in rare Seattle snow.

11/26/06 Snow at Mookberry. Artemis frolics.
* McDonald's tries to patent sandwich-making.
* Cable/Phone Internet Duopoly turf wars. [NYT]
* Hezbollah protests US-backed anti-Syrian govt.
* US War in Iraq longer than WWII engagement.

11/25/06 Palestinian/Israeli cease fire in force.
* GOP Senator: Iraq's neighbors will fill vacuum.
* US Vice President consults Saudi King in Riyadh.
* Dollar declines on belief Fed must slash rates.
* MicroCHP home heater powers grid, turns profit.
* Unschooling abandons tests/curricula/textbooks.
* 300 proxy sites bypass office & govt firewalls.

11/24/06 NYT: Ray Kurzweil on stock-picking computers.
* Archaeogeodesy relates diverse ancient sites. [Via]
* Oil-dependent suburban sprawl as manifest destiny.
* US Feds trying to make Rainbow Gatherings illegal.
* Human genome revised for CNV; 12% of DNA can vary.

* Record industry association declares DRM dead.
* Birdwatcher author sees Arctic gull in SoCal.
* Poisoned Russian spy Litvinenko blames Putin.
* Defiantly veiled UK teaching assistant fired.
* Palestinian militants' peace offer rejected.

* Incoming US Senate Intel Chair vows oversight.
* Outgoing Congress punts duties to thwart Dems.
* Succinct description of flaws in US politics.
* Fundamentalists want Christmas bought & sold.
* Opinion: Xmas trees are the veal of Forestry.

     
  Florence poster; Ponte Vecchio from Uffizi window

11/22/06 Google stock breaks $500. World's 7th highest.
* Microsoft CEO claims Linux infringes on it's patents.
* US Copyright Office approves six exemptions to DMCA.
* 1988's bestseller In Search Of Excellence is fiction.
* Buffalo Bills fans petition to remove name of killer.
* NYT: Cheney loses prime office space in party defeat.

* Russia's state run gas company buys Pravda newspaper.
* Getty Museum returning 26 looted artifacts to Italy.
* Pope heads to Turkey next week under heavy security.
* Secret Service missteps coincide with JFK anniversary.
* New Aronofsky film The Fountain sad, and truly weird.
* Flickr publishes 2006 stats for most popular cameras.

11/21/06 Director Robert Altman has died. Indy godfather.
* Sir Richard Branson says British gov afraid of Murdoch.
* 1962 Fallout Shelter lifestyle handbook [digital scan].
* Pentagon official shuns database on anti-War protests.
* Lebanese Christian politician assassinated in public.
* Iraqi PM Maliki plans to meet Bush in Jordan next week.
* MP3 Acoustic Masterpieces While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

     
  Rape of Sabine [1583] Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence Italy

11/20/06 Iraqi TV comedian Walid Hassan taken out.
* Iran invites Iraqi and Syrian presidents to summit.
* Jockying among Iraq's neighbors now on full display.
* Russian defector apparently poisoned at London pub.
* Archiving digital data is still an unsolved problem.
* Jack Kerouac 1959 Steve Allen Show interview [YouTube].
* Scientists forecast breakthroughs of the next 50 yrs.

11/19/06 Richard Branson squaring up contra Murdoch.
* Prague's 30 year-old morning-radio DJ Leos Mares.
* Magritte show at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
* Gallery of landscape pics. Let page load... [Via]
* Lone tree, East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. [Via]

* Syrian officials met with Iraq Study Group. [NYT]
* Syrian diplomat in Iraq; wants Golan from Israel.
* Human shield deters Israeli airstrike on Gaza home.
* Pentagon planning Guantanamo Bay "legal" compound.
* Cheney, Gonzales want lameduck Congress wiretap bill.

* Houston mounties vs human chain of striking janitors.
* New vulnerability found in RSA public-key encryption.
* Fox affiliates refuse to broadcast killer's confession.
* Gay penguins documentary causes stir in US heartland.
* Artemis stays at Long Beach WA Super 8 Motel for $5.

11/18/06 Stryder.com had some problems earlier this month.
Due to my error, the top of the main page failed to appear
in some Internet browsers. [albion at stryder dot calm]

I'm traveling north today. Passed yesterday through the Oregon
towns of Riddle, and Lookingglass. Woke up today near Coquille;
Coffee and Wifi at Brewed Awakenings near the beach in Bandon,
Now up the coast past Florence. [Google Map].

11/16/06 Sufficient evidence Apple iPhone will debut in 2007.
* 150,000+ brittle manuscripts recovered from Timbuktu sands.
* Neanderthals stopped mixing with humans 370,000 years ago.
* Physicist seeks evidence information travels back in time.
* Fictional things archive. List of fictional diseases. [Via]
* French Socialists may select female Presidential candidate.
* Japanese PM backs law requiring teachers instil patriotism.

11/15/06 Landis Tour de France drug test lab scrutinized.
* al-Jazeera 24 hour TV network debut features Tony Blair.
* Fox News reportedly paid $2 mil to Gaza Strip kidnappers.
* Muslim Freshman Congressman snubs Whitehouse for AFL-CIO.
* Who would Jesus deport? Mexican finds refuge in US church.
* Japanese Whaling ships set sail - against public sentiment.

