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Citizens! Now You Too Can Be An Enemy Combatant! (tags: NPR AmericanDictatorship) A Portrait of Bush as a Victim of His Own Certitude – New York Times (tags: WheelsComingOff)

My week of driving the hybrid is over with; I picked David up at the airport tonight after work. It’s been a long week of watching season premieres with nobody to talk to except the cat. David’s technical conference was a big success as far as he’s concerned, as he connected with a lot of people and got a fair amount of recognition. I coped with driving to O’Hare to get him this evening after work, and waited in O’Hare’s new “cell phone lot” until he got his bags and called to tell me which “vestibule number” he’d wait at…

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The Blog | Max Blumenthal: Sen. John Cornyn Meets the Racist Right | The Huffington Post (tags: Huffpost) Christian middle seeking a turn at bully pulpit | Chicago Tribune (tags: Sojourners, ProgressiveChristianity)

Hot Springs Pool – Glenwood Springs, Colorado (tags: Hotels) The Gonzo Inn – A Unique Experience in Moab Oh. My. God. Iwannadothis (tags: Utah hotels)

Madrid bans too-thin models from catwalk – Yahoo! News MADRID (AFP) – Excessively skinny fashion models will be barred from a major Madrid fashion show later this month for fear they could send the wrong message to young Spanish girls, local media reported. That’s all very well, but when will Japan get around to banning fashion models who wear shoes on their heads? That would be fashion-forward indeed. Alert the Manolo! Bad fashion alert!