“Tough guy Attorney General John Ashcroft will appear Tuesday on funny man David Letterman’s late-night television program to show that the nation’s top lawman can take a joke and carry a tune,” Arizona Central

“Tough guy Attorney General John Ashcroft will appear Tuesday on funny man David Letterman’s late-night television program to show that the nation’s top lawman can take a joke and carry a tune,” Arizona Central

Wallace Beery and the Three Stooges? Involved in a

Ummm. Tawny Kitaen. I just loved her in the original Witchboard. And in that Tom Hanks movie with all the nudity and drinking and debauchery. Wonder what she’s up to these days…?

“The leaders of Hamas, the militant Islamic movement responsible for the most deadly suicide attacks in Israel in the last week, are pleased and satisfied just now,” The New York Times reports. “‘Our spirit is high, our mood is good,’ said Ismail Abu Shanab, one of the organization’s leaders.” If Israel attacks Gaza, as it has areas of the West Bank, he and the other leaders would likely be principal

“The leaders of Hamas, the militant Islamic movement responsible for the most deadly suicide attacks in Israel in the last week, are pleased and satisfied just now,” The New York Times reports. “‘Our spirit is high, our mood is good,’ said Ismail Abu Shanab, one of the organization’s leaders.” If Israel attacks Gaza, as it has areas of the West Bank, he and the other leaders would likely be principal

President Bush, speaking of suicide bombers: “They’re not martyrs. They’re murderers. And they undermine the cause of the Palestinian people” — …On Israel: “I call on Israel to withdraw from the cities they’ve recently occupied.” I watched the Bush press conference on ABC (the lead-in came from “GMA“) and listened to Peter Jennings and Charlie Gibson offer their “analyses” of the speech afterwards. To hear these two chowderheads tell it,

Another coupla’ blogs I’d like to point people towards (in addition to the marvelous Myria’s — who’s so marvelous, in fact, that she’s already gained a link of honor on the Captain’s site after, what’s it been, Myria? three days of blogging…?). First, check out Laurence Simon’s very funny File 13. Second, go visit R. Addison’s contemplative (eg. — “If blades of grass exist in another dimension as entities with

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