Director George Tenet and others at the CIA were briefed in August 2001 about the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui in a paper titled “Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly.” But Tenet barely had any contact with President Bush during the month of August because the commander-in-chief was … on vacation. Here is the text. Trust, Don’t …
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I love McSweeney’s
How a six-foot-three, 225-pound African-Canadian nearly became the King of the Jews.
Housing crazies
Living in a place like San Diego, it has been pretty obvious that there is something very wrong with the housing market. Now the potential for a housing bubble seems to be getting some attention: MSNBC story, Washington Monthy story, MSN Money, more here, here, and here. Best argument against a bubble here.
Hired Guns
More info on private military contractors in Iraq and the issues they bring up.
Heavy curtains
Woke up to the new ball park down town setting off fireworks. Uhg. I hope that isn’t a regular thing. The lights on the thing have already ruined my poor view… I can only guess that the people in their expensive places downtown are buying heavy curtains. Went down to Puerto Nuevo yesterday with my …