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Creepy paralells with how the war in Iraq was sold.

In other news the Army will close down Abu Ghraib, though actually what they mean by "Close Down" is "Relinquish Control." The prison will remain in operation, but with Iraqis in charge. I'm sure this means no one will ever be torture there again.

And finally, Rummy proclaims that "if civil war breaks out," the US will pretty much let the iraqis handle it, this is in line with reports last year that the strategic focus for the US to step up air operations. Basically if the shit hits the fan, will do the bombing, and Iraqis mostly the street-level fighting.

They think that will work. Others disagree. I think it's unlikely to work out. If we start blowing shit up, we could face a popular uprising, and our supply lines are vulnerable to that sort of thing. Could get ugly.

There are 102 new billionares worldwide this year. No word as to how the rest of the income spectrum is doing, though this is pretty neat.

Good pondering.

The following submission was made by the Girth to his soon-to-be alma matter in reponse to solicitations of interest for speechafying at graduation:

Naturally he has been invited to speak to the class of 2006. Commencement is May 21st.

UPDATE: The video is here!

I called up an accountant today.

This is one of those things, like going to the doctor, which no one really wants to do. But, when the IRS is on your case, it's best to retain professional help.

Turns out this lady (who I got referred to by my friend Kate) is really pretty great, and very encouraging about me facing down the G-man now, rather than letting the penalties and interest snowball for several more years. The Willie Nelson strategy has been roundly rejected on numerous levels.

Next stop: health insurance.

Fat Tuesday eve, discovered that the Mark Bar out there in Greenpoint -- a real class joint -- has Old Rasputin on tap. The Queen's hideaway (the original plan: pulled-pork) was closed, but a good time was still had by all.

And Jeremy has landed a new job. Woo!

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On a whim I p2p'ed a bunch of Rage Against the Machine mp3s. I remember when they hit and I was maybe 15. Seemed like good music then; blows my mind today. This was pure rock and roll revolution if anyone cared to notice, but it was the '90s at the time so... It's slightly shocking that they let these cats put out a bunch of albums, really without too many constraints.

I guess it didn't (doesn't?) really matter back then if your chorus is, "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me." How things change.

But it's an open question now, who is reaching these kids. There's a constitency out there for this. Could be anyone, really.

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