I'm so glad Dick crawled out from under his rock.

Today is the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran. President Mahmoud Amembersonlyjacket celebrated by declaring that Iran is now a nuclear state. So that’s good news. Mazel tov to them. - Jimmy Kimmel

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4375‎

• US military deaths in Afghan region at 902

• U.S. Marines say make steady progress in Afghan assault

• Snipers harass US, Afghan troops moving in Marjah

• Suspected US missile strike kills 3 in NW Pakistan

• Hamas: British journalist ordered held for 15 days

• Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship

• Clinton says Blair to play bigger role in Mideast

• Russia denies new Iran fuel swap proposals: report

Back In The USSR Russia

Russia sees no reason to stall on the sale of its S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Iran, the Kremlin's powerful Security Council said Sunday, hours before the premier of Iran's adversary Israel was due to visit Moscow.

Republicans Fighting Terrorism: The Iran Legacy of Ronald Reagan and Oliver "It's a Neat Idea" North

According to The New York Times, the United States supplied the following arms to Iran:
 

August 20, 1985.       96 TOW anti-tank missiles
September 14, 1985. 408 more TOWs
November 24, 1985.  18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
February 17, 1986.    500 TOWs
February 27, 1986.    500 TOWs
May 24, 1986.           508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
August 4, 1986.        More Hawk spares
October 28, 1986.     500 TOWs
 

That worked out well.

Iran’s telecommunications agency announced a permanent suspension this week of all Google Gmail service. From now on, if you want to reach anyone in Iran, you have to use Faceburqa.- Jimmy Kimmel

Disturbing News

• Cyclone Rene batters Tonga, cutting phone links

• 10 killed when trains collide in Belgium

• CDC: Swine flu made 57 million Americans ill

Playing The God Card

So it went with Palin last weekend. Her only concrete program for dealing with America’s pressing problems came in the question-and-answer session. “It would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country,” she said, “so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again.”

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Sarah Palin Mania takes over Daytona Orlando Sentinel

• Hayworth to launch GOP primary challenge to McCain AP

• Poll: Perry holds commanding lead in Texas primary

• Fred Thompson to release memoir

• GOP mines coal-country anxieties

• GOP letter slams rep who just became a Republican

• GOP woos wary tea partiers Seattle Post Intelligencer

Mocking Sarah Is Funnier

Fox could be heading to Sarah Palin's doghouse after the animated show "Family Guy" appeared to mock her son's Down syndrome on Sunday night.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• More Homeless Americans Living in Cars and Campers

• Bayh expected to announce retirement

Playing the Statue Card

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Authorities removed a statue of Barack Obama from a park in the Indonesian capital due to a public backlash and moved it Monday to a nearby elementary school that the U.S. president attended as a child.

Michelle Obama said that childhood obesity impacts national security because obesity is a common disqualifier for military service. That’s great info for moms. “Honey, you have two choices. You can eat that doughnut and play video games or you can eat this salad and go to Iraq. So, it’s up to you. You sure you want to have the doughnut?”- Jimmy Fallon
 

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil hovers above $74 amid light holiday trading

• BAE says earnings hit after losing US arms deal

• NBA projected to lose $400 million this year

• Goldman Sachs economist sees China revaluing yuan

• Tata Motors appoints former GM exec as group CEO

• Now Tweeting: White House press secretary Gibbs

Playing the Race Card

The message on dozens of billboards across the city is provocative: Black children are an "endangered species."

The eyebrow-raising ads featuring a young black child are an effort by the anti-abortion movement to use race to rally support within the black community.
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Spain to take 5 from Guantanamo The Associated Press

Say It Ain't So, Joe!

Joe the Plumber is no longer a fan of either Sarah Palin or John McCain, it seems.

Joe, also known as Sam Wurzelbacher, told an audience in Pennsylvania this week that McCain "is no public servant."

"McCain was trying to use me,"

"I haven't made a decision yet on who I'm going to support for president the next time around. Whoever it is is going to have to prove themselves capable of being president of the United States. And those tests will come during the course of campaigns, obviously."- Dick Cheney speaking code for not supporting for Sarah Palin for president because he knows she'll blow it during the campaign

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney wants Obama to fail Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

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