Zeroization What it is

While looking at for the Stephen Colbert video, I happened upon this depressing update on “Mission Accomplished.” Did you know what V-I day (Victory in Iraq Day) was three years ago?

Stephen Colbert didn’t exactly kill at last night’s White House Press Association Dinner. The response was lukewarm and it clearly put him off his game. Perhaps the situation is just to painful to laugh at. Daily Kos has a transcript of the event. 

New York magazine has a feature about the (allegedly) growing conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks. I say allegedly, because I personally haven’t heard too much of it in a long time. One of the most amusing parts of the article is the section on ‘HOP’ levels, namely the schools of thought about the 9/11 attacks, and that it falls into four categories:

1. The Official Story
2. The Incompetence Theory
3. LIHOP for “Let It Happen On Purpose”
4. MIHOP for “Made It Happen On Purpose”

After reading the website UnansweredQuestions.org, I’m suprised there aren’t more theories.

WFMU’s Beware of the Blog has a rundown of the latest fines imposed by the FCC. The agency is on a role and is using what appears to be a rather arbitrary system for finding fault and assessing fines.

I honestly thought that the Harper’s editorial that ran last month, “The Case for Impeachment”, was really nothing but some wishful thinking on the part of the authors. However, it appears that things have gone past the wishful thinking stage into real action. Congressman John Conyors has two blog entries on his site. The first is about the call for censure introduced by Conyors. Senator Feingold has joined the call for censure. Secondly, the call for a committee to investigate impeachable offenses has grown to support from 30 congressmen.

South Dakota’s governor has signed a law banning almost all abortions in the state. The bill is work of anti-abortion fundies who wish to bring Roe Vs. Wade to a new test by the Supreme Court. Get ready for this country to get torn apart.

American’s overwheliming want to end the war in Iraq according to this recent Zogby poll. Meanwhile, CBS puts Bush’s approval at its lowest point ever. If there’s any mandate now, it appears to be a mandate of disapproval.

You may recall the brouhaha a few years back over a defense program called Total Information Awareness. (Actually the real brouhaha was over the terrorist futures market, run out of the same research branch as TIA.) According to a post on Think Progress, it’s still around, albeit under a different name. It’s called Google. Just kidding.

The Washinton Post has a piece by the editor of Jyllands-Posten printed those ‘inflammatory’ cartoons.

The NSA reportedly is trying to re-classify previously declassified documents. That’s right, documents that people already have read, analyzed, and written about. Is this an act of post-9/11 paranoia or just beauracratic stupidity? George Washington University’s National Security Archive has the full story.