What a moron. Jews knew beforehand about the September 11 attacks, says New Jersey’s poet laureate, because he read it on the internet. The internet, that rock-solid source of truth.

On a different note, it is difficult from this side of the Atlantic to gauge what is the media frenzy du jour. You’d think the internet knew no bounds, but unless you also go check the front page of the New York Post you are at risk of missing the local story everybody’s talking about. For example, has the above story already enjoyed 2 days of over exposure, or is it about to be picked up, or will it pass under the radar screen? Difficult to tell. Suffice to say it is not a story that will perk European ears.

The Europeans, of course, have their own conspiracy theories to debunk.

[Mon, Sep 30 2002 – 17:30] Mathew (www) (email) Funnily enough, this is the first time I’d seen this particular morsel and am surprised it hasn’t gotten bigger play. Perhaps it’s too moronic to be given much attention. Most New Jerseyers are more concerned with whether Toricelli’s going to bow out of the Senate race and why last night’s episode of the Sopranos was so bad.

There’s this in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/28/nyregion/28POET.html