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Friday, Jun 01, 2001
old lace
French Scientists Revive Napoleon Poisoning Theory
electioneering
"In some precincts with optical-scan ballots, those who voted twice in the same race were rescued by machines programmed to reject such ballots and give voters a second chance. But not all counties with such ballots possessed the equipment, and not all counties with the equipment used it on Election Day.
Escambia and Manatee counties possessed the second-chance capability but deactivated it. Escambia Supervisor Bonnie Jones said, "People should be able to mark their vote correctly." She said giving voters a chance to correct mistakes "increases the cost of an election," because ballots cost 25 cents apiece.
"Maybe that was a bad judgment call," Jones mused. "Who's to say?"
Thursday, May 31, 2001
dog show
"Her principal media are diversely textured mat boards which are taped securely to a cover of transfer paper. This two-layer instrument functions as an aesthetically sensitive recording device for the artist's bodily engagement with the surface. The canvas is essentially buried, and Tillamook applies her strokes as unmediated expressions of her ferocious instincts to dig things out. As if in a trance of pursuit to expose what lies beneath, she claws and gnaws at the surface, her nails and teeth a flurry of motion far surpassing that of any human in speed and precision."
FOIA
"But on what legal basis is it now possible for the United States, as made manifest through the CIA, to supervise the shooting down of small airplanes thousands of miles outside the jurisdiction? The answer comes in the form of a decision memorandum signed by President Bill Clinton in June of 1994, bringing "closure," to use a fashionable term, to acrimony within the administration on this issue. The documents in question are all available from the National Security Archive, whose Kate Doyle sued for them under the Freedom of Information Act."
i see luger
BOULDER, Colo., May 30 (UPI) -- A federal agency is developing a radar-like device that uses electromagnetic waves to peer through clothing and detect concealed weapons from up to 15 meters (50 feet) away.
QSA
"INSPIRED by James Bond films, the US Army has come up with a $1 million armoured car equipped with gadgets such as a spinning laser gun and electric door handles."
baby gap
"The Hollywood baby machine seems to be at full throttle. Despite firm denials from all spokespeople involved, "Friends" sources hint strongly that both Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are in a family way."
gravel broad
lucinda williams new album reviewed
disenfranchisement
"Clearly, however, one of the major impediments to black voting was the purge of the voter rolls. Florida has one of the nation's strictest laws governing restoration of felons' voting rights. Thirty-one percent of the state's black men are barred from voting because of prior felonies."
girls will be girls
high school girls suspended for topless driveby prank.