Posthuman Blues

Pope fears Bush is antichrist, journalist contends

"Madsen, a Washington-based writer and columnist, who often writes for Counterpunch, says that people close to the pope claim that amid these concerns, the pontiff wishes he was younger and in better health to confront the possibility that Bush may represent the person prophesized in Revelations."

Well, can't this, um, hypothesis be tested? Doesn't the Evil One freak out when confronted with crosses or something? No, wait -- that's for vampires . . .

In my stereo:

1.) OK Computer (Radiohead)
2.) Green (R.E.M.)
3.) In Time (R.E.M.)
4.) Diamond Life (Sade)
5.) You Are the Quarry (Morrissey)