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Monday, May 26, 2003
flower power
"In the first of two part interview, "LINDA" a former call-girl recounts meeting and then working for the New York madam, Sydney Biddle Barrows, in the late seventies. Following her arrest, the press annointed the pearl and power suit wearing Biddles, "The Mayflower Madam." About hookers, Biddles once said, "A call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin."via gawker
Sunday, May 25, 2003
monetary poliseed
"PARIS, May 25 (UPI) -- A senior member of Saddam Hussein's government handed Baghdad over to U.S. troops in exchange for a pay-off and a safe exit from Iraq, Le Journal du Dimanche claimed Sunday.
Citing a senior Iraqi source, the French newspaper reported that Soufiane al Tikriti, head of the Special Republican Guard in Baghdad, ordered his troops not to defend the capital against attack by U.S. and British forces, and particularly to hold fire against coalition helicopters circling over the city.
In exchange, Le Journal claimed, Tikriti was paid several hundred thousand dollars and, along with 20 family members, was ferried in a U.S. aircraft out of the country on April 8."
Thursday, May 22, 2003
24
"There are no innocent parties in "24" because, in the show's vision, everyone plays a part in that fate. When Edward Rothstein claimed in the New York Times last week that "24" presented a "pop-thriller version of power-drunk war mongers [that] resembles Noam Chomsky's nightmare version of America" in which "terrorist guilt is mitigated," he couldn't have been more wrong. No one's guilt is mitigated in "24" and, unlike Chomsky's view, in which we are powerless in the face of the military-industrial-media complex, every character in "24" has a chance to affect the course of the country by their actions. That sounds like the very definition of citizenship to me -- and the very opposite of a self-hating view of America as a neofascist empire that has reduced its citizens to puppets. What may have upset Rothstein is that "24" did not simply presume that the enemies of the republic lurk exclusively without."
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
nic fit
anti-smoking forces chastise nicole kidman for lighting up at a cannes press conference. wouldnt want those adoring fans to get the wrong idea...
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
heir force one
"LeBron James, the most publicized and arguably greatest high school basketball player of all time, is about to claim a new title: owner of the richest initial endorsement contract in basketball history.
The Akron, Ohio, 18-year-old is expected to choose a shoe deal by Thursday that should net him between $100 million and $140 million before incentives, according to two sources with intimate knowledge of the process. The deal will run between seven and 10 years, the sources said."
free buffett lunch
warren buffett exposes the class welfare inherent in the dividend tax debate. how unfortunate that noones listening. maybe the senate democrats should find a cheap motel in oklahoma to hole up in for a while, or at least scream 'stop thief' at the top of their lungs.
catacombs
looks like catherines been blogging since the dark ages in the previous millennium. (does pitas still exist?) lots of indie chatter. reminded me about slatch too.
Monday, May 19, 2003
cocktailor addresses
not feeling hipster enough? read the black table. and what could be more unhip than a new york times article about your weblog?
speakeasier
"Just a couple of hours after White House press secretary Ari Fleischer announced he was standing down, the prime minister's official spokesman Godric Smith revealed he too was quitting.
homer drone
"Dallas Mavericks fans who tried to buy tickets online to the first two games of the series in San Antonio have been frustrated in recent days when the orders were canceled because their credit card billing address did not come from areas apparently specified by the San Antonio Spurs."