Tuesday edition - February 3, 2009

 Rush Limbaugh might have a large ditto head base but it's not as large as the base he offends.
 

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

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,237 AP

• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 573 AP

• AP NewsBreak: Sailor electrocuted AP

• Pakistan manhunt after UN kidnap BBC News 

• Iraq: Woman arrested for recruiting female bombers The Associated Press

• Attack shuts NATO Afghan-Pakistan route AFP

• Afghan intelligence breaks up Kabul bombing cell AP

• Sunni nationalist group claims victory in Iraq AP

• Israel-Hamas war deals blow to schools in Gaza AP

• Official: NKorea gearing up to fire missile AP

• Iran claims first launch of its own satellite AP

• Dutch to investigate own support for Iraq invasion Reuters

Never share your pot with someone who has the lung capacity of a dolphin. - Conan O'Brien commenting on the photo of Michael Phelps taking a bong hit

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Subject: Michael Phelps cartoon

Lisa, loved your toon yesterday. Phelps had a 2004 DUI after the Olympics in Greece and that didn't hurt his future endorsements. He takes a hit off a bong and suddenly people are going nuts. Hypocrisy!

The leader of the GOP, Rush, is/was an admitted OxyContin addict and he's still gainfully employed. Rush needs a bong hit to mellow out his bellow. lol

The War on Drugs has been a resounding success!

Mary

Don't bogart that bong, Michael Phelps. Someone is looking for you: SC sheriff investigating Phelps' pot pipe pic AP

Thank you, Mary. Your email reminded me of a song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards released in 1966 about tranquilizer abuse by the "straight" culture. (lyrics below).

It's not much different today except the pills are antidepressants. 118 million scripts were written for antidepressants in 2005. CNN article

The US is stoned on antidepressants! And we're still depressed!

Mother's Little Helper
(Jagger/Richards)

What a drag it is getting old
"Kids are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill
There's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

"Things are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day

Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old

"Men just aren't the same today"
I hear ev'ry mother say
They just don't appreciate that you get tired
They're so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight

Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old

"Life's just much too hard today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose
No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day 

Disturbing News

• Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant AP

• Peanut Plant Salmonella Horror: Worker Says Rat Dry-Roasting In Peanut Area (VIDEO)

• Bird flu claims fifth human victim in China in one month Monsters and Critics.com

 Paid for Porn?

 A pornographic clip that interrupted thousands of local Comcast subscribers' Super Bowl broadcast was the result of an "isolated malicious act," a company spokeswoman said Monday.
In light of the incident, Comcast says it will issue a $10 credit to any customers who say they viewed the 30-second clip, which featured full male nudity.

"In an interview with Al-Arabiya, an Arab-language news channel, President Obama said that he wanted to persuade Muslims that the Americans were not your enemy. In an early sign of improvement, the crowd of protestors outside began chanting, 'Injury to America.' So that's better." --Seth Meyers

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Sarah Palin endorses Texas' Perry for re-election Dallas Morning News, TX 

• Michael Steele Gives First Interview as RNC Chairman FOXNews

• Florida Gov. Crist Considers Senate Race Washington Post

• Seven GOP donors fined for illegal contributions AP

 "The Illinois State Legislature on Thursday voted unanimously to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich from office and barred him from ever holding public office in the state again. When informed of his impeachment, Blagojevich was so stunned his hair stood on end, killing six people in the office above." --Seth Meyers
 

Welcome Back Condi!

With Hillary Clinton sworn in as her successor at the State Department, Condoleezza Rice has signed up for representation by the William Morris Agency talent agency and headed back to her academic alma mater, Stanford, to lecture, teach, write books and play the piano.

But a British film-maker is determined to make her return to campus in California rather less smooth than she might have wished.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama: FDA too slow in tracking tainted food AP

• Daschle faces more questions in nomination bid AP

• Recount trial: Coleman blocked some absentee ballots Minneapolis Star Tribune

Tax Issues Here, There and Everywhere

Nancy Killefer, who was tapped last month to be chief performance officer in the Obama administration, withdrew her candidacy today over tax issues.
 

"Rod Blagojevich...now out of a job, he's disgraced, he's unpopular. In fact today, he got a note from President Bush saying, 'Hey, welcome to the club.'" --Jay Leno
 

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Rise as Strike Fears Ease Wall Street Journal

• Rise in Pending Home Sales Reported New York Times

• Fed extends special lending programs CNNMoney.com

• Denny's gives away free Grand Slam breakfasts The Associated Press 

• Berkshire Agrees to Buy $300 Million of Harley Debt Bloomberg

• TV and video games increase teen depression risk: study AFP

"The Republican Party elected Michael Steele as the first African-American chairman of the GOP. That shows you, the Republican Party isn't just for stuffy, old white guys anymore. There's plenty of room for stuffy, old black guys, too." --Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• US campaigners seek release of 17 Chinese Uighers in GuantanamoChannel News Asia, Singapore

• Assembly urges EU to take 45 Guantanamo inmates The Associated Press

• Kansas Senate opposes moving Guantanamo detainees to Leavenworth Kansas City Star

 Right after Sunday’s Super Bowl, President Barack Obama placed a congratulatory phone call to the Steelers from his BlackBerry. Meanwhile, John McCain called the Cardinals from his ham radio.- David Letterman
 

 Have A Glass of Hydrochloric Acid!

 Thousands of residents of an eastern Ohio community were told to stop drinking tap water after workers at a chemical treatment plant accidentally added toxic hydrochloric acid to the water supply.

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