Empty Gun, No Smoke
No, it's not another rant about John Lott fudging his numbers.
The weapons inspectors in Iraq have found empty warheads. That's right. Another example of finding nothing.
The inspectors found 11 empty 122 mm chemical warheads and one warhead that requires further evaluation. the warheads are similar to ones imported by Iraq during the late 1980s, the spokesman said.
Imported in the 1980's? imported from where, we wonder?
Unfortunately for the press, empty chemical warheads really don't mean a whole heck of a lot. Now, if they had found full warheads, that might be a different story. Wolf Blitzer might be putting war graphics up on his screen even as we speak. But alas, it's hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and equally hard to make a smoking gun out of an empty bullet cartridge.
However, the press, ready for action, is trumpeting this find as a possible "trigger" for war. Guess the economy is not that exciting of a story.
Speaking of the economy, here's some good news, if you believe the spin: new unemployment claims fell 32,000 last week.
Claims dipped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 in the week, down from a revised 392,000 in the prior week.
But remember, that's new unemployment claims, not total. And it's not really good news if you're one of the 360,000 people who filed new claims for unemployment last week, like Skippy did.
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