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And the Waikato Sympathy Orchestra ( they hate it when Ian calls it that ) has been going from strength to strength , with gigs at the local winery ( Sunday lunch and opera songs ) , and the local Christmas festival ( Hallelujah chorus with a choir of 1500 ) , as well as some very challenging concerts of " serious " music ( Dvorak 's non-New-World symphonies , listen out for them , they're fantastic ) . Now that the Bush administration has let it be known that it is laying the foundations for the postponement and cancellation of the elections in the event of a terrorist attack , it has , at the very least , provided a political motive and encouragement for such an act by neo-fascistic elements among its supporters who are not prepared to accept the defeat of this administration in the upcoming national election . Off to Bari on the east coast of Italy for a conference . Perhaps the most amazing act was a hypnotist who laid people out on the cold stone castle steps and had young men lift extreme weights and young girls believe ( in German of course ) that everyone was naked - - including themselves . In the second case , the force admittedly considering postponement of the US elections is the US government itself , acting through Bush appointees in the Justice Department , the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission . ) Pam has to reapply for her job for the second time this year . Once the policeman had ascertained exactly where we lived , she managed to persuade him to let her through - - though he enigmatically advised her to lock all the doors , close the curtains , and not let anyone in . In the first case , the force allegedly aiming to disrupt the US elections is a foreign terrorist organization .