Month August 2003

Your inquisitor awaits, Mr Blair

Your inquisitor awaits, Mr Blair Hutton will quiz ministers, advisers and media And the BBC is standing firm, saying they double-checked everything, and can prove the Blair government “sexed-up” the reports on Iraq. Blair’s government may well fall. Would it…

Rap boss Knight back in…

Rap boss Knight back in jail Marion “Suge” Knight, the boss of rap label Death Row Records, returns to prison for 10 months for breaking his parole terms. What’s interesting here is this story is front page on the BBC… 

Turnabout is fair play

Turnabout is fair play More email from the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel — Inspired by the loss of his TV show to an angry outburst at a caller, here’s my attempt last night to provoke Michael Savage off the radio. (Rough…

Cringely’s $2-Million Plan to Destroy…

Cringely’s $2-Million Plan to Destroy the RIAA From the NetSurfer Digest newsletter “Robert X. Cringely can usually be counted on for a good read, and his July 24 effort ranks among his best. As we noted last issue, the RIAA…