Notes from the outrageous world we live in:

Welcome back, orange alert. We missed you! Sit down, stay for a while. While you are here, us Americans will continue to feel more non-specific dread at what might happen at any moment. Mr. Orange: if you are replaced by Mr. Red any time in the future, would you do me a favor and pimpslap our administration for me? Thanks. You’re a pal.

It’s not a quagmire? After reading Faux Pax Americana, by Phillip Carter, I beg you to tell me that the war in Iraq was (a) a good idea and (b) that you still trust the nitwits in power as to how to run a large-scale military operation, especially with respect to finishing what we start.

Nukes R Us. While we’re at it, let’s bring back the nukes. Sure, they’re only researching low-yield weapons… for now. However, there is reason to suspect that this road is not going to end with mere research—why research low-yield nukes if you aren’t planning to eventually build and use them? Combine the aforementioned article with the recent hiring of Keith Payne and the infamous Nuclear Posture Review and you start to get nervous. Aren’t you nervous yet? I mean, we’re at ORANGE ALERT AGAIN. YOU SHOULD BE NERVOUS NOW.

A rose by any other name… Since “Total Information Awareness” is so Orwellian, John Poindexter and his cronies have now come up with fixing the problem by changing the name to the more benign sounding “Terrorist Information Awareness”. This entry from Liquid List pretty much sums up how dumb the current administration thinks The American People really are.

Requisite comic relief. I present native son David Rees’ Get Your War On. Winning the fight against stupidity one cuss word at a time.

Hail to the Thief. Finally, I can’t wait to own a legal copy of Radiohead’s new album. The rough mixes have been nice to listen to, but I demand the real thing. Psst, it’s on my wish list. Hint, hint.