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avian flu in greece which means its pushing two contients, but mostly by agricultural practice, if we can view this as good news

the catholic church talks about treating scripture as symbolic; it sounds like good news, the problem of course being that who chooses to interpert the scripture rests top down, so its symbolism is papal. (that & this is an anglo talking point--the church of england,scotland and wales is much more liberal then almost anywhere else on earth)



the i have pop collective places plaster casts of spray cans where graffiti has been painted off, as a memorial for the death of street art, moving, funnny and poltically active (via wooster)


Jason Salvon consalidates the sunday real estate sections in major american city, into an averaged blur, the best thing is that you can tell the location almost by the colour (az is sandy beige; tacoma is green) the houses all look the same.

Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the Guardian has discovered.
story here

how bush controls information is v. savvy and plays to his strength, i wont call it stalinist, yet
here is the VV story abou flaks and media professionals playing soliders

professinal football players fuck and drink

i have no idea what to think about this one, i mean part of me believes that the CIA must have used and continues to use american missionaries to spread the american message, esp, in SA, esp., b/c of american religion conflates god and patrotism so much and for so long but that said, Chavez is so paranoid, that this might be something else (frankly if i was a socialist in an oil rich south american country, paranoia is the only reaction i could possibly have towards america...there is something else going on here. (RAYMOND, HELP)

NY Times connects the whigs to the present neo-cons, and talks about how little the rpeublicans know their history, thinking it starts with buckley, nyc, the new republic in the 50s.

republican operative Abramhoff is being indicted for various corruption charges, which makes 4.

v. impt and v. strange article about harriet meiers and her sexuality, tying her to a best friend of more then 30 years. what might sink miers is the fear of socons against general sexuality outside marriage.

BORING POSTCARDS FROM SWEDEN


misc. stuff
they turned strunk and white into a musical