:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Saturday, December 17, 2005 ::

The Problem with God: Interview with Richard Dawkins

:: Jim Nichols 12/17/2005 05:10:00 PM [+] ::
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Did Bush Sell Us a Bill of Goods on Torture?

According to the Times, the Administration justifies its wiretapping under the President's inherent national security authority, even though there are specific statutes by Congress that prohibit it. The Wiretap Act specifically says that all wiretapping not authorized by statute is illegal, and that "procedures in [the Wiretap Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillanc Act] shall be the EXCLUSIVE MEANS by which electronic surveillance . . . and the interception of domestic wire, oral and electronic communications may be conducted."

If the President can ignore that statute and authorized wiretaps "to protect the nation," then equally he can ignore the McCain Amendment and order torture of detainees "to protect the nation."

Have we been sold a bill of goods?

:: Jim Nichols 12/17/2005 03:17:00 PM [+] ::
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Fat Wreck Chords has a new website

:: Jim Nichols 12/17/2005 03:13:00 PM [+] ::
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Propagandhi doing A Speculative Fiction live

:: Jim Nichols 12/17/2005 03:10:00 PM [+] ::
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"Go without a coat when it's cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it's all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you're made of and what you're capable of. If you're never tested, you'll never define your character."

- Henry Rollins

:: Jim Nichols 12/15/2005 04:19:00 PM [+] ::
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Cool

:: Jim Nichols 12/13/2005 11:15:00 PM [+] ::
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The Decemberists have signed with Capitol Records.

:: Jim Nichols 12/13/2005 08:08:00 PM [+] ::
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One positive review of King Kong. Honestly it looks really dumb to me.

:: Jim Nichols 12/13/2005 01:09:00 PM [+] ::
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My only thoughts on the Stanley Tookie Williams situation is this...

"Extreme justice is extreme injustice." -Marcus Tullius Cicero

Needless to say I oppose the death penalty from the get-go but nevertheless

:: Jim Nichols 12/12/2005 09:24:00 PM [+] ::
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Heckling causes Coulter to cut UConn speech short

:: Jim Nichols 12/12/2005 06:30:00 PM [+] ::
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Funny

:: Jim Nichols 12/12/2005 05:47:00 PM [+] ::
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Interview with Aaron McGruder creator of the boondocks

:: Jim Nichols 12/11/2005 05:06:00 PM [+] ::
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