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Queenie:
My fax program isn't working. That ben folds kid is counting on me to hook him up and I can't.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:37:49 pm)

Queenie:
ANd I need to fax requests for Harry Connick Jr and Styx and Reo Speedwagon and I fucking CAN'T! And Pa's not here to solve my problem for me.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:38:30 pm)

Queenie:
And my toilet is still freaking me out.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:38:50 pm)

Queenie:
Ooh, nice heroin-era richard butler photo

(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:51:16 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Do you think a 44 waist is huge?
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:53:04 pm)

Queenie:
Bigger than Ken. But not huge.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 7:54:16 pm)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the final report on the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, an independent counsel said on Wednesday he had enough evidence and could have prosecuted and probably convicted former President Clinton (news - web sites) for impeding justice and giving false testimony. Photos Reuters Photo More than four years after the allegations first emerged that Clinton sought to hide his affair with the White House intern Lewinsky, a special U.S. appeals court released a report by independent counsel Robert Ray, who said he decided not to prosecute after Clinton "publicly admitted his wrongdoing." "The independent counsel concluded that sufficient evidence existed to prosecute and that such evidence would 'probably be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction ... by an unbiased trier of fact,"' Ray said in the 237-page report. In an investigation that earlier led to Clinton's impeachment and then acquittal, Ray said he decided against prosecution because of sufficient "noncriminal alternatives," including "significant administrative sanctions" for Clinton. "President Clinton's public acknowledgment of wrongdoing served the interests of justice," Ray said. CLINTON LAWYER: TIME TO MOVE ON Clinton's attorney, David Kendall, said, "There's nothing new in this report. It's time to move on." In a statement, he said, "The investigation of President Clinton from 1994 to 2001 was intense, expensive, partisan and long." On the day before he left office in January 2001, Clinton admitted knowingly giving false, evasive and misleading statements in a deal with Ray that ended the investigation without any criminal charges. Clinton accepted a five-year suspension of his license to practice law in Arkansas and paid a $25,000 fine. He also agreed not to seek reimbursement of his legal fees. At issue was Clinton's testimony more than four years ago in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case in which it was alleged he had had sexual relations with Lewinsky. Clinton denied he had, but later admitted the liaison. Ray said that evidence showed Clinton impeded the administration of justice, including testifying falsely under oath three times in the Jones case. Clinton said he could not recall ever being alone with Lewinsky, said he had not had a sexual affair or engaged in sexual relations with her, and said Lewinsky's sworn affidavit denying a relationship was "absolutely true," Ray said. Ray's predecessor, Kenneth Starr, initially investigated the Lewinsky affair. Starr's report to Congress led to Clinton's impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice -- the second presidential impeachment in U.S. history. The U.S. Senate acquitted Clinton in February 1999. Rep. Henry Hyde, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (news - web sites) during the impeachment proceedings, said the report should be the final chapter. "I think we can hopefully put it behind us. I think that's where America wants it, way back there," the Illinois Republican told reporters at the White House. INVESTIGATIONS COST $70 MILLION The Lewinsky affair was one of a number of investigations of Clinton and his wife, now-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites). conducted by the independent counsel's office, dating back to Starr's appointment in August 1994, The investigations cost more than $70 million, Ray said. Ray announced in September 2000 there was not enough evidence to warrant criminal charges against the Clintons over the Whitewater land deal in Arkansas. The tangled business deal was the first matter investigated by Starr. That report is expected to be released later in March, as Ray seeks to shut down his office. Ray ended the report by quoting Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski, who said his investigation of then-President Richard Nixon showed no one was above the law. "A generation later, let it also be said so here," Ray said.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 8:02:22 pm)

Decoy:
Who has a 44'' waist?
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 9:48:47 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Is this a riddle?
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 9:51:13 pm)

Myk Murphy:
jesus, what a day i missed. you have no idea how much one's brain can hurt after reading (at high speed) a day's worth of archives. hopefully my job will settle down a bit so that i can get back to what's important.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 10:47:13 pm)

Heruka:
I thonk you'r alal ful of shit.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 11:47:32 pm)

Heruka:
And by shit, I do mean shiiiiite. Fucking day. I didn't take ths job to do actuall work.
(Wed Mar 6, 2002 - 11:51:16 pm)

Queenie:
Shite?
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 2:06:45 am)

Queenie:
You know, every time I go to post a message, I get the old "page not found" screen and I have to click the back button and do it again before it will work.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 2:07:17 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
I have a 37 and a half inch waist. Does that count? And Queenie: you call Ken "pa"?
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 4:53:37 am)

Cushca:
I saw a man getting on the train the other night with what must have been a 37 and a half inch head. I think he had that funny-head-gone-wrong disease. You know, the one that makes your brain and skull really large. I can't remember the name of it. But anyway, that.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 7:55:51 am)

Decoy:
I was having problems posting last night, too. Same thing. I get the same thing when I synch my Palm on the site as well.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 8:15:34 am)

Decoy:
Seems ok now, though.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 8:17:12 am)

Chewing Wax:
We're moving servers around in the shed. I think our name server was unplugged for a while. It should be back up now.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 8:50:42 am)

Chewing Wax:
or something.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 8:53:00 am)

Cushca:
Wow. That fancy geeky talk really gets me going.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:06:22 am)

Cushca:
I have a headache. A really bad headache. I have tried two heavy-duty painkillers in one day, and still it remains.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:06:45 am)

Cushca:
Throb.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:06:55 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
"Funny-head-gone-wrong disease"?
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:08:15 am)

Cushca:
In my world, that's articulate.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:12:56 am)

Geekoy:
Let me try. Did the domain name system process the zone update yet? Or are we still waiting for the router tables to clear the cache? You should really have a secondary and a tertiary name server for times like this...
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:15:37 am)

Decoy:
Poor Cushca. If there is anything we can do, just ask.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:16:12 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
Are the drugs working? Is the fog clearing?
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:17:04 am)

Chewing Wax:
I don't have a fucking clue about these so called name servers, and what's more, I don't care. And if you want to get into a geek off with our guy who was working on it, you'll get blown away. He is prototypical.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:20:14 am)

Chewing Wax:
If anyone, ever says "tertiary name server" again on this site, I'm closing it down.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:21:56 am)

Mrs Dr GB:
You mean that don't you. I can see it in your eyes.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:24:26 am)

Cushca:
Phew. I'm feeling a little hot. Maybe I'll just take of my cardigan here. Phew. Those geeks, they're saucy little sods.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:26:17 am)

Chewing Wax:
I'm sorry about your head.
(Thu Mar 7, 2002 - 9:36:43 am)