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This appears not to be a parody. Which is odd.

…because it may endanger tax breaks the corporation receives from the State of Florida (governed by Jeb Bush). Read the full story at michaelmoore.com.

If you haven’t heard of The Yes Men before you should probably go and have a read… (My particular favourite is the unveiling of the Employee Visualization Appendage). A press release describing their latest activity arrived this morning - getting a standing ovation for suggesting that Bush’s invasion of Iraq is in fact history’s biggest illegal trade subsidy… Nice. How easy it is when you put your mind to it.

I’m afraid I may start to get boring about this, but bear with me… If you’re a UK citizen this directly affects you… [Thanks Doug for this one:]

“Of the 25 countries that have been most adversely affected by
terrorism since 1986, eighty per cent have national identity cards, one
third of which incorporate biometrics. This research was unable to
uncover any instance where the presence of an identity card system in
those countries was seen as a significant deterrent to terrorist
activity.”

Anyone following the Electronic voting farce in the US will doubtless be overjoyed to hear that Diebold may be prosecuted by the state of California….

“I keep hearing apologies. I keep hearing misleading statements. I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day — it keeps repeating and repeating and repeating,” he said. “I’m disgusted by the actions of this company.”

Nice!

Chim�peach (chim p�ch�), v., 1. To eliminate an enemy or malefactor, or to rectify a near fatal error or terrible mistake.
2. To remove from high office, through judicial review or public referendum, a dangerous imbecile, odious fraud, or chimpanzee.
3. To reclaim the soul of one’s country by reversing or redressing a grievous historical injustice, as in “After Whitewater, Bush’s lies about Iraq give us no choice but to chimpeach the murdering bastard, unless we want the whole goddam world to think that the lives of our sons and daughters are less significant than lying about a blowjob.”

…why did we invade Iraq?

They really do act like they own the world, don’t they?

Rather than me pass comment - what he said. I don’t even know where to begin.

Speaking cynically, the idea that MPs’ email (regardless of their persuasion) may be being monitored is no great surprise… What is interesting is that recently the Government’s use of intelligence gathering has become a matter of public record and inquiry, something that has previously been politely agreed to be beyond investigation. Clearly apparent mistakes like the suspension of the consul for a leak before the leak has leaked don’t help the cause.