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Sunday, Mar 02, 2003

lesson up

"Blast from the past: Politicians on both sides of the argument over Iraq have been busy rummaging through the history books. The pro-war camp constantly warn against repeating the mistakes of appeasement. The antis claim we are heading for another Suez. But which is the more plausible parallel? Matt Seaton asked a dozen leading historians (what they think)."

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youre such a cut-up

"A man's body - from which a lung and the heart and liver had been neatly extracted - was found in an abandoned North Philadelphia rowhouse yesterday afternoon by a man who had been foraging for scrap metal."

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undermedicated

just got linked from hullabaloo. he also added tom moody to his blogroll.

shouldnt be long now before we're the center of the left-leaning blogworld. with all the in depth commentary that i provide, the breadth width and height of my soaring intelligence, and the overall excellence of my faculties, not to mention my command of the language (which one im not entirely sure), i wouldnt be surprised if people stopped blogging as a result. i mean, who wouldnt be embarrassed if they start comparing themselves to what's going on here?

ok, maybe thats a bit of an overstatement. i did catch two mice today. can anybody top that?


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here no evil

"The United States is conducting a secret 'dirty tricks' campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq.

Details of the aggressive surveillance operation, which involves interception of the home and office telephones and the emails of UN delegates in New York, are revealed in a document leaked to The Observer."

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Saturday, Mar 01, 2003

heart felt

the 24-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is deemed terrorist organization by ashcroft justice dept.

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kamel's back

Who is Hussein Kamel?
counterspins perspective
wapo counterspin

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next stop, baghdad

i got pinged by the aiea. i wonder if im to be tapped for the next round of inspections. they dont call me the human geiger counter for nuthin.

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