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Today's one of those laugh-or-cry news days. I don't normally repeat a lot of links I got from my friends list, but it seems like a good time for a roundup.

"Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned broadcast media from an appearance Wednesday where he will receive an award for supporting free speech."
"If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, [New Jersey]'s anti-terror czar says."
The FBI recovered a Bill of Rights, missing for 138 years.
This may come as a shock, but apparently there may be some casualties if we go to war.
The surrender of fifteen Iraqi soldiers makes headlines.
The U.S. failed to convince Turkey not to invade Iraq when we do.
Oh yes, and Iraq has attacked northern Iraq.