TGIF/Weekend edition - July 28-30, 2006
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Rice shares ASEAN stage with furry green frogs
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Bush Cites
Iran's Role in Lebanon Conflict |
Blair to visit Bush over Mideast turmoil |
Too bad the Israelis and Lebanese people couldn't enjoy Condi's piano recital, but it would have been so hard to hear over the exploding of bombs.
Condi Rice refused to agree to a cease-fire in Lebanon at a summit in Rome Wednesday. She really stood her ground. If we have learned anything, it's that this administration stands for certain principles, and cease fire isn't one of them. ----
comedian Argus Hamilton
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
32 Killed in Baghdad Blasts Los Angeles Times
4 die as mortars hit Iraq mosque CNN International
Salvadoran Soldier Killed in Iraq Attack on Halliburton Convoy Bloomberg
Up to 16 killed in chopper crash in Afghanistan Seattle Times
Pentagon extends brigade's Iraq tour
Iraq, UN join forces to launch Compact to support peace ...
UN Troops Caught in Israel, Hezbollah Crossfire Los Angeles Times
3,500 troops expected to redeploy in Iraq to boost Baghdad ... San Jose Mercury News
Saddam Trial Adjourned Until Verdict in Mid-October Voice of America
Moscow snubs US to sell arms to Venezuela
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You'd think that with all the disasters overtaking the world, Condi Rice would be far too busy to play Brahms or Shostakovich at a piano recital (and to do all the practicing essential to ensure a respectable performance.) But apparently Condi has some time on her hands: Hey Condi, When They Asked You To Be A Hands-On Secretary of State, This Isn't What They Meant By Madeleine Begun Kane Like Rice, I'm a well
trained musician. My Condi Rice song parody is here and my music related humor is here.
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“Condi shops for couture on 9/11,” a hypothetical - By Margie Burns
Gayety Not Allowed
A gay
sergeant with vital Arabic language skills was expelled from the US army after
an investigation based on anonymous email rumours, it has been claimed.
Bleu Copas, 30, says his dismissal was unjust even within the terms of the
military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, a compromise
introduced by
Bill Clinton in 1993 after he failed to lift the ban on gay people in the armed
forces.
"You know Ann Coulter? She was on CNBC today and she said 'Bill Clinton is gay.' Please, just because she's the only woman on the planet he wouldn't have sex with doesn't make him gay." --Jay Leno
Hmm, Check the Photo and See the "Gesture"
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) gestures as he chats with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the 13th ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
Link repaired!
Disturbing News
Pyongyang boycotts test talks The Age
Ministers desert sinking Somali government Business Day
Conservatives Without Conscience
John Dean, the White House lawyer who famously
helped blow the whistle on the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon
from office, says the country has returned to an "imperial presidency"
that is putting the United States and the world at risk.
In his new book, Conservatives Without Conscience, Dean looks at
Republican-controlled Washington and sees a
"A Tomahawk cruise missile fell off a
truck in the Bronx this week. A cruise missile, isn't that unbelievable? You
know what that means? There are now more weapons of mass destruction in the
Bronx than there are in Iraq."
--Jay Leno
Republican Shenanigans
GOP Senator Norm Coleman's father in public sex bust
Former Republican candidate faces probe over campaign signatures Boston Globe
Ohio GOP chairman fires staff member, apologizes for Strickland ...
Congress divide jeopardizes pension bill Houston Chronicle
Where's Jeb's Influence?
When President Bush signed the military base
closing plan last year, Eglin Air Force Base looked like a winner with the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter set to bring in 2,400 new jobs.
But local leaders and Gov. Jeb Bush's office now say they were misled into
thinking the Base Realignment and Closure plan was the last word on major
changes at the state's bases. They say were surprised when a plan to
move up to 3,400 jobs from Eglin to California's Edwards Air Force Base
quietly surfaced this month.
"Condoleezza Rice was in Rome and she visited the Vatican and all the priests were very happy to see her. And everybody kept asking her 'What's it like to be celibate?'." --David Letterman
Rock-The-Voter News
Campaigns Slinging Oil Money Allegations Washington Post
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NOTICE
Mike Palecek, former federal
prisoner for peace, small-town newspaper reporter, editor, publisher, and the
Iowa Democratic Party nominee for Congress, Fifth District, 2000 — will appear
on Arts Magazine on WBAI
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Saw this on www.seriouskidding.com
An Anthem for Our Times:
"Oh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I dont get some shelter
Oh yeah, Im gonna fade away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away..." ~ from Mick & Keith's "Gimme Shelter"
Tie His Tubes
Mocked by comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart for calling the Internet a bunch of tubes, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he is open to appearing on the popular cable television program for a rebuttal...."I have a letter from a big scientist who said I was absolutely right in using the word 'tubes,'" he told reporters. However,
Stevens said he had not been invited to appear on the show to respond.
Good News
Stem Cell Advocates Regroup Washington Post
Journalists lobby lawmakers for right to keep sources confidential Lowell Sun, MA
Sheehan's group buys land in Crawford San Jose Mercury News
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Katherine Harris Meltdown
Update
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris demanded an apology
Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a speech this
week likened the senatorial candidate to former Soviet ruler Joseph
Stalin...Dean said in Wednesday's speech that Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson
is "going to beat the pants off Katherine Harris,
who didn't understand that it is ethically improper to be the chairman of a
campaign and count the votes at the same time. This is not Russia and she is
not Stalin."
New World Order: CHAOS, MURDER, & MAYHEM -- Grant Gerver
Biz-Tech News
Oil hovers near $75, Nigeria outage Mining Weekly, South Africa
Where will big oil's big profits go? Christian Science Monitor
Metro to Buy 85 Wal-Mart Stores in Germany Lakeland Ledger
Home sales slow as housing market cools Miami Herald, FL
US probes deal to stall generic drug Boston Globe
3 guilty in brutal Xbox slayings St. Petersburg Times
Unsecured Judges
Threats against federal judges are on a
record-setting pace this year, nearly 18 months after the family of a
federal judge was killed in Chicago...The most notable change that grew
out of last year's killings was the decision by Congress to set aside $12
million to install security systems in judges' homes.
About 1,700 judges have asked for the home alarms.
Fewer than a third of those, about 500, have received them.
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Court Wants More Guantanamo Arguments Washington Post
"How 'bout that Saddam Hussein? I'm beginning to think the guy's wacky. He announced that if he's found guilty he would like to be shot. Sounds like a job for Cheney." --David Letterman
Photo sent in by Susan S.
Take a Bite Out of Brownie
A Mississippi congressman hit back at Michael Brown on Thursday after the former FEMA director described him as "that little twerp."... For that little twerp to claim I didn't recognize death and suffering - he can just bite me, for all I care."
Go-F*ck-Yourself News
Dick Cheney's Lesbian Daughter Huffington Post, NY
The Weather Channel reported Wednesday that the United States was experiencing its hottest July in recorded history. The national weather map looks like an orange hunting vest. We may be frying alive but at least we're safe from Dick Cheney.
---- comedian Argus Hamilton
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Odd News
Neighborhood attracts faithful families Tallahassee.com
'Miami Vice' cultural influence still reverberates after 22 years
'Miss Cicciona' : A contestant (not an Italian sausage) takes part in the 18th beauty contest "Miss Cicciona", held every year at Forcoli near Pisa in Tuscany. (Photo/Tiziana Fabi)
Wishes for a peaceful weekend
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