http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:07:31 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/09/102310.php#comment-57662 IN OTHER NEWS: * CORRECTION: <B>677</B> American Dead since I wrote this three days ago. <I>(note: check the time; accuracy will vary)<I> * If American hostage <B>Thomas Hammill</B> is executed, it will mark a historic moment: the first actual contribution Halliburton has made in its <B>blood for oil</B> war. Amd from the <I><B>"Stanley Kubrick Couldn't Have Imagined It"</B></I> Category: Yesterday, 4/11/04, in a press conference about the Tet Offensive.. um... I mean the Iraqi insurgency, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt was asked by an Iraqi reporter if he can explain to the Iraqi people how they should deal with the some 600 civilian deaths, many of which have been shown on Al-Jazeera TV: "Change the channel," Kimmitt replied. With a straight face. I'm not kidding. Yes. It really happened. Thanks, George! 57662@blogcritics.org Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:07:31 EDT