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Friday, August 01, 2003

Senators Trade Words Over DeLay Barbs. "I certainly don't want to see Teddy Kennedy in a Navy flight suit." House Majority Leader Tom DeLay used that image in a speech last week as he accused Democrats of a lack of leadership on national security. His joke at the expense of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., touched off a verbal war Friday. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] But of course the lie in DeLay's statement is that Kennedy actually served in the Army. DeLay, like most of the other Republicans running the show these days, did not. 6:03:54 PM  Permalink  comment []

Boeing "brain drain" linked to Columbia accident. spacetoday.net: Report A loss of hundreds of highly-trained engineers when Boeing moved offices two years ago may have played a role in the Columbia accident, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. In 2001 Boeing shifted space shuttle engineering offices from California to Texas, but about 80% of the 500 employees in California refused to move, forcing Boeing to hire new employees, including many engineers, in Texas. The STS-107 mission was the first time the new Texas office has primary responsibility for the shuttle flight. Engineers who remained behind in California told the Times that they believe that they would have... [Moon Farmer] 1:18:23 PM  Permalink  comment []

wackier and wacker. Larry Flynt will run in the California recall election And he's serious too. Could he get the plurality needed to win? Oh and Arnold has anounced... that he'll anounce his decision on the 6th [MetaFilter] Well, since I don't have the cash to mount a serious run, it seems like Larry is a good second choice. I hereby release all my delegates to Larry Flynt. 1:13:04 PM  Permalink  comment []

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