Monday edition - July 21, 2008
Singing the same old song
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Oil jumps on Iran, storm
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Iraq: US arrests Iran-linked militant |
Rice wants "serious answer" from Iran |
"The economy here in the United States is in very bad shape, but President Bush isn't sweating it. Partly because he believes the bad news is being exaggerated and partly because he has the intellect of a Golden Retriever." --Jimmy Kimmel
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4124 The Associated Press
Nato admits accidental killing of four civilians guardian.co.uk
9 Afghan Police Killed by Coalition Airstrikes Voice of America
Sunni Bloc Returns To Iraq Cabinet Hartford Courant
Obama Urges Increase in US Forces in Afghanistan on 'Face the Nation'
British premier vows to thwart Iranian atomic arms The Associated Press
Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to President Bush’s time in office as “a total failure.” Bush defended himself, saying, “Oh come on, I hardly spent any time in my office.” - Conan O'Brien
Iraq: US Troops Out By 2010
Iraq's government spokesman is hopeful that U.S. combat forces could be out of the country by 2010.
Disturbing News
Tropical storm Dolly kills 12 in Guatemala
"Federal
Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress yesterday. I don't want
to say the financial situation doesn't look good, but he testified via satellite
from the Cayman Islands." --Jay Leno
Republican-Shenanigans News
Republicans hoping for a grand old party in Minn. The Associated Press
GOP Goes on Offensive For DeLay's Old Seat Wall Street Journal
Giuliani Takes McCain Out to the Ballgame Washington Post
Payback's A Bitch
The New Yorker's Washington
correspondent has been
denied a press place on Barack Obama's tour of the Middle East and Europe
after the magazine depicted the presidential candidate as a terrorist on its
cover.
With the reaction to that latest New Yorker cover, you'd think it was a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
Rock-The-Voter News
Obama Sees Afghan Crisis National Post, Canada
Obama Visits Iraq for First-Hand Look at War Voice of America
Obama Shouldn't Urge More German Troops, Lawmaker Tells Spiegel Bloomberg
Monument Switching
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said today that his speech in Berlin on the future of trans-Atlantic relations will be delivered in front of a Prussian war monument, rather than the Brandenburg Gate.
Biz-Tech News
Oil jumps $3 on Iran, storm
Jet Fuel Costs Push Midwest Air to End Flights to 11 Cities
Study: shrinking newsrooms hurting papers' quality
Yahoo Settles With Carl Icahn; Icahn To Control 3 Of 11 ... Washington Post
Motorola Sues Ex-Exec; Alleges Trade Secrets Given To Apple Washington Post
The government of Cuba announced today that by the year 2010 Cuba will have high-speed Internet service. Not only that, by 2011 Cuba will have a computer. - Conan O'Brien
Bush-Prison-Torture News
"Oil prices have dropped again, making it the third day in a row. Apparently, somebody forgot to tell the guy who owns the gas station near my house." -Jay Leno
Go-F**k-Yourself News
Report links Cheney office, oil giant to global warming policy shift
Janet Jackson' Breast Found Innocent!
A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction."
Rolling Stone Ron Wood said he realized he had a drinking problem when he ran off with a 19-year-old Russian cocktail waitress. Of course, according to most men that’s not a drinking problem; that’s a drinking success. - Conan O'Brien
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Odd News
LA man killed by police after San Diego Bay rescue Los Angeles Times
Olympic city cuts traffic to clean up the air The Associated Press
Photos from the recent Mars Lander - Stunning
Peace.