This Week's Headlines

W's Records Gone: Must Not Have Had Damning Info In Them -- Military payroll records that could more fully document President Bush's whereabouts during his service in the Texas Air National Guard were inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon. Coincidence?(AP 07/09/04)
Bowie's Pipes Get A Good Scrubbing -- Musician David Bowie underwent an emergency angioplasty to open a blocked heart artery in Germany and is recuperating, his spokesman said. At 6'1" and weighing 116 lbs, the surgeons successfully scraped 18 pounds of decades-old heroin tar from his pulmonary artery. (AP 07/09/04)
Bush Gets Layed -- White House says it has been "quite some time" since Bush and indicted Enron CEO Kenneth Lay talked with each other--at least a couple years since Lay gave Bush over $200K, co-chaired an economic summit for Bush Sr. and was a "pioneer" status fund-raiser for George W's 2000 campaign. Despite their alleged distance, Bush still had a nickname for Lay: Kenny-Boy. Don't we all give strangers nick-names? (AP 07/08/04)
JackieO Gains Super Powers: Ability To Disappear Off Blog Comments for Weeks At A Time -- The irreverent rockophile iPod listener and T|P Blog diva vanished from the comments section of the Turner|Phelps Blog for more than a week, only to reappear for a quickie this week. Where does she go? What is she listening to today on iPod? Will she return? Does she have an arch-nemesis?
Kerry Chooses Edwards To Bring Some Life To His Frighteningly Grave Visage -- Dem John Kerry defended his choice of John Edwards as his running mate on Thurs night against GOP criticism that he lacks experience, saying the freshman senator from NC was "strong enough and skilled enough to lead" the country if necessary. Plus he has great hair. (AP 07/06/04)
Tom Ridge Keeps Our July 4th Spirits Up With Prediction Of Terrorist Attacks -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Friday he saw no contradiction in the government's renewed public warning of likely terrorist attacks and its unwillingness to raise the official terror alert level. Earlier at a news conference he announced that a steady stream of intelligence, including Web sites (like this Blog), indicates al-Qaida wants to disrupt the upcoming U.S. elections. (AP 07/07/04)