May 17, 2004 Monday

Powell's Interview Is Cut Off
New York Times - 5-17-04

…Mr. Russert called it a case of "press management gone berserk."

"I've been doing this program for 13 years and nothing like that has ever happened," he said in a telephone interview. "I remember sometimes in countries around the world this happens, but not in America….

Powell scolds aide after talk show interview interrupted
WXXA, NY

Transcript of MEET THE PRESS

Colin Powell Interview With Russert Is Cut Off
Washington Post, DC - 5-17-04
... of a "Meet the Press" interview with Secretary of State Colin Powell... Undeterred, Russert complained from Washington: "I would hope they would put you back ...

Powell says his assertions were wrong
Seattle Times, WA - 5-17-04
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that what he had called "the most dramatic" element of his Feb. 5, 2003 ...

Powell is so far out of the loop that his aides are telling him what to do.

Good News

Poll: Bush Job Approval Hits New Low AP
Director Moore Tears Into Bush at Cannes Festival Reuters

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam-News

Suicide Car Bomb Kills Iraq Governing Council Chief Reuters
Russia calls for reconsidering Iraqi settlement model Xinhua, China
US, Russia now agree on path for Iraq, Rice says Boston Globe, MA
Some US troops in S. Korea may go to Iraq MSNBC
Gunmen kill Iraqi coalition workers Newsday, NY
Fifteen killed, dozens wounded in Iraq battles ABC Online, Australia
Iraqi insurgents rout Italian troops Chicago Sun Times, IL
Powell Calls for Stronger Arab Condemnation of Beheading of US ... Voice of America, DC
Iraqi Silence Indicts U.S. Occupiers Los Angeles Times
Abuse Scandal Focuses on Bush Foundation AP
U.S. Army Says It Finds Shell with Sarin Agent in Iraq Reuters

Nursery Crimes

Rum be humble,
Rum be slick.
Rum discredit
those photos quick.

John Grant - Japan

Swatch's 'Bunnysutra' watch is featured on a Times Square billboard in New York. The ad features a larger-than-life close-up of two cartoon bunnies in what seem to be intimate positions. (HO)

Disturbing News

The ordeal of Chaplain Yee USATODAY.com
Families Brace for Sept. 11 Commission AP
Lawmakers Told of POW Abuse Months Ago AP
USDA Urged to Weaken Ban on Disabled Cows AP
Electronic voting machines surge despite growing controversy AFP
Palestinians Flee Gaza Homes; Qurie Appeals to US Reuters

My mailbox is back up and running!

lisa@allhatnocattle.net

Republican Shenanigans

US Concerned Over Israel's Demolition Plan-Rice Reuters
Fundraiser Denies Link Between Money, Access washingtonpost.com
Pentagon Seeks to Quash Iraq Abuse Report Reuters
Rumsfeld again under fire after reported link to dubious detention methods AFP
Report: Rumsfeld Approved Prisoner Policy CBS New York, NY

Nursery Crimes

George, George, president's son,

Stole an election in 2000.

But after terror, ruin and war

Can he steal another in 2004?

John Grant - Japan

Biz/Tech News

Oil Hits High on Stubborn Supply Fears Reuters
ChevronTexaco Sells Oil, Gas Fields To XTO Energy Quicken
Virgin delays giant Airbus plans CNN
Possible Cisco Source Code Theft Slashdot
Internet Groceries Continue to Expand AP
Indian Markets Crash on Turmoil Reuters
AOL to Sell Japan Web Service Business AP
'FreeBay' Sites Connect the Cheap and the Green Reuters

Odd News

Should Bush Ask Pope's Pardon for Iraq War? Reuters
Hotel charges $1,000 for omelet USA Today
Passengers scramble as cruise ship burns London Free Press, Canada
Two-thirds of federal workers get a bonus MSNBC
Police eye robbery in killing of scientist Boston Globe, MA
California Teachers Suspended Over Execution Images Reuters
Found treasure in Colombia turns up trouble Chicago Tribune
Cubs' Sosa Hurts Himself Sneezing
Ex-Heavyweight Bowe Released From Prison AP

Cicada Invasion Begins: Eastern US Beset by Bugs
National Geographic - May 11, 2004
... A brood is a class year, like the graduates of 2004 who will be graduating this May," said Gene Kritsky, a biologist and cicada expert at the College of Mount ...

Cicada History in 17 year cycles

1987 Iran Contra Hearings

1970 Kent State students shot by National Guardsmen

1953 The McCarthy Hearings Begin

Notes, quotes from Campaign 2004
MLive.com, MI - May 14, 2004
... Like a cicada, Senator Kerry would like to shed his Senate career and morph into a fiscal conservative, a centrist Democrat opposed to taxes, strong on defense ...

After a 17-year nap a newly emerged Cicada is seen in the yard of a home in suburban Washington, Saturday, May 15, 2004. Trillions of red-eyed insects are crawling their way above ground in 14 states and the nation's capital. Loudmouthed and ugly, the cicadas will fly clumsily into pets, bushes and unwitting pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Then they'll disappear for another 17 years.(HO)

Peace.