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Friday, October 25, 2002
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08:49:49 PM
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CHIPS
The FDA approves implantable chips for humans, for security or safety reasons only. (Wired News) {Now, let's see. If it's for another reason, then there's some kind of a health problem that warrants an FDA restriction? I don't get it.} WHAT'S IN A NAME?
In the once-booming telecom hub of Denver, Colorado, bankruptcies are up and assets are up for grabs. Level 3 CEO Jim Crowe surveys the wreckage and refuses to say die. Wired magazine. {You'd think he'd want to legally change his name, wouldn't you?} DEER SMASH MCDONALD'S WINDOW
A pair of deer interrupted the lunchtime rush Friday at a McDonald's restaurant in Washington when they smashed through a plate glass window and pranced around the store, a fire official said. (CNN){A wildlife expert interviewed conjectures that it is possible that the deer were part of a terrorist cell planning to disrupt American lifestyle.}
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Sunday, October 13, 2002
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08:32:06 AM
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BELAFONTE'S PR
"My analogy to the plantation existence I say without regret...Life today for many is not too distant from slavery & oppression, and by ignoring the views of most of the world's leaders, the President and Secretary Powell are about to bring moral shame on this nation and do what is politically expedient at the expense of the poor and disenfranchised."
Trent Lott said he wouldn't attend the award dinner honoring Belafonte because Harry compared Colin Powell to a house slave. (CNS News) {What a week Bellafonte's having. First, he gets national attention with his Powell comment and follow-up, then he's blessed with Trent Lott's bowing out of his award dinner, as if that's some kind of punishment.}
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Friday, October 11, 2002
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01:53:20 PM
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PLAYING THE TAROT CARD
Moose criticizes the media for revealing the Tarot card. [Wash. Post] {Chief Moose Charles of Montgomery County projects his own shortcomings onto the media.} SLY PSYCHIC MOM
Jacqueline Stallone, Sylvester's mom, intuits that the sniper is "a light-haired person, in his twenties or thirties, from a good family, though he's not that close to them." [MSNBC] {Okay, let's keep an eye on this and see if she's right.} {10-24: Well, I guess she blew that one. So much for the legitimacy of psychics. This is the problem here: you only hear about their predictions if they're right. No one bothers to backtrack and check it when they're wrong.}
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Wednesday, October 09, 2002
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05:01:29 AM
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CHECK THE RECORD
"Vinzant: Political dividends...Are Republican presidents better for the stock market? Not according to history." (Hardball Newsletter) [MSNBC] {Wake up, Business America. Stop living the myth. Republicans are good for rich people, but not for the everyday, hard-working, run-of-the-mill businessman. Business in general can't stand the repression any more than the working class can.} ECONOMIC WEAPONRY
"Friends, I'll tell you a simple plan to deal with Saddam Hussein. Just send the Bush economic team over there to run the country and you'll bring them to their knees." (John Kerry) [Yahoo News] {I said it at the beginning of Dubya's reign and I'll say it again today. Bush is bad for business. Stable, steady business people don't want a gunslinger in the White House.} DOMESTIC FEAR
"I don't know about you, but I'm a lot more afraid of roaming snipers, gangs of violent kids, and the random, almost casual violence that permeates American society than Saddam." (Jill Nelson) [MSNBC] {Aussi moi.}
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Tuesday, October 08, 2002
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11:37:47 PM
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EMPEROR BUSH
"This president is trying to bring to himself all the power to become an emperor - to create Empire America" (Congressman Jim McDermott) [Seattle Times] {Hail to the chief.}
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Friday, October 04, 2002
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06:23:40 PM
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DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?
"I'm honored to be there. I did very much enjoy the opportunity to tour around the city last night. I like the McDonald's" (Bill Clinton speaking in England) {Ah, our first truly postmodern president. Now that he's out of office, is postmodernism dead?} ESPIONAGE IN THE HOMELAND
"When it is eventually created, the Department of Homeland Security will have to employ intelligence to protect America." (Hardball Newsletter} [Wash. Times] {What have we been doing thus far? Isn't that why the FBI was created?} SADDAM CALLS GEORGE OUT
The Iraqi challenge to Bush, that he and Saddam resolve their countries' dispute with a personal duel, is rejected by the White House as an "irresponsible statement" that doesn't deserve a "serious response." [CNN] {Whatsa madda Georgie? Chicken? I see you don't have any qualms about sending others out to fight your battles. Back in the neighborhood, we had a name for that kind of behavior.}
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Wednesday, October 02, 2002
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02:06:47 AM
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MOLDY DRUG KILLS THREE
"An elderly woman died and two others were sickened with meningitis after being injected with a contaminated painkiller at separate health clinics, state health officials said." . [CNN] {What's the best way to stay healthy? Stay out of hospitals.} LOST ON THE ROAD
Al Gore says that President Bush is "like a lost driver who won't stop to ask for directions." (AP) {Another good one. Where's he coming up with these? He must have hired a new writer who's an expert on sound bites. If he keeps this up, he just might get elected. Oh, I hope not.}
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Tuesday, October 01, 2002
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05:57:33 PM
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THE DEBATE HEATS UP
Researchers theorize that global warming is allowing mosquitos to live longer, thus enabling the spread of viruses like West Nile. But not all scientists agree. Hotwired] {But I agree, because I thought of it before they said it. Any opinion, scientific or not, that confirms what I am thinking has just got to be right.} BARBARA FANTASIZES
"If it was a different administration, I might consider a political appointment." (Barbara Streisand) [NY Times] {Yeah, like they'd give you one.}
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