February 14, 2003
"A key piece of the information leading to recent terror alerts was fabricated, according to two senior law enforcement officials in Washington and New York," according to an ABC report.
Apparently, the CIA and FBI are pointing fingers at each other after the informant who provided them with the bogus information flunked a polygraph test. But, in usual Keystone Cops fashion, our feisty protectors continue to wave their Orange Alert flag and stumble along their path of lies.
Meanwhile, in the Big Applesauce, apparently U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones apparently doesn’t know much about cooking, or she would know how to make sure that a pressure cooker doesn’t explode. You DON’T confine the pressure, Judge Jones; rather you allow it to release at whatever rate it needs so that the lid doesn’t blow off.
Instead, as reported by Alternet.org, Judge Jones has ordered “that protesters in New York will be corralled together in tightly controlled police pens…” rather than “march past the UN, then west, then up through Times Square and along Seventh Avenue to Central Park,” as the organizers from United for Peace and Justice originally intended.
According to the Alternet report,
It is expected that many will seek to avoid the pens and hope to sow confusion all around Manhattan. The online discussion of such tactics, honed at past free-form protests, suggest using cell phones to coordinate splinter actions. One contributor to the NYC Indymedia Center Web site called for: "a tactical plan for wide-scale CD [civil disobedience] throughout Manhattan. This could include surprise ‘people's inspections’ of various corporate and governmental sites, traffic lockdowns, a mass die-in, street theater, prayer vigils, snowball fights, you name it. It's time to be both bold and creative. Let's transform Feb. 15 into a carnival of peace and resistance throughout Manhattan all afternoon. Save the protest pit for last call."
I’m starting to believe that Buffy’s the First, ("the original evil, the one that came before anything else") and Angel’s the boss of the Beast have taken over the minds, hearts, and souls of America’s leaders and are, literally, hell-bent on destroying all hope for America. (Has Joss Whedon been tapping into our leaders' collective unconscious?")
My thoughts will be with the protesters in NYC tomorrow. Keep the faith.
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monica on 14 Feb 2003
will this thing rip off my HTML?
i wanted to leave something... silly and full of love.
(yes it will, thank god there's a preview. well.... love to you anyway =))
Robin on 15 Feb 2003
I blogged about your blog in my Friday Five assignment to Pimp 5 Blogs. I just love yours. So in case you get some new strange visitors, they might be coming from me. Bwa-Ha-ha-ha.
peace!
The One True b!X on 15 Feb 2003
For what it's worth, I had a sudden revelation the other day on how Buffy is going to end. I'm certain of my theory, but I won't post it here for the sake of those avoiding spoilers or hypotheticals.
Meanwhile, "keep the faith" is an interesting thing to say given that Faith is about to return to both shows.
Elaine on 15 Feb 2003
I knew that. But it didn't occur to me that I did until after I wrote that. Is that going to be what powers the final solution for the worlds of both Buffy and Angel? Faith? It's sure not enough for this one!
dzwonki polifoniczne nokia on 14 Jun 2004
Hmmmmm interesting !!!