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During the second debate, Bush was asked who he would appoint to the Supreme Court. You may recall that he took that moment to come out against the Dred Scott case. You may also have read that this was code for Roe v. Wade. But what I wanted to say is that we treat the subject of Bush's judicial appointments as if it were hypothetical.

But in fact, although there have been no openings yet on the Supreme Court, Bush has been appointing federal court judges... oh, you know, I'm too tired and overwhelmed to write this up. Just go read Bob Harris's post.

speaking of tired

We had a good show at Orchard Valley Coffee tonight. We debuted "Helium" as a band, and also Tim played on "One Flight Down" and some other songs for the first time. This is the first time I haven't brought the lap steel, which I'm trying to phase out until someday when I have time to actually learn to play it.

A bunch of our friends showed up, as well as Adrienne and Jeff, who saw us last time we played there. Afterwards a bunch of us went out to eat. Man, this is such a LiveJournal post. Anyway, making music and hanging out afterward are fun things to do.

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Another non-dreary endorsement: "John Kerry - Superhero"

A warning to America's youth: Don't date Bush voters.

dave says, "for a guy who 'we've got on the run', bin laden doesn't really seem to be out of breath."

I don't know what this means

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Most of these are about to disappear behind the wall of pay, but here's some stuff from last Sunday's Arts section anyway:

Gay composers defined the American sound, but can you hear it in the music?

A brief history of museum lighting. Last year the Dia Art Foundation opened a space lit almost entirely by natural light, which was exciting and new... and, by necessity, how all museums were lit until 1857.

"Massive Change", a Vancouver exhibit of design to change the world.

Photographs of American embassies.

Playlist: "Fans of the Jayhawks and Josh Rouse" should like Dolorean, so I guess I should like Dolorean. Ada sounds interesting, too, but I've found electronica always sounds more interesting before I actually hear it.