he word of the day is “Fiction”, as in, I’m writing it. If you look to the right, you’ll note a new page under “Navigation”, leading you to the archive page for my serial novel, Black Alice. I’ll be using it to link to each chapter, so if you’re just showing up, you can use [...]

     onestly, some days I don’t know why I bother voting.
     For years, Diebold has embarrassed itself by claiming that obvious faults were actually not faults at all, and during the past decade or so, it mastered the act of pointing the finger. Now that it has ironically renamed itself Premier Election Solutions, it’s finally coming clean. [...]

     nd now, a post with some actual substance:
     In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has been taking fire for a leaked draft regulation defining abortion as “any of the various procedures — including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action — [...]

     s anyone else as miserably sick of the drama surrounding the VP picks as I am? I mean, good fuck, CNN went on about whoever it is Obama’s picking for so damn long, I gave up waiting for the announcement and switched it over to Food Network. And really, Barack — Joe Biden? Really? Everyone [...]

      love how they’re labeling John Edwards’ affair as a “sex scandal” all over the place. And they talk about in such lurid tones, as though something truly twisted has gone on. I’m baffled.
     Unless I’ve really missed something, and I wouldn’t put it by me, because I haven’t been paying that much attention, basically, a [...]

     o, Bruce Ivins killed himself. He’s the guy the FBI was investigating for those Anthrax mailings back 2001. I’ve always thought something was a bit fishy with that whole Anthrax scare, and Orcinus seems to think so, too:
     Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the anthrax case is the one that emerges from the larger picture [...]

      don’t have time to give this the proper bitching it deserves, but check this bullshit out:
Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and All Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions to the Government
     Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd’s 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly [...]

     ocuments Confirm U.S. Hid Detainees From Red Cross:
     The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
     ”We may need to curb the harsher operations while ICRC is around. It is [...]

     ucinich Reads Impeachment Articles Against Bush on House Floor:
     (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - For a good part of this evening, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio 10th District) has been live on C-Span reading Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush.
     The former presidential contender is hoping the House will approve a resolution to impeach President Bush, in spite [...]