British pharmacist creates spoof WMD Google result
Anthony Cox a 34 year old British pharmacist made an authentic looking error page for WMD searches. The prank appeared on a site that linked from friends and Web diaries and climbed Google rankings.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 2003
Page
2
Anthony Cox a 34 year old British pharmacist made an authentic looking error page for WMD searches. The prank appeared on a site that linked from friends and Web diaries and climbed Google rankings.
Democratic candidate Bob Graham criticized President Bush for deceiving the public over Iraq’s weapons program during a Miami Beach NAACP convention forum. He declined the three letter word for lies, citing deceit, and questioned impeachment standards if a president knowingly deceives on war decisions.
Pierce Brosnan, famed for four recent James Bond roles, will receive an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II. The Irish actor is praised by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw for his film work and charitable efforts. The award will be presented in Dublin by Stewart Eldon.
Baylor senior and Midland High School graduate Andy Melnick won MasterCard's Priceless Edge internship, earning two weeks in MLB front offices after entering a 250 word essay contest with 33 000 entrants. He toured Chicago during the all star game week and will work with the Cardinals and Mets after the event.
A front page snippet lists mailing addresses and contact numbers for the Odessa American newspaper. It includes office lines, advertising contacts, and rates for daily, Sunday, and weekend subscriptions, along with copyright notice and publication details.
Fox like column satire recounts a string of political jests and pop culture riffs. It lampoons President Bush with a joke about a Pretoria welcome and riffs on the World Series home field, Kobe Bryant, Damon Stoudamire, the USS Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair, Tenet, and Iraq war politics.
Recurring safety theme highlights senior motorists mistaking the accelerator for the brake. Incidents include Henry Clax 78 Jersey City NJ hitting lampposts and colliding with pedestrians at a Jehovah's Witnesses assembly in April. Marcella Stahly 63 Albuquerque tore through a fruit market wall in March. Nahid Navizadeh 64 New Fairfield CT plowed into a bank in April. Leonard Borok 81 Coral Springs FL crashed into a post office window in May. Wauona Reed 85 Crescent City OR struck 26 people leaving a church in January.
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