So, screw you guys. *I* got a phone on my phone.

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Graham: I'm almost ready to vote for you right now. (LAUGHTER) I'll stop. I agree with you. We're at war. And the enemy that we're at war with, would you agree, is an unconventional enemy?

Holder: No question about that. There is not going to be a surrender signing on the battleship Missouri. This war is not going to end in that way.

Graham: And the people who are fighting, they don't wear uniforms.

Holder: They do not, which...

Graham: They operate outside the law of armed conflict.

Holder: They do....

Graham: Where is the battlefield in this war?...

Holder: The battlefield—there are physical battlefields, certainly, in Afghanistan. But there are battlefields, potentially, you know, in our nation. There are cyber battlefields...where we're going to have to engage.

But there's also—and this sounds a little trite, but I think it's real—there's a battlefield, if you want to call it that, with regard to the hearts and minds of the people in the Islamic world....

So. Who wants to come up with the Global War on Hearts and Minds logo graphic?

Hay guise, have reason.com put you into the Stimulus package! I know it already passed, but it isn't like they pay attention to legalities like that anymore anyways.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

salaries and expenses

For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds shall be available to establish the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program, as authorized by Public Law 110-385, for the development and implementation of statewide initiatives to identify and track the availability and adoption of broadband services within each State, and to develop and maintain a nationwide broadband inventory map, as authorized by section 6001 of division B of this Act.

wireless and broadband deployment grant programs

(including transfer of funds to Reverend Lee R. Brenn for the Reverend Lee R. Brenn Personal Economic Stimulus Program)

For necessary and unnecessary expenses related to the Wireless and Broadband Deployment Grant Programs established by section 6002 of division B of this Act, $2,825,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for Wireless Deployment Grants and $1,825,000,000 shall be for Broadband Deployment Grants: Provided, That an additional $11,000,000,000,000 shall be paid directly to Reverend Lee R. Brenn in the form of subsidized loans that do not require repayment. Provided Further, That the funds be used by Reverend Lee R. Brenn to processing of paperworks, notarization, and filing or for whatever. Provided Even Further, That Reverend Lee R. Brenn will receive free recordings of the Golden Girls television program tickets for life. Provided Even Further Still, That Reverend Lee R. Brenn shall be treated as a cabinet-level appointment for the purpose of income tax reporting, and therefore no taxes shall be paid on any of the aformentioned benefits. And one more thing: Representative Ron Paul is hereby expelled from Congress, effective immediately upon enactment.

anyhow, who can make it to Will's performance at the 400 Bar tomorrow night, around 8:00 PM? I think I can!

I...I ca...caumph. D-d-d-d...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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DREAM THEATER’S “PROGRESSIVE NATION 2009” TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN JULY/AUG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION AND BEARDFISH

not a blog post

For you yokels who haven't yet picked up Doug Stanhope tickets, brownpapertickets.com is all out and you'll need to buy 'em from the scalpers over at ticketweb.com.

Also to plug, Will Tolle is performing at the 400 Bar every Wednesday night through February and March. So turn up some time soon. Turn up to all of them.

And there are some new pictures here. Awe.