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...Phineas Priesthood urges followers to copy the biblical Phineas, who, in the 25th chapter of the Book of Numbers, kills an Israelite man for an interracial marriage. In return Phineas is granted the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, for zealously upholding the creed of his God. According to the current doctrine, Phineas Priests earn membership by killing or maiming homosexuals, Jews and anyone who is not white. There is no organization of Phineas Priests. In fact the order's conceit is that men act alone--not unlike the shooters in several historic episodes, including the assassination of civil rights activist...
...second approach is to say nothing about the sins of the past, and to let the public decide whether the stonewall is covering up some egregious mistake or is rather a healthy assertion of political privacy. This seems to be George W. Bush's current strategy, at least on this question. He has been quick to deny any marital infidelity and to admit earlier excessive drinking. It might be nice to think that a politician can decide where to draw the line on political privacy, but Bush is being naive if he thinks his silence will stop the questions...
...plugs from Rosie O'Donnell and parodies on Saturday Night Live--it caught the attention of hotter, hipper acts. After Madonna agreed to be a BTM subject last season, says executive producer Gay Rosenthal, "the perception really changed from that of a series about has-beens to one for current artists." Recent subjects have included Melissa Etheridge, Lenny Kravitz, Cher and the Red Hot Chili Peppers...
...Wednesday in New Orleans the wall of privacy came tumbling down. Asked by the Dallas Morning News ? they win the trip-the-candidate prize ? about whether Bush would require that his appointees answer the drug-use question for FBI background checks, George W. bit. "As I understand it, the current form asks the question, ?Did somebody use drugs within the last seven years?? and I will be glad to answer that question, and the answer is no." Thursday morning in Virginia, back the goalposts went again. "Not only could I have passed in today's White House, I could have...
...Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. With Yeltsin having promised to step down in 2000 but looking to install a chosen successor (possibly prime minister du jour Vladimir Putin), Primakov's candid 10-minute speech ?- remarkably full of detail for a Russian politician ?- was aimed squarely at citizens frustrated by their current leader?s bombastic incoherence. If Primakov were into sound bites, it would have been: I knew Boris Yeltsin, and I?m no Boris Yeltsin...