Tuesday edition - February 24, 2009

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Geez, in a week's time, Republicans, self proclaimed "compassionate conservatives", have managed to slam our first black president, a Jewish female Justice and a chimpanzee. I wonder what their message is?

The Dow Jones Diet®: lose your ass right along with the Stock Market.- Grant "Bud" Gerver

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

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4250 The Associated Press

• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 581 AP

• 3 US soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq AP

• Afghan bomb kills 4 US troops; deadliest this year AP

• Pakistani Taliban announce indefinite truce in Swat Reuters

• 4 Yemenis convicted of forming al-Qaida cell AP

• Seoul, Baghdad sign $3.55B deal to rebuild Iraq AP

• Japan to pay 80,000 Afghanistan police salaries AP

• North Korea Announces Plans for 'Satellite' Launch Voice of America

• Veterans advocates riled by report on Army charity The Associated Press

US To Pay For What Israel Destroyed

United States aid for the Gaza Strip's reconstruction will likely top $900 million, an official said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to make her first Mideast trip as America's top diplomat.

"It is our first show back since the Obama administration. Or, as Rush Limbaugh calls it, 'End Times.'" --Bill Maher
 

Disturbing News

• More buried bodies found in NM desert, total at 10 AP

• UN: Smugglers force Africans into sea, 17 dead AP

• Child prostitution sweep nets 500 suspects News14.com, NC

Cover Your Ears, Quick!

President George W. Bush is hitting the speakers' circuit, as is former First Lady Laura Bush.

Why Family Planning Is A Good Thing

Publicly funded family planning prevents nearly 2 million unintended pregnancies and more than 800,000 abortions in the United States each year, saving billions of dollars, according to new research intended to counter conservative objections to expanding the program.
 

"These banks are hurting. I opened a new account, and the lady asked me for a toaster." --Bill Maher
 

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Can Michael Steele Broaden the Grand Old Party? TIME

• Pawlenty to take stimulus money; breaking from republican governors Examiner.com

• Keep Your Stinking Stimulus? Washington Post

• Sanford on the stimulus: ‘Being against it doesn’t preclude taking the money’ AJC

• Out of Congress and still out of work AP

Gay Bashing, A Republican Pastime Continues

The fallout from the anti-gay comments of Sen. Chris Buttars continues as Senate Republicans met behind closed doors for more than two hours Monday to air their concerns and views about the remarks.

Buttars has been under fire for a week, after he told a documentary filmmaker that gays pose the greatest internal threat to the country, lack morals, are demanding special rights and engage in disgusting sexual practices.

"The whole cast of 'Slumdog Millionaire' came out to see the Oscars. 'Slumdog' won best picture, which everyone seemed to know was going to happen. It was the big favorite going in. They're saying the only way it could have possibly lost is if it had picked Sarah Palin as a running mate." --Jimmy Kimmel

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama to address Congress, nation on economy AP

• Obama Seeks to ‘Clean Out the System’ With Bank Test Bloomberg

• Obama has new pick for Commerce International Herald Tribune

• Report: Burris to Promise Durbin No 2010 Run MyStateline.com, IL 

Obama To Ax Bush Helicopter Order?

The prospects for building a new fleet of high-tech presidential helicopters darkened yesterday, after the new commander in chief called the costly Bush administration effort an example of military procurement "gone amok" and said he thinks the existing White House helicopter fleet "seems perfectly adequate."

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Biz-Tech News

• China hails 'positive results' of Clinton visit The Associated Press

• US home prices drop at record pace in December: S&P Reuters

• AIG May Restructure Rescue Package for Second Time Bloomberg 

• Ex-CEO of kosher slaughterhouse: Grand jury biased AP

• Heinz 3Q Net Climbs 11% Amid Price Hikes, Lower Tax Rate CNNMoney.com

• US actors contract talks may be stalled for weeks Reuters

• Microsoft U-turn over redundancy pay gaffe guardian.co.uk

• Working 7 days becomes norm for some CNN

The Obama administration is asking for two more weeks to weigh in on whether former Bush White House officials must testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.

The request comes after an attorney for former Bush political adviser Karl Rove asked the White House to referee his clash with the House of Representatives over Bush's claim of executive privilege in the matter.

Some economists feel that the stock market has hit bottom around 7,000, and in any case will not keep losing 200-300 points a day for very long. Well, no more than a month for sure. - Laugh Lines

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Pentagon: Guantanamo Conditions Humane Voice of America

• Guantanamo memoirs prove bestsellers BBC News, UK

"But what a task this guy has. He's got, on the one hand, to tell the people the truth. And on the other hand, try to lift our morale. Bill Clinton said today, you know, come on, lift morale, get out there and sell the hope thing, you know, that hope s**t you've got. And both sides of the aisle are saying this. We have finally found something Democrats and Republicans agree that the president needs to do: lie." --Bill Maher
 

 Alp-Sized Mountain Range Under Antarctica

Jagged mountains the size of the Alps have been found entombed in Antarctica's ice, giving new clues about the vast ice sheet that will raise world sea levels if even a fraction of it melts, scientists said on Tuesday.

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