sj's Longest Now [v.1]

lovingly scientific.

From a recent Slate article by C.  Suellentrop on Thursday’s prez-primary debates:

The best thing Dean does during the debate is refuse to pander to the Albuquerque audience by spewing tortured Spanish, as Lieberman, Edwards, and especially Kucinich do.

Which is to say, the one time Dean spoke Spanish, it was so unforced that Suellentrop didn’t notice he wasn’t speaking English!  I was pleased that someone spoke Spanish without offending my ears.  Give me a minute and I’ll write up some details on the bilingual aspects of the debate.

Overly general statements.  Overly specific qualifiers.  Sunshine, bright and streaming.  Green grass.  Teenybopping.   And you’ll experience entirely new dimensions of silence when you mention your slogan “take back our country” to a Native elder.   Rob Reiner.   Robin.  Baghdad meetings.  20 years early.  Holy unions.  Spirit and Stardust.  Zealous purging.  Welcome home, traveller.

Come blog live from a meetup(TM) tonight in Cambridge!  Ken Reeves campaign HQ… the spirit of switch2dean … thanks to Bob Doyle and the Huron Ave crew for lending equipment for the night.

The nomination pre-season is almost over.  Dean finishes his Sleepless Summer Tour Tuesday.  Kerry, recovering from illness and starting to focus on campaigning in earnest, will make his formal declaration Tuesday week, just as Bush returns from his month’s vacation.  And Clark will decide whether or not to run “within the next two weeks“, before the Sept. 4 debates in Albuquerque.  No word yet on when Gore or Clinton will decide. 

“I have a leather mask, and I’m putting it on right now…”

Whatchoo talkin about, Willis?  You say you want me to call 976-GARY?  I don’t know if my libido is up to it…

Bizarre cult OTD:  the Earth Liberation Front, promoting eco-terrorism online.

Doug Anderson, call your office.

Australia plans th’ world’s tallest structure — a solar tower 1km tall.