Anything on the Berg slaughter? Alas, no. That was a one-off, it seems, an aberration. Move along, nothing to see. Hersh�s article ends: �We�re giving the world a ready-made excuse to ignore the Geneva Convention. Rumsfeld has lowered the bar.� Ah. Hereafter the terrorists will be emboldened to saw people�s heads off with dull blades. I�m not going to get into any of that, except to say: 1. the UN Food-for-Oil scandal continues apace. And 2. The first sentence has been handed down in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal. A downgrade, a bad-conduct discharge, a year in the pokey.

Questions: is the Oil-for-Food scandal characteristic of the UN, or not? Is the Abu Ghraib scandal characteristic of the US Armed Forces, or not?

Which body acted swiftly to investigate? Which body opened itself to public hearings and condemnations? Which body put the bad guy in the dock, held a trial, and pronounced sentence? --- Lileks.

We did nothing all day, till it was time for the Rivercats game. This was with the Knights of Columbus group. We missed our turn and came back to the parking lot, and arrived at the gate just in time for the gates to open. We were given a water bottle with coupons in it. Even better, there was a player for the Nashville Sounds designated as the K-man... if he struck out any time during the game, everyone got a coupon for food. Yells around me: "I can smell the burgers!" and the poor guy struck out twice! Heh. The coupons turn out to be twofers, so we'll probably only ever use one of them, but the others make good cache goodies.

We won 10-0 and when we got home, discovered that Vince had called. I called back, (on the cell phone! I know this is no big deal to most people in 2004, but it's still new and strange to us!) and he'll be visiting with Eric in two weeks! I look around, especially at his old bedroom, which has been in the process of being turned into a nursery for the last 18 months, and all I can think is "EEEK!"

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Dear Laura... the truth about the VRWC. (Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)

Whaddayaknow, another letter from Iraq.

Heh heh heh.

Michelle on Giuliani and the "commission." Jeff Jarvis adds his two-bits.

Who's educated?