FYI: Chalabi is wanted in Jordan for bank fraud.

"There is talk now that President Bush may tap into our emergency oil reserves. But I'm asking didn't we already do this? Wasn't that called invading Iraq?" —Craig Kilborn

Bush leads 'pep rally' for GOP lawmakers
Seattle Times, WA - 5-21-04
By Dana Milbank and Charles Babington. WASHINGTON — President Bush ascended Capitol Hill yesterday for what Republican lawmakers ...
 

"I've seen how well things can work out for a C student." - George "Legacy Abuser" Bush delivering LSU's commencement address instead of attending his own daughter's graduation

Terror Alert

FBI Issues Homeland Suicide Bomber Warning - TIME

...The FBI bulletin also notes that suicide bombers may disguise themselves in stolen military, police or firefighter's garb, or even as pregnant women...

FBI warns of bombers in America
Boston Herald, MA

FBI warns of possible suicide attacks
CNN 

Breaking News

Martha Stewart stock jumps on report of charges against government official San Francisco Chronicle, CA 

Forensic Expert Charged With Lying in Martha Stewart Case TheStreet.com, NY

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

• U.S. Marine Dies in Iraq Vehicle Accident  AP

• Four Arrested in Iraq for Berg Killing  AP

• 18 Killed in Heavy Fighting in Karbala AP

• Al-Jazeera cameraman, eight others, killed in holy Iraq city Channel News Asia, Singapore

• Top job in Iraq said to be offered Boston Globe, MA

• Italian MPs reject Iraq pull-out BBC News, UK

• Spanish Journalist Held by Shi'ite Group in Najaf  Reuters 

• One incident. Forty dead. Two stories. What really happened? Independent, UK

• Abuse cited as the norm  London Free Press, Canada

• Exclusive: Shocking Details on Abuse of Reuters Staffers in Iraq  Editor & Publisher

• Reuters slams US military over death of cameraman in Iraq  AFP

• Analyst: Iraqi's son abused Newsday, NY 

• US faces more allegations of Iraq torture Financial Times, UK

• Afghan Policies on Questioning Taken to Iraq New York Times, NY

• CIA investigates death of three detainees CNN/SI

• US official identifies dead Iraqi prisoner in photo CNN 

• Smiling in the face of a dead prisoner The Australian, Australia

• Red Cross Criticizes U.S. For Air Strikes Near Syrian Border Radio FreeEurope

• Abuse reports delayed in reaching generals San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA

• Memo Gave Intelligence Bigger Role Washington Post 

More birds of a feather...

Arrows pointing to Ahmed Chalabi and Laura Bush

Mrs. Bush applauds her special guest, Dr. Adnan Pachachi, President

of the Iraqi Governing Council, during President Bush's State of the

Union Address at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004. "Sir, America

stands with you and the Iraqi people as you build a free and peaceful

nation," said the President in his acknowledgement of Dr. Pachachi.

White House photo by Paul Morse.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-7.html

Disturbing News

• Palestinian doctors despair at rising toll of children shot dead by army snipers

• A PALESTINIAN VIEW - Letter from Rafah  by Ghazi Hamad

• Gaza's only zoo destroyed in Rafah raid Independent Online, South Africa 

• Bangladesh blast: UK envoy hurt CNN

• Military pregnancies front, center Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN

• Nuclear-waste talks being held in private MSNBC 

• Catholic politicians face US church ban over abortion laws Guardian, UK –

• Gunman at Large in Brazen NYC Shooting Newsday, NY

• Singapore F-16 Crash in Ariz. Kills Pilot  AP

• Attack Fears Sparked Guantanamo Crackdown -Official  Reuters

• Thousands in Britain may have human form of mad cow disease  AFP
• Lawyer Linked to Bombings Is Released New York Times, NY

As the President is getting off the helicopter in front of the
White House, he has a baby pig under each arm.
The Marine guard snaps to attention, salutes, and says: "Nice pigs, sir."
The President replies:
"These are not pigs, these are authentic Texan Razorback Hogs.
I got one for VP Cheney, and I got one for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld"
The Marine again snaps to attention, salutes, and replies,
"Nice trade, sir."

Email

I am OUTRAGED that a P.O.S. like Dennis Hastert has the nerve to criticize John McCain about sacrifice. McCain is a true Patriot, even if he his a Republican.

Keep up the good work, I'm a big AHNC fan.

-Craig

I agree. The GOP mantra should be When in doubt, denigrate their patriotism


Hi Lisa!
Imagine my chagrin when I read about Dennis Hastert
lecturing John McCain about sacrifice. I have repeatedly said
the Republican right trashes even their own if they go against the
party, and today we have ugly proof of that. I wrote Mr. Hastert and
told him he owed Mr. McCain an apology. Do you think he'll give one?

Alan

Commandment XII: Republicans never have to say they're sorry.

Listening to Chickenhawk Hastert (fyi: he got a deferment for bad knees during Vietnam and went on to coach high school wrestling) dress down McCain is akin to Bush & Co. bashing McCain's POW years during the 2000 South Carolina primary or Saxby Chambliss denigrating the patriotism of Max Cleland, Vietnam triple amputee or Bush & Co denigrating John Kerry’s medals.

