Why am I the last to know? Today is 030303!
Another slap in the face for das Wiesel Gerhard Schroeder, as his Social Democrats lose big to the Christian Democrats in local elections in Schleswig-Holstein.
You too can play Catch the Weasel!
The Observer has published what it claims is a leaked NSA memorandum describing increased US surveillance of UN delegations related to the Iraq resolutions. Teehee. Sounds good to me. Going to the UN Security Council to ask permission to defend our national interests is all a parlor game to begin with. If we have to pretend to consult with the French-educated, election-stealing potentate of Cameroon on national security decisions, then we should do what we have to do to get the answer we need to get.
The Shark is a Crawly Amphibian! Most other sharks, on the other hand, are mere Chondrichthyes
I have discovered the refreshing antidote to Gretta Duisenberg. Welcome to the blog world, Pieter!
UPDATE Pieter has more to say on Duisenberg and the current Dutch antipathy to Israel
Cool, I've learned a new German word! The plural is 'die Wiesel', but there is no verb 'wieseln', at least according to http://dict.leo.org.
I was thinking that a weasel was closest to 'der Marder', which is famous in Germany for chewing through the hoses of parked cars. But now I see that 'der Marder' is actually a sable or a marten.
Posted by: Scott Hanson on March 3, 2003 02:03 AMI think you can also compare it to a mink. I don't think the Marder has such a good pelt.
I hope to see regime-change in Berlin soon.
Posted by: Ralf Goergens on March 3, 2003 05:57 AMRe: The U.N.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be careful."
(Accompanying illustration is on my site!)
Posted by: BarCodeKing on March 4, 2003 09:26 AM