23 October 2003 By The Morning News — 23 Oct 2003 New York's currently: heading down to the Rose Parade The danger of religious war is real, and the U.S. isn't calming anyone. Fearing Protestant backlash, Trimble demands numbers from the I.R.A. while Blair and Ahern push for disclosure. Today, we lack metrics to know if we are winning or losing the global war on terror. Rumsfeld memo currently not proved to be leaked by Rumsfeld. Related: A strong Iraq needs strong Republicans. More details of U.S. government shackled to corporations shock no one. Related: Brush up on your Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Interview with South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys on Mbeki's comment that he knows no one with HIV. Receive your mail-from-a-truck as mail-in-your-computer with ScanMe. Butt-plug chosen over fairy tales for New York City school. Synthetic blood made from human red blood cells survives in patients. 315 acres of land, two men, death. How to Talk Mean and Influence People, by Tony Hoagland. (Also, 'Commercial for a Summer Night.') Worst book covers. On the impossibilities of replacing George Plimpton or Elliott Smith. Powerful tricks and tactics of intimidation practiced by flacks. The age-old question: How much is inside? Notice, the setting is one of those innumerable places not worth caring about which someday will add up to a nation not worth defending. October's Eyesore of the Month by James Kunstler.
