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“Fuck yourself,” said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency. . . . There is no rule against obscene language by a vice president on the Senate floor. The senators were present for a group picture and not in session, so Rule 19 of the Senate rules — which prohibits vulgar statements “unbecoming a senator” — does not apply, according to a Senate official. Even if the Senate were in session, the vice president, though constitutionally the president…

There was a minibus crash in northern Senegal today, nearly 30 dead. The paramedics took 50 minutes to arrive. Xinhua News Twenty-eight people were killed immediately, three died later in the local hospital, and 34 others were injured. The authoritieshave flown 14 seriously wounded people in two planes to the capital of Dakar for treatment. Reuters DAKAR, June 24 (Reuters) – Two public buses collided on Thursday in the northern part of Senegal killing 28 people and injuring 27 others,…

I got approval for a short piece for Wired magazine! Woo-hoo! I’m in LA through Sunday afternoon — I barely made my flight in OAK yesterday, and the security fuckin’ took my hex key (aka “Allen wrench”), which I have in my Camelbak pocket. C’mon guys, it’s a hex key! (“Sorry, no tools of any kind are allowed on board.”) You’d think that they would have invented a system where people can leave stuff at the security desk and then…

Without ever having sent a Gmail message, I have six invites now. Who’s interested?

God damn. I just talked with this French guy in Japan for a story that I was asked to essentially redo because their stringer didn’t do a good enough job on it, and I was told to record it, and the damn thing didn’t record right through the phone. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but they’re doing it in transcript style, instead of normal news style. I only hear my voice. Fuck. It’s 7 pm, and I have to…

I have a pair to this great game that I sadly cannot attend on June 21 (this Monday). $48.50 for the pair (what I paid for them).

Who wants to go see Raiders of the Lost Ark in downtown Oakland on Friday (8 pm) with me for free? Oakland Film Office Summer Festival

So for those of you who missed it last week, check out this link for a hysterical clip (DivX) of Jon Stewart talking about how Ashcroft wouldn’t release a 2002 memo to Congress about the use of torture. Oh, and the Post released the memo today.

A neat article in today’s Times talking about unorthodox protest tactics. My favorite is this group called Axis of Eve, which sells underwear with slogans like: Expose Bush Lick Bush Down on Bush Lick Bush not Oil Ballot Box Axis of Eve Fire Bush Give Bush the Finger Weapon of Mass Seduction My Cherry for Kerry Cream Bush Alright, at the risk of sounding way too perverted, I will buy three pairs to the first three women (or men, too)…

Remembering Reagan