Methinks the rightwingers are afraid of McCain.

And they should be because he tells the truth.

Sent in by Mel

Nursery Crimes

Talk, talk, Chickenhawks squawk!
Bush's bus is coming to town;
words of fear, a simpering leer,
and lies spread all around.

John Grant - Japan

Will We Get To Vote in 2004 News?

• Election Pros Are Cons

• Feds Want to Know Who’s Been Visiting the Web Site of Voting Watchdog Bev Harris

What Giuliani Missed
Washington Post, DC - 5-21-04
By EJ Dionne Jr. For perhaps 72 hours after 8:45 am Sept. 11, 2001, Rudy Giuliani played the role of acting president of the United States. ...

Giuliani's 9/11 account clashes with evidence
International Herald Tribune, France - 5-21-04
NEW YORK In the epic accounts of Sept. 11 provided this week by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his aides, the police and fire ...

We were too easy on Rudy
Newsday, NY - 5-21-04
BY THOMAS FRANK. WASHINGTON - A member of the Sept. 11 commission expressed regret yesterday over the questioning of former New York ...

It's Time For NAME THAT TOON!

Enter your caption in the anonymous machine below!

Republican Shenanigans

• White House's Medicare Videos Are Ruled Illegal

• Bush leads 'pep rally' for GOP lawmakers Seattle Times, WA

• Bush Asks Worried Republicans to 'Keep the Faith'  Reuters

• Hunter lashes out at focus on prison abuse San Diego Union Tribune, CA

• EPA Relied on Industry for Plywood Plant Pollution Rule  Los Angeles Times
• Hastert Defends President Bush, Says Pelosi Comments 'Cross the Line' 

Kuchma, Bush Sr. discuss Ukrainian-US relations
Interfax, Ukraine - 5-21-04
Kyiv, May 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and the 41st President of the US George Bush Sr. discussed current ...

Oil reserve quandary
Monterey County Herald, CA - 5-21-04
... In 1991 as oil prices soared in advance of a war with Iraq, former President Bush authorized the release and sale of 33 million barrels. ...

"There are now videos from Iraq showing American soldiers having group sex. Well, who said men and women couldn't serve in the Armed Forces together, huh? It's working out great, yeah!" Jay Leno

The Wastrel Son

By Paul Krugman New York Times

It seems increasingly likely that the nation will end up disowning President Bush and his debts...

Biz/Tech News

• Microsoft reduces employee benefits to cut costs The Globe and Mail, Canada

• OPEC quells notion of quick oil fix CNN/Money

• Spamming for Dollars Washington Post 

• New spam law gets mixed reviews at hearing  AFP

• Napster goes live in UK, beating rivals International Herald Tribune, France

• Dollar loses ground with US interest rates in focus  AFP

• SBC Workers Start Strike Over Health Care  AP

• Net aficionados grovel to test Google's e-mail  USATODAY.com

• E-Mail 'Phishing' Scams Soared in April - Report  Reuters

"An article came out in New Yorker Magazine that said in order to gather intelligence Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized a secret program that encouraged the sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners. Rumsfeld said the article is outlandish, conspiratorial and full of conjecture. He didn't say it was wrong. He just said all those things." —Jay Leno

Good News

• Pelosi won't back off Bush condemnation San Francisco Chronicle, CA 

• Putin Says Moscow Moving Toward Backing Kyoto  Reuters 

• Fog of War Clouds Bush Campaign NPR 

• Dogs may shed light on human diseases San Francisco Chronicle, CA 

Michael Moore gets burned by public face - Akron Beacon Journal (subscription)

Odd News

• Eglin displays 'Mother of All Bombs' Tallahassee Democrat, FL 

• Fight with alligator brings national attention to boy Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL

• N.Y. Lawyer Fined for Barking at Witness  AP

• One Poor Test Result: Cheating Teachers  Los Angeles Times

• Baptism in Iraq spawned opposition to war, sergeant testifies  Chicago Tribune

• Professor Seeks to Ban Klan From Campus  AP

• Ex-Playboy Editor Files Federal Lawsuit  AP

• Bible Argument Spurs Boiling-Oil Charge

• Flatulent bulldogs rule as Cannes top dogs

• Pringles potato snack to get printed designs

• 'I'm drunk, officer, but my donkey's in charge': South African man

• Mysterious Liberty nickel with colourful past fetches $3 million at auction

• Ill. Lawnmower Driver Charged With DUI  AP

"President Bush said today he wants U.S. troops to pull out — of each other." —Jay Leno

Email

422 billion dollars divided by 292.078.602 us-citizens ... an incredible amount

of money ...

do you know maybe how much money your government plans to spend for education ?

Erich- Austria

Great question. Here is a link to the budget

"You know all about the cicadas, they come to New York City every 17 years to have sex. No wait a minute, that's the Republican Convention."  David Letterman
 

In this NASA image obtained 04 May, 2004, shows a port on the International Space Station (ISS). A well known Japanese personality, whose name is being kept secret, is to go on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the Earth, a US company announced. (NASA/HO)

Peace.