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Jul. 27th, 2003 12:21 pm'It did not take long for the neighbors to finger Nawaf for selling out Uday and Qusay, a hunch confirmed by U.S. military and intelligence sources. Nawaf will probably receive the entire $30 million reward ($15 million for each son). The raid actually more than paid for itself: Qusay and Uday had with them roughly $100 million in Iraqi dinars and U.S. dollars.' - from See How They Ran, Newsweek.
More from Newsweek, why not. From the set of the third Harry Potter film, director Alfonso Cuaron says Voldemort reminds him of George W. Bush: '“In combination with Saddam,” he says. “They both have selfish interests and are very much in love with power. Also, a disregard for the environment. A love for manipulating people. I read books four and five, and Fudge”—Rowling’s slippery Minister of Magic—”is similar to Tony Blair. He’s the ultimate politician. He’s in denial about many things. And everything is for the sake of his own persona, his own power. The way the Iraq thing was handled was not unlike the way Fudge handled affairs in book four.”' Also the new Dumbledore is apparently 'an elegant old hippie.'
Sometimes baffling stories like this one surface, let us behold a glimpse of their sordid and puzzling wonder, then fade from sight. I vaguely recall one of years back where some 'dungeon master' convinced friends that he was a cyborg with two hearts and psychic powers, then promptly dragged them into a crime scheme. This particular one has some novel freak details: 'Livingston told police he had specifically paid Brayman $80 a week over 173 weeks for a total of $13,840 to protect actress Natalie Portman. According to the warrant, Brayman told Livingston that "eggs had been implanted in Natalie, and if the eggs hatched, she would be invaded by creatures that would strangle off her oxygen and she would be torn apart from the inside out."'
One might think that I would be completely sick of talking about comics, but I will mention that I checked Berlin: City of Stones out of the library yesterday, and started reading it last night. I had ignored the book previously, but it turns out that Jason Lutes is a pretty great drawer, and I did get sucked into the story. I usually like things a little more cartoony and weird, but this was good.
I still need some new icons I think.
More from Newsweek, why not. From the set of the third Harry Potter film, director Alfonso Cuaron says Voldemort reminds him of George W. Bush: '“In combination with Saddam,” he says. “They both have selfish interests and are very much in love with power. Also, a disregard for the environment. A love for manipulating people. I read books four and five, and Fudge”—Rowling’s slippery Minister of Magic—”is similar to Tony Blair. He’s the ultimate politician. He’s in denial about many things. And everything is for the sake of his own persona, his own power. The way the Iraq thing was handled was not unlike the way Fudge handled affairs in book four.”' Also the new Dumbledore is apparently 'an elegant old hippie.'
Sometimes baffling stories like this one surface, let us behold a glimpse of their sordid and puzzling wonder, then fade from sight. I vaguely recall one of years back where some 'dungeon master' convinced friends that he was a cyborg with two hearts and psychic powers, then promptly dragged them into a crime scheme. This particular one has some novel freak details: 'Livingston told police he had specifically paid Brayman $80 a week over 173 weeks for a total of $13,840 to protect actress Natalie Portman. According to the warrant, Brayman told Livingston that "eggs had been implanted in Natalie, and if the eggs hatched, she would be invaded by creatures that would strangle off her oxygen and she would be torn apart from the inside out."'
One might think that I would be completely sick of talking about comics, but I will mention that I checked Berlin: City of Stones out of the library yesterday, and started reading it last night. I had ignored the book previously, but it turns out that Jason Lutes is a pretty great drawer, and I did get sucked into the story. I usually like things a little more cartoony and weird, but this was good.
I still need some new icons I think.
