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December 20-21, 2003
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The Mad Hatter?
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Condit Sues Over Chandra Levy Articles
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 12-20-03
... The case drew months of negative publicity and
was cited as the main cause of Condit's re-election defeat in the March 2002
primary.
His wife, Carolyn, settled a lawsuit with the Enquirer for an
undisclosed amount in July.
Condit has another lawsuit pending, an $11 million defamation
complaint against author Dominick Dunne ...
Drug arrests are talk of town
Pensacola News Journal, FL - Dec
10, 2003
... until the outcome of the case. Popular
local figure Joe Scarborough
knows Switzer socially. The former congressman, attorney and ...
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"We're learning
more and more about the capture of Saddam Hussein. It turns out U.S. forces
acted on a tip from Rush Limbaugh's maid." —David Letterman
Prosecutors argue to see Limbaugh medical files
Palm Beach Post, FL - 15 hours ago
...Investigators said
Limbaugh engaged in "doctor shopping," obtaining overlapping prescriptions in
order to illegally obtain excessive amounts of pain pills.
Doctor-shopping is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in
prison.
The state attorney's Money Laundering Task Force obtained the search warrants
after looking at Limbaugh's prescription records from pharmacies near his Palm
Beach mansion....
Hi Lisa,
This whole memorial building thing seems a little too pat. Its like a
Warren Commission with fat paychecks.
Is it just me?
Steve
Great cartoon Steve. Too bad that I don't take online
bets. Because I think the odds are quite high that Bush Inc. will have
some contractor buddy involved or maybe his brother Marvin? If not Bush than
maybe Guilliani?
Where there is money to be made, republicans are first in line.
"Now that George
Bush has captured Saddam Hussein, it raises the question, what's he going to get
his dad for Christmas next year?" —Jay Leno
"John Kerry, Joe
Lieberman and Dick Gephardt all agree that the capture of Saddam Hussein was a
great thing. But now, they say we have to keep our eyes focused on the real
enemy, Howard Dean." —Jay Leno
UNCLE BAM -
EVIL TWIN OF UNCLE SAM
Here's your weekly dose of antiwar satire:
www.unclebam.com/ click here
Today's 'toon focuses on hyping Hussein's capture.
"Thurmond's
daughter, who lives in California, waited 78 years before making the sexual
allegations about her father. And today, Arnold Schwarzenegger said, 'Why can't
I meet women like that?'" —Jay Leno
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82nd troops to fill Iraq gap
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC - 12-20-03
The Army is sending Fort Bragg paratroopers to Iraq because a
National Guard unit needs additional training.
About 2,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade will
deploy to Iraq in January. The unit will fill in for the 81st Infantry
Brigade, an Army National Guard unit from Washington state that had been
scheduled to deploy next month....
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"President Bush
says he doesn't want to use the capture of Saddam for political gain. He says he
wants a very slow, public trial that would end, oh, about next November." —Jay
Leno
This is the cartoon Doug requested on Thursday.
Happy Holidays Doug.
Seized hashish linked to al-Qaida
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 12-20-03
WASHINGTON -- The Navy announced Friday that it had seized
nearly two tons of hashish
being shipped through the Persian Gulf with "clear ties" to Osama bin ...
ZZ Tops fans click
here to see pictures of them playing at George W. Bush's inauguration.
I wonder what Saddam was saving
his WMDs for?
Today in History - December
20
1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna
1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish
Jamestown Va
1780 England declares war on Netherlands
1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US
for $27M
1820 - The State of Missouri enacted legislation to tax
bachelors between the ages of 21-50, $1 a year -- for being unmarried.
1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at
Menlo Park
1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics
(USSR)
1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for
National Service
1963 - The Berlin Wall was opened for the first time. It
remained open for the holiday season, but closed again on January 6, 1964. 4,000
people crossed over to visit relatives during this period.
1967 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released
from jail
1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate
Lebanon
1986 - The Bangles’ Walk like an Egyptian moved to the top of
the "Billboard" "Hot 100". It was #1 for three weeks.
1989 US troops invade Panama & oust Manuel Noriega, but don't
catch him 1999 Portugal returns Macau to China
A picture issued in May 2002 shows a simulation of Beagle 2 on
the Martian surface. The British spacecraft the size of an open umbrella began
the final leg of its mission to find life on Mars where it should parachute down
on Christmas morning and start broadcasting a tune by Britpop band Blur. (Beagle
2/HO)
Peace on Earth.
