Month September 2004

Chilly weather returns to Los Angeles Yes, it’s finally happened. The temperatures in the San Fernando Valley, the part of L.A. where I live, are plummenting. Today should be a mere 85, down from the week or so of 100 degree weather…

Nader says he’ll take on Democrats in swing states 2004 Petitioning/Ballot Status for President In what could become a worst-case scenario for Democrats, Ralph Nader announced plans to launch a spirited new phase to his independent candidacy in swing states…

Amid cheers, terrorists have landed in the U.S. LA Times OpEd Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso inexplicably pardoned four Cuban exiles convicted of “endangering public safety” for their role in an assassination plot against Fidel Castro during a 2000 international summit…

Disaster accomplished Scores are dead after violence spreads in Iraq, NY Times In a series of tightly sequenced attacks, at least 25 Iraqis were killed by suicide car bombings and a barrage of missile and mortar fire in several neighborhoods…

Did Colin Powell call neocons “fucking crazies?” A furious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of State Colin Powell described neo-conservatives in the Bush administration as ‘fucking crazies’…