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::.centre for public opinion and democracy.:: These are the latest Minnesota polls. The state is leaning Kerry, but it's close enough that neither side should be complacent.

The Legend of Bono Vox - Books & Culture If everyone who knows him put Bono's name down as a 'write-in' vote, would he win? (Hey, he's already demonstrated he can work with Congress!)

MP3.com Shoot - I knew I should have gotten an iPod. Maybe I can get the U2 version for Xmas.

The Conservative Case for Voting Democratic By "conservative", we mean limited government, free markets, and peace. The main reason, of course, is because Kerry will try his level best to keep US out of wars (instead of using war as a means to solve problems, which is how the neo-conservatives think). But for those of us with a libertarian bent, it is also good to know that there are several sound economic reasons for voting Kerry as well. CATO does a better job than anyone else demonstrating what those reasons are.

Would Kerry Throw Us To The Wolves? Go to factcheck.org regularly to keep track of what you can believe about what the candidates say - which isn't much at all. But at least it tells you what their plans actually are.

CBC News: 350 tonnes of explosives looted in Iraq, UN says

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Weeping Hassan in plea for life She wasn't trying to do anything but help. Poor woman - please pray for her. Damn her kidnappers.

Cassini Probe to Fly by Saturn's Moon Titan Tuesday

Song-o-matic - 1000 Years of Popular Music

My Cat, The Radar Dish

DVDAnswers.com - Star Wars: The Changes - Part One - Page One

Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

Yahoo! News - Blasts Kill Five in Baghdad's Green Zone BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and set off bombs at a market and a popular cafe Thursday, killing five people, including three Americans, the U.S. military said, in a bold attack on the compound housing the U.S. and Iraqi government headquarters.

frontline: coming soon: the choice 2004 | PBS 8 pm on TPT tonight. Watch it tonight; comment it tomorrow.

Willamette Week Online | News | POLITICS | SHUT UP and VOTE! My new Election Day mantra: "Today is a good day to die. Ramming speed!" Klingons on Kerry: "He has shown prowess in battle." On Bush: "He fled the field of battle like a coward." link credit: knightopia

Tell-A-Friend: God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.

John Sutherland: America's Fundagelicals I'd never heard of this before. Link credit: knightopia (hey, Steve, where do you find all this great stuff?)

(Editor's note: "B&E" are my parents". My Dad retired two years ago, they moved to Mesquite, Nevada, Mom developed a variety of medical ailments, and let's just say nothing's ever been the same since.) Just got another call from Mom verifying that they're flying in to Minneapolis/St. Paul on Thursday. I told her we have tennis lessons at 7:30, and she said they might get here before then but then again they might not. Go figure.

Shockwave required.

Kerry's debate performance last night was more solid than anything Gore ever did. If he loses the election, it won't be because he didn't do his best. It will be because the country is too ... [--REDACTED--] ... because the country has changed to the point where it no longer accepts democratic leadership. If Kerry loses, it is because in our current fear, we accept only republican leadership..