Sunday, Dec. 19, 1999 -- New York/Washington, DC (APJNS) -- The pundits made a last-minute big deal over the arrest of one Ahmed Rassem, a 32-year-old Algerian man allegedly attempting to bring bomb-making materials (including nitrogen compounds and timers) into the United States through Canada -- making millennial terrorism fears topic one on many of the pundit shows. Other favorite topics included George Bush's "Jesus" moment and a story from yesterday's Washing-Quinn Post claiming that the Clintons would seek reimbursement for the legal expenses they have incurred since the beginning of the Ken Starr Witch Hunt.

Funny how not one of the pundits made mention of the fact that this story was leaked by someone close to the Independent Counsel.

And there was practically not a word on the real news to emerge from the Linda Tripp trial this week: an affidavit from a member of the prosecution team stating that two of Starr's senior deputies, knowing that Michael Isikoff of Newsleak magazine was eager to get his hands on a Tripp tape, handed over one of the tapes to Tripp's then-lawyer in the presence of a lawyer tied to the Paula Jones defense team. The tape somehow ended up with Isikoff in a matter of hours, if not minutes.

Obviously, evidence of conduct that could get four lawyers tied to the attempt to oust Clinton stripped of their right to practice law -- or possibly charged with felony misconduct -- just is not worthy of discussion, especially if it might damage relations with the ex-Starr office.

Here's the way it went:

Forbes Tries to Scare Bush, Buckley's Mummy Scares Us
What's with Tony Snow? Is he trying to bore us (with Forbes), depress us (with Kosovo and Chechnya), and scare us (with the mummified remains of Bill Buckley)? More... 

Cocky Goes Spam-Less
The good news -- no Spam Donaldson.  The bad news -- Cocky is just as unctuous as ever, as she asks the real tough questions of BushBaby's mommy and wifey -- NOT!  More...

Faux Genius Touts Nonissues, Asks Dumb Questions
Issue One: The "faux" millennium.  Why is John McLaugh-In wasting our time with non-issues?

His panel of right-wing goofballs -- and Eleanor Clift -- had us laughing out loud yet again.

Prediction: once again, the insane antics of the loudest pundit show on the idiot box will have you guffawing out loud! More...

Bombs and God

Guest one: National Security Advisor sandy Berger.  Host Bob Schieffer called the alert at all American ports of entry in the wake of the Seattle nitro smuggling incident "serious."  Berger said that the pre-Ramadan season is already a high-alert period and that heightened vigilance is already in place.  More....

Let's have a debate!
If your can believe this -- Russert held a Democratic presidential debate on Beat the Prez -- that is, when he wasn't busy bashing the First Family or pushing vouchers for parochial schools!  More....