Wednesday edition - December 13, 2006
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Bush postpones Iraq strategy announcement
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More Than 800,000 Iraqis May Be in Syria |
Saudis May Back Iraq Sunnis if US Exits |
I wonder if Bush will visit the troops in Iraq on Christmas?
"President Bush has received a copy of the 96-page Iraq Study Group report. When they gave it to him, President Bush said, 'Don't tell me how it ends.' They said, 'Uh, it doesn't.'" --Jay Leno
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
US deaths in Iraq Cleveland Plain Dealer
5 US troops killed in Iraq Chicago Tribune
Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 Iraqis ABC News
Truck Bomb in Iraq Kills 70 in Shiite Crowd
Bomb Kills 4 Near Shiite Mosque in Iraq Washington Post
Insurgents Kill Ap Cameraman In Mosul
Canadian soldiers accidentally kill Afghan civilian CBC News
Iraq situation is dire, military experts say Indianapolis Star
Bush to Meet with US Military Officials About Iraq Voice of America
Calls for Olmert to resign
Police wrong to hold anti-Iraq war protesters Reuters.uk, UK
Russia against distortion of Holocaust history at Iran conference RIA Novosti
Fla. senator defies Bush, visits Syria
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Barack Obama on Monday Night Football
Promoting Inexperience
Lawyers for a once-decorated terror-fighting FBI agent will make public hundreds of pages of testimony from the bureau's top brass declaring that terrorism expertise has been given little weight in promoting agents since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks...The agent assigned to oversee the Sept. 11 investigation at the Pentagon acknowledged she had no formal terrorism background. ``I do not have a terrorism background myself,'' agent Ellen Knowlton testified.
Disturbing News
Food, basic aid said not reaching Darfur San Jose Mercury News
Satellites detect major decreases in Africa water Reuters AlertNet
Lack of E.coli source may prolong Taco Bell crisis Reuters.uk, UK
Figures in Poison Probe Are Old Friends Washington Post
Remember Jeff Gannon? Still Spreading...Lies After All These Years
"Valerie Plame is a third-rate analyst married to a proven liar. The two of them perpetrated a fraud on the American people with their nonsense about her “outing.” She wasn't “outed” any more than I was." - Jeff Gannon in a recent interview
"Republicans used their last days in power to pass last-minute tax cuts, expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, clear GOP leadership of wrongdoing in the Mark Foley scandal, and pardon Hitler." --Jon Stewart
Republican Shenanigans
Scalia argues for better judicial pay Seattle Post Intelligencer
Romney's Record on Gay Rights Questioned Washington Post
Tom DeLay: I Don’t Write My Own Blog Think Progress, DC
DELAY: 'HILLARY WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT' Free Market News Network, FL
Taliban Leader Credits Himself And His Colleagues With Republican defeat Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND
Skilling Doesn't Pull a Ken Lay
Former Enron C-E-O Jeffrey
Skilling reported to federal prison in Waseca today to begin serving his 24-year
sentence for crimes related to the collapse of the energy giant.
Prison spokeswoman Sue Bradshaw
says he entered the
low-security prison just after noon central time.
"The 2008 presidential race is already underway. ... Over the weekend, Senator Barack Obama visited New Hampshire and thousands of people showed up to hear him speak. The New Hampshire crowds were excited, because apparently, this is the first time they've ever seen an African-American." --Conan O'Brien
Rock-The-Voter News
Leave Iraq now; don't wait until 2008 election day Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau
Senator wants universal health care plan Seattle Post Intelligencer
“And former Attorney General John Ashcroft is in the news. Remember that guy? He’s coming out with a new book. It was just released today. It says, ‘Hey, don’t blame me, I left in 2005, okay?” - Jay Leno
Biz/Tech News
Mass. Troopers to Detain Illegal Aliens Washington Post
Britain sets sights on "zero carbon" homes Reuters.uk
IBM and Yahoo double team Google CNET News.com
Allchin says 'buy a Mac' comments taken out of context PC Pro, UK
Who or What Is 'Rock Phish' and Why Should You Care? PC World
Global warming will melt Arctic ice by 2040. Like big wow, that's over 33 years away. - www.seriouskidding.com
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Abu Ghraib was Rumsfeld's 'worst day' United Press International
The Iraq Study Group is the new Edsel. - www.seriouskidding.com
"Dick
Cheney's daughter, who happens to be a lesbian, is pregnant. ... That's great.
It gives Dick another chance to get out the shotgun." --David Letterman
Go-F***-Yourself News
Please don't forget All Hat No Cattle this Holiday season!
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Odd News
South Carolinian sues over 'Borat' Seattle Post Intelligencer
Botswana Bushmen win battle for Kalahari home Reuters.uk, UK
Cassini Spies Mountain Range on Titan Space.com
Court: Buttons At Trial Didn't Bias Jury
Man calls 911 to report stolen drugs San Jose Mercury News
Settle into chairs for meteor show Rocky Mountain News, CO
Tired of the rat race? One of the world's most remote pubs, The Birdsville Hotel, about 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) west of Brisbane, Australia is up for sale. For more than 100 years the Birdsville Hotel -- the so-called dead heart of Australia's outback -- has been a refuge and drinking spot on the fringe of the forbidding Simpson Desert. Photo/Birdsville
Peace.