Tuesday edition - November 28, 2006
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Bush pleads for more NATO troops for Afghanistan
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Cheney on hunting trip in Florida |
US snubbing Iran, Syria in Mideast visits |
Have you noticed the more speeches that Bush gives, the lower his polls go?
President Bush was urged by congressional leaders on Sunday to tell the Iraqi government that time and U.S. patience are running out. Is this a good idea? Losing patience with the Iraqi government is what got us into this mess in the first place. - Argus Hamilton, comedian
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
US Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,880 Washington Post
Pilot of crashed US fighter jet missing in Iraq CNN International
Bush Says He'll Press al-Maliki for Strategy for Success Bloomberg
Bush: Iraq violence part of al-Qaida plot Houston Chronicle
Annan Says Iraq Is Close To A Civil War Guardian Unlimited, UK
Iraq group seeks consensus Los Angeles Times
Another One Bites the Dust
One of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's closest advisers said yesterday that he will resign at the end of the year, depriving her of a key sounding board at a time when she is still searching for a new deputy and faces difficult challenges in the Middle East.
"Henry Kissinger says the war in Iraq is un-winnable. And if anybody knows how not to win a war its Henry Kissinger." --Jay Leno
GEORGE-W-BUSH's-GREATEST-HITS.
Disturbing News
London Police Say Traces of Polonium Found at Two More Premises Bloomberg
Threatening note closes Lincoln Memorial Columbus Dispatch, OH
"Every year, President Bush gets to pardon one turkey, and this year it was Donald Rumsfeld." --David Letterman
It's a Civil War, Stupid
After nearly four years of letting the Bush Administration set the terms of the national debate over Iraq, some major news organizations are finally calling the conflict there what it is: a civil war. The White House is howling in protest.
Republican Shenanigans
GOP Senator Sam Brownback said Sunday he was praying about whether he should run for the presidency. He's wasting his time. The Republicans will nominate a candidate who talks to Hugh Hefner before they pick another one that talks to Jesus. - Argus Hamilton, comedian
W's Girls Gone Wild
U.S. officials have reportedly asked a pair of embarrassing Americans to leave Argentina: the Bush twins.
Twins mania - including tabloid tales of nude hotel romps and serious security
lapses - has gripped the media in Buenos Aires, where Jenna and Barbara Bush
celebrated their 25th birthday over the Thanksgiving weekend.
ABC News reported that U.S. Embassy officials "strongly suggested" the twins cut
short their trip, but they refused.
The embassy called the report "false."
Good News
The John Kerry Curse
Democratic Sen. John Kerry,
mulling a second bid for the U.S. presidency,
finished dead last in a poll released on Monday on the likeability of 20 top
American political figures.
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Biz/Tech News
Oil prices rise to $60.66 a barrel BusinessWeek
Dubai firm expects bids for US ports Houston Chronicle
Ford borrows $18 billion Chicago Tribune
'9 out of 10 e-mails now spam'
Computer Detects Anger Before Fights Break Out LiveScience.com
A Colorado Springs suburb banned a homeowner from hanging a Christmas wreath shaped like a peace sign on her door. It's not far from NORAD headquarters. In that neighborhood they view peace as something that costs them a lot of defense jobs. - Argus Hamilton, comedian
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Ex-general at Abu Ghraib says Rumsfeld OK'd abuse Boston Globe
Report: US Base in Germany Orchestrated Illegal Deportment Deutsche Welle, Germany
Gee, You Can't Even Trust the Red Cross
The American Red Cross is
facing another heavy fine over blood-safety violations, bringing penalties
against the organization to more than $15 million despite a promise three years
ago to fix the problems.
The Food and Drug Administration disclosed that it had fined the organization
$5.7 million recently
for continuing to violate blood-safety rules and failure to comply with a 2003
agreement aimed at correcting the unsafe practices.
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Go-F***-Yourself News
Area lawyer preps for Plame case Daily Review Online, CA
Daily News says Bush library may cost $500M
President Bush and his supporters hope to raise $500 million to spend on
building his presidential library after he leaves office,
the Daily News of New York reports
"The Bush Administration is always saying, 'We don't hear the good news.' Yeah, because the journalists are saying, 'Cover me, I'm going to the ice machine.'" — Bill Maher
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Odd News
Friends Say They're Shocked by Pam-Kid Rock Split
Eighteen-month-old Olivia Rose, right, peers out of one of the kennels next to Basset Hound, Daisy Mae, while visiting her veterinarian mother, Dr. Bev Cappel, at her clinic, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. Olivia briefly eluded her mother, who was speaking to a visitor, and wandered into the kennel and closed the door on her own. She was discovered shortly after by a vet technician. (Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Peace.