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January 8th, 2009
 | 08:41 am
So. You live in the DC area and you're not going to the Inaugural stuff downtown but you think you might want to get a bite to eat at that little place in Northwest, or maybe you want to just cross the Potomac into Georgetown to pick up that thing you had on order at that shop in Georgetown Park, and you want to do this on Jan. 20.
Think again. The bridges will be closed, many highways will be blocked off, and you ain't goin' nowhere. Well, you might be able to walk from Roslyn across the Key Bridge if you don't have acrophobia, and if they let you through on foot, maybe. ( details )
That was the Washington Post's version. In addition, a little more from ABC News: ( how many cops? )
Still think you want to come to the inaugural? If you do decide to walk across the Key Bridge, it's a good three miles to the Mall on foot. Better wear good walking shoes and leave the jackknife at home so you can get through security. It's farther from Chain Bridge, but if you cross Chain Bridge and don't mind acting like a mountain goat you could walk up to MacArthur Boulevard and get pizza at Listrani's, the pizzaria that serves the White House (and for good reason -- it's excellent). Now, if you happen to be going to one of the inaugural balls being held downtown, and you're walking across the bridge at 8 a.m. (or whatever time), are you bringing your dress on a coathanger? And where are you going to park it during the parade? It better be at your office downtown, because you know that coathanger isn't going to be allowed on the Mall.
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Supporters of the homophobic Proposition 8 in California want to change state law that requires name, address, and employer's name of anyone contributing to a political campaign.
Also in California, a database that will tell you who is laying off workers. And something on just what those laid-off workers feel about Gov. Ahnold.
Eyewitnesses speak of the slaughter of innocent civilians by the Israelis in Gaza.
The case for prosecuting war crimes in the Bush Administration (video.) And Congressman John Conyers wants to investigate the legitimacy of Bush policies. Perhaps that will include something of his abuse of military veterans.
How the US Army Field Manual still codifies torture -- what can be done and how acceptable it is. ( more )
The Army mistakenly sends out 7,000 condolence letters addressed to "Dear John Doe".
I have written before about the Family, the ultrafarright Dominionist group that has its talons deep into the Republican Party. What I did not have information on before was this: Hillary Clinton has been involved with The Family, aka The Fellowship, for some years now. Not just with them at the National Prayer Breakfast, but as a member of a "cell church". Read these links. You need to know this. I freely admit that I like Hillary, but I do not at all like The Family, what they do or what they stand for, and I'm extremely concerned at this connection. Each of the links in this section has many other links within it; please read at least some of them. It's best to be well informed when dealing with such an organized and methodical political antagonist -- and do not mistake this: the Family are homophobic, anti-union (or any other bottom-up organized group), triumphalist and intent on taking over the US government (among others) for their version of God.
10 movie endings spoiled by history. 11 movies saved by historical inaccuracy.
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