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Hump Day Quick Fix 6 — 6/1/05

You can find the Vanity Fair article about former U-of-I Vandal/No. 2 FBIer turned Deep Throat Mark Felt here (and pictured above). Bob Woodward confirming Felt's identity as Deep Throat here. And the Washington Post editorial about Felt here.

1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Real estate bubble), Monte Wolverton (PBS), and Steve Benson (John Bolton).

2. Political Humor Fix: "Michael Jackson is broke. According to ABC he is broke and can’t make the payroll for the employees at the Neverland Ranch. It’s so bad that tonight the kids at the dinner table said, 'Llama again?!'" -- Jay Leno.

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History (Helen Keller dies) here, Today's Birthdays (Marilyn Monroe) here, and Word of the Day (homogenous) here.

4. Top of the News Fix: Canada Red Cross guilty in scandal here, US captures former Saddam regime spy here, Iranian smuggling ring busted near Mexican border here, Dutch likely to vote against EU constitution here, and Expert: Obesity must be treated as disease here.

5. Harmful Book Fix: "Communist Manifesto" heads the list of the 10 most harmful books of the 19th and 20th centuries, compiled by a group of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders for Human Events here.

6. Opinion Fix: Kathleen Parker/Townhall (I don't want to be Paris), Brent Bozell/Media Research Center (Believing worst about USA), Claudia Rosett/Wall Street Journal ("Nightline" needs an enemies' list), Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services (French chickens come home to roost), and Michelle Malkin/Townhall (Truth about Gitmo),



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.