10/02 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Steve Perry and Britt Robson preview the Twins/A's match-up at Balls!

THESE DAYS

An Ohio chiropractor who claimed to treat patients using time travel has surrendered his license to practice.

What waterboarding looks like

U.S. Army officials are taking a close look at whether women in a Kentucky National Guard unit posed nude for pictures with their M-16s and other military equipment.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Maven posts on politics, LonelyGirl15, fat guys who walk across America, and Kenny Rogers's plastic surgery at Thought Alarm.

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TIME WASTERS

Jack Kerouac + The A Team + Steven Raichlen = BBQ Bill

Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV by the Asylum Street Spankers

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"What this bill would do is take our civilization back 900 years."

— Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), on the bill passed by the Senate last Thursday that denies habeas corpus rights to terror suspects

"Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me."

— Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), last Thursday, discussing the situation in Iraq