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Tuesday, May 20, 2003

US backs return of nuclear inspectors The United States Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has said he sees "no problem" with United Nations nuclear inspectors returning to Iraq. Great idea, Rummy, gotta keep an eye on Chalabi and Bremer, there is no honor among nation-builders. We'd hate to see the "smoking gun" appear in the form of a mushroom cloud. 8:30:18 PM    comment []

These are just crappy hothouse tomatoes, 99 cents a pound, X-slit on the bottom, stem removed and the pithy stuff around it, boiled a minute until the skin loosens, cast into cold water, peeled, cut on the equator, seeded with a teaspoon, cut into thin slices, chopped, tossed with a sprinkling of kosher salt and drained. They will go into tacos. Next time I make a taco it will be cold shrimp chopped into quarter-inch pieces, tossed with just a tad of chopped garlic, chopped jalapeno, and a little lime juice. The topping will be sour cream spun in the blender with fresh cilantro and a little more lime juice - and some hothouse tomates, of course, because it is a taco. Slightly warm corn tortilla shell, cool filling. 7:16:31 PM    comment []

Late spring and summer are times of the year when America's produce aisles are filled to the brim with sweet, ripe fruit from California orchards. The first tree fruit of the season is perhaps the toughest to grow. Cherries are susceptible to weather fluctuations, chiefly rain. When orchards get wet during harvest, fruit cracks and becomes worthless. Late spring and summer are times of the year when America's produce aisles are filled to the brim with sweet, ripe fruit from California orchards. The first tree fruit of the season is perhaps the toughest to grow. Cherries are susceptible to weather fluctuations, chiefly rain. When orchards get wet during harvest, fruit cracks and becomes worthless.   The cherry stoner arrived today. No cherries in the stores this weekend or today, but there will be a full report as soon as I get to do a test drive. 4:49:50 PM    comment []

Who Said this? “Overall, it's hard to conceive of anything sillier than the schedule the Senate has laid out. Indeed, the first President Bush had a name for such activities: "voodoo economics." The manipulation of enactment and sunset dates of tax changes is Enron-style accounting, and a Congress that has recently demanded honest corporate numbers should now look hard at its own practices.” Some whacked-out extremist retro-commie peacenik? Who is this Warren Buffet guy? Let’s read his byline in the WaPo oped: The writer is chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a diversified holding company, and a director of The Washington Post Co., which has an investment in Berkshire Hathaway. Okay…that Warren Buffet! I think I saw his name on a list somewhere. You know, if we have to have a CEO-type as POTUS, it would nice to have a competent one with a proven track record and a more realistic sense of what is economically right and wrong. Buffet’s assessment of how his benefits from the dividends tax cut compare with those of BKHT’s receptionist is classic savvy and morality. No bullshit, no frenzied scribbling on cocktail napkins, no trickle down, no blind faith in the lucky winners of the capitalism lottery to spend their savings in a manner benefiting the unwashed masses, just plain talk and plain sense. You heard it here first: Draft Warren Buffet for President.  We’re in a bigger mess than conveniently staged photo ops, 1984-style doublespeak, and vindictive righteousness can cure. It will require competency. 6:08:27 AM    comment []