Volume 2 Issue 118

August 5, 2003

Adjustment Period

Hundreds get ready to run in Cali, the Washington Post tries to get dumb people to read, and the Germans are at it again

This week may be a bit slow on the Swamp end, as I adjust my routine to unemployment :) Actually, what has turned out to be the biggest problem is the slow dial-up speed. What usually took 30 minutes or so to scan the papers for articles took like an hour and a half Monday, and I didn't even finish, much less get to read them all. Then, today the server was down for upgrades in the morning, hense late issue. Anyway, I think it's going to have to be every other day until I get high-speed installed in my apartment, hopefully later in the week.

That Other Country: As the US prepares for talks with North Korea, the North Koreans seem not to like John Bolton, the Undersecretary of State...then again, maybe calling someone "human scum" is a good thing in the DPRK -
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20030804-121425-6611r.htm

See ya later: In other State Department news, Secretary Powell and his deputy have both said they're out in 2005, 2nd Bush term or not. And the people that Bush is considering replacing them with should strike fear into the hearts of everyone. Any Dem should be able to win when running against this stuff -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16856-2003Aug3.html

Helping a dysfunctional industry: Once again, the airlines are demanding huge subsidies and stifled competition. Once again, government is giving in -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/business/05GATE.html?8hpib =&pagewanted=all&position

News for Dumb People: The Washington Post has begun its quixotic quest to compete against itself -
http://slate.msn.com/id/2086597/

California Recall Update: Embattled Governor Gray Davis will goto court to try and delay or stop the recall, as more Democrats peel off and call for a new Dem Candidate -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17606-2003Aug4.html

And Larry Flynt is in the race!
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/04/flynt.governor/ind ex.html

In fact, as many as 296 people may run in the new election -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/03/ca.recall.candidat es.ap/index.html

Look Who's Running for President: More focus on Dean's conservative record when governor of Vermont, and how it may effect his portrayal as a liberal today -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15326-2003Aug2.html

Look Who's Running for President 2: Joe Lieberman warned Democrats against swinging to the left today, spec ifically bashing Howard Dean -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19105-2003Aug4.html

But Lieberman is having message trouble of his own -
http://slate.msn.com/id/2086592/

Look Who's Not Running for President: Al Gore still isn't running. No seriously people, give it up -
http://www.adn.com/24hour/politics/story/959907p-6725627c.html

Well, it's better than the Fourth Reich: Germans have some strange traditions (you may remember the strange English film they all watch on New Year's), but the new German fad sweeping the globe is even weirder: pointless gatherings of huge mobs -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/international/europe/04BER L.html?8hpib

Deeper into the Gutter: E's Star Dates takes realty TV lower and lower -
http://slate.msn.com/id/2086513/

At the Cinema: The new J Lo-Ben Affleck movie bombed big time -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/business/media/04GIGL.html ?8hpib

Disaster of the Week: A Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky exploded and burned to the ground yesterday -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/04/ky.distillery.fire.ap /index.html