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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger "Terminates" Matt Lauer

    08/11/2003 6:07:19 AM PDT · by MindBender26 · 62 replies · 287+ views
    California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger did a round of morning show interviews Friday via satellite. NBC's "Today," which was first up, was supposed to wrap Matt Lauer's interview at exactly 7:08 a.m. so Schwarzenegger could keep his commitment to Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America" (at 7:10) Attempting one of the "oldest, lamest tricks in the book," says the New York Post, Lauer tried to prolong his interview to throw "GMA" off schedule. However, Schwarzenegger's political team in California, wise to morning-show shenanigans, simply cut Lauer's audio feed to the star at the appointed time, terminating the "Today" host's...
  • The World's Deadliest Arms

    08/10/2003 8:27:29 PM PDT · by new cruelty · 34 replies · 630+ views
    NY Times ^ | August 11, 2003
    The deadliest weapon in the world today is not a nuclear bomb or an infectious agent, but a machine gun. Small arms kill half a million people a year, picking off American soldiers in Iraq, turning Liberian thugs into powerful warlords and allowing 12-year-olds in eastern Congo to terrorize their neighbors. The ease of obtaining AK-47's helps turn grievances into wars. Controlling small arms is complex. Guns are easily concealed, trading and retrading in a quasi-legal netherworld. ... THIS IS AN EXCERPT