March 20, 2003
Here and There, Mar. 20

Think Different The man who didn't invent the Internet joins the board of the computer company that didn't invent the mouse and the graphical user interface.

That'll teach 'em Thanks to Bill Herbert for sending the link to this MPEG file [4.5MB] of some Tomahawk missiles launching from the USS Bunker Hill.

Joseph Leitmann updates: "10 minutes ago, about 40 cops in full riot gear/combat mood assembled outside the office on the street to go and confront all those idiots (Saddam lovers) who have made downtown a horrible place today."

and Who says this "civil disobedience" doesn't threaten public safety? I just called the San Francisco Police Department (please, no giggling) to report a neighborhood crime issue. The weary officer who answered the phone grumbled back: "Sir, what do you have, cause we're really busy."

"I tried to appease you and this is the thanks I get?" Traces of the poison ricin have been found inside a locker at a railway station in Paris, according to the French interior ministry.

Perceptions Gap The current online poll at the Arabic language Al-Jazeera asks: "Do you believe that America will use chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in its war against Iraq?" 78.8% answered YES.

"It's insane downtown" e-mails Joseph Leitmann from his office in San Francisco's financial district. "Thought you would want to know all those idiots are blocking every major intersection down here..." The San Francisco Chronicle has more

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Cracks in the Berlin-Baghdad Axis? Germany has expelled a number of Iraqi "diplomats" for non-specific "activities inconsistent with diplomatic status"

Al Barger doubts that Saddam's live speech last night was really a live Saddam. I also suspected it was a body double. Those coke bottle glasses betrayed him. The man who read the speech looked less like a ruthless dictator than an Ernie Kovacs character. Percy Dovetonsils in uniform.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at March 20, 2003 04:18 PM
Comments

Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. He was misquoted and that story is bullshit.

I get the impression you wouldn't be half so conservative as you seem if you weren't so angry.

Posted by: Douglas on March 21, 2003 03:44 PM
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