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Hillbilly

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 10:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess...are they showing a white ford bronco tying up the freeway yet with 2 dozen police cars following it?

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Interesting and sweet article:


DNA Identifies Child Victim of Titanic Shipwreck

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 10:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nope, haven't seen that part, HB, but I'm watching for it. Already have my popcorn in the microwave waiting to hit the buttons once the chase begins.

Maybe this time they'll switch it up and have a canoe chase up the Okee or something. Tired of car chases. Maybe a good foot-and-hound chase.

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 11:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The verdict's in on the Winona Ryder shoplifting case. Hasn't been read yet. If you're interested, turn on a 24-hr news channel.

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryder guilty of Grand Theft and Vandalism; not guilty of Burglary.

Fluff

Friday, November 08, 2002 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Florida finds lost votes. Hmmmmmm...

The Link

Twiggyish

Friday, November 08, 2002 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope Winona gets help. I have always thought she was/is a terrific actress.

Twiggyish

Friday, November 08, 2002 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fluff, AMAZING isn't it?!!

Babyruth

Friday, November 08, 2002 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,835154,00.html
Flesh-eating squirrel!!!

Goddessatlaw

Friday, November 08, 2002 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eeeewwwww!!! Hope it's not rabid. So much for sweet dreams tonight - they're all going to be about small furry carnivorous rodents. That chatter!! Eeeewwww!!!!

Conejo

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 10:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just read on MSN that Iraq has accepted the UN resolution for weapons inspections.

Fluff

Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Pelosi becomes House Minority Leader.

Mygetaway

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Michael Jackson Thriller: Dangles Baby Out Window
BERLIN (Reuters) - Singer Michael Jackson briefly dangled a barefoot baby over the railing of his fourth-floor hotel window on Tuesday, providing a momentary if odd thriller for fans waiting on Berlin's central square below. The 'King of Pop' arrived in the German capital after three days of testimony last week in California in a $21 million lawsuit by a German promoter over canceled concerts.

A crowd of screaming fans greeted the reclusive entertainer, in town to receive a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony on Thursday night, in front of the Adlon Hotel.

When he got up to his room, Jackson opened his window and held a light-skinned baby, a white towel over the tot's head, briefly over the metal railing. He held the baby with one hand.

Jackson also showed off another child who was about four or five years old. The child, whose face was also covered in white, waved to the crowd below.

A spokeswoman said Jackson was traveling with his children.

Jackson has three children, two by ex-wife Debbie Rowe, five-year-old son Prince Michael and four-year-old daughter Paris. He also has a baby who is less than one year old.

Jackson arrived to the hotel wearing a white surgical mask over his mouth and nose, but later removed it.


Link To Story

Twiggyish

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Rig

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 03:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a moron! He could easily have dropped those kids. The freak should be locked up!

Halfunit

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 03:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If anyone is out there watching TV right now, MSNBC is going to show the video.

Nicoleme

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 04:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i saw it on the news at 630(east coast) it was scary!! even if it was only briefly.

Halfunit

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Phooey! They are announcing that Jim Thome is leaving the Cleveland Indians and (pending physical exam) will be signing with the Philadelphia Phillies.

I'm sorry for bumping the thread for this news, but I had to vent. This is really a let down for me.

Goddessatlaw

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sorry to hear that, Halfunit. He's a great player and a great star - a real loss for the Indians. I get a kick out of watching him swing, wherever he is.

Lyn

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Border 'parking lots' foreseen:
U.S. wants extensive information on every Canadian

Link To Story

"...U.S. insistence on universal screening of border-crossers, through some kind of smart-card backed by biometric identifiers such as retina scans or fingerprints, has now become the No. 1 issue between the two countries, Manley said"...

Kaili

Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 06:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Calif. Boy Found 6 Years After Abduction


VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A boy kidnapped when he was just two weeks old was found six years later living with his mother's alleged killer, police said.

Vallejo Capt. JoAnn West said Saturday the child, Le-Zhan Williams, has been attending a Vallejo school and living in Vallejo under a false name.

``He (Le-Zhan) was right under our noses,'' West said.

Latasha Brown, 22, was charged with homicide and kidnapping after she was taken off a Greyhound bus in Suisun City on Friday morning. Her mother, Delores Ann Brown, 44, was later arrested in Vallejo and charged with concealing a child.

One of the suspects led detectives to the boy, after an anonymous tip Monday directed them to the two women, police said. Further investigation showed Latasha Brown had not given birth around the time the child, Le-Zhan Williams, was born.

The boy's great-grandmother, Riva Lee Boyden, said two detectives came to her house Friday night to tell her they had found the boy.

``My life has completely changed in three hours,'' Boyden said. ``I never thought this would happen.''

Williams, the son of local rap singer Lathan ``Young Lay'' Williams, has been missing since May 17, 1996, the same day his mother, Daphne Boyden, 17, was killed and the home she shared with her grandmother was set on fire.

Nimtu

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 03:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) - Former Vice President Al Gore, who came agonizingly close to winning the presidency two years ago, has decided not to run for the White House again in 2004, a senior Gore adviser said Sunday.

Gore likely would have been the early Democratic front-runner and his sudden withdrawal opens up the race to other challengers to an expected re-election bid by President Bush.

etc., etc, just copied the first two paragraphs..

Car54

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow.

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, December 15, 2002 - 05:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is he taking a permanent position on Saturday Night Live? He was good!

Flint

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 08:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pentagon to target allies with covert propaganda

By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
17 December 2002

The Pentagon is considering a plan to establish covert propaganda operations in countries it considers its allies in order to improve America's image and discredit hostile factions.

The plan, revealed yesterday by The New York Times, involves efforts to undermine the influence of mosques and religious schools, perhaps by establishing moderate Islamic schools with US funding. Other suggestions being considered include paying journalists to write stories favourable to the United States and hiring contractors without obvious ties to the Pentagon to organise rallies and demonstrations in support of US policies.

The proposal has triggered sharp debate across the Bush administration because of its plan to run such operations in countries considered not only neutral but friendly to the US. Germany – where many of the 11 September hijackers lived – was one of the countries mentioned. It was unclear whether there were proposals to establish such operations in Britain. A spokesman for the British Embassy in Washington declined to comment on "speculative stories".

Admiral Dennis Blair, a retired commander of US forces in the Pacific, said: "Running ops against your allies doesn't work very well. I've seen it tried a few times and it generally is not very effective."

Official sources in Washington said the plans – contained within a classified policy document entitled 3600.1: Information Operations – were being pushed by the more hawkish elements of the Pentagon and did not have the support of the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld.

Last February Mr Rumsfeld was forced to dismantle the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence (OSI) after it was revealed that there were plans to provide false stories and "black propaganda" to foreign journalists.

But Mr Rumsfeld suggested last month that while the OSI had been dismantled, its work was continuing. At a press briefing he said: "I'll give you the [OSI's] corpse. There's the name. You can have the name, but I'm gonna keep doing every single thing that needs to be done."

(From Asian American News web site. http://www.asianamericannews.com/ )