Thursday edition - September 7, 2006
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Bush defends `tough' interrogation tactics for terror suspects |
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Senators use Rumsfeld to debate Iraq policy |
Bush says catching bin Laden still matters: CBS |
Maybe we can put Bush in one of those secret CIA prisons.
When two Fox News journalists were released by their Hamas kidnappers, I was shocked: Fox News has journalists?!-- Bill Maher
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
2 US soldiers killed in Iraq International Herald Tribune, France
40 Bodies, Many Blindfolded, Are Found in Baghdad; 1980’s ... New York Times
Sunni Arabs accuse Shiites of seeking to divide Iraq in stormy ...
Lebanon eager to see blockade lifted Reuters.uk, UK
Degrees of Torture
The GOP is once again
divided over how the nation should treat its most dangerous terror suspects,
setting up a showdown in Congress just weeks away from elections
when all members will try to sell themselves as tough on terror.
"Some good news today on the war on terror. We have captured al Qaeda's No. 2 man--for the 47th time. See, our systems are so different. Over there, al Qaeda's No. 2 man is always getting captured and shot. Here, our No. 2 guy is the guy doing the shooting." --Jay Leno
Disturbing News
Scientists find new global warming threat from melting permafrost USA Today
Storm Florence on path for Bermuda Sky Valley Journal
Couric's critics focus on the clothes
A week after asserting
that "[i]t would be a shame" if incoming CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric
were "hit by one of these buses" in New York City bearing advertisements for
Couric's CBS debut, Rush Limbaugh stated, on the September 5 edition of his
nationally syndicated radio show, that he had taped a "Free Speech" segment for
Couric's show scheduled to
air on September 7
Republican Shenanigans
Romney bars state security for Iranian's Harvard visit Boston Globe
A gulp of pride gets Ryan through the day Chicago Tribune
First lady visits Norfolk to raise money for US Rep. Drake Daily Press, VA
Bill to protect gay students is vetoed
Rush Limbaugh Must Be Ecstatic
People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.
"Al Qaeda has released another video. This is rather strange. It features a 28-year-old American named Adam Pearlman from Orange County, California. Who is in al Qaeda? How crazy is that? Finally, an American takes a job away from somebody overseas, and it's in al Qaeda." --Jay Leno
Subject: Argus Hamilton
Hi Lisa,
I hope you enjoyed your vacation!
I'm writing just to say that I don't find Argus Hamilton, "comedian",
to be funny at all... I have a great sense of humor, trust me ;-)
I love the Leno/Letterman/Conan quotes, because they're usually funny.
Maybe Argus is funny outside the US, but I just don't get it. I wonder
if others feel the same way.
Thanks,
Ken
I did enjoy my vacation -- thanks for asking! I will be In Costa Rica till the end of the month taking care of medical, dental and rentals.
I started running Argus Hamilton because of a lack of one liners from the above mentioned during their recent vacations. It's hard, hard work finding current political humor on the net!
Does anyone else feel the same as Ken?
Googling News Articles
Google expanded its
controversial Google News service yesterday, adding an archive of articles
spanning more than 200 years, including stories from the Guardian, Washington
Post and New York Times.
Google News Archive Search
allows users
to look up articles from publications dating as far back as the 18th century.
Bush Does New Orleans
Washington DC Water Quality
Scientists suspect that
the development of
hermaphrodite fish is linked to estrogen-like chemicals in the Washington
D.C. water that are wreaking havoc on fish hormones.
"These are estrogenic compounds, compounds that act like estrogen," said US
Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Vicki Blazer.
Biz/Tech News
Oil prices regain some ground Houston Chronicle
Sportingbet's Chairman Is Held by US Authorities (Update5)
Backdating scandal has more than 100 companies in SEC's sights San Francisco Chronicle
IMF Warns Metals Prices Likely to Plummet Voice of America
Faster iMacs unveiled San Jose Mercury News
Google: Brazil compliance isn't new CNET News.com, CA
Conrad Burns -- Taxi Terrorists? - Senator Burns latest comments comparing taxi drivers to terrorists
Iraq Bans News
The Iraqi government on Thursday ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported. Al-Arabiya said Iraqi police later arrived at its offices to enforce the order. ..A statement by al-Maliki's office cited news reports that "capitalize on the footage of victims of terrorist attacks." He called on media outlets to "respect the dignity of human beings and not to fall in the trap set up by terrorist groups who want to petrify the Iraqi people."
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Red Cross plans to visit alleged top terror leaders at Guantanamo USA Today
Guantanamo trials 'set to resume' BBC News, UK
Because, no matter what happens, we'll always be Americans. Nothing can ever change that. Because even if women here had to start wearing burkhas, believe me, they would find a way to write the word "Juicy" on their ass. - Bill Maher
Go-F***-Yourself News
Dick Cheney must be in that undisclosed location again until the next fundraiser
Here's some good news for workers, the unemployment rate dropped to just 4.7% -- one of the lowest rates in the world. In fact, the only one who lost their job last month was Pluto -- Jay Leno
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Odd News
Four-legged duck gives new insight into dementia Times Online
Pakistan says bikini contestant not a representative Reuters
Two ending pictures for your pleasure today.
I took this picture around 7am this morning after taking a walk along the coastline here in Playa Junquillal, Costa Rica. This cliff view is about 80 feet high. Photo by AHNC
Surf's up! This is looking directly west at the Pacific Ocean.Photo AHNC
Peace.