Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Salam Pax has linked to a new Iraqi weblog, by a woman who calls herself "Riverbend." Both of them are pretty unhappy about the bombing of the UN headquarters--this makes an interesting contrast to non-Iraqi commentators who have suggested that it was Iraqis angry about the decade of sanctions. 10:19:12 PM    comment () World Bank, IMF Pull Staff Out of Iraq [AP World News] It looks like the destruction of the UN headquarters did some good for the people of Iraq after all. Maybe Argentina will take this as an example of how to quickly run off such parasites. 9:29:46 PM    comment () Arianna's Ex: 'She's a Chameleon'. You know you're a professional spots-changer when your own ex-husband -- who not only came out of the closet after the divorce, but came out of the closet and questioned his Republican loyalties, to David Freakin' Brock -- calls you a "chameleon" in that New York Times profile you were waiting for. And given Arianna's radically changed positions on Proposition 187 and immigration, this passage was especially intriguing: After Ms. Huffington stated in interviews her opposition to Proposition 187, a ballot measure that bars immigrants from receiving state services and that Mr. Schwarzenegger supported, Mr. Huffington went out of his way, calling a reporter two times after an interview, to say she had encouraged him to support the measure in his campaign. [Hit & Run] 8:21:08 PM    comment ()

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