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As is probably noticeable, I have made a couple site changes. Foremost is the switch from Movable Type to Wordpress. I’m all about PHP and on-the-fly generated pages these days.
Plus, Wordpress appears to be more conscientious about producing valid markup. No longer will ampersands and the like from links mess with my validation.
To go [...]

Jon Stewart recently gave the commencement speech at his alma mater, William and Mary. The transcript has found its way online.
An excerpt:
We declared war on terror. We declared war on terror—it’s not even a noun, so, good luck. After we defeat it, I’m sure we’ll take on that bastard ennui.
Hate to break it to Jon, [...]

Few times in recent American political history could match the drama of what has unfolded around the Indian elections.
The surprise victory of the Congress party upset all expectations and the Indian stock market.
The surprise abdication by Congress party leader Sonia Ghandi upset past all upsets. One political ally threatened a fast hoping to change Mrs. [...]

As regards those purported UFO’s that bedeviled the Mexican Air Force in an earlier post the confusion clears.
From a Rueters followup:
nuclear science researcher Julio Herrera said the blobs of light may have been nothing more than ball lightning — glowing spheres that are little understood but often sighted near the ground during thunderstorms.
More, the glowing [...]

ZDNet reports that several members of the House have proposed several amendments to the much reviled DMCA.
However:
Even some members of the subcommittee took a dim view of the proposal. “Theft is theft and property is property,” said Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho.
Mr. Otter really showed up the DMCA’s detractors with that statement.
Perhaps his opponents can counter [...]

The Mexican Air Force has maybe too much time on their hands. They recently released a video purported to be of UFO’s, from OUTER SPACE!!!!!!!!!
Here is a still shot:

Fuzzy shapes in an infrared scope or advanced visitors from another planet?
You make the call!

While India counts the votes, the BBC reports:
Repolling has been ordered in three seats in the eastern state of Bihar because of irregularities…
Wow, repolling because of irregularities in the balloting.
Really makes you think about Dade County, Florida and the inanities of the 2000 Presidential election aftermath.

The Washington Post has a fluff piece about the various political operations bounding about uber swing state Ohio. Its requisite section on liberal operatives includes this quote:
Lawton does not fit the popular stereotype of an angry liberal, using the Web to rage against the machine. His hair is not long, or spiked, or colored with [...]

From Robert Reich in the New York Times:
Another explanation is more consistent with economic and political rationality. Bill Clinton, and now John Kerry, have taught the bond traders on Wall Street an important and comforting lesson: no matter how big deficits grow under Republican presidents, eventually a Democratic president will come along to clean up [...]