Ari Laughed-Off the Stage

Ari Fleischer, White House spokesman, gets an unintended laugh at the end of his press briefing, when he responds to a reporter asking about any possible deals being made with nations in return for their support of the US war against Iraq. "Think about the implications of what you are saying. You are saying that the leaders of other nations are buyable, and that is not an acceptable proposition." This got big yucks from the press corps. Listen for someone saying "Laughed off the stage" at the end. Press play to hear for yourself. I heard this on Democracy Now the other morning. C-span.org has the entire
half-hour briefing
in Real Video - via Pretty_Generic on Mefi
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Cool

Antarctic Human Peace Symbol
More Antarcticans for peace. One of many photos from the February 15 peace rallies from around the world, gathered by Dana at hyperreal.org. Looking through this amazing collection will give you some hope. Via Peri Hupsous
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Heavy Art

detail
Houston and First Ave., this morning. This is one of those enigmatic works of art that show up in this neighborhood every so often. What makes it interesting to me is not so much the content, but its existence. I suspect it is a recycled remnant from the Jewish tombstone business that once flourished in this neighborhood. Though it seems to now have a cross carved on it, next to the painted-silver couple holding hands under the crescent moon. It looks just light enough to transport with a handtruck, but I hope they didn’t have to bring it up or down any stairs. It’ll probably stay there until someone in the parks department requisitions some heavy equipment to move it.
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Newsquake

detail of Newsquakes' world map
Newsquakes - Newsblog for the geographically impaired. Hover over the "quakes" for headlines and news links. Via Linkfilter. The location of the "newsquakes" seems a bit wonky to me, but there are interesting news links nevertheless.
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Wordbursts

Daypop Wordbursts
- heightened usage of certain words in weblogs within the last couple days. via sassafrass
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President Bush Please Resign

"One power with a president who has no foresight and cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust…The people of the U.S. should use their democracy to get rid of him." -Nelson Mandela, January 30, 2003 - bushpleaseresign.com via killinggoliath.com

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