TGIF/Weekend edition - June 27-29, 2008

In San Francisco, they may rename one of the city’s largest sewage works the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. What an insult. Sewage plants are in the business of cleaning up messes. – Janice Hough

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

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4113 The Associated Press

• Iraq attacks kill 3 Marines, 36 others Los Angeles Times

• Iraq judge gunned down CNN International

• U.S. handover of Iraqi province delayed Reuters

• US says top al-Qaida figure killed AP

• US Senate approves Iraq, Afghanistan war funding AFP 

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, the big story out there continues to be the high cost of gasoline. Four bucks a gallon. I have stopped traveling anywhere that is not downhill. Luckily, John McCain has the solution [on screen: McCain speech in which he says he'll give a $300 million prize to whomever can come up with a solution to the energy crisis]. Fabulous prizes! Who says McCain's campaign has no new ideas? They have the new idea of offering millions of dollars to people who actually have ideas. It's just the latest example of John McCain's brave fight to keep Americans awake while he talks" --Stephen Colbert
 

Bush Success?

 North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
 

Disturbing News

• Missouri levee breaks as US flooding continues Reuters 

• Big Sur under threat as Calif. fire edges closer The Associated Press

TGFG: Thank God For Guns. The more we have, the safer we are, right? - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Another Bush Success

Afghan opium poppy cultivation grew 17 percent last year, continuing a six-year expansion of the country's drug trade and increasing its share of global opium production to more than 92 percent, according to the 2008 World Drug Report, released Thursday by the United Nations.
 

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Schwarzenegger criticizes McCain's offshore drilling proposal Los Angeles Times

• House GOP concludes they failed to sway voters The Associated Press 

• John McCain Is Way Behind Online BusinessWeek 

• Doctors Face Payment Cuts for Patients on Medicare New York Times

• Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi visits Camp David AP

"I don't know if you know this, but John McCain now he's got a bandage on his head. Did you see that, John McCain? The poor guy, he's got a bandage on his head. Here's what happened. Apparently he tried to answer the iron." --David Letterman
 

"One of my favorites during the political season is 'Maggie's Farm,'" ... "It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric" - Barack Obama

Obama and Hillary: Together At Long Last

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton take the first step toward healing the wounds of their bruising presidential nominating fight with a joint appearance on Friday in the symbolically named New Hampshire town of Unity.

The rally will be the first time the former rivals have shared a stage in public since Obama clinched the Democratic nomination earlier this month and began trying to mend the rifts caused by their epic 16-month campaign struggle.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Pastor Who Officiated at Jenna Bush Wedding Launches Pro-Obama Website Washington Post

• Barack Obama and the Jesus Machine guardian.co.uk

• Obama’s email efforts overwhelming McCain’s Christian Science Monitor, MA

• AFL-CIO endorses Barack Obama Los Angeles Times

• Praise for Hillary from Obama’s wife at NH stop Boston Herald

Biz-Tech News

• Oil reaches $142 on view dollar will keep falling The Associated Press 

• New home sales and prices both drop in May The Associated Press

• Boeing Future Combat Systems to Go to Army Infantry Units First Bloomberg 

• Up and Atom for new MTV comedy Web site Reuters

• NBC settles lawsuit over man's suicide Reuters

• Clooney Offers Actors a Pre-emptive Strike New York Times

"The latest Bloomberg poll shows Obama has a 15-point lead over John McCain. That's a big lead. He leads in men and in women and with young people, minorities. I think the only place that McCain is beating Obama is in calcium deposits right now." --Jimmy Kimmel
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• White House insiders refuse to shed light on interrogations CNN 

McCain Gambles with Awkward Joke

"The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to carry guns...When the decision was read, it created pandemonium in the court. Justice Scalia had to fire two warning shots to settle people down. And then at the White House, just for fun, Dick Cheney went out on the lawn and peppered a buddy with some birdshot...I didn't know this, I think some of the Supreme Court justices may be gun owners. Clarence Thomas, for example, kept bragging about his weapon." --David Letterman

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney aide reveals little at hearing Seattle Times

"I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House." --President Bush, referring to White House chef Cristeta Comerford while meeting with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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Odd News

• New York City Waterfalls makes its splashy debut on the East River New York Daily News

• Madonna Meets With Divorce Attorney KCRA.com

• Deaths in honeybee colonies still puzzling to scientists Atlanta Journal Constitution

• "Brothel bus" makes last stop in Miami Beach Reuters

• Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests Reuters

• Swedes try drive-in weddings Reuters

• Pope doesn't wear Prada says Vatican newspaper Reuters

Participants destroy refrigerators, cars and televisions with sledge-hammers during an anti-stress session or "Destruction Therapy" before town's fiestas in Castejon, northern Spain, June 21, 2008. The therapy was aimed at relieving stress in the workplace and was the first time the general public had participated, the event organizers, Stop Stress Navarra said.
Photo/Vincent West

Peace.