Scapegoat for political practice created, found, exiled: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said Tuesday he had put one of his staffers on administrative leave for improperly obtaining data from the secure computer networks of two Democratic senators. Hatch, R-Utah, said preliminary interviews suggested that a former Republican member of the committee staff may have also [...]
November 29th, 2003
Read...Alternet.org: Just as the Thanksgiving holiday itself was the unintentionally ironic creation of a group of colonialists whose descendents proceeded to virtually wipe out an entire indigenous population, Thanksgiving in Baghdad 2004 served as an unblinking and unthinking exercise in reactionary gall, undertaken by a president seemingly incapable of comprehending the real meaning of his [...]
November 28th, 2003
Read...FoxNews.com reports: “A new controversey [sic] has erupted around the issue of gay marriage, as some black leaders have been outraged by comparisons being drawn between the civil rights movement and the right of homosexuals to marry … The [Massachusetts Supreme] court cited landmark laws that struck down bans on interracial marriage, but conservative black leaders [...]
November 28th, 2003
Read...Ah, Love. Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro have tied the knot. Electra “realized her attraction to Navarro while watching a Red Hot Chili Peppers special on television,” and for Navarro, the attraction was instantaneous: ” She had on this white fur coat, her hair down, and her eyes pierced my heart from 20 yards away. [...]
November 28th, 2003
Read...As we were leaving Candlelight on St. Mary’s this afternoon, who should enter the establishment but Mr. Clippie himself. The woman ringing up the check turned to him as he entered, and said, “Hello, Ferrell.” Mr. Clippie - Ferrell Clippie? - went to the end of the bar to chat up the bartender, carrying several [...]
November 28th, 2003
Read...Portions of St. Mary’s St. in San Antonio are known as “The Strip.” In a bigger, cooler city, that would signify a grouping of youth-oriented businesses. In San Antonio, there are a few small start-ups pockmarking the curving road lined with houses, industrial sites, and a rowdy cast of characters.
November 27th, 2003
Read...A silly piece of Thanksgiving frippery: Thanksgiving in a Box, in this week’s Current. < p align=center> UPDATE 11-27 Wish I had known about this when I wrote the article: Jones’ Turkey and Gravy soda.
November 26th, 2003
Read...I’ve been trying not to pay attention to the Michael Jackson scandal. Although I am as fascinated as the next person by the sight of his freakishly normal hands in conjunction with his exquisitely crumbling face, I just can’t justify spending my life in pursuit of his demented details. Plus, I am sick of all [...]
November 25th, 2003
Read...John Travolta has rescued 26 students trapped in a lift. He was visiting a New York college to give a lecture when he heard that the students due to meet him were stuck. Travolta reportedly prised the doors open and said: “Hey kids, it’s JT - everything’s cool.”
November 23rd, 2003
Read...Brendan Bernhard reports from the site of Bush’s visit to London: “The security arrangements surrounding the Bush visit are a subject of feverish interest to the British media. FORTRESS LONDON screamed the headline on Tuesday’s Metro. MASSIVE FORCE SHIELDING HIM bellowed the Sun. The president’s ‘jet-black’ armored Cadillac DeVille, the latter reported, is as long as [...]
November 23rd, 2003
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