a shameful waste of madhouse time

Part of an article from The Age, on the politics of the US, Israel, Fatah, and Hamas:
The appearance of this new angry and presidential-looking Mr
Abbas was, on the face of it, a big plus for the Bush
Administration, which has long sought to enlist his “moderate” and
“secular” Fatah party as a defender of democracy and [...]

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《南》：广为流传的一种说法是，中国人民的素质还没有达到民主需要的水平。民主和素质到底是什么关系？
陈：事实上，民主不仅是一种价值观，更是一种实践。让公民具备民主素质的最有效的办法，就是让公民去实践民主，在这个过程中去了解、掌握民主，总结经验教训，不断提高民主水平。如果不去实践，那就永远不会有相应的素质。所以，素质是民主的结果，而不是前提。
The Southern news group can print shit like this, and not many others. They still manage to push the envelope a bit and for that we ought to be thankful.
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I spent the better part of the morning running from a

    puerile shadow

            that had chased me around a

theoretically public space

between buses

I saw a scattering of unused coupons in the parking lot

    I saw contented cat by the conspiracy theory section of a used bookstore

 
I don’t want to be the placebo that cures you

    of your last lover; really,

the [...]

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It took a while but I learned the skill

    of how to forget you at will

but sometimes you still flicker through me

    the aftertaste of a rebel wine.

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Originally uploaded by mmonk

At some party that I wasn’t invited to.

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The Infadels Live in Shanghai!

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This is one of Charlie’s photos from the Infadels’ show night.

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070602 - Zhongshan Park 164a

Originally uploaded by paul_ark

Paul Ark took this photo at the Flickr meetup.

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