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TGIF/Weekend edition - January 2-4, 2009

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Fumigators are scheduled to treat the White House the week of January 12th. Vermin eradication experts are already pouring into Washington. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without George W. Bush

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 AP

• US toll in Afghanistan at record high in 2008 Washington Post

• Iraq police: 30 die in Iraq suicide bombing AP

• Taliban ambush kills 20 Afghan police AP

• US strike kills 4 in Pakistan CNN International

• Bush stance on cease-fire shows support for Israel AP

• As bombing continues, Israel allows some foreigners to leave Gaza International Herald Tribune

• Kashmir protests over assault on Gaza, 50 injured Reuters

• North Korea vows to bolster its military in 2009 AP

• Trial Date Postponed For Shoe Thrower Washington Post

What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You

Israel is continuing to bar foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip, despite a Supreme Court decision to allow a limited number of reporters to enter the territory.
 

Poor George’s Almanac

Disturbing News

• 'Safest' seat remarks gets Muslim family kicked off plane CNN

• Disabled Man Stuck On Bus For 15 Hours Overnight MSNBC

The 25 Funniest Political Quotes of 2008

This past year the naughtier you were, the bigger your federal bailout. - Argus Hamilton

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Republican-Shenanigans News

• Moderate Republicans may be in big demand in Senate Los Angeles Times

• Chip Saltsman's 'Magic Negro' mistake Los Angeles Times

• Republicans to flee DC for inauguration MLive.com

• Female Lobbyist Linked to McCain Sues 'NYT'-- Here's How Story First Emerged Last Winter E&P

“Fox News allows ‘magic negro’ New Year’s message to be broadcast.”

Sarah Sets Press Straight

Governor Sarah Palin has always had a love/hate relationship with the media, but what has her fired up now are reports that she calls inaccurate, and she has actually personally contacted People Magazine, the Associated Press, and the Anchorage Daily News to let them know they are wrong.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama family moves into historic D.C. hotel Newsday

• Obama to meet with congressional leaders on economy Reuters 

• Senate Dems To Block Burris' Path To Senate -- Perhaps Even Literally TPM Election Central

• Bill Clinton For NY Senate? CBS News

Bush mulls giving Palestinians Iraq for their homeland  - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Biz-Tech News

• Oil falls to below $42 a barrel AP

• Manufacturing index drops to 28-year low AP

• World stock markets open 2009 on high note AP

• Viacom and Time Warner reach deal to avoid blackout Reuters

• Manufacturing data from major economies prove grim International Herald Tribune

• Microsoft Says Zune Glitch Caused by Leap Year Clock Bug Wall Street Journal

Eight years of unadulterated catastrophes have given us a sense of what an asteroid hitting the Earth might be like.   - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

America Greets 2009 By Going Insane - Wonkette

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• UK Presses Allies to Help US Close Guantanamo Bay Jail Bloomberg

"One percent of Americans participating in this poll believe – believe -- Dick Cheney is the best Vice President ever. Everybody else in the poll believes that that one percent should be wearing funny hats."- David Letterman

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney's Legacy of Deception The Nation

• On this date in:
  
  
  1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
  
  
  1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
  
  
  1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
  
  
  1935 Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (He was found guilty and executed.)
  
  
  1960 Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
  
  
  1965 The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
  
  
  1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
  
  
  1983 The musical play "Annie," based on the "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip, closed on Broadway after 2,377 performances.
  
  
  1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
  
  
  2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; Randal McCloy Jr. was the only survivor.
  
  
  2008 Oil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time.

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year.

Even though AHNC didn't make it's fundraising goal for 2008 AHNC came darn close. I thank each and every one of you for your loyal support.

Odd News

• Kathy Griffin drops 'D-bomb' on CNN New York Daily News

• Man wearing a Bill Clinton mask robs bank Maryland Gazette

• Charles Barkley's Need for Speed Propelled by...Um... E! Online

• Virginity pledges don't mean much, study says CNN

• Alleged beef, lobster thief says 'times are tough' AP

• Man says he shot car with paintballs to deter DUI AP

• Woman, 89, who kept boy's football, sues parents AP

• Police say alleged drug dealer accepted gift cards AP

• Thousands of shoes tie up Miami freeway traffic AP

In this image released by Bonhams, an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, is seen in a garage in Gosforth, England, where it was found by relatives after the death of the owner, an elderly doctor who last used it around 1960. The Bugatti, one of only 17 ever made, is expected to draw a record price when it is auctioned in Paris next month.

Photo/Bonhams

Peace.

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