I just ran across this article indicating that GWB is about to announce an initiative to return to the moon.

My head says “What a waste of money,” but my heart says “I wanna go!” One thing is certain. I am never again going to believe anyone who says that Republicans are fiscally responsible.

I agree with Krugman=

The point is that you don’t have to believe in a central conspiracy to worry that partisans will take advantage of an insecure, unverifiable voting system to manipulate election results. Why expose them to temptation?

(Insert “Luddites” comment from John)

Since John’s on the wagon today, I thought I’d fill in.

Let me start with this quote from Gen. Tommy Franks (he was asked about the repercussions of another catastrophic terrorist event in the US):

“… the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.”

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As a fan of the marial arts movies, I gotta remember to record this Discovery show about the martial arts styles and their advantages/disadvantages. They’ve got a cool collection of CGMC videos. The show will be re-aired on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET.

Check out this service that will send you the votes your political representatives have made.

(No, it’s not politics! See the dang sports icon over there?)

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I really wanted to get a Vanagon at one point until I read that they have a metal plate on the underside that has to be removed to do even a simple oil change. When the RAV4 is paid off, I may get one as our third vehicle. Kind of a blend of “yuppie third car wealth bragging” and “hippie creedo VW van show-off”.

Here’s a bunch of Vanagon print ads through history. Some are quite compelling.

Although I knew that they were writing around the same times, it never occured to me that Tolkien and C.S. Lewis knew each other, let alone that they had this much influence on each other’s lives and works.

Both authors have had a huge influence on me personally, and the idea that they shaped each other’s creations is just…magical.

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How many disturbing phallic references can you find in this picture of Dick Gephardt?

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Those guys at BBC really have some cool stuff going on including this brain sex test which shows that I am apparently more female-brained. (For lack of them producing an actual number, I was 2 clicks into the female section of the brain shaped monitor.) I do have some problems with 3D rotational comprehension, but I don’t know if I’m THAT female-brained.

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From Independent Digital (UK) comes this list of the 10 best black comedies including many that I’ve never seen. I’ll have to look them up since I’m a fan of the style.

From Men’s Journal (another closeted gay men’s magazine) comes this list of the 50 best guy movies of all time. These movies I’m not that excited to look up. I can honestly say I’ve only seen 4 or 5 of the top 10, and only 3 of those could I talk about intelligently. I don’t know that I even need to see the others.