links for 2006-08-28

"Christopher Hitchens told the audience on Bill Maher’s show they were “frivolous.” Then he gave them the finger and told them “fuck you”"

"Richard Armitage, when he was deputy secretary of state in July 2003, who first disclosed to conservative columnist Robert Novak that the wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson was a CIA employee."

"Sometimes, politics is stranger than fiction. And when it involves Rep. Katherine Harris of Sarasota, Fla., sometimes it's stranger than fiction of epic proportions."

"Just as in Vietnam, atrocities have occurred in the Iraqi War, and American forces have allegedly taken part. One in particular involved the murder and rape of a 14-year-old girl and the killing of three members of her family. U.S. troops have been charg

" seventh-grade geography teacher who refused to remove Chinese, Mexican and United Nations flags from his classroom was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday by Jefferson County officials who were concerned that the display violates the law."

"this is tea that inspires ritual attention to detail, and Kasora gives you all the useful suggestions, from the water to use, to the times and temperatures for brewing"

"California is the first state that may directly challenge the federal ban on the farming of industrial hemp."