Tragically, a series of bombings have rocked trains in India. The talking heads are busy speculating on the cause. Whatever the case, I’m sure the facts will quickly be reshaped to conform to the American political rubric (“fighting those who hate freedom over there”).
It’s a sad reflection of my world knowledge that I didn’t realize until now that Bombay has been renamed as Mumbai. The name was officially changed 11 years ago. Where have I been?

One learns new things every day.
Also noteworthy:

There are no more vibrant libertarian components left of the Bush movement. Libertarians (in the small “l” sense of that word) have either abandoned the Bush-led Republicans based on the recognition — catalyzed by the Schiavo travesty — that there are no movements more antithetical to a restrained government than an unchecked Republican Party in its current composition.

Yes, anyone against “big government” can’t be happy with the past five years.

I understand that there isn’t much competative primary action going on, and that many of the writers for the larger progressive blogs live in or near Connecticut.
That being said, aren’t a number of thse sites going overboard with this Lieberman/Lamont race? Who are they going to support if Lieberman actually wins the primary?

Here’s President Bush today:

We take — and we all should take threats seriously. That’s one of the lessons of September the 11th, is that what takes place in other parts of the world can come home to hurt the American people. See, a failed government in Afghanistan enabled plotters and planners to train and them come and kill 3,000 of our citizens. And so it used to be that’s it’s okay if something were happening from afar, oceans could protect us. I presume that’s how some in Canada used to feel. The lesson of September the 11th is, is that we’re vulnerable, and therefore, we’ve got to deal with each threat.

A lesson Bush learned from September the 11th: that the oceans don’t protect us from threats. Was he talking about nerve gas found in Iraq? An anthrax stash found in Afghanistan? No, he was talking about North Korea test launching a missile which could supposedly travel 5,000 miles.
Can we infer from Bush’s comment that on September 10, 2001, he wasn’t aware that a nuclear state with long-range missiles was a threat to America? Really, hasn’t he played the September the 11th card enough?

Over the holiday weekend I passed the 5,000 mile mark on the Madone. I’ve had the bicycle since last June. So far, so good. I’ve had an issue with a wheelset I subsequently purchased. But as far as the original bike goes, all I’ve had to replace are a few tubes, tires, and the chain.

I didn’t go out for any longer distance holiday rides; just did a few shorter rides close to home. It was hot and I’ve had a little knee issue. The traffic was relatively light the past few days, so that was better.
The route takes me by a soccer “complex” which has six or so sets of goals. Recently, with the World Cup in progress, I’ve been noting how many people are actually playing soccer there. You know, the sport supposedly being popular and all. I think the largest number of people I’ve seen is six.
What a waste of space.