I wasn't sure how The Onion could keep its irreverent sensibilities intact given the general mood since 9/11. But I'll be damned if it hasn't done so brilliantly. It heartens me greatly to know irony is not dead.

"They hate us because we don’t even know why they hate us."

A very interesting media critique from John Powers in the L.A. Weekly.

From the Times of London: proof that the terrorist attacks affected more than just American nationals.

I read on CNN.com that the military has code-named whatever they're doing "Operation Infinite Justice." When did the day come when everything from the banal to the dramatic to the corporate and everything in between had to be given some inane branding or corporate ID? And what the fuck is infinite justice, anyway? Sounds like a kinder, gentler euphemism for global annihilation.

Whatever Jerry Falwell is smoking, get me a dimebag of it.

P.S. It was only a theological discussion, he swears!

Cerebellum fried to a nub by white noise of TV and chatter of "intelligence" pundits. Must shop and consume. Life empty – need new slacks – film at 11.

"We tend not to do what we ought to do until we get hit between the eyes."


An interesting – and somewhat shocking – article from today's Salon, talking about the bipartisan blue-ribbon commission on domestic terrorism headed by Rudman and Gary Hart, which spent nearly 3 years determining that the U.S. was eminently vulnerable to acts of terror on our soil. When the panel reported its findings in the beginning of this year, they essentially got shelved by President Bush in favor of a new commission headed up by V.P. Cheney. Instead of following the commission's recommendation of creating a new agency focused on national homeland security, Bush decided to hand such responsibilities to FEMA, which is headed by Joe Allbaugh, Bush's gubernatorial chief of staff and presidential campaign manager.

Genius move, don't you think?

"Will we ever get to the point that we realize we will be more secure when the rest of the world isn’t living in poverty so we can have nice running shoes?"