And now, on the lighter side:

The Chi-Coms are giving it to us from both ends:
"The missile tested earlier this month is believed to be a more advanced version of the CSS-5, known as a Mod 2. The CSS-5 is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of up to 300 kilotons"
[url]http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020723-368019.htm[/url]

and:
"China has always supported the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction"
[url]http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020723-90284050.htm[/url]


The Arabs are all against us:
From Iran:"Any interference into the domestic affairs of Iraq would be against the interest of the people of Iraq, the interest of the countries of the region and it would be against the peace and tranquility of the region and the world,"
[url]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020723/wl_nm/iraq_iran_usa_dc_1[/url]

From Turkey:
"Iraq is ... so developed technologically and economically despite the embargo, that it cannot be compared to Afghanistan or Vietnam," Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in an interview on state-run television.
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1086&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20020721/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_us_2[/url]

Comment: why this idiot thinks it will more difficult this time than last time is beyond me however


And just when you thought your last refuge of peace and tranquility was at home with the family comes this:
Husbands never remember marital spats. Wives never forget. A new study of that ancient matrimonial given suggests a reason: Women's brains are wired both to feel and to recall emotions more keenly than the brains of men.
[url]http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020723-19177660.htm[/url]

I can't take it anymore.  

Jane, stop this crazy thing!

We live in interesting times.