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Help out New Orleans without the promise of beads, booze, or breasts. [DailyKos]
Futility, by any other name, would smell just as promising. [QandO]
Amnesty International USA kicks off its annual conference today in Portland. All races and religions welcome; must appear overworked, underpaid, and fantastically smug. [HuffPo]
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is pretty [ripe for some drillin’]. [skippy]
Let’s just privatize the whole war in Iraq and be done with it. [Pacific Views]

If only Jude Law would sleep with a nanny in a gerrymandered district … [HuffPo]
Future Iraqi Wal-Mart Super Center, this is your cue. [AMERICAblog]
After a long day of terror plotting, extremists just want to kick back with a little XXX porn. [The Jawa Report]
Everybody’s buzzing about it. Michelle Malkin’s starting a conservative video-blogging network. In related news, the Columbia School of Journalism has just violently imploded. [Michelle Malkin]
According to complicated algorithms and several parabolic curves, Amnesty International shouldn’t publish things where TI-83 users can find them. [Harry’s Place]

80% of Americans expect a civil war in Iraq, including 7 in 10 Republicans; majorities in WP-ABC poll have no confidence in either party to find a solution. [WP]
Democrats have failed to seize the opportunity of repeated Republican missteps; inability to settle on clear messages and strategies has hindered campaigning. [WP]
Republican governor of South Dakota signs bill to ban nearly all abortions; doctors will face up to five years in jail for performing procedure and “legal showdown” is expected. [NYT, USAT, USAT]
Bush seeks authority to veto individual legislative items. Bush: “These earmarks reflect special interests instead of the people’s interests.” [WP]
Amnesty International details the ongoing torture and abuse of Iraq’s 14,000 detainees. [NYT]
House conservatives will offer an “austere alternative” budget in attempt to gain mantle of fiscal responsibility. [NYT]
Lawmakers’ perk of flying on corporate jets may be restricted in ethics overhaul. [USAT]
Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) will retire. [WP, NYT, USAT]