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"Bikesagainstbush creator Joshua Kinberg was arrested while taping an interview with MSNBC's Ron Reagan in Manhattan Saturday afternoon. Kinberg was stopped by police while demonstrating the bicycle for the television interview. His bicycle is a high-tech graffiti writer, using chalk to print anti-Bush political messages sent by people via the internet. Apparently there was a question of whether or not the sprayed messages were a defacement of property. When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the bicycle used a non-permanent spray chalk, the sergeant seemed to agree that it...

For lack of a better way to describe how I felt about this film, I'm just going to rattle off some words: funny. real. deep. quirky. best soundtrack ever. challenging. changing. or as Zach Braff described it: "What Garden State's really about is how short life is. And how we get caught up in so many entanglements and insecurities and worries and obsessions and trivial arguments while life races right by us shaking it's head at how seriously we take ourselves. Keep in mind that the sun's gonna burn...

His telephone number was still listed in the telephone directory and his condominium fees and bills were automatically being withdrawn from his bank account. No one knew Jim Sulkers had died in his bed almost two years ago. Neighbour Sam Shuster said residents in the complex often wondered where the man they knew only as Jim had gone, but were told his condominium fees were still being paid. "How can that happen, for God's sake. Two years!" Shuster said yesterday of the man who had been a resident in the...

More Bush/Cheney and Swift Boat Connections break every day, that's now TWO people directly affiliated with Bush/Cheney who've helped and aided the 527 group: A legal adviser to the Bush-Cheney campaign resigned Wednesday after revealing that he had also advised the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the 527 group that has launched a campaign to discredit Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's military record. The lawyer, Benjamin L. Ginsberg, said that the group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, called him last month to ask for his help and that he agreed....

If you've followed the Swift Boat Veterans at all, you know they're a bunch of liars. They are funded by Texas Republicans and have very implicit connections to the Bush/Cheney campaign. One of the Bush Campaign advisors even appeared in one of the ads. It's been fun to watch this all blow up in their faces, but I read today that Kerry's support has dropped amongst veterans. It's sad that this kind of crap works in America. The New York Times put together a rather definitive piece today documenting the...

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Lainie: 9 months old When I got home this evening from work, I was frenzied upon by my dog. She loves it when you come home, it's as if no one had ever played with her in her entire life. She'll run up to you with her tail wagging so hard that her butt moves from side to side. Be ready, because she jumps all over you no matter how hard we try to get her not to. If your carrying a bag, she'll jump on to it trying...

First in a series. I'd like to be able to sit down with someone belonging to Hamas or Al Qaeda. I want to sit down and talk to one another. I want to understand them, understand their passion, and their side on things. So often, I think, we forget that these people are not crazy, they just have more passion than we see fit. I value each and every human life. I don't want these people to spend their life trying to kill for a cause. Sure, there are terrorists...

After 17 days days of recovery, I hit the road today for the first time since my accident. In the last 3 days, my back has finally started to feel better. It's still a little sore, but after my ride, I was pain-free. It's quite a contrast from a week ago when I couldn't pick things up without swelling in pain....

I made a quick trip down to Austin this weekend to pick up Emily who was visiting her parents. On Friday night, the city of Austin held a celebration. Emily and I went and waited for four hours to see the man, Lance Armstrong. There was to be a parade at 7pm, followed by a concert by Robert Earl Keen and the Steve Miller Band. We mainly just wanted to see the parade, both of us hoping that some of the US Postal Team would be there. We'd get our...

Kurt Vonnegut, of literary fame, wrote this: Our president is a Christian? So was Adolf Hitler. Read the rest of his article after the jump...

I personally find it very bazarre how candid President Bush is with the Press (like the three times he's ever spoken to the Press). It's like he doesn't think about his answers (he doesn't) or think about the ramification of what he says might have. Today, after Kerry stood by his vote for authorization and against funding, President Bush offered up a gem of a statement that can summarize, very effectively, how competent of a leader he is. As a side not, please realize that Kerry voted no for one...

John Kerry has publicly released all available military records documenting his service in Vietnam. In the wake of the attacks on his service, I think this is an admirable move. Unlike Bush, who didn't serve, Kerry can stand by these records proudly. Kerry can prove he was awarded 3 Purple Hearts, Bush can prove he may have been paid even though he never attended to his service. Pretty indicative of the rest of Bush's life if you ask me. John Kerry's Complete Military Records...

The Administration's use of Terror Warnings and the War on Terror, in general, for political reasons is just one more thing that puts me behind John Kerry. I have no respect for Bush, Ridge, or any of the Cabinet because they aren't good liars. John Kerry has a good week, a terror warning follows. Bush receives a slight uptick in the polls because the American public thinks maybe he's doing something, finally. But it's a sham. Thanks to Julius, for the amazing work he's doing tracking these terror alerts....