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Wednesday edition - January 18, 2006 |
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Suits filed to stop spying
Lawyers, scholars, journalists and civil
liberties groups -- several of them with roots in metro Detroit -- went to
court Tuesday to force President George W. Bush and the National Security
Agency to abolish the secret eavesdropping program begun in response to the
9/11 terrorist attacks... |
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White House refuses to reveal details of Abramoff meetings |
New Orleans mayor sorry for 'chocolate' remark |
I'm an Alabama-American.
"President Bush said that the people who are attacking our forces in Iraq are getting more and more desperate because we’re making so much progress. So just remember, the worse it gets, the better it is." —Jay Leno
"I want to thank Jack Abramoff, you know, just because...I'm the first one out -- let's get this thing rolling. I don't know why. Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. Ahh-alright I just got bleeped. Thank you very much." --George Clooney, accepting the award for best supporting actor at the Golden Globes
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Gunmen Kill 10 Security Guards in Iraq Guardian Unlimited, UK
Pakistan: US strike did kill militants Detroit Free Press
Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill US journalist Seattle Times
USAID Paper Details Security Crisis in Iraq Washington Post
Peek-a-boo Presidency
The White House fired back at critics of President Bush in unusually tough terms Tuesday as a pair of civil liberties organizations went to court in an effort to halt the administration's domestic spying program as unconstitutional…Bush's chief spokesman lashed out at former Vice President Al Gore for "hypocrisy" and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., for "out of bounds" criticism. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., joined the fray by accusing Bush of breaking the law.
"Bush is smart. I don't think that Bush will ever be impeached, 'cause unlike Clinton, Reagan, or even his father, George W. is immune from scandal. Because, if George W. testifies that he had no idea what was going on, wouldn't you believe him?" —Jay Leno
Disturbing News
Sept. 11 workers die of health problems; direct link to Ground Zero unclear Canadian Press
Plot to Kidnap Blair's Son `Grotesque,' Fathers Campaigner Says Bloomberg
2 UN peacekeepers from Jordan killed Miami Herald
Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller speaks about jail Boca Raton News, USA
Supreme Court Dodges Big Abortion Ruling Washington Post
"I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate." - Richard M. Nixon
Judging Actively
Chief Justice John Roberts expressed doubts Tuesday about legal restrictions on political ads by outside groups as the Supreme Court took up a new challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.
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Republican Shenanigans
GOP backs new curbs on lobbyists' influence Boston Globe
Group calls for Shuster to pay up Chambersburg Public Opinion, PA
Sikh American woman named Republican Whip Hindustan Times, India
US won't require passports at border London Free Press, Canada
Confrontations hard to avoid for Bush Belleville News-Democrat, IL
Hoping for Another DEEP THROAT
Bob Woodward spoke to a full house Tuesday night at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School about what was on his mind. "The thing that is interesting me right now is President Bush," Woodward said
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BeamMeUpArt: featuring paintings by imprisoned ex-U.S. Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio)
Rock-The-Voter News
Lott Eyes Reelection, And Maybe Leader's Post Washington Post
Republican Sen. McCain woos old foes in South Carolina ABC News
"President Bush met privately with Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger. What did the pair talk about? Neither is sure." —Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update
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Oklahoma City Bombing Update
Michael Fortier, the prosecution's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trials, will be freed this week, more than a year before his sentence was scheduled to end…He was sentenced to 12 years and ordered to pay $200,000 in fines after pleading to having prior knowledge of the bombing plan but not alerting authorities, to helping McVeigh and Nichols move and sell stolen guns, and to lying to federal authorities
Good News
White House Briefing: Reporters Zero in On Rove's Abramoff ... Editor & Publisher
Debatable Honesty
Last week, President Bush said that he would welcome "an honest debate about Iraq" -- as long as "the tone of this debate is respectful."
Oh, really? Then he should start by denouncing the despicable smear campaign being launched against Jack Murtha.
Biz/Tech News
Oil prices jump past $66 a barrel on political concerns over Iran ... BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT
US bird flu outbreak could cost insurers $133 billion Reuters
Yahoo earnings up 32%; Google targets radio USATODAY.com
Flaming Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter, well-known lawyer and conservative author, will speak during a reception hosted by the College ... Coulter has become a "big flame" in the conservative movement…
Bush-Prison-Torture News
US confirms holding 8 women prisoners in Iraq Reuters AlertNet, UK
“If you like Tom DeLay, you’re going to love Roy Blunt.” -- Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said today that his party relished the thought that Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt might soon become majority leader
Go-F***-Yourself News
Vice President Dick Cheney meets Egypt's President Mubarak Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY
"Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted during an interview this week that he has smacked his children, though only because he believed reports that they were carrying weapons of mass destruction." --Tina Fey
U.S. Mail
Lisa Casey
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Odd News
Artist Kim Robertson's 'The Maestro and the Diva,' one of 18 artistic violins being sold to benefit The Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra in Allentown, Pa., is shown in this undated handout. The 18 violins, deemed beyond restoration, have been granted dramatic new lives by an equal number of artists who transformed the violins into unique works of art to mark the orchestra's 25th anniversary. (Photo/Wilson Black and Matthew Burns)
Peace.