From Aljazeera.net: Venezuela has said it will expand a programme to provide cheap home heating fuel to poor Americans, helping low-income families in Vermont and Rhode Island, as well as four Indian tribes in Maine. Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp has already begun selling millions of litres of discounted fuel in Massachusetts and the Bronx in New York City as part of a plan by Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, to

me: “So, this feeling of being incredibly stoned—y’know, walking sideways, banging into furniture, feeling lightheaded and abnormally relaxed in the bowels—all this is to be expected, right?” Klonopin:  “You’re damn skippy, trippy.  But rather than fight it, my advice to you is to pick yourself up a nice black light and a gross or two of glow sticks—then start trolling the local universities or coffee shops for hippie chicks willing

One of the most dogged detractors of the increasingly “official” pre-war intel history—specifically, of the notion that Iraq had no ties to Islamic terrorism or al Qaeda (a broad assertion offered dismissively by Bush war detractors that has been debunked by, among others, the 911 Commission Report and the NYT) —is the Weekly Standards‘ Stephen Hayes, whose investigative reporting on the history of an Iraq intelligence nexus to al Qaeda

[extended reply to the Left Coasters here – ed] From Jim Geraghty at TKS (via Allah): Reaction at the liberal blog, The Left Coaster, to the latest message from al-Qaeda’s number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri: I have to admit it is fun to see Al Qaeda play Bush like a violin. Revealing. Left Coaster also discusses the NYT body armor story, addressed here by Conferederate Yankee, as well as the relative

—I know, I know.  But here’s the deal:  it turns out a 16 lb armadillo placed on a 2mg/day regimen of Klonopin is far less interested in dancing than he is in spooning an animatronic Elmo doll for hours at a spell, the hope being that he can create just enough friction under his shell to get that armadillo funny feel, then fall peacefully asleep in a warm pocket of

From “Brickbats,” Reason, Feb 2006: A book by a former Labour Party adviser claims British Prime Minister Tony Blair shouted “fucking Welsh” at the TV while watching his party’s poor showing in the 1999 elections for the Welsh Assembly.  Welse police are now investigating whether Blair committed a hate crime. Social progressivism—with it’s showy nods to “tolerance” and its attempts to legislate away thought crimes —have brought us to the

           January 6, 2006 At one, we loved you with all our heart; at two we love you twice as much! — which makes mathematical sense —though it also helps that you’re now much better at completing your chores, and at smuggling Dad’s peyote in from New Mexico in your Easy- Up Elmo toddler nappies. By the way, the grass looks marvelous!—and the rain gutters are running clear as Cameron Diaz

Reuters: Al Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video aired on Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush’s plans to withdraw troops from Iraq meant Washington had been defeated by the Muslims. He also criticized Islamist groups, including Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood, for believing in Western-style democracy and taking part in elections. “Bush, you must confess that you have been defeated in Iraq and in Afghanistan and you

I have a bit of a tightness / burning in the left side of my chest, accompanied by a lack of appetite and a dry mouth.  Occasionally, I get chills – mostly in waves, through my arms and legs.  I also feel it in my cheeks.  I feel weak overall. I’ve taken an Ativan, which has gotten rid of the discomfort in the left side of my chest, but my