Month: December 2002

Those who refuse to cooperate inside this secret CIA interrogation center are sometimes kept standing or kneeling for hours, in black hoods or spray-painted goggles, according to intelligence specialists familiar with CIA interrogation methods. At times they are held in awkward, painful positions and deprived of sleep with a 24-hour bombardment of lights — subject […]

From Willamette Week Online: (via DayPop) The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office Prosecutor Mark McDonnell says that once you set your garbage out on the curb, it becomes public property. After much debate, we resolved to turn the tables on three of our esteemed public officials. Each, in his or her own way, has endorsed […]

At least six Middle Eastern students studying in Colorado have been jailed for enrolling in less than 12 hours of college credit. The students are not suspected of any other offense.

Ron and I stayed home last night and baked bread. And that’s not a euphemism for anything. We went to Dominick’s and got flour, yeast and sugar and came home and made a two-pound loaf of wheat bread with the bread machine. There is something so magical about making bread. It reminds me of the […]

A warning from the Environmental Protection Agency, informing millions of Americans their homes might contain asbestos-contaminated insulation, has not been issued because of White House intervention. A declaration would have also triggered nationwide notification of property owners who might be exposed. Potentially contaminated homes could number between 15 million and 35 million, the paper said.

“Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division I-A football game Wednesday when she attempted an extra point for New Mexico against UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. The kick was low, it was wobbly and it was blocked by Bruins linebacker Brandon Chillar. The kick never had a chance, not […]

The Buffalo Beast publises their list of The 50 Most Loathsome People in America for 2002. Highlights: 28. STEVEN SPIELBERG: Onslaught of films that are full of “wonder” and “splendor” and small innocent boys with bowl haircuts in confusing/terrifying situations. Thirty-year creative progression was from mechanical fish to mechanical lizards. You will want to kill […]

Patrick writes in: Subject: Your 2/18/01 Essay, Hello Kitty, The World, and Me. And You. But really Me. Hi there. It was pure accident, or perhaps good fortune, that I came across your site. More accurately, I stumbled across your site the same way that Dick Van Dyke trips over the ottoman (first two seasons […]

The New York Times reports President Bush has given the CIA shoot-to-kill orders when it comes to bringing in the world’s most-wanted terrorists. The Times said the government has a list of two-dozen terror suspects who can be killed if necessary.

Kissinger steps aside since he’s too connected to business deals he doesn’t want to identify. That and his middle name might as well be Pinochet.