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A Eurostar train breaks the UK rail speed record by travelling at 208mph. [BBC News]

Why can’t we have a decent rail system in America?

You may look at this image and think, “Animal-Abuser! They never brush their dog!” You would be wrong. I have brushed the dog every day for the past week. This was a pretty extreme pile, but where does it all come from? Why can I not get it all out?

My Number One Comedy of All Time has its own festival! I didn’t know this! Maybe I should make the trip next year. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie… Or bowled… Or had a white russian…

The Real Lebowski lives. And people love him. Jeff Dowd, the inspiration for the main character in the Coen brothersí 1998 mistaken identity comedy ìThe Big Lebowski,î joined more than a thousand fans at the second annual Lebowski Fest ó a celebration of bowling, white Russians and all things Lebowski.

I’m posting this because it’s much too long to read at work, and I want to check it out later. But it looks excellent.

Reason: Suspected Terrorist: Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy?

Why not, indeed? The world does not indulge those who refuse to flash identification when asked. Earlier that week, I was purchasing my first cell phone. Bursting with bile over such intrusive requests because I’d been researching the Gilmore case, I frostily walked out of one Cingular store after the clerk demanded my Social Security number and couldn’t even tell me why. She just blandly, coldly repeated: “It’s a necessary part of the form.”

At Rainbow, I always tell them “I forgot my card.” At TJ Maxx, refuse your phone number. At Best Buy, make up a Zip Code. Trust me, when you begin to realize the scope of the data that everyone is collecting, it’s scary.

The best news I’ve heard all week. My hope for our government went up one or two notches today. From the always good, Warblogging.com

In a 309-118 vote the House voted to attach a provision to a $37.9 billion spending bill that would ban the Department of Justice from allocating any money whatsoever for so-called “sneak and peak” searches of private property.

“We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he [Saddam Hussein] wouldn’t let them in,” [President Bush said Monday.]”

Has he lost his mind? The whole point that most of the world was arguing was that the inspectors, THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY! needed more time to do their work.

But President Bush, the man who spoke the above words (I saw it with my own eyes), said, Okay Blix, times up, Let’s Roll!

I’m in awe. I can’t believe that this is happening. I can’t believe that nobody seems to care!

Salon Article about Bush lying (You’ll have to watch an advert)

White House video of Bush lying Click the ‘View’ link

My family likes to dance around all silly like.

Add some polka, and we really get crazy!