Thursday edition - November 20, 2008

Stop saying that we've overcome racism just because we've found a qualified black man and elected him president. Everybody knows we won't have true equality until we elect a dumb, unqualified black man. [slide of Bush doing African dance] . - Bill Maher
 

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The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without George W. Bush

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4200 The Associated Press 

• Pakistan protests over US missile strikes Reuters

• Bickering snarls Iraq pact Chicago Tribune

• Defense officials privately criticize US-Iraq troop withdrawal accord The Miami Herald, FL

• Turkey's Botas, Shell sign gas deal in Iraq The Associated Press

• Poland Won't Lobby Obama on Missile Defense Washington Post 

• Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew AP

• Beau Biden Heads to Iraq ABC News

Fail

 A Japanese warship failed to shoot down a ballistic missile target in a joint test with U.S. forces Wednesday because of a glitch in the final stage of an interceptor made by Raytheon Co, a U.S. military official said.
 

Disturbing News

• Colombian VP says cocaine destroying rain forests AP

Bush Getting In One More Shot

Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.
 

If it were possible to merge the DNA of Sarah Palin and Vladimir Putin, might we end up with Sarah Ras-Putin and Vlad-the-Impalin’? - Laugh Lines

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Republican-Shenanigans News

• Boehner re-elected House Republican leader Reuters

• Romney: Detroit 3 should go bankrupt Detroit Free Press

• McCain's Next Step: Re-Election in 2010 Washington Post 

• Corruption-tainted Alaska senator concedes defeat AFP

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Subject: Satire - Ted Stevens

Hi Lisa,
I'm a graphic artist living in Alaska, and to celebrate uncle Ted's election loss, we came up with a little commemoration.....would you be interested in posting this image?
Thanks for the awesome website, Robert W

You betcha Robert! Please keep them coming!

The rest of the world can go back to being completely jealous of America. Yes...our majority white country just freely elected a black president; something no other democracy has ever done. Take that, Canada! Where's your Nubian warrior president? Your head of state is a boring white dude named Stephen Harper. And mine is a kick-ass black ninja named Barack Hussein Obama! - Bill Maher

Brain Freeze

As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state's chief executive, a new ethics complaint filed Tuesday says she's already improperly mixing her official duties and broader political ambitions.

The charge: That Palin broke state ethics rules by holding national television interviews about her run for vice president from the governor's office.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama brings Biden birthday cupcakes CNN Political Ticker

• Daschle returns to Washington spotlight with Obama AP

• Obama taps Axelrod for senior White House adviser role Chicago Tribune

• Judge grants Franken ballot access request AP

CNN Reports on President Bush at the G20 Summit -No One Shakes Bush's Hand, Not One Leader - YouTube

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession The Associated Press

• Dow Falls Below 8000 Wall Street Journal

• Recession fears send world markets down The Associated Press

• Weak Japan exports pile on economic gloom Reuters

• Air France-KLM's quarterly profit slumps 96% MarketWatch

• Federal Reserve sees recession to at least mid-2009 Los Angeles Times

KISS at NYSE

Not even the blessing of Gene Simmons, famed bassist for the 1970s rock supergroup KISS, could inspire the market [yesterday] Simmons rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. (Why? Apparently just because he asked.)

"Barack Obama says one of his top priorities once he becomes president is closing down Guantanamo Bay. To make it closes, he's going to turn it into a bank." --Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Austria may accept Guantanamo detainees Xinhua, China

• Detainee Will Face New War-Crimes Charges New York Times

The World Must Be Ending. Joe The Plumber Lands Book Deal.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, the presidential campaign fixture and John McCain advocate better known as Joe the Plumber, won’t have to open his own plumbing business just yet: he has signed a deal to write “Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream.” PearlGate Publishing, a small publisher in Austin, Tex.,

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Quiet end to Cheney’s Senate era The Hill, DC 

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Open letter to AHNC readers

Greetings from Finland .

For the last 8 years I have watched in disbelief at what the neo-cons of the Bush administration have done to the US . Floridas election debacle in 2000 made me a critic to the GOP and the illegal war in Iraq made me “pick up the boxing gloves”.

What really pissed me of though was the war-drums, before the Iraq war. The american press threw their brains and ethics in the dumpster, and became lapdogs for Emperor Bush. Not one major newspaper opposed the war. In my opinion the critics to the war, were found on the internet and on comedy central. It is tragically and morbidly funny that the most accurate real analysis of the situation that you found on the TV was aired between sockpuppets and muppets making prank calls.

From yellowcake uranium and Powells vial of anthrax to the aluminium tubes, the only people raising eyebrows were the bloggers.

AHNC, Bartcop, Buzzflash, Kos , were the ones that kept my faith to the american people alive. My faith for the Bush administration was dead and buried. It was a hard hard eight years.

Humour kept me believing in you, the american people, when the faith for your leaders was gone.

Why do I write this ? To me AHNC was one of the places I visited daily. The photoshops, collected links, replied letters, all pointed out that the creator of the site had something unique about her. I found no cynicism, no malicious slurs on the site. Lisa was fights with humour. That humour kept me coming here. Now that the elections are over and you have a leader that can form a complete sentence, I found it necessary to thank all the people that made it possible.

Please, donate some money, or spread the word around about the site. We need to keep this site online.

yours truly

Kari X, Finland
 

Thank you so much for taking the time to write Kari.

I'm once again optimistic about my country and my brand new president that can form a complete sentence.

The trick in the future will be AHNC trying to expose those that can't form complete sentences.

Thanks again Kari, I needed that.

Fist Bumps all around. Thank you for your support!

THE LAST FUNDRAISER OF 2008

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Odd News

• Eliot Spitzer call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre: 'I'm a normal girl' New York Daily News

• Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away The Associated Press 

• Dark Matter Proof Found Over Antarctica? National Geographic

• Scientists: Mammoths could be brought to life with reconstructed DNA Seattle Times

• New Finds at King Herod's Tomb: 2000-Year-Old Frescoes National Geographic

• Flight attendant helps land jetliner United Press International 

• Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song AP

• Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex AP

• Podgiest pets compete in slimming contest Reuters

In this image provided by NASA shows an extravehicular activity (EVA) tool bag drifting away from the International Space Station during the mission's first scheduled spacewalk Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing.
Photo/NASA

Peace.