Canadian politicians (or probably in any nation, for that matter) who dare say anything critical of Bush administration policy.
These people must be stopped.

What in the world has become of this nation that meetings of Quakers are monitored by the U.S. military as a “threat”?
Isn’t this abuse of government power the kind of thing that so-called conservatives cared about once upon a time? I guess these days they’re too busy Christmas policing the retail stores to notice.

Heh. In defense of the Chicago Daily Tribune, it only had a few hours to fix its boo boo, not a few weeks.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at our leader:

Take Social Security, for example. One House Republican, who asked not to be identified for fear of offending the White House, recalls a summertime meeting with congressmen in the Roosevelt Room at which Bush enthusiastically talked up his Social Security reform plan. But the plan was already dead–as everyone except the president had acknowledged. Bush seemed to have no idea. “I got the sense that his staff was not telling him the bad news,” says the lawmaker. “This was not a case of him thinking positive. He just didn’t have any idea of the political realities there. It was like he wasn’t briefed at all.”

That’s what we gets from this:

Bush generally prefers short conversations–long on conclusion, short on reasoning. He likes popular history and presidential biography (Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington), but by all accounts, he is not intellectually curious. Occasional outsiders brought into the Bush Bubble have observed that faith, not evidence, is the basis for decision making.

No need to worry about facts when you know you’re right.

Oh brother. Really, what’s the point of a “rocket-powered’ bicycle? If you’re going to incorporate artificial power, at least a motorcycle is pretty stable at high speeds. I don’t think most bicycle or bicycle tire manufacturers put a lot of research into how their products will hold up at 100+ mph.
As for the speed record, at least this resembles the act of you know, actually pedaling a bicycle.