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Like us, you're probably really excited about this whole Anniversary week (An
anniversary so exciting, btw, it takes a full 8 days to celebrate)...You may
even feel the need to drop us a little note, wish us Happy Anniversary,
congratulate us, thank us, you know, that kind of thing...
Our web guru Sam Go up in Secaucus put this cute little yellow box thing
together just for that purpose on our home page http://hardball.msnbc.com just
click, scroll and look to your right...Sam also tells me she's putting a cool
slide show of our past guests which will be posted tomorrow...
Speaking of celebs, Chris is up in New York today interviewing Russell Crowe,
Bill Maher, & Darrell Hammond...What a lineup!! We'll air those tomorrow &
Friday...
Tonight is the big Opus Dei show we promoted last night...We take you inside
with exclusive access to their U.S. headquarters, we meet big shots in the
organization and some ex-members who needed cult intervention to get out..
Here's all you need to know about tonight's expose, the group made famous, or
infamous, in The Da Vinci Code...And don't get on my case about enjoying that
book, I was kickin' it with Opus Dei 20 years ago before most of you even heard
of it...I see elements of truth in all of our guests tonight...Plus I'm
finishing up Angels & Demons which is just as exciting.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8144060/
Here are more backgrounders
For more information on Opus Dei and their response to The Da Vinci Code go here
http://www.opusdei.org/art.php?w=32&p=7017
To contact Father Barrett, a guest on tonight's show, click here
http://www.holycrosschapel.org/
To contact the Opus Dei Awareness Network, click here
www.ODAN.org
We hope you're enjoying our Anniversary...We couldn't have done it without
you...Wasn't it funny last night when Leno was calling Chris a "middle-aged
heartthrob"??
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Poll finds dimmer view of Iraq war...For the first time since the war in Iraq
began, more than half of the American public believes the fight there has not
made the United States safer, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8135134/
Howard writes an important piece I recommend here: Reconsidering Iraq...Suicide
bombers, purple fingers and American resolve
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8144280/
Four U.S. soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Iraq today and
yesterday, the military announced today. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060800756_pf.html
Insurgents Reportedly Ready to Talk...Former Iraqi Official Says Two Groups
Willing to Discuss Ending Violence (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060701568_pf.html
A combination of "jet lag, loneliness and adrenalin" led actor Russell Crowe to
throw a telephone across the lobby of an exclusive New York hotel. (Sydney
Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/06/09/1118123904238.html?from=top5&oneclick=true
Dean defends view of GOP as 'Christian party'...Democratic Party chairman tries
to turn attention to other issues (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8142785/
Democrats' Bolton offer rejected...The Bush administration yesterday rejected
Democrats' proposal for how to release some information to end their block on
John R. Bolton, President Bush's nominee to be ambassador to the United
Nations, leaving him facing a continued filibuster. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050607-104718-1423r.htm
Field set for N.J. governor's race...Corzine, Forrester to face off in November
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8136533/
Afghan attack kills 2 U.S. service members...Mortar bomb fired at American
military base wounds eight (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8141146/
Arms cache found at Iraq embassy in London...Guns, bugging devices, electric
cattle prods discovered (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8138954/
British forces could begin pulling out of one southern Iraqi province as early
as this year, said Lt. Col. Andrew Williams, the senior commander here. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050607-115828-7402r.htm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left the door open Wednesday for supporting
the head of the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency for another term, but said a
decision might depend "on where we come out" on Iran. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050608/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nuclear_agency;_ylt=AuAZciOmROVfFu0gJeWKvmqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2bW85OXIzBHNlYwNwbA--
Global military spending in 2004 broke the $1 trillion barrier for the first
time since the Cold War, boosted by the U.S. war against terror and the growing
defense budgets of India and China, a European think tank said Tuesday. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050607/ap_on_re_eu/arms_report
It's your funeral .In death, as in life, many choose to have it their way with
personalized memorials (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7982823/
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Terminal Futility...Routine airport security won't thwart jihadists,
but it does inconvenience and endanger the rest of us.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2120330
Ridgeway: Felt's Goon-Squad Past...In his day job, deep throat specialized in
smears and illegal break-ins
http://villagevoice.com/news/0523,mondo1,64704,6.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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