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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
And What Have We Here?
It's been a while since I've done a news round-up, so... here's the "Day Before The Inauguration" Edition of "Today's Headlines:
Dr. Condi Rice highlighted the "Outposts of Tyranny" yesterday during her Senate Confirmation hearing. The Big Six? Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), North Korea, Iran, Belarus, and Zimbabwe. Dang. Stinks to be them.
In related news, Dr. Rice heads back up to Capitol Hill for Day 2 of questioning by Democrats who haven't quite been able to "get over it." (It's on live right now on FoxNews- Dr. Rice really looks like she's about to go ballistic on Senator Boxer... I hope she does.)
President Bush is making the rounds this week, hitting all the big Inauguration parties, including the ones for the big donors who made the festivities possible. But the media says it like it's a bad thing. Whatever.
California performed its first execution since capitol punishment was reinstated in 1977. What took them so long? (Alan- thanks. This was the 11th execution, not the first, since capitol punishment was renistated. I had linked to a correct news article, but I got the "first execution" bit from a different - obviously wrong- article. my bad.- B)
A man in DC threatened to blow up his van if he didn't get his children back. He didn't really think they'd just hand over his kids. Did he?
In the "how much money did we waste on this?" file, a report states that seat belts and air bags save lives. In related news, the sky is blue and water is wet.
The Justice Department charged someone in the Iraq Oil-for-Food program, and he's already pleaded guilty. How's that UN investigation going again?
Secret Service agents are investigating a house with swasktikas and the words "Die Bush" painted on it. A friend of the owner painted over the phrase, saying the owner "decided it had all gone too far." Gee, ya think?
And, finally, researchers in England think that grammar lessons don't help students. I really don't get it. They don't think proper structure is important? What's up with that?
Where's my coffee? I need more coffee.
Dr. Condi Rice highlighted the "Outposts of Tyranny" yesterday during her Senate Confirmation hearing. The Big Six? Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), North Korea, Iran, Belarus, and Zimbabwe. Dang. Stinks to be them.
In related news, Dr. Rice heads back up to Capitol Hill for Day 2 of questioning by Democrats who haven't quite been able to "get over it." (It's on live right now on FoxNews- Dr. Rice really looks like she's about to go ballistic on Senator Boxer... I hope she does.)
President Bush is making the rounds this week, hitting all the big Inauguration parties, including the ones for the big donors who made the festivities possible. But the media says it like it's a bad thing. Whatever.
California performed its first execution since capitol punishment was reinstated in 1977. What took them so long? (Alan- thanks. This was the 11th execution, not the first, since capitol punishment was renistated. I had linked to a correct news article, but I got the "first execution" bit from a different - obviously wrong- article. my bad.- B)
A man in DC threatened to blow up his van if he didn't get his children back. He didn't really think they'd just hand over his kids. Did he?
In the "how much money did we waste on this?" file, a report states that seat belts and air bags save lives. In related news, the sky is blue and water is wet.
The Justice Department charged someone in the Iraq Oil-for-Food program, and he's already pleaded guilty. How's that UN investigation going again?
Secret Service agents are investigating a house with swasktikas and the words "Die Bush" painted on it. A friend of the owner painted over the phrase, saying the owner "decided it had all gone too far." Gee, ya think?
And, finally, researchers in England think that grammar lessons don't help students. I really don't get it. They don't think proper structure is important? What's up with that?
Where's my coffee? I need more coffee.
