June 22, 2004 Tuesday |
|
Bush's Ratings Erode as Anti-Terror Fighter |
Official: Rumsfeld never approved 'water boarding' CNN International - 6-22-04 WASHINGTON-- A senior defense official said the expected release of memos Tuesday will show that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld never approved... |
South Korean Hostage Beheaded in Iraq -Al Jazeera Reuters - 6-22-04 DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi group has carried out its threat to behead a South Korean hostage, Al Jazeera... |
Kerry should save himself some advertising money and just sit back and watch.
"Only 12 days until we hand Iraq back over to the Iraqis. I don't think we're getting our security deposit back." —Jimmy Kimmel
"NBC announced that during the summer Olympics they will set a new record by airing over 1200 hours of coverage. Which is amazing because that's 10 hours longer than the coverage of Reagan's funeral." –Conan O’Brien
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam-News
CIA: No Iraqi officer link Newsday, NY
Iran to Prosecute Captured British Sailors Voice of America, DC
Afghanistan's Electoral Process Is Coming Under Attack, UN Says Bloomberg
Alternate Meanings for Words
The Washington Post published its yearly
contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate
meanings for various words. And the winners are...
1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you
have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat
stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you
absent-mindedl answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up
after you are run over by a steamroller
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed
by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation
with Yiddish expressions
14. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n), The belief that, when you die,
your Soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer
shorts.
Disturbing News
Three Cows Die in Wash. After Toxin Exposure Washington Post, DC
Florida Woman with Human Form of Mad Cow Disease Dies Reuters
Bush-Prisoner-torture-News
Lawyers for MPs can quiz top brass San Francisco Chronicle, CA
US authorities release more prisoners from Abu Ghraib Team 4 News, CA
Torture policy ABS CBN News, Philippines
Republican Shenanigans
Conn. Governor Announces Resignation ABC News
Ex-wife of GOP Senate candidate alleged sex club forays CNN International
Republican Moonies?
Hail to the Moon king
The deeply weird coronation of Rev. Sun Myung Moon in a Senate office
building -- crown, robes, the works -- is no longer one of Washington's
best-kept secrets.
By John Gorenfeld
June 21, 2004 | You probably imagine your congressman hard at work in the Capitol debating legislation, making laws -- you know, governing. But your newspaper probably didn't tell you that one night in March, members of Congress hosted a crowning ritual for an ex-convict and multibillionaire who dressed up in maroon robes and declared himself the Second Coming....
Dayton, Coleman surprised that event was linked to Rev. Moon
Duluth News Tribune, MN - 6-22-04
I wonder if we are being taken over by the Christian right or Sun Myung Moon? Just asking.
"The former president and future best-selling author, Chelsea's father and my constituent." -- Sen. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON introducing husband BILL CLINTON at his book party in New York, according to the New York Post.
Fans Line Up to Buy Clinton's Book
ABC News - 6-22-04
NEW YORK June 22, 2004 — Eager for a few seconds of face time
with their idol, hundreds of Bill Clinton's fans crowded along several city
blocks Tuesday near ...
Have fans ever lined up to buy a book by a republican president?
"Bill Clinton said in an interview that will air on 60 Minutes, that he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky because he could -- and that he was with Paula Jones because he lost a bet." Jay Leno
Cheney's Churns Change the Dialogue from The Daily Scribble
"Rumors have restarted that the Republican ticket will not be Bush-Cheney. But today those rumors were put to rest when Cheney said, 'No, I'm keeping him on the ticket.'" —Jay Leno
Good News
Biz/Tech News
As company profits rise, stock prices ... don't USATODAY.com
Cablevison Reported Ready To Offer $90 All-In-One Bundle TechWeb
Broadband Becomes a Campaign Issue PC World
"John McCain was out campaigning with President Bush over the weekend. And the White House said they're doing it because they are on the same team. You know kind of the way Shaq and Kobe are on the same team." Jay Leno
John Kerry News
Campaign 2004: Kerry gets support of 48 Nobel-winning scientists Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA
Break Time
Odd News
French computer game firm readies launch of Bush v. Kerry election simulation
A molten mixture of gold, silver, copper and zinc that will be used to make 1,650 rings for U.S. Olympic athletes, coaches and staff is poured out of a furnace Thursday, June 17, 2004, at OC Tanner in Salt Lake City.(HO/Olympic Committee)
Peace.