The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Where are we going, and what are we doing in this handbasket? It sure is getting warm...
Updated: 5/19/03; 1:08:57 AM.

 

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Friday, January 24, 2003

One, two, three, four MS alerts are at our door. Redmond AlertWatch [The Register]
7:31:17 PM    

AIDS Panel Choice Wrote of a 'Gay Plague' The Bush administration has chosen Jerry Thacker, a Pennsylvania marketing consultant who has characterized AIDS as the "gay plague," to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV and AIDS. [Daypop Top 40]
6:03:30 PM    

Study: Abortion Pill Under Attack. Anti-abortion groups continue to wage a battle against RU-486, the abortion pill. And, according to a new University of Oregon study, their tactics appear to be working. [Wired News]
5:51:25 PM    

Backdrop for President Bush Speech Hides 'Made in China' Labels [Daypop Top 40]
5:47:16 PM    

PHOTO-OP COVER-UP: BOXES READ 'MADE IN CHINA' NOT 'MADE IN USA' When President Bush gave a speech touting tax breaks for small businesses today, he stood against what appeared to be a backdrop of cardboard boxes stamped [base "]MADE IN U.S.A.[per thou] But the boxes in the south St. Louis warehouse had actually been painted on a large screen behind the president. The real boxes in the warehouse were stamped [base "]Made in China,[per thou] although someone tried to obscure the stamps by plastering over them with blank white labels. The White House later acknowledged the stickers were affixed intentionally. [Daypop Top 40]
5:31:04 PM    

The INS runaround. The immigration service's new registration plan is supposed to help fight terrorism. It's also locking people up without explanation. [Salon.com]
5:21:47 PM    

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