TheMemoryHole.com: links to 5 of the 6 asset forfeiture documents that the Justice Dept. ordered libraries to destroy on July 22, 2004.

Sounds like Julie's having a stressful week:

From U.S. Prepares for Possible Flu Outbreak:

"Concern is rising that the next pandemic could be triggered by the recurring bird flu in Asia, if it mutates in a way that lets it spread easily among people. 'We're all holding our breath,' Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview Wednesday."

From Contaminated flu shots 'not a crisis,' says CDC

"This is not a crisis,'' said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, during a press conference.

At A List Apart, web developer Douglas Bowman demonstrates his "Sliding Doors" technique for making good lookin' tab panels via CSS.

456 Berea Street has a highly instructive list of common web development mistakes. Thanks to Dave's Chalkboard for the link.

Tired of getting gouged at the gas pump? Fight back with GasBuddy.com and GasPriceWatch.com.

I tried to sign up with the Cyborg Liberation Front, but the hybrot at the door said they don't accept meat people.

Must read: Pulsed Neural Networks and Swarm Intelligence

Republicans: You're Not Welcome In New York:

...beware, you delegates of the neofascist junta... Ask me for help and I'll take enormous pleasure in misdirecting you to Harlem or Bed-Stuy.

NewScientist.com: 9/22/03: First power station to harness Moon opens near Hammerfest, Norway.

War Resisters League calls for Mass Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at the Republican National Convention:

"We call for people to gather at 3 pm on Aug. 31, near the site of the World Trade Center (exact location to be announced later) for a vigil before beginning to march at 4 PM in a solemn procession north toward the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden. By 7 PM we will get as close as we can and, when stopped, we will 'die-in' as a way to graphically represent all those who have been killed by the government's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."

An open letter to 9/11 Chairman Thomas Kean from Sibel Edmonds

Amarillo Bay Literary Magazine: "Wisdom", by Betsy Gitelman

TheNation.com: How They Could Steal the Election This Time

This Land is Your Land, This Song Is Not Yours

From New England Journal of Medicine: "Doctors and Torture", by Robert Lifton, M.D.:

There is increasing evidence that U.S. doctors, nurses, and medics have been complicit in torture and other illegal procedures in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. Such medical complicity suggests still another disturbing dimension of this broadening scandal.
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Other reports, though sketchier, suggest that the death certificates of prisoners who might have been killed by various forms of mistreatment have not only been delayed but may have camouflaged the fatal abuse by attributing deaths to conditions such as cardiovascular disease.

BBC NEWS: Cancer vaccine trial 'promising'

Senator Mark Dayton (D - MN) accuses NORAD and FAA of lying about their 9/11 failures

On Thursday, August 26 in NYC, Bush goes on trial for war crimes in Iraq.

Must read: "The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century", by Nancy Ramsey and Pamela McCorduck