Just as the Bush White House tries to sidestep the corporate scandals, Dubya changes his story about a Martha Stewart-esque stock dump he made as director of Harken Energy Corporation in 1990, two months before the shares went sour.
Month: July 2002
The Hick From French Lick goes Carolina.
Looking for a team to call his own, Larry Bird tries to bring the NBA back to Charlotte.
The Rocket’s Red Glare.
Happy Independence Day to all the fellow Americans out there, by the way (even those oppressed in DC…thanks, Genehack.) After spending yesterday in nearby New Haven catching up and playing music with some old friends, my 4th plans probably aren’t going to extend very far beyond Internet Scrabble and a late-night poker game. At any rate, be safe out there, kids.
Good question.
Who Would You Kill?, by way of Cheesedip.
Sci-Fi Crossover.
Current rumor has it that Rupert Giles of Buffy (Anthony Stewart Head) will take on the mantle of Doctor Who for BBC next year. That’s pretty decent casting, I suppose…now can we get Sean Bean as The Master?
Short Term Thinking.
Mitch Lawrence doesn’t like the McDyess trade.
Grrr, baby. Very grrr.
The Dominar Rygel XVI Estrogen Brigade, via Quiddity.
Memorial Politics.
Speaking to the families of 9-11 victims, Governor Pataki declares that nothing will be built on the site of the former WTC. While obviously some kind of memorial on the premises would be appropriate, I don’t agree with Pataki at all on this one. NYC doesn’t need another park…the city should stay true to its organic nature and rebuild on the (extremely valuable) space, particularly if you consider the fact that the WTC project tore up several blocks of historic Dutch Manhattan back in 1973.
Bottles and Can’ts.
New York City rolls back its recycling program, meaning not only less recycling (of course) but less cash opportunities for the bottle-collecting homeless. Bad call. Hopefully, most of us will keep the bottle bags going.
Achilles’ Heel.
While the Dems pressure Bush to do more about corporate malfeasance, Salon aptly notes that Dubya’s in deep.