Daily Archives: December 12, 2002

Is there another shoe?

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

One reason I read Unqualified Offerings is that there’s always an interesting link to something I don’t find elsewhere. Here Jim points to this Gene Healy piece that asks if al Qaeda is as big a threat as we think: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Drop ’em a line

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

TAPPED invites people to email Mark Steyn and inform him that his latest column contains a big, fat, long-since-debunked lie. Meanwhile, Atrios is on Day Three of his campaign to get Jonah Goldberg and Andrew Sullivan to apply the same … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What bodies?

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I knew we were largely whitewashed about Gulf War I. I didn’t realize it was this bad. In manipulating the first and often most lasting perception of Desert Storm, the Bush administration produced not a single picture or video of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Peanut Johnson

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I almost missed this story about Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, one of three women to play (and the only one to pitch) in the old Negro Leagues in the 1950s. She spends her time now talking about her experiences playing baseball … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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They knew

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

There’s a trifecta of Enron-related stories in the Chron today. In the first, we see a law firm’s memo written in October, 2000, where Enron was told that its strategies to manipulate the California energy market were illegal. What did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What’s for Christmas? More lawsuits!

Posted on December 12, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Two more lawsuits have been filed on behalf of 43 people arrested in the K-Mart Kiddie Roundup. The suits seek “unspecified damages” and name the indicted Captain Mark Aguirre and Sergeant Ken Wenzel as well as the city of Houston … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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