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via the morning news:
Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January 28.
"But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks' time he had a portfolio valued at over $350 million.
Officials are quite confident the "time-traveler's" claims are bogus. Yet the SEC source admits, "No one can find any record of any Andrew Carlssin existing anywhere before December 2002."
I can't find the Beavis and Butthead thread, but this is relevant:
Retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey said the Army and Marine forces converging on the Republican Guard south of Baghdad will have no choice but to continue to attack those Iraqi defenders. "We've got no option, we're committed," he said. But, he added, "I wouldn't go into Baghdad before I had another armored division come up into my rear."
On a more serious note, this comes from a back-of-the-Washington Post article that gives a more realistic (ie pessimistic) prediction from the Pentagon about the length of our stay in Iraq, the difficulties we'll be facing, etc. I've asked my brother to send me a link.