TGIF/Weekend edition - August 11-13, 2006
Democrats say plot shows Iraq war a diversion |
New Iraq books paint dismal picture for Americans |
Lieberman, on the Offensive, Links Terror Threat and
Iraq |
What's Bizarro is that not one picture of the 19 terrorists has been released. Why not?
George Bush blamed for middle-finger arthritis epidemic.-- Grant Gerver - Shot Off the Press
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
El Salvador to send 380 soldiers to Iraq Houston Chronicle
IRAQ: Fear rises along with death tolls Reuters AlertNet, UK
Iraq needs two years to ‘build security forces’ Gulf Times, Qatar
US terror warning is 'very innocuous': Govt Daily News & Analysis
Tehran warns foreign troops to leave Iraq
Russia circulates cease-fire resolution Boston Globe
Israel warns Beirut residents to flee Chicago Tribune
Britain holds 24 in bomb plot; others sought Boston Globe
2 charged in Ohio with aiding terrorism
Prosecutors prepare to execute three Christian militiamen Jakarta Post
New wave of London demonstrations for Middle East ceasefire AFP
For a lasting Middle East peace, look back to 1967 UN plan
Enabling a Democracy to Bomb a Democracy or a Detour on the Road to Peace
Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions, which it could use to strike Hezbollah missile sites in Lebanon, two American officials said Thursday.
The
terrorists are coming! The terrorists are coming! Raise the alert; it's close to
election time!-- Zing!
Disturbing News
`Super typhoon' sweeps China coast San Jose Mercury News, USA
Experts: Liquid bomb easy to make and hard to find Chicago Tribune
Airplanes still targets of choice
Boom in overweight US babies raises alarm Detroit Free Press
Contagious Canine Cancer Spread by Parasites LiveScience.com, NY
IRA
Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country. Their covert campaign once again relied on false intelligence and shady allies. But this time, the target was Iran.
George W. Bush: "The Great Inciter" .-- Grant Gerver - Shot Off the Press
Republican Shenanigans
79% of Democrats Glad Lieberman Lost
The Zogby Interactive survey was conducted Aug. 9-10,
2006, and included 1,229 Democratic respondents nationwide. It carries a margin
of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
It found that nearly four out of five Democrats (79%) were happy the former
Democratic vice presidential nominee was knocked off by Lamont, a wealthy cable
television executive whose campaign focused almost exclusively on his opposition
to the war –
Sen. Joseph
Lieberman was defeated in Connecticut's Democratic primary, losing to political
newcomer Ned Lamont who appears to be from the Steve Forbes school of non-blinkiness.
But the real story was not the unblinking, yet gleeful winner but sore Loserman
if you will who seemed blissfully unaware of the reality of the situation."
--Jon Stewart
Rock-The-Voter News
New rules for the flying public: Pre-ship all luggage by non-passenger airline. Arrive at the airport in a mumu-like gown (nothing underneath) and no socks or shoes..-- Grant Gerver - Shot Off the Press
Emails:
Subject: George W Bush Memorial Ideas
Big HELLO and big THANKS from the
state of CT....
Heres the story...back in 2000 CT. D.O.T. tried like hell to post
these signs on the city limits of NEW HAVEN the actual birthplace of the
boy
wonder....I think they thought that some folks would actually be proud
of that fact[???????]. Very soon after erecting these huge signs along
I-91 they were knocked to the ground.They tried again and then a third
time
all with the same results.The pictures show the result of the fourth and
final attempt...im sorry you cant see the whole sign but when i was able
to
get the photos they were laying on the ground at the D.O.T. garage getting
ready to be cut up for scrap and the damn things were so big I just
couldnt
fit the whole thing in the frame.Believe me i tried!!! They really are
priceless....Hope you enjoy and thanks alot for all the daily laughs!!!
PEACE
PEACE PEACE .....PHLIXX
Thanks so much!
