Wednesday edition - February 11, 2009

And the jobless rate has jumped to 7.6 percent, the worst since 1974, and economists are now worried this could lead to a resurgence of disco.- Jay Leno

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

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4243 The Associated Press

• Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 19 in Afghan capital AP

• Russia may allow shipment of Afghan-bound US arms AP

• Gates: Decision near on more troops in Afghanistan AP

• Gates orders review of ban on photos of coffins AP

• Gates jokes about North Korean missile test AP

• Iran's foreign minister in Iraq for economic talks The Associated Press 

• Situation "very tense" in Tibet: Dalai Lama AFP

• Arabs fear rise of hard-right in Israel International Herald Tribune 

Following the government's example to produce prosperity by spending, I'm maxing out my credit cards.- Zing!

Disturbing News

• Tornado kills 8 people in Oklahoma Reuters

• Residents return to destroyed homes in Australia AP

• New arson attacks suspected as Australian fires rage AFP

Uh Oh

 A man who drove a pickup truck to the U.S. Capitol and said he had a delivery for President Barack Obama was arrested Tuesday after a rifle was found in the truck, police said.

And an elderly man in Boynton Beach, Florida, was arrested after he called 911 to report that the Burger King he was standing in had just run out of lemonade. It is so sad to see what’s happened to John McCain since the election.- Jay Leno
 

GOP Infighting

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) got into an on air spat Monday with prominent conservative radio host Laura Ingraham over his support for President Barack Obama’s $800 million stimulus package, ending with him telling Ingraham to “get off it.” ...“Oh, get off it Laura,” he responded. “I’m not drinking any wine at the White House and I don’t dine at the White House. If the president wants to talk to me, I talk to him. I make my own independent judgments, don’t give me this wine and dine baloney young lady.”
 

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Busy Sarah Palin Backs Out of CPAC; Rush Limbaugh Is Still Speaking U.S. News & World Report

• GOP Group Threatens to Campaign Against Republican Stimulus Backers FOXNews

• Texas' senators miss votes during stimulus debate Fort Worth Star Telegram

• Gregg's non-votes get reaction back home MSNBC

• GOP Lawmaker Calls for Probe of Obama Decision to Oversee Census FOXNews

• Governor threatens to lay off 10000 state workers Los Angeles Times, CA 

• Hoekstra Faces Heavy Criticism for Twittering Delegation’s Mideast ... CQPolitics.com, DC 

 Palin's Profile Update

Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg, a major figure in the abuse-of-power investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin, has resigned, the governor's office said Tuesday.
 

Sarah Palin was slammed by Ashley Judd for participating in the aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska. They reached a compromise. Sarah Palin will continue shooting wolves from a helicopter but she's agreed to stop playing Wagner over the loudspeaker. - Argus Hamilton

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama News Conference Racks Up Big Numbers Washington Post 

• Vogue's March cover to feature Michelle Obama Chicago Tribune

• Man Who Sent Threats to Chicago Mayor Daley Is Arrested by FBI Bloomberg

• Voters Pan Dodd In Poll Following Countrywide Controversy Hartford Courant 

• Kinky Friedman may run again for governor The Associated Press

• Senate judges order count of 23 rejected ballots AP

• Biden to lead delegation to Special Olympics AP

If It Walks Like A Senator, Talks Like A Senator, Then It's A Senator!

Entertainer Al Franken (D-Minn.) will spend the next two days in Washington readying himself to serve in the Senate, a move that comes even as the contested Minnesota Senate election plods on.

"Anybody here in New York for the Westminster Kennel Club dog show? Some unfortunate news. A Jack Russell Terrier had to drop out because of tax problems." --David Letterman

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Biz-Tech News

• Gas prices rise as oil prices fall San Jose Mercury News

• Chinese exports, imports plunge, fanning worries AP

• Lompoc wind farm project moves forward MSNBC

• Many local TV stations to go ahead with DTV switch Reuters

• Elevator music king Muzak files for bankruptcy CNN

"The President has a half-brother named George Obama who lives in Kenya that was arrested for marijuana possession. He was telling people in his village that his brother was the President, so they assumed he must be high and arrested him.
How great is that, though? One brother is President of the United States, the other is a stoner in Kenya ? if that isn't a sitcom, I don't know what is." - Jimmy Kimmel

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Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Congressman introduces bill to keep detainees out of Arizona ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

• Church groups offer to sponsor detainees from Guantanamo Bay Toronto Star,  Canada 

• Guantánamo camps chief gets a promotion MiamiHerald.com, FL

It's Not Kosher!

Federal investigators say Peanut Corporation's Georgia plant knowingly shipped products contaminated with salmonella on 12 occasions in 2007 and 2008. The company makes peanut butter for institutions such as nursing homes and schools, and processes peanut ingredients used by other food companies in products ranging from energy bars to candy to dog biscuits....Meanwhile, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America sent a letter to the company yesterday saying it was terminating its kosher certification for all three plants.
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Dick Cheney and Dick Nixon Make Jerry Brown's Facebook List Washington Post

Good news and bad news from FEMA. The bad news is FEMA says some of the disaster relief food they have may contain salmonella-tainted peanut butter. The good news is that since it’s FEMA, it will be years before it gets to anybody.
- Jay Leno

The Poetry Corner

Steroid Age Mutant Baseball Players
By: Hubert Wilson
 

Some Good News

He has gotten a phone call from the president, a key to New York City and a standing ovation at a Broadway show. Now the pilot who safely landed his crippled jetliner in the Hudson River has gotten another all-American tribute — some ribbing from David Letterman.

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his fellow crew members from US Airways Flight 1549 appeared Tuesday on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and retold the dramatic story of the Jan. 15 flight — this time, with plenty of laughs.

Email

Subject: Response to racist email

Subject: FW: Amazing!

I'm confused

How can 2,000,000 blacks get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 200,000 couldn't get out of New Orleans in 85 degree temps with four days notice?

Carol Carter

Hi Lisa ... Here's an e-mail to send back to Carol Carter:

"Subject: FW: Amazing!

I'm confused.

How can 2,000,000 African-Americans get into Washington, DC in 1 day in sub zero temps when 10,000 FEMA & National Guard people could not get into New Orleans in 85 degree temps and 4 days notice?"

That would be a more pertinent question. Oh, wait … nobody's laughing.

~Rick

 

Thanks Rick! Here's an update on Carol Carter.

E-mail flap forces Tampa's Carol Carter to resign her Republican ...
Tampabay.com, FL 

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