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June 2004
June 25, 2004
Reuters – “Evil Bush Crusaders and Their Heavily Armed Infidel Proxies Launch Sneak Attack on Bedoui
June 25, 2004
Will the monkey dance today?
The monkey is tired and strung out on barbituates. But he hasn’t put away his tap shoes, if that’s what you’re asking.
June 25, 2004
Internal Combustion
From “Tortured Arguments: How to interpret those Bush interrogation documents,” WSJ: The good, if under-reported, news is that the pile of documents released by the Bush Administration this week effectively rebuts the charges of “torture” that have been flying around. While White House and Justice Department lawyers did explore the legal limits of permissible interrogation techniques–something it would have been irresponsible not to do after 9/11 — it turns out
June 25, 2004
Context
Q: How many New York Times news editors does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: That’s not a lightbulb, it’s a 1964 Corvair convertible with racing seats. And what precisely do you mean by “screw in”?
June 25, 2004
Par for the course, I guess
I missed this epilogue earlier, so maybe you did, too: “Iraqi Militants [Islamic terrorists with no connection to Iraq who are currently working in Iraq – ed.] Plant Bomb in Kim Sun-il
June 25, 2004
New York Times: “Okay, so there is a document proving ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda,
…but it doesn’t exactly prove prove that Bin Laden and Saddam ordered a single milkshake and two spoons, if you catch our drift.” From today’s Times: The document, which asserts that Mr. bin Laden “was approached by [the Iraqi] side,” states that Mr. bin Laden previously “had some reservations about being labeled an Iraqi operative,” but was now willing to meet in Sudan, and that “presidential approval” was granted to
June 24, 2004
Reuters – “Gore Says Bush Lied About Iraq to Push for War”
“Beginning very soon after the attacks of 9/11, President Bush made a decision to start mentioning Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein in the same breath in a cynical mantra designed to fuse them together as one in the public’s mind,” Gore said in a speech at Georgetown University Law Center. […] He said Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney continue to argue for a connection between bin Laden’s al
June 24, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 24
Deadbeat neighbor: “I got no problems with this economy.” Me: “No?” Deadbeat neighbor: “No. No idea what this Kerry fellow is yammering on about.” Me: “Well, good for you.” Deadbeat neighbor: “Yep. Seems those tax cuts really did the trick, eh?” Me: “That’s what they tell me, yeah. So wait…does this mean you’ll be buying your own newspapers from here on out?” Deadbeat neighbor: “Oh, well, I rather doubt that.