* Timeline of timelines includes Vico's cyclical theory [1724].
* Second Life virtual world struggles with open-source CopyBot.
* Wireless chargers use evanescent coupling, resonant frequency.
* Kuril Islands quake leads to tsunami warning, and small waves.
* Upcoming Leonid meteor shower is comprised of comet fragments.

* Oil exploration consultancy would dismiss peak oil argument.
* Campus military recruiters denied free speech by protesters?
* US House majority lead chosen tomorrow. Senate whip today.
* MP3: Monty Python, King Arthur and the Old Woman [Holy Grail].
* Natalie Merchant's solo debut, I May Know The Word [Tigerlily]

11/14/06 Wiccan US soldiers' widows denied proper grave symbols.
* Feingold: Bush wants lame duck session to legalize wiretapping.
* Apparent mass abduction at a Baghdad research institute today.
* NY Times: "Syria and Iran are not natural or inevitable allies".
* Fox News scouts Iraqi insurgents "thrilled" after US elections.

* Sen. Feinstein: Forty-Niners must play in SF to use city name.
* Rove assigns Latino Senator to chair Republican Nat'l Committee.
* Texas ordinance makes Leasing Agents enforce immigration laws.
* Kansas City jail first to try pink walls reverts to grey. [Via]
* Deflation: US core inflation rate was negative 1.3% in October.

11/13/06 Speaker-in-waiting backs Murtha as House Majority lead.
* Whitehouse ready to "talk" about role of Iran & Syria in Iraq.
* Iraq Study Group suggests initiative in Arab-Israeli conflict.
* US Justice Dept files DC court papers to deny Habeus Corpus.
* Former University President may head unity Palestinian govt.

* Breakaway Ossetia region drawn into Georgian row with Moscow.
* World's most dangerous road said built by Paraguayan POW's.
* My favorite Senator: Feingold won't run for President in 08.
* Montana Senator got into politics over utility deregulation.
* SoCal billionaires vie to buy LA Times from Chicago Tribune.

* Robin Williams graces cover of retirees lifestyle magazine.
* MP3: Sesame Street's Ernie takes group on guided meditation.
* Oldest unmodified WWW page. [Tue, 13 Nov 1990 15:17:00 GMT]
* Use of penultimate silent panels rampant among comic strips.
* Documenting the dismantling of underground rock venue CBGB's.

11/12/06 Adversarial Agency: CIA vet will run Pentagon. [nyt]
* New US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses Vice President.
* Afghan/Iraq War memorial unveiled in Oregon -with 74 names.
* Putin/Bush meet will cap symbolic Russian bid to enter WTO.
* New Nicaraguan President Ortega vows close ties with the US.
* New book on the social history of gun-toting American women.

* Man who voted for himself - received zero electronic votes.
* MP3: Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage became a Jazz standard..
* These two piano MP3s from the film Amelie were hard to find.
* Sting Nothing Like The Sun Be Still My Beating Heart [1987]
* Sarah McLachlan's Fumbling Towards Ecstacy includes a pause.

11/11/06 Armistice Day.

* US Military Chief says objectives in Iraq are under review.
* Call me Democrat Lieberman to chair Homeland Security cmte.
* Meet The Press snubs Democrats in first post-election show.
* Sen. elect Webb says character attacks brought web traffic.
* Feinstein, Pelosi pursuade SF Niners owner to rethink move.

* British Labour party recruits Howard Dean for 2007 election.
* Queen's Nov 15 speech predicting long struggle with terror.
* Swede returns Elgin Marble; new pressure on British Museum.
* Lebanese Parliament denies Hezbollah request for veto power.
* TEMPEST spy technology stops information-bearing radiation.

* Actor Jack Palance has died. Shane 1953. Baghdad Cafe 1987.
* Michael Madsen says Tarantino approached him about prequel.
* Wal-Mart's durable goods price cut tantamount to deflation.
* Calming, pink colored, nursery themed jails are catching on.
* How I was duped by Ali G... A first person acount. [Via]

 
  US Sen. Harry Reid: "first order of business". [NYT]

11/10/06 Democrats +5% over 2004 in every US demographic.
* 2008 Democratic National Convention should be in Denver.
* Rhode Island Senator may leave GOP after election loss.
* US Govt still trying to dismiss NSA spy program lawsuits.

* Nepal Maoists sign peace deal. * War looms over Sri Lanka.
* Mexico debates gay civil unions. Opposed by new President.
* Israeli PM Olmert expected in Washington November 12th.
* Yacht near Tonga plows pumice raft and blogs new island.

* Journalist, Jazz lover Ed Bradley has died. Donned Earring.
* Autism is at root genetic. Research implies both parents.
* Pics: Canadian Nunavut; Strange Soviet buildings. [Via]
* MP3: Had to Cry Today [9'00]. 60's Clapton [Blind Faith].

11/9/06 Rep. Jack Murtha for US House Majority Leader.
* New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer now Governor.
* Former California Governor Brown now Attorney General.
* DeLay's Texas seat now Democratic. Santorum unseated.

* The first photo from Earth orbit was taken October 1946.
* Day in the life of Gaza ambulance driver in Beit Hanoun.
* Egyptian President Mubarak warns against hanging Hussein.
* Japanese harmonica player arrested for playing Beatles.

* Russia's Federal Culture Agency counsels against Borat.
* Wine recommending robot identifes human flesh as bacon.
* Pronto Condoms. Exactly what the name says. Video. [Via]
* England raises interest rate to 5% on inflation concern.

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