I bet space aliens avoid this planet like the plague.

 This week the government is scheduled to launch a mission to Pluto. It's President Bush's last chance to find those weapons of mass destruction.—Jay Leno

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP

• Iraq Body Count

• Suicide, car bombs kill 15 in Baghdad Chicago Tribune

• Iraq Bomb Attack Kills At Least 2, Security Tightened Ahead of ... Voice of America

• Kidnapped engineers are Kenyans BBC News, UK

• Appeals for US reporter as Iraq awaits vote result ABC News

• Germany denies its agents helped US bomb Iraq sites International Herald Tribune

• Iraq says Iran releases "kidnapped" coastguards Reuters

• Report cites Iraq and Africa as most dangerous to minorities CBC News, Canada

• U.S. Rejects Any 'Truce' With Bin Laden AP

• Full text of bin Laden tape North County Times, CA

• Ron Kovic: The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq HuffingtonPost.com

 “President Bush continues to defend his controversial domestic spying program. President Bush said spying on Americans is not wrong. In fact, he says, ‘That's how I got through high school.’”—Jay Leno

Disturbing News

• Fire erupts in West Virginia mine; two miners missing USA Today

• Three Indicted in Ohio Nuclear Plant Case AP -

• Attacks on Homeless Reported Nationwide AP

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Laura Bush Won’t Run For the Senate.  Thank God.

Mrs. Bush's popularity well exceeds her husband's, leading some to speculate that she might follow in the footsteps of her predecessor as first lady, now-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and seek elected office. But, as the president dryly pointed out, his intensely private wife has never shown any interest in running for office.

"I'm pretty certain, when I married her she didn't like politics or politicians," Bush said

 Whenever I'm down and need me a little pick-me-up, I just picture Tom DeLay's smiling mug shot.  —Grant Gerver

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Chris Matthews compares Michael Moore to Osama Bin Laden  .

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP looks for white knight to lead House The Christian Science Monitor

• Analysis: GOP Re-Embraces Maverick McCain AP

• Ohio GOP Chair Backs Off Ney Criticism AP

• First Lady to Lead Olympic Delegation Forbes

• Govt to Prepare Kids for Terror, Disasters AP

• Rice Names New Foreign Aid Chief AP

• Battle of New Orleans an uphill struggle Rock River Times, IL

This governmental hijacking brought to you by the Republican Abramoffia. —Grant Gerver

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Shame on Earthlink.  Has anyone else had this problem with Earthlink? E-mail me

It could be their spamblocker software -- if anyone has problems with software, hardware, underwear, it's me.

 Rock-The-Voter News

• Eliot's riding high in polls New York Daily News

• Strayhorn drops 'Republican' from TV ad Houston Chronicle

• Now that’s really Kinky Dallas Voice

• Top Senate Democrat apologizes for report on GOP Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX

• Jurors deliberate in trial of Democratic activists accused of slashing tires CourtTV

Honorable Family Name? Not Any More

The father of controversial Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what he's describing as a "glib and ridiculous attack" on his son.

 Good News

• Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests AP

Update on Valerie Plame’s Husband

Joseph Wilson's knowledge of Iraq and the military is excelled by few - he was the last U.S. diplomat to meet with Saddam Hussein and was a top political adviser for the Defense Department.

But lately, the career diplomat says, the war is seldom what people want to speak to him about.

These days, rather than being the man who publicly challenged Saddam to execute him, Wilson's the man who publicly challenged President Bush's contention that Saddam had tried to purchase nuclear material in Africa

Biz/Tech News

• Scrushy Said to Pay for Positive Stories AP

• Japan threatens to halt US beef imports MSNBC

• Deal Reached on Mexican Cement Imports AP

• Group Sues Labor Dept. for Workers' Names AP

• Court Orders Part of Wikipedia Off-Line AP

• 'No cancer link' with mobile phone use Channel 4 News

• Phishing Attacks Hit All-Time High NewsFactor

When All Else Fails – Blame Clinton

The independent counsel who investigated former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros charged in his final report Thursday that the Clinton administration thwarted his work, drawing the curtain on the longest-ever probe under a post-Watergate era reform law… Jay Carson, a spokesman for former President Clinton, said Barrett's allegations of a cover-up "are laughable" given that the Bush administration has been in charge for the majority of his investigation

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• US says Guantanamo hunger strike dwindling Reuters

• Guantanamo prisoners tied to London bomb probe Reuters AlertNet, UK

Motown Diva Turned Politician

Martha Reeves, who belted out such hits as "Dancing in the Street" and "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave,"… freshman on the Detroit City Council, Ms. Reeves is leaving the vocals to her more seasoned colleagues, for now

Peace Through Comedy

The conceit of "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" is that the U.S. government needs an American entertainer to travel overseas and investigate what makes Muslims laugh.

If the cultures can find common ground in comedy, the thinking goes, it might open a door to mutual understanding on a broader front.

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney says Iraq not precedent for Iran Forbes
  Oil price spike possible in Iran nuclear row-Cheney Reuters

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FEMA Website For Kids Advice - Was This Brownie's Last Project?

• Disasters don’t last very long. Soon, things will be back to normal.

 The children in St. Bernard's Parish, LA  have been waiting for FEMA trailers for four months.

• Sometimes it helps to write about your experiences or to draw pictures about what has happened. You can describe what happened and how you feel. The FEMA for Kids Web site can post your projects

IF you have electricity. a PC AND Internet connection.

• Have your home bolted to the foundation. Anchor bolts cost as little as $2 each. They should be installed every six feet on the outer edges of your house.

Do children even know what a foundation is? FEMA should tell kids to ask permission from Mommy and Daddy before they bolt the house down.

• Robbie and Julia are twins and they live in Eenietown. They attend Booksin School, where they have lots of friends and a teacher named Mrs. Fletcher. (Robbie likes spelling. Julie likes geography.) They have a dog named Skipper.

Looking at Robbie and Julia sure makes me feel better!

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Odd News

• New X-ray Movie Shows 10 Years of Milky Way Activity SPACE.com / LiveScience.com

• Blind woman in Britain recovers sight after heart attack AFP

• Red Underwear All the Rage in Malaysia AP

• Police Arrest Man Wearing Only a Toga AP

• Woman Cashes Lottery Ticket From 1992 AP

• Deputy Finds Woman With Snake Around Neck AP

Crew members from the Greenpeace vessels the MY Arctic Sunrise and the MY Esperanza use their bodies to spell the slogan 'Help End Whaling !' on the ice of Antarctica January 20, 2006. The environmental group said they are finishing their two month campaign against a whaling fleet from Japan in the Southern Ocean. Photo by Greenpeace/Handout

Peace.