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"Dick Cheney was on the news this week, and he said that it would be a mistake for the Republicans to moderate their policies. He said they should remain true to their core principles: gay bashing, war profiteering and torture." --Bill Maher
 

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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,294 AP

• Suicide car bomber kills 6 people in Kirkuk AP

• Suicide bombers launch attack in east Afghanistan AP

• Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 9 in Pakistan CNN

• Family says it wishes soldiers had killed them CNN

• Gates replaces top general in Afghanistan AP

• Fears of mass poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls AP

• Iraq arrests minister's brother BBC News

It's All About the Oil

The Kurdistan regional government has told oil companies working in the northern Iraqi province that they will be able to export oil using Iraq's main pipeline as early as next month, an apparent breakthrough in a long running dispute about sharing Iraq's oil wealth.

Disturbing News

• Wis. chemical plant fire chases people from homes AP

• Lost tourist search turns up seven corpses Reuters

"Louis Caldera, the White House aide who authorized the controversial photograph of Air Force One over lower Manhattan, resigned on Friday. May I suggest that they replace him with Photoshop?" --Seth Meyers

Catholic Right Wing Incendiary Rhetoric: Obama Is "Viciously Pro-abortion"

Commencement speaker Dr. Thomas Hilgers, an obstetrician from Omaha who Ave Maria President Nicholas Healy described as a pioneer in “gynecological practices that are line with the teachings of the Catholic Church,” used his address to blast Notre Dame University’s decision to host President Barack Obama as its own commencement speaker on May 17.

Calling Obama “viciously pro-abortion,” Hilgers railed against Obama’s policies while likening the president to his own commencement speaker in the 1960s – a young priest Hilgers said later turned out to be “a denier of the Resurrection, pro-homosexuality and pro-contraception.”

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Will Norm Coleman concede? 'Hell no,' says RNC head Boston Herald

• Rush Limbaugh: $400 Million Man

• Miss California Topless -- Oops, She Did It Again TMZ.com

• Michael Steele's first 100 days as RNC chairman: oh brother Los Angeles Times Blogs

Moronism, errr, Mormanism

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) camp is not happy with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele's suggestion that base Republicans had a problem with the 2008 presidential candidate's Mormonism.

"I am starting to really worry about the Republican Party. I mean, last week they lost Arlen Specter. You know who they lost this week? Joe the plumber. Joe the plumber is quitting the Republican Party. This is like the Grateful Dead losing stoners." --Bill Maher

 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama changes office name, pushes Web work AP

• Obama to talk court nomination with Senate leaders AP

"In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for the legalization of marijuana. Yes. He is calling his program 'Weed the People.'" --Jay Leno
 

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil hovers below $59 on signs recession easing AP

• Big U.S. banks selling stock to repay government Reuters

• China's exports sink, but factory investment rises AP

• NY lawyer Dreier pleads guilty to $400 million fraud Reuters

"Health officials are now warning of a new super-flu. It combines the swine flu and the bird flu viruses. They're calling it the turducken of infectious diseases." --Jimmy Fallon

Borrowing To Continue

 The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, exploding the record federal deficit past $1.8 trillion under new White House estimates.

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• INTERVIEW-Belgian spy chief cautions on Guantanamo inmates Reuters

Hey, USA Follow Their Lead

UAE - The Emirates detained a member of the country's ruling family as prosecutors launched an investigation into allegations the sheik tortured another man, the country's official news agency reported Monday.

If the case of Sheik Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan goes to trial, it would be the first time in the oil-rich Gulf federation of seven semi-independent sheikdoms that a member of the ruling family faced criminal charges in a court of law.
 

It’s that time of the year again. Anybody graduating soon? I think about this all the time. You spend $200,000 to put your kid through college so he can listen to a commencement address from Joe the Plumber.- David Letterman
 

It's a slippery slope of a world we live in. May I suggest cleats? - SeriousKidding - Bumper Sticker Division
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney derides idea of closing Guantanamo prison AP

"The crown at the top of the Statue of Liberty will reopen on the Fourth of July for the first time since 9/11. Isn't that cool? Visitors will now be able to touch Air Force One as it flies right past them." --Jimmy Fallon

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Odd News

• Miss California USA to keep title CNN

• Former Catholic head of Milwaukee admits he's gay AP

• Naked woman goes to Fla. home, asks for cigarettes AP

• Police: Drunk Neb. man went home to wrong house AP

• Toilet snake attack: urban legend comes true? Reuters

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A 3-year-old boy found nearly naked after spending 52 hours alone in the woods in Iron County, Mo., was "on a hike," the county's sheriff says.

Iron County Sheriff Allen Mathes, who was among the rescuers who found Joshua Childers Wednesday, May 6, 2009, said the child merely asked for a glass of milk after spending more than two days trapped in area woods, the St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
The child was evaluated and listed in fair condition.
Photo/Mountain Echo News, Kevin Jenkins

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