back to normal
That's better. I was worried that the news was going to be unappalling forever, but I was happily surprised to see a glut of appalling pieces today, and I didn't even have to leave the NYTimes.
U.S. Officials Defend Warning of Possible Terror Attacks By BRIAN KNOWLTON
International Herald Tribune 4:57 PM ETOfficials said that even though militants might have conducted much of their surveillance some years ago, the threat was no less real.
Reports That Led to Terror Alert Were Years Old, Officials Say By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: August 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four years old, intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Monday. They reported that they had not yet found concrete evidence that a terrorist plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way.
Gee... You don't think that maybe the reports were dropped right after the convention to draw attention away from Kerry, do you?
Polls Show Tight Race With a Few Gains for Kerry By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Polls showed the smallest postconvention bounce for a challenger since George McGovern was nominated in 1972.
GASP!! Shocking!
Bush Endorses Naming a Chief on Intelligence
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and PHILIP SHENON
Published: August 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 - President Bush on Monday generally endorsed the two main recommendations of the 9/11 commission, saying he would support creation of a potentially powerful post, national intelligence director, and the establishment of a counterterrorism center to coordinate intelligence analysis and efforts to thwart attacks.
A bold move, and yet...
Intelligence Chief Without Power? Support Leaves Questions By ELISABETH BUMILLER
White House officials were vague about the authority a new intelligence chief would wield, raising doubts among some experts about the power of the new position.
...not really that bold.
Consumer Spending Plunges to 3-Year Low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers, the lifeblood of the economy, clutched tight to their wallets in June and caused the largest spending drop in three years. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that consumers cut their spending by 0.7 percent in June from the previous month as high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers.
...but, at least someone's doing well...
Industry expands for 14th month
In the first sign the U.S. economy is coming out of its recent stall, the manufacturing sector expanded at a respectable rate in July on strong orders and higher production rates.
Unocal Says Profit Increased by 93%
Hey, weren't these the guys dealing with the Taliban a few years ago?... hm...
Kerry The Hawk
[blurb] Robert Fisk, the brilliant reporter for The Independent , is clearly at the end of his tether, chronicling the lies from Baghdad and getting exasperated:
I'm not sure if the following is a Fork or a Duh. I guess I may have to develop a new system.
FORK Martha Stewart Living Posts Unexpected Loss By CONSTANCE L. HAYS
Martha Stewart's legal problems continue to batter her signature company, which posted worse-than-anticipated losses today.
FORK Young women trust Bush with secret, Kerry on price of latte - [My vote for worst headline of the day.]
More than half of women 18-24 thought Kerry was more likely to know the prices of a quart of milk, an MP3 player and a latte versus about one-third who thought Bush would be more likely to know the cost of these items.
Roughly four out of 10 women 18-34 are more likely to entrust Bush with a secret (41 percent) while three out of 10 would trust Kerry with a secret.
OF COURSE people trust Bush with a secret!!! DUUUUH!!! How many of 'em trust him to tell the truth!?!?!?!?
argh.
U.S. Officials Defend Warning of Possible Terror Attacks By BRIAN KNOWLTON
International Herald Tribune 4:57 PM ETOfficials said that even though militants might have conducted much of their surveillance some years ago, the threat was no less real.
Reports That Led to Terror Alert Were Years Old, Officials Say By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: August 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four years old, intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Monday. They reported that they had not yet found concrete evidence that a terrorist plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way.
Gee... You don't think that maybe the reports were dropped right after the convention to draw attention away from Kerry, do you?
Polls Show Tight Race With a Few Gains for Kerry By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Polls showed the smallest postconvention bounce for a challenger since George McGovern was nominated in 1972.
GASP!! Shocking!
Bush Endorses Naming a Chief on Intelligence
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and PHILIP SHENON
Published: August 3, 2004
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 - President Bush on Monday generally endorsed the two main recommendations of the 9/11 commission, saying he would support creation of a potentially powerful post, national intelligence director, and the establishment of a counterterrorism center to coordinate intelligence analysis and efforts to thwart attacks.
A bold move, and yet...
Intelligence Chief Without Power? Support Leaves Questions By ELISABETH BUMILLER
White House officials were vague about the authority a new intelligence chief would wield, raising doubts among some experts about the power of the new position.
...not really that bold.
Consumer Spending Plunges to 3-Year Low
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers, the lifeblood of the economy, clutched tight to their wallets in June and caused the largest spending drop in three years. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that consumers cut their spending by 0.7 percent in June from the previous month as high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers.
...but, at least someone's doing well...
Industry expands for 14th month
In the first sign the U.S. economy is coming out of its recent stall, the manufacturing sector expanded at a respectable rate in July on strong orders and higher production rates.
Unocal Says Profit Increased by 93%
Hey, weren't these the guys dealing with the Taliban a few years ago?... hm...
Kerry The Hawk
[blurb] Robert Fisk, the brilliant reporter for The Independent , is clearly at the end of his tether, chronicling the lies from Baghdad and getting exasperated:
Watching any Western television station in Baghdad these days is like tuning in
to Planet Mars. Doesn’t Blair realize that Iraq is about to implode? Doesn’t
Bush realize this? The American-appointed ‘government’ controls only parts of
Baghdad—and even there its ministers and civil servants are car-bombed and
assassinated. Baquba, Samara, Kut, Mahmoudiya, Hilla, Fallujah, Ramadi, all are
outside government authority. Iyad Allawi, the ‘prime minister,’ is little more
than mayor of Baghdad. ‘Some journalists,’ Blair announces, ‘almost want there
to be a disaster in Iraq.’ He doesn’t get it. The disaster exists now.
I'm not sure if the following is a Fork or a Duh. I guess I may have to develop a new system.
FORK Martha Stewart Living Posts Unexpected Loss By CONSTANCE L. HAYS
Martha Stewart's legal problems continue to batter her signature company, which posted worse-than-anticipated losses today.
FORK Young women trust Bush with secret, Kerry on price of latte - [My vote for worst headline of the day.]
More than half of women 18-24 thought Kerry was more likely to know the prices of a quart of milk, an MP3 player and a latte versus about one-third who thought Bush would be more likely to know the cost of these items.
Roughly four out of 10 women 18-34 are more likely to entrust Bush with a secret (41 percent) while three out of 10 would trust Kerry with a secret.
OF COURSE people trust Bush with a secret!!! DUUUUH!!! How many of 'em trust him to tell the truth!?!?!?!?
argh.
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