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Tuesday edition - January 10, 2006 |
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Connecting the Dots: Abramoff and Rove |
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Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion |
Pentagon rejected Bremer's call for troops |
Stick a needle in his eye...
President Bush returned $6000 given to him by super lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He said he hadn't done anything with the money. In fact, it still had the original strings attached.—Jay Leno
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Iraq bombers breach tight security; 29 killed Seattle Times
17 held over 'Iraq warriors' recruiting CNN International
Abducted reporter was living dream in Iraq Seattle Post Intelligencer
Pakistan Objects to Reported US Attack That Left 8 Dead Los Angeles Times
US Army to boot reserve soldiers who won't fight Reuters AlertNet
Sen. Clinton Says Lack of Body Armor is 'Unforgivable' ABC News
If we succeed in planting democracy in Iraq and the Middle East, maybe we can get some cuttings to grow back here in the U.S. – Zing!
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Disturbing News
Florida Couple Charged with Spying for Cuba for Decades Voice of America
Subject: Who's the Capo di tutti Capi?
Lisa,
Another good one (as usual) with "The Abramoff Papers"!
Being half Italian, it inspired this:
Abramoff's singing against his "pal's" wishes,
while they're saying, "Whadda doity rat dis is!"
Jack is saying half in jest:
"Where's my bullet-proof vest?"
While he hopes not to sleep with the fishes.
-Ron
The Capo
di tutti Capi is probably Cheney, eh? These guys are our very own Ivy League
Sopranos, they steal everything from votes to oil. And some of them even dress
like Al Capone. Great comedy fodder. I couldn't make this stuff up.
Love the poem!
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Republican Shenanigans
Blunt, Boehner Share Broad Network of Lobbyist Ties With DeLay Bloomberg
Presidential aides eye Abramoff visits Science Daily (press release)
Pombo defends himself over reports on FDIC probe, Abramoff case San Jose Mercury News
Abramoff sent money through religious foundation, report says KLTV
FEMA deadline changes causing headaches for hoteliers, evacuees USA Today
Things are so bad now the Iraqis are offering to help us restore democracy in Washington." --Jay Leno
Alito Has Memory Lapse
CONCERNED ALUMNI OF PRINCETON: Alito said he had no specific memory of the organization, which Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), D-Vt. described as resisting the admission of women and minorities to the Ivy League school. Alito acknowledged that he must have been a member, since he listed the group on a 1985 job application, but said he would remember if he had been actively involved in it.
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Even when she's perfecting her tan, Sheryl Crow can't get George Bush off her mind.
One Republican Facing Reality and Probably Retribution
"We simply have too much power," says Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaking of lawmakers' ability to target tax dollars for particular projects, contractors or campaign donors. "We Republicans have abused that power badly over the past several years."
The scandals spring from several factors, ethics authorities say. The Republican Party enjoys nearly unchallenged control of the federal government. The congressional ethics committees, which normally enforce the rules, have been moribund.
Rock-The-Voter News
CNN EXPERTS AGREE
"Did you hear about this, Pat Robertson said that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s massive stroke was God’s punishment for him giving up Israeli Territory? If you are playing along at home, this is Pat’s first idiotic statement of the New Year." --Jay Leno
Yet More Connected Dots
Bob Ney, chairman of the House Administration Committee, seems to have particularly welcomed Abramoff's favors.
To hear Ney's friends tell it, the five-term Ohio Republican was set up. He was lulled into believing that a golfing trip to St. Andrews in Scotland with Abramoff and Reed in 2003 was perfectly acceptable because he was told, said one ally, that "it's just like the trip DeLay took" with Abramoff two years earlier. The official purpose, listed on House disclosure forms, was to give "a speech to Scottish Parliamentarians." Never mind that the Scottish Parliament was not in session
Biz/Tech News
Crude Oil Gains on Concern About US Stockpiles of Gasoline Bloomberg
Dow index breaks 11,000 barrier San Francisco Chronicle
Howard Stern unleashed in satellite radio debut DetNews.com
When you have to choose between heating and eating, your government has failed you. – Zing!
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Author Explores CIA Connections to Torture Tactics From Cold War to Present
"The origins of the Abu Ghraib scandal and the Guantanamo controversy can be traced very directly to the 1950s, when the Central Intelligence Agency launched a massive mind-control project that discovered psychological torture. This proved an unheralded scientific breakthrough, indeed, the first real revolution in five centuries in the cruel science of pain," McCoy says.
Bush-Prison-Torture News
'Egyptian message' may be proof of secret CIA prisons Ireland Online
Prisoner Suffers Apparent Stroke, Dies at Abu Ghraib US Department of Defense (press release),
US rejects Guantanamo criticism BBC News, UK
Stadium-style lighting added to fence-line at Guantanamo The State, SC
"According to the Washington Post, Vice President Dick Cheney is limping today because he injured his foot. Cheney said 'If you think my foot looks bad, you should see the old lady I was kicking.'" --Conan O'Brien
Go-F***-Yourself News
Foot medicine lands Cheney in hospital for shortness of breath Chicago Tribune, United States
Cheney's Standing With Republicans OK Washington Post, United States
"Republicans now want Donald Trump to run for governor of New York. I think it'd be nice to see the guy get a little publicity for a change. Friends though say that Donald is very excited about this and he's seriously thinking about throwing his hair into the ring" --David Letterman
Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime
It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
"Lisa, Congrats on your sweep! As George Bush might have said, 'Lucky me, I hit the trifecta.' Seriously, I'm glad to be able to salute you and all the great laughs you provide." - Daniel Kurtzman, About.com Guide to Political Humor.
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Odd News
Scientist faked it all, except cloned dog Snuppy Times Online
Cubans sent home; picked wrong bridge Miami Herald
Artist's rendition of the Milky Way, obtained from Smithsonian-Harvard CFA. The most prominent of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds appears to be interacting with the Milky Way's dark matter, creating a mysterious warp in the galactic disk, astronomers said.
Peace.