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Monday Quick Fix 6 (11/15/04)

Colin Powell and three other cabinet members are jumping ship, now that Dubya has won re-election. At least 6 of 15 cabinet members will need to be replaced. A problem? Or an opportunity? Time will tell here.

1. Political 'Toon Fix: Daryl Cagle & Co. look at the state of the Democratic Party here.

2. Humor Fix: "Some Palestinians are accusing Arafat’s wife of only being interested in Arafat’s money. Well, come on, she knew those good looks were going to fade one day" -- Jay Leno (rest of Friday monologue here).

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, This Day in Music here, Today's Birthdays here, and Positive Quote here.

4. Top of the News Fix: 2 of Allawi's kidnapped relatives freed here, Body of blond woman found in Fallujah (photo above is of Marines attacking from same bridge in Fallujah where Islamo-fascists hung the bodies of American contractors last spring) here, Cuban performers seek asylum in Las Vegas here, Frist withholds Specter support here, and Spammer got rich but ended up in prison here.

5. Pro-Life Fix: Pro-life groups say Scott Peterson's trial and the ultimate double murder verdict "is further evidence of the growing shift in U.S. law regarding protection for all human life, including young humans who still reside in their mother's wombs" here.

6. Opinion Fix: Sheryl McCarthy (Bill Cosby), Christopher Caldwell (Holland's deadly tolerance), Joe Klein (Dems' value gap), Christian Science Monitor (Message from Fallujah), and John Leo (Alfred Kinsey).

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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.