Day February 5, 2003

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Colin Powell’s UN speech a flop Colin Powell just did a bellyflop while the whole world watched. His much hyped speech to the UN about why we must invade Iraq right now was supposed to be a thunderous event which would mobilize the…

Equality? From email; “A heart-warming story of the advances of women in achieving equality throughout the world … Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. She noted then that women customarily…

North Dakota found harboring nuclear weapons “BISMARCK, ND—The stage was set for another international showdown Monday, when chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix confirmed that the remote, isolationist state of North Dakota is in possession of a large stockpile of…

Phil Spector murder investigation Police have released practically no info about the murder. Today the L.A. Times reports, “Sheriff’s officials said he <Spector> was not allowed to reenter his mansion, which is being guarded by Alhambra police as a crime scene.” Seems odd the…