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WASHINGTON: This much we know about the third and final Starr report data dump, due Friday: There's no smoking gun. Beyond that, Democratic and Republican staffers on the House Judiciary Committee are already vying to put the best possible spin -- pro- or anti-Clinton -- on the tangled mass of testimony, tapes and transcripts. Here's what the GOP would like you to note: Dick Morris muttering darkly of a presidential "secret police" that keeps the lid on bimbo eruptions; Monica Lewinsky telling Linda Tripp "I wouldn't cross these people for fear of my life"; Betty Currie's growing...
...would have to bless it: the vengeful Republicans, the bitter Democrats, the rebellious Clinton, the righteous Ken Starr. And that wasn't very likely. The only glimmer of hope from the Republican side was coming from moderates who were worried about a backlash against the next ugly data dump, a spectacle that was sure to get worse this week. The party-line vote to release the videotape of Clinton's grand jury testimony gave Democrats their opening. Never mind that two-thirds of them had voted to release everything the week before. The minute the Judiciary committee recessed, Democratic members...
...only 70 miles away, was nearer, he responded, "Prefer Halifax." When the plane was about 30 miles away from the airport, Zimmermann advised that he needed more than that distance to land. He was told to turn left to lose altitude. Still descending, the pilot next reported, "We must dump some fuel." At 9:24 he declared an emergency, saying, "We are starting to vent now. We have to land immediately." The plane was cleared for dumping. Six minutes later, it disappeared from the radar...
...Tough out there, huh? By acting now, though, you can turn the expected "tax-loss selling" into an opportunity. There are some extra risks and costs, but they don't amount to much if you have losers that you expect to sell anyway. The basic strategy is to dump your dogs now, so that when the crowd starts doing it in November, you'll be waiting with a leash, ready to grab the picks of the litter...
...than blowing things up day and night. There's no running water or sewage system; an Imperial County official calls Slab City an environmental nightmare. The county wants to regulate the 640 acres and charge squatters a fee, but the land belongs to the state, which would love to dump it but can't find a sucker...