Thursday edition - July 17, 2008
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Bush hosts T-ball game,
then MLB players at dinner
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As election nears, a push from John McCain to get out the
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Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records |
Bush is always having such a good time no matter how miserable the world is.
According to a new poll, most voters think Barack Obama has a better smile than John McCain. Apparently this is because McCain takes his smile out every night and puts it in a glass of water. - Conan O'Brien
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4121 The Associated Press
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 476 The Associated Press
US Military: Car Bomb Attack Kills 15 in Northern Iraq Voice of America
Albania to send more troops to Iraq Xinhua, China
Gates wants more troops for Afghanistan in shift of priorities
Some US soldiers in Iraq yearn to be in Afghan war The Associated Press
Resister to war in Iraq deported to US Chicago Tribune
What A Waste Of Jet Fuel
The White House said President Bush will visit Northern California on Thursday to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged hundreds of square miles and strained the state's firefighting resources.
Bush Terrifies T-Ball Player
At the end of
the game, Bush joined a large chipmunk named Dugout on the field to hand out
baseballs to the players. But even on the South Lawn, he found that his
popularity went only so far. A young girl named Emily from Kentucky, apparently
afraid to meet the president and the chipmunk, ran crying from the field when
Bush tried to present her with a ball.
Undeterred, Bush lingered to sign baseballs and pose for pictures. He was in
no hurry: His next big event, the Major League Baseball dinner in the State
Dining Room, wouldn't start for two more hours.
Disturbing News
What? No Singing Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran!
The United States will announce in the next month that it plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years, a British newspaper said on Thursday.
Subject: Valerie Plame Dissed on Morning Joe show
Hi Lisa, I just witnessed your favorite GOPer, Joe the Schmo Scarborough diss Valerie Plame--called her a "desk jockey" and inferred several times that she was a nothing in the CIA. And Mika, his cohost, was bobbing her head up and down in agreement.
Plame was a spy who was outted and all these years later, partisan hacks like Scarborough continue to spread lies about Valerie Plame. Misogyny seems to be alive and well at MSNBC as well as misinformation.
Thanks for your wonderful daily humor, it's my comfort food.
Jackson
Thanks for writing. FAIR GAME by Valerie Plame is on my nightstand.
After Robert Novak outted Valerie Plame in his column, I asked a respected investigative reporter what he would have done if he was leaked that information and he said, "I would have asked, "Why are you giving me this information?'"
Not one of the journalists who sipped on the White House leaks asked that question, including Robert Novak.
I wonder how Joe the Schmo would have handled Valerie's deep undercover work overseas revolving around counter proliferation operations protecting us from WMDs? He'd stick out like an obnoxious redneck in New York City.
Republican-Shenanigans News
McCain Uses Fund to Raise $62.3 Million
McCain on a Possible Republican Running Mate for Obama CBS News
Republican asks NAACP to help improve schools Baltimore Sun
This week, the Bush Administration added the one millionth name to the U.S. terrorist watch list. So congratulations to Peggy Watkins of Phoenix, Arizona! - Conan O'Brien
Fox Leak Continues To Drip
Jesse Jackson
apparently was caught on tape using the n-word, the racial epithet he has railed
against for years, adding an ironic new twist to the controversy over his recent
remarks about Barack Obama during an off-air break in a televised
interview...Fox has not aired the clip containing the slur nor released a
transcript containing it, though someone with access --
a "weasel," by O'Reilly's description -- leaked the information.
Rock-The-Voter News
Obama's Indiana visit puts Bayh in veep spotlight Chicago Tribune
Getting Their Hillary Fix
"It has come to this": In two separate segments, MSNBC highlights Hillary Clinton's new hairdo
Biz-Tech News
Oil prices down but not out Reuters
Natural gas prices set to spike Marketplace, CA
Drop-Off in Advertising Lowers Gannett’s Profit by 36% New York Times
McDonald's franchisee pleads guilty to illegal labor Reuters
Eternal optimist Bush is still high on the economy. I'd swear it was something else. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
Bush-Prison-Torture News
US judge to consider blocking 1st Guantanamo trial The Associated Press
Appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib verdict, sentence Houston Chronicle
Yesterday at the White House, President Bush gave a press conference about the economy, and he said we’re in a “time of uncertainty.” Then Bush said, “You know — like the moment after ‘Dora the Explorer’ ends — but before ‘SpongeBob’ starts.”- Conan O'Brien
Go-F**k-Yourself News
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Odd News
Packers accuse Vikings of tampering by contacting Favre The Canadian Press
"Reborn babies" are disconcertingly life-like baby dolls carefully crafted in vinyl, which have become swiftly popular mainly with collectors, but also with nostalgic grandparents and grieving parents. Made and collected by an online community of enthusiasts, they are painted several times to create the mottled color of newborn skin, have mohair hair and eyelashes, and are weighted to make them feel as heavy as human babies.
I don't
know about you but I find these dolls sort of creepy.
Photo/David Moir
Peace.