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    | title             = July 21-23, 2003
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    | episodeNumber     = 659
    | length            = 01:53:00
    | airDate           = March 14, 2022
    | coverageStartDate = July 21, 2003
    | coverageEndDate   = July 23, 2003
    | episodeType       = [[:Category:2003 Investigation|2003 Investigation]]
    | previousEpisode   = [[658: It's Pretty Easy Being Greene]]
    | nextEpisode       = [[660: February 11, 2014]]
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Today, Dan and Jordan put Alex in timeout to go back to the past.  In this installment, Alex continues to make stuff up about the death of [[David Kelly]], wastes a load of time, and gets into a fight with a caller from Canada who thinks Alex is a coward.

==Detailed Show Notes==

Topics covered<ref>[https://knowledgefight.com/research/2022/3/13/episode-659-july-21-23-2003 Episode #659: July 21-23, 2003]</ref>:

*Alex discusses his fraudulent version of [https://web.archive.org/web/20050531180031/http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/content/report/huttonreport.pdf the death of David Kelly]
*Bush's [https://news.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx approval ratings stayed slumping] until the end of his presidency
*Alex has a good take on an MI5 officer [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jul/22/september11.humanrights defending intelligence gained from torture]
*Judicial Watch released [https://www.judicialwatch.org/maps-and-charts-of-iraqi-oil-fields/ documents related to Cheney's Energy Task Force]
*There was [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/22/spain.gilestremlett a sexist curfew] put in place in a town in Spain, but weirdly Alex doesn't mention [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/22/spain.travelnews the bombings] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/23/spain.travelnews that happened the night before] at two Spanish resorts
*Alex gets into a pretty interesting fight with a caller from Canada
*[[Chemical Ali]]'s death [https://nypost.com/2003/04/08/chemical-ali-killed-in-his-villa/ was misreported]
*Saddam's death was [http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,93583,00.html the subject of rumors in 2001]
*Uday and Qusay Hussain's deaths were definitely [https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-day-saddams-boys-came-to-stay-20030725-gdw3s1.html a lot less ambiguous]
*Texe Marrs is [https://archive.org/details/TexeMarsRonPaulIsAProHomosexualPervert not a fan of Ron Paul]

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