Volume 2 Issue 89
June 9, 2003
Fighting to Read History
Apparently Hillary has a new book out, you may finally be able to take your cell phone number and run, and stay away from the exotic pets
Something about a book? Apparently Hillary Clinton wrote a book or something? There was an interview? Some leaks from the AP? Multiple front-page stories? Man, what good publicists those publishers have. Apparently the book has already sold out most places, meaning that the million copy run won't be enough, one store in Union Station had a sign saying the book had sold out before 9am -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/08/hillary/index.html
Could it actually happen? A Federal Court upheld FCC rules that by November 24, Cell Phone companies have to offer number portability, where you could keep your cell phone number while switching carriers. They've fought this since 1996, but it may actually now happen -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26146-2003Jun6.html
The Weapons of Mass Destruction, Lack Thereof: John Dean, former Nixon White House council and Watergate whistle-blower, says if we don't find any WMD soon, the Bush people could be in deep trouble -
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030606.html
In an embarrassing decision, the US has begun to print more Iraqi Dinars...with Saddam's picture on them -
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030609/80/e1vgr.html
Another war in the Middle East? Bill Safire speculates on a possible Palestinian Civil War, which looks more and more likely. It reminds me a lot of the situation in Ireland during the Treaty negotiations, which lead to the Irish Civil War -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/opinion/09SAFI.html
Ask and Ye Shall Receive: NY Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote an interesting column last week about why people hate America -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/opinion/01FRIE.html?ex=105 5304000&en=7ac66ae9e3abd77c&ei=5070
But boy is he sorry he asked people to e-mail him their opinions -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/opinion/08FRIE.html?8hpib
Outbreak...again: Monkeypox, a cousin of the deadly Smallpox virus, has broken out in the Midwest, a result of exotic animal imports (hmm...see, Film: Outbreak). Doctors are worried the disease could spread like wildfire through an unprotected population -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30086-2003Jun7.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32265-2003Jun8.html
And SARS is still killing people in Canada -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31782-2003Jun8.html
Texans over the line? Did the actions of Texas officials, and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay overstep legal bounds in the search for the missing Texas Democrats?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26278-2003Jun6.html
And people say the Democrats are screwing up the military? A Republican Senator has disrupted the Air Force by holding up promotions, while trying to blackmail the Air Force into giving his state National Guard 4 C-130 planes -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/politics/09GENE.html
Working on the Railroad: George Will takes a look at Amtrak, and says that a money losing railroad should be subsidized as one of the small costs of democracy -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26674-2003Jun6.html
Can NASA be repaired? As the review board concludes its investigation of the Columbia disaster, many are asking if the biggest challenge won't be with hardware, but rather with the space agency itself -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/national/nationalspecial/0 8SHUT.html?pagewanted=all&position
The latest Mars Probe launch has been held up because of weather -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/science/09MARS.html
Gas Up: Gas prices have gone down again, and may now be bottoming up before the summer surge -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33598-2003Jun9.html?nav=hptoc_b
Look Who's Running for President: John Kerry has a slight lead over Howard Dean in the latest New Hampshire Poll -
http://www.adn.com/24hour/politics/story/911488p-6348412c.html
Look Who's Running for President 2: The surprise candidate so far in Iowa? Believe it or not...Dennis Kucinich -
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/21449193. html
Packing the Court? With as many as 3 retirements speculated, interest groups are gearing up for any Supreme Court nomination battle this fall -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/politics/08COUR.html?pagew anted=all&position
I don't want to know what he did with the bears: Eric Rudolph, the Olympic park bomber and fundamentalist terrorist arrested last week, made some interesting comments to investigators about his ordeal in hiding -
http://www.msnbc.com/news/923626.asp
Ah, Tax Compliance: Billionaires hide money in offshore accounts and avoid taxes. But a Pennsylvania teenager who made $316 as a swim instructor, owing $3.16 in taxes...gets slapped with a fine for non-compliance. God Bless America -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/06/06/offbeat.teens.tax es.ap/index.html
Don't hit Saturn with the pickup: A man in Maine has created the world's largest to-scale Solar System model. All over Maine -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/06/07/solar.system.road/i ndex.html
