Millennium Bug Busted Says Article on Drudge Report

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Matt Drudge has posted a BBC News headline that says the Millenium bug is busted, Two interesting observations. The US media is not the only media to practice spin control. I wonder if Drudge is now part of the spin cycle?

-- Watcher (anon@anon.com), March 15, 1999

Answers

Yeah, and there's monkeys flying outta my butt!! hahahaha

-- Buffalo Bob (buff@hal.com), March 15, 1999.

URL or link, please Watcher.

Mr. K

-- Mr. Kennedy (y2kPCfixes@MotivatedSeller.com), March 15, 1999.


The URL is www.drudgereport.com

Remember, Drudge broke the Monica story, but not everything else he reports can be verified.

Personally, I got a kick out of the link to Larry King's comment that the first family will definitely move to New York after the White House Stint is up. 'Wonder if they'll be sharing the mayor's underground bunker? Lame attempt at humor here. . .

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), March 15, 1999.


Gary North site has the full story and links. Its just the de Jaeger story and Yardeni MISQUOTE we've talked about before.

Absolutely nothing new.

-- Jon Johnson (narnia4@usa.net), March 15, 1999.


Y2K: I was recently mentioned in an LA Times story on Y2K as follows: "Edward Yardeni, chief economist for the investment banking firm Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and one of the most persistent drumbeaters on the Y2K issue, recently revised his estimate for a long global recession due to the glitch, from a 70% chance to 45%. "I've toned down the message partly because progress has been made," Yardeni said. "I would be happy to back off entirely." I still see a 70% chance of a global recession. Previously, I've written that it could be as bad as the 1973/74 downturn. In my Feb. 22, 1999 Y2K REPORTER, I listed five possible Y2K outlooks, which include three recession scenarios and probabilities: 25% for a mild recession, 40% for a bad one, and 5% for a depression. The probability-weighted average is a 3% drop in real GDP lasting about 12 months--a bad recession.

-- (seeker@of.accuracy), March 15, 1999.


FM,

Actually I fear the move of the first family to NYC, and Hillary as our senator much more than I fear Y2k. :)

nyc

-- nyc (nycnyc@hotmail.com), March 15, 1999.


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