Update on Najaf... it seems the cease-fire and pull out of the American forces has ended within a day of its being signed due to the fire from insurgents as mentioned in my last post.

Also, it seems Ashcroft and Ridge are at odds over not only the threat level indicated by all this new information on a terrorist attack this summer... but THE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER. What this indicates to me is that the "legal barriers" that were blamed by the right-wing upon Gorelick (9/11 committee member) which were so wonderfully torn down by the Patriot Act had nothing to do with the way these people deal with each other. You want your department to take credit because in a bureaucracy that means you get a pay raise... these people exist as members of a bureaucratic system and not as Americans working to prevent terrorism. In other words, don't expect that little Bert picture to change over to Ernie any time soon as Ridge won't let Ashcroft take the pay hike in his place.

Also, it seems the comment in my last post on Brahimi delaying his list by two weeks was potentially inaccurate as it seems the UN resolution itself is what is on the table to be delayed that long. What that amounts to is, of course, the precise delay mentioned in my last post... but let's not jump to put all the blame on Brahimi just yet.

Not sure how, but yet another Jeefo (version A) attack made its way in to my system and slipped my detection until about 400 replications manifested. They are allegedly cleared, but the same files that I had DELETED (such as my svchost and the system volume directory for my other windows installation) resurfaced on the list of infected locations. Very confusing.

American deaths in Iraq have topped 800, and even though a pullout from Najaf is under way... insurgents are still firing on soldiers there. Meanwhile, Shahrestani has turned down the notion Brahimi seemed to be suggesting that he take the prime minister position. Now they are talking of delaying the list Brahimi makes for the interim government by two weeks, effectively delaying the transition of power (or simply installing a literally secret government that is disclosed a couple weeks after its installment).

And finally, it seems my friend Nick Mucci (who's blog is linked on the top-right of this site) has found us a house to dwell in next year. Go team.

New comment system courtesy of HaloScan. I find this far better than the blogger included set up. Hope it causes some comments.

Just got my computer all set up here in Chicago. I'm on a nice big 21" Trinitron CRT Monitor now (to those who that means nothing to, I have a 21 inch TV for a monitor), and I am loving it in comparison to my 15" panel. Gloves come off this summer, House of Saud has already decided to act on their deal with House of Bush and get the gas pumpin stronger (2 million barrels more output starting next month)... hope it doesn't make people like Bush.

Speaking of Bush, I come home and there are two photos of Laura and George on my fridge with messages (one to my dad, one to my mom) thanking them for their committee work in the grassroots movement of Illinois. According to my parents there has been no such aid on their parts... could the whole zip code simply have been sent these things? I mean... the messages were personally to Richard and Phyllis Korzeniowski... very perplexing.

And as for the rest of the summer... well we'll see.