the 941

• Bombing wedding ceremonies in Afghanistan is not going to help us win hearts and minds. The U.S. has bombed five weddings recently. No wonder the Taliban is experiencing a serious resurgence. But this is what we get for squandering our military and intelligence resources in Iraq.

• John McCain is still wallowing in ignorance and still fighting the Cold War.

• Despite record high oil prices, President Bush is still not calling for conservation.

• Another problem with global warming that no one anticipated: an increase in kidney stones.

• Is Barack Obama an Oreo?

• Hillary Clinton’s new stump speech: The Republicans should apologize to America.

• President Bush has given the “amber light” to Israel regarding an attack on Iran. This is one step before a “green light.”

• We need to get this shouting, criminal idiot off the television:

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As if you even needed a reason….

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Mike Huckabee has been warning Republicans not to try to demonize Barack Obama, but somebody has not gotten the message:

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No we are not talking about the after-effects of the Taco Bell Value Menu, either. Residents of border states have begun to discover that gasoline is more than a dollar cheaper per gallon south of the border.

Things are likely never to be this cheap again, though. Remember those days….

• But since gas prices appear to be going up and up, there is some good news from Colorado, where scientists have modified a Toyota Prius to get more than 100 mpg.

• No surprise here: Senate Republicans blocked a bill to put a windfall tax on oil companies and to take away billions of dollars of industry tax cuts. Good luck defending those votes this fall….

• And speaking of evil Republicans (yes, I know that’s redundant), Dick Cheney is again marshalling the forces of darkness and pressing for an attack on Iran. Doesn’t he realize that would likely triple the price of oil? Maybe that’s the point….

• As president Bush’s approval ratings continue to slide well south of Nixon country, fellow Republicans are treating the president like the proverbial pube in the punchbowl. Don’t be fooled; all these people loved GWB quite recently and are now just running for their sorry political lives. Here’s the proof.

• Got a teenager? Good luck getting him or her out of the house this summer. There are few jobs for the taking.

• And finally, and disturbingly, it appears that Muslim women in Europe are paying to have their virginity surgically restored.

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The unease over the potential looming bloodbath in the fall elections has recently bloomed into all out panic for Republicans nationwide. That said, Christine Jennings, the Democrat running to unseat first-term U.S. Representative Republican Vern Buchanan here in Sarasota, is poised to pick up a major endorsement from the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Organization on Monday. Plenty more about the Jennings/Buchanan battle upcoming here in The 941.

• The U.S. government is violating the rights of children in Afghanistan and here at home.

• Who is to blame for the recent spike in world food prices? U.S. pundits are quick to blame the burgeoning middle classes in India and China, but the Indians are turning that finger right back aroun at us Americans.

•  See you at White on State Saturday night!

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• Think that safety deposit box down at the bank is really safe? Not if the government wants what’s inside. Never forget who’s really in charge of your assets once you relinquish physical control — not you.

• An international team of scientists in Switzerland is building the world’s most powerful collider in an attempt to answer some of the more profound questions of quantum physics. What remains to be seen is, if once the collider is operating, it will destroy the earth by creating a black hole. Even those scientists who fully support the project will only say that the creation of a black hole is improbable, not impossible.

• Here’s the real toll from the Iraq War.

• TSA screeners take another page from the Stasi handbook.

• Today in the housing crisis:

• Foreclosures are soaring, up 65 percent in April.

• California is now conducting 1,000 foreclosure auctions every day.

• Most mainstream Republicans hate him, but Ron Paul has no fear. Here he is, shaming the neocons:

• The Air Force wants control of your computer and they don’t want you to know about it.

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The British do. They released some of their own X-Files recently.

• Ready to be part of the R3volution? Then join in on June 5th.

• The humorless police state continues to grow. This week’s threat — college students.

• Republicans are furious that Bob Barr is going to run for president as a libertarian, but Democrats are thrilled to have someone on the ballot who can do to John McCain in 2008 what Ralph Nader did to Al Gore in 2000.

• Ron Paul’s continued and surprisingly vibrant campaign is also delighting Democrats. It could make for a far more interesting GOP convention than the Republicans are hoping for.

• The stand-off between Karl Rove and Congress continues.

• Our colleagues at the Chicago Reader have compiled a comprehensive list of police torture incidents in the Windy City.

• The scale and scope of the earthquake disaster in China is difficult to imagine from this far away. But, National Public Radio’s Melissa Block provided this wrenching report of one couple’s search for their toddler and grandparents. Outstanding and heart-breaking journalism. Sit down and listen to all 12 minutes; it’s worth it.

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• Esquire Magazine has listed the 75 skills every man should master. Many of these are no-brainers and several are quite dubious in value. What’s missing?

• Is our violence-ridden culture altering our brains at a fundamental level? Recent research says yes.

• Republicans vote against Mom just before Mother’s Day. Ouch.

• An interesting take on why having Barack Obama as president may be a real problem in the Islamic world.

• Tired of high gas prices. Make your own fuel, right at home.

• Washington, You’re Fired.

• Fascism is alive and well in Minnesota.

• Fear our government. Or not. It’s up to you.

• Are we really being set up by the feds?

• Want tight controls on immigration? Never forget that sealed borders work both ways.

• And for you conspiracy believers, this has more than a ring of truth to it.

• And finally, this is seriously funny and kinda sad at the same time.

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• This week in the military-industrial complex — Part 1 and Part 2.

• The GOP is finally beginning to acknowledge that it’s not a good year to be a Republican and that the November election could be a bloodbath.

• Of course, being a Republican may not be such a crutch if Hillary Clinton decides to go nuclear and destroy her own party if she can’t be president. Why does it seem that Bill and Hillary just can’t let go?

• Through a combination of political interference and supression of science, the Bush administration has trashed the EPA. But hey, they only care for the air you breathe and the water you drink.

• In a survey taken in other countries, the USA ranked dead last in terms of how we are perceived as environmentalists. We were even behind China, where the air is so foul, London bookies are now taking bets on how many Olympic athletes will die this August.

• Ready to let Sarasota become the next city in the world’s police state of closed circuit television cameras? Think the 2 million cameras in London’s “Ring of Steel” prevent crime? Think again.

• Want to grow your own garden? Especially in these lean times? You need less space than you think to grow all the food you need, even in an urban environment.

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