Monday edition - February 26, 2007

No one in Bush's extended family is serving in Iraq.

Not one.

“Do you know what happened today in the national security trial involving Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff Scooter Libby? You know what happened? Neither do I! I can’t get any news! It’s all celebrity news!”- Jay Leno

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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,154 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Three French nationals shot dead in Saudi: ministry Reuters

• Major Weapons Cache Seized in Iraq Military.com

• New Iraqi troops fly into Baghdad AP

• Kurds edge closer to backing crucial Iraq oil law Reuters

• Iraq's Sunni VP criticizes security plan AP

• Rice: Pakistan must control border area AP

• Cheney in Afghanistan to meet Karzai AP

• Public Trusts Congress Over Bush in Iraq, Poll Finds Washington Post, DC

Juror Dismissed From CIA Leak Case

A federal judge avoided a potential mistrial in the CIA leak case Monday by dismissing a juror and sending the other 11 back to continue deliberating the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby.

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said the juror had seen or read something over the weekend about Libby's trial.
 

www.pollyticks.com

I'm all for striking Iran on one condition: Cheney is strapped to the first missile, Bush to the second. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Disturbing News

• Snow hits Northeast, new JetBlue trouble AP

• 14th person in state has salmonella, officials sayIndianapolis Star

The Recession is Coming! The Recession is Coming!

 Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.
 

Republican Shenanigans

• Rice: Congress Shouldn't Micromanage War Guardian Unlimited, UK 

• US Christian right dissatisfied with Republican presidential field International Herald Tribune, France

• Few want to be leader of RI Republicans WLNE-TV (ABC6), RI
   

Strange Relations

Genealogists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton Fights to Keep Impeachment Taboo Washington Post 

• Audit: Fla. voting machines didn't err AP

President crashes bike into Constitution; Bush unharmed, document fights for life. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
 

www.oldamericancentury.org 
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices surpass $61 on US storm BusinessWeek 

• Last charge is withdrawn in Halliburton CFO's case Houston Chronicle

• Fed to Stay on Hold Through 2007, Business Economists Forecast Bloomberg 

• Tribune Considers Offer From Real Estate Magnate New York Times

• Pro Golfer Zoeller Sues To Identify Author of Wikipedia Entry Playfuls.com

• Americans Still Lagging Behind Europeans in Mobile Web Playfuls.com

Indickt Cheney!  - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Al-jazeera Cameraman Still At Guantanamo Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Egypt cleric says Americans tortured him AP
   

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Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney’s plane undergoes minor repairs in Singapore Gulf Times, Qatar

“Here’s something interesting. According to a new report by the United Nations, livestock are more responsible for global warming than all the cars in the world combined. They say the methane gas from cows has 20 times more global warming than carbon dioxide. See, that’s -- see, my next cow is going to be a hybrid.” - Jay Leno

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