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01 May 2007 at 6:26 pm
quadrapop
couple of bloggers i think you would find interesting:
tacit on livejournal.com
especially: http://tacit.livejournal.com/207488.html
How to screw up a sexual relationship
and radven
http://radven.livejournal.com/#radven96250
on the US becoming a totalitarian state
01 May 2007 at 7:15 pm
Richard
It’s satire, right? Please tell me it’s satire.
01 May 2007 at 8:40 pm
jason
No need to worry. Looks like the US will massively reduce it’s feeble and unwelcome attempts on the world stage over the next few decades.
Future generations can direct further queries to China.