TGIF/Weekend edition - January 9-11, 2009
Questions loom over use of Treasury bailout money
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UN calls for immediate Gaza truce, attacks go on |
Palin: Couric 'not the center of everyone's universe' |
Now, here’s something good President Bush has done. This is actually quite good. He has declared three Pacific Ocean regions as national monuments, making it the largest marine reserve on the planet. And they are now totally protected. Unless, of course, somebody finds oil. Then all bets are off.- Jay Leno
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4223 The Associated Press
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 561
Petraeus: Afghan, Pakistan problems are really one
Army sends 'John Doe' letter to 7K relatives of Iraq, Afghanistan ... USA Today
Don't Tell The Enemy Our Troops Will Be Drunk Super Bowl Sunday
American troops in Iraq will be allowed to drink beer without fear of court-martial for this year's Super Bowl — an exception to a strict military ban on drinking alcohol in combat zones.
Disturbing News
Death toll in Costa Rica quake rises to 13 Reuters UK
Major Flu Strain Found Resistant to Leading Drug, Puzzling Scientists
Remember Joe the plumber? He’s back. He’s now going to the Mideast as a war correspondent for a conservative website. See, now, like you people, I’m going, “Why, why?” I mean, on one hand, he’s not really a war correspondent. On the other hand, he wasn’t really a plumber either. -Jay Leno
FDA Drama
In an unusually
blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama
transition team of
widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug
Administration.
Republican-Shenanigans News
Missouri senator's exit alters political landscape The Associated Press
Palin says she's been exploited by Couric and Fey
Poll: Palin popularity waning in Alaska? Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Wide Stance
Former Sen. Larry Craig has ended his effort to void the guilty plea he made following his 2007 arrest in a men's toilet sex-sting operation, his lawyer said on Thursday
"You know, President Bush keeps giving interviews about his eight years as president. Earlier this week, he said his greatest accomplishment ... was his effort to privatize Social Security, even though he never actually did it. That's President Bush. Isn't it? Your greatest accomplishment? Well, there aren't any. But if there were, by golly, here's what it would be." --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
Blagojevich Impeachment Vote Today KARK, Little Rock
Mother's Little Helper
Speaking for the first time
since her Dec. 18 arrest on charges of selling OxyContin, Sherry Johnston –
whose son, Levi fathered a son with Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, last month
– tells
PEOPLE she got hooked on the prescription opiate after a hysterectomy eight
years ago, which led to seven additional surgeries.
"I was in pain, and I'm still in pain," she says.
The Secret Service will unveil a new presidential limo this week. And no, it’s not purple with spinners. – Will Durst
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Biz-Tech News
FDA To Open Office In San José Inside Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Burger King: Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper
Bush-Prison-Torture News
US ambassador says Britain in Guantanamo talks The Associated Press
And the F.D.A. has approved a new drug that will give people longer eyelashes. Well, thank God we are not wasting time and money on cancer research.- Jay Leno
Go-F**k-Yourself News
Cheney warns against impulsive action in Iraq The Associated Press
UFO Destroys Wind Turbine?
Debate erupted on
Thursday over who or what caused the mysterious destruction of a giant wind
turbine in northern England - with everything from UFOs to the freezing winter
weather taking the blame.
Residents of Conisholme in Lincolnshire discovered that a 72-foot (21.9-metre)
long metal blade has been torn off a turbine at their local wind farm while
another has been badly damaged.
Some residents reported seeing strange lights streaking towards the wind farm
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Odd News
Paraplegic
Japanese fisherman Toshiyuki Nashiro is rescued by Coast Guard personnel near
Miyako Island. The paraplegic fisherman survived for 15 hours after falling into
the sea by keeping himself afloat without a life jacket Peace.
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