Maybe the reason Reagan had the Florida
Turnpike, an aircraft carrier and an airport named after him was because:
1. He was surrounded by hot air.
2. He was adrift in a sea of incompetence.
3. Occasionally he would soar to new heights of stupidity.
Ron B
Good News
"A lot of people think Joe Lieberman
lost because of the kiss that President Bush gave him at the State of the Union
address. So let that be a little lesson for all the Democratic Senators out
there. You wanna keep your job, don't make out with President Bush in public." --Jay
Leno
Skullcaps OK, Turbans Not
The Coast Guard is changing its regulations to
allow religious head coverings such as skullcaps, but Sikh turbans still
will be excluded, officials said Wednesday...Lawmakers called for the
change after Jack Rosenberg, a Hasidic Jew who passed his training for the
Coast Guard last year, was told he could not serve without taking off his
skullcap.
The U.S. Armed Forces under the Defense Department
have permitted religious head coverings since 1987.
Biz-Tech News
Oil Prices Recovering After Drop CBS News
BP will try to keep half of Prudhoe Bay oil field open during ... Chicago Sun-Times
Commercial salmon fishing declared failure San Jose Mercury News
BetOnSports, After Indictment, Folds Its Hand and Decides to Move ...
Crack in Microsoft Windows worries US anti-terror officials AFP
Immunity for Chinese Water Torture aka Waterboarding
The Bush administration drafted amendments to the War Crimes Act that would retroactively protect policymakers from possible criminal charges for authorizing any humiliating and degrading treatment of detainees, according to lawyers who have seen the proposal...At issue are interrogations carried out by the CIA, and the degree to which
harsh tactics such as water-boarding were authorized by administration officials.
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Psychologists' rule to allow role in military interrogations Houston Chronicle
Team meets US authorities for Pakistanis detained at Guantanamo ... Pakistan Times, Pakistan
Cheney vs Lamont
Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont responded
yesterday to Dick Cheney's suggestion that his primary upset heartened
terrorists, saying the vice president was mixing up the war on terror with the
invasion of Iraq.
"I just think that
this Bush administration confuses a comprehensive attack on the terrorists with
the invasion of Iraq," Lamont said in a telephone interview
yesterday...Cheney said the Democrats' embracing of Lamont and his position on
Iraq after he won the primary showed that the party had become isolationist and
unconcerned about terrorism.
Go-F*ck-Yourself News
CIA Gives Libby Overviews of Briefings Guardian Unlimited, UK
Oh, Lisa, I just can't stop laughing except when I'm
crying. Fearless Leader "said the arrests are a "stark reminder" that the U.S.
is "at war with Islamic fascists." Now, stop me if I'm wrong, but who started
the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? And Miriam Webster defines fascism as "a
political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts
nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized
autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social
regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition".
so it seems to me to be the old pot/kettle kinda thing.
Of course, I've found little reason to believe anything our government has said
throughout my lifetime, and that's over 50 years now. So I am just a little bit
skeptical of this latest revelation about a thwarted airplane bombing scheme.
Let's see, the wars are not going well, the price of gas is through the roof,
and Lieberman lost. Let's scare the public!! They kinda forgot about the effect
this would have on airline stocks, though.
A guy like Dubya really makes me miss Walt Kelly. Just think what Pogo could do
with Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rummy, Rove and the rest. Or Jay Ward could have had
Cheney and Condi as Boris and Natasha. "Keel Moose and squir-rel.
Slugger
But, Bush tell us, "It's all good!"!!! And the world is a safer place without Saddam, too!
At the very least, Bush has inspired a plethora of political humor websites!
General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner insisted Wednesday that four-dollar-a-gallon gas won't hurt SUV sales. The problem solves itself. As Americans sell their children to buy gasoline they'll eventually be able to downsize to more a fuel-efficient car.---- comedian Argus Hamilton
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Odd News
Experts: Liquid bomb easy to make and hard to find Chicago Tribune
Danish clown Lars Lottrup grimmaces while trapped in a giant balloon Thursday Aug. 10, 2006 at the International Clown Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. As the rest of the world frets over terror alerts and Mideast violence, clowns at the show have the simple task of making people laugh. (Photo/John McConnico)
Peace.