Monday edition - October 1 , 2007

Newt completes the Republican infinite idiot loop.

Bush logic: blame Iraq for 9/11. Invade. Then, blame Iran for the mess in Iraq. Invade. Perfect. -Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,803 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• U.S. military death toll down in Iraq AP

• Civilian deaths in Iraq halve in September: government Reuters

• Kurdish rebels kill 12 in Turkey AP

• Iraq oil city reports 100 new cholera cases a day AFP

• Petraeus acknowledges rise in Iraq violence Los Angeles Times

• Palestinians in Iraq tortured, ill-treated: Amnesty AFP

• US sniper gets 5-month sentence in Iraq AP

• Blackwater guards fired unprovoked: Iraq police evidence AFP
  Five Blackwater Incidents in Question The Associated Press 

• State Dept. Starts Third Review of Private Security in Iraq New York Times

• US offers $200,000 to catch Taliban AP

• Afghan boy with US dollars hanged AP

No Wonder They Hate US

British MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America's stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President Bush's senior women officials: "I hate all Iranians."

And she also accused Britain of "dismantling" the Anglo-US-led coalition in Iraq by pulling troops out of Basra too soon.

The all-party group of MPs say Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, made the comments this month.
 

Let's spice up flying. Replace the air marshals with Blackwater security guards. - Zing!

Disturbing News

• Lake Superior sets record for low water AP

• Woman dies in police custody at Phoenix airport USA Today

• Man fatally shot at Memphis university CNN

• Recall of meat tops 21 million pounds Chicago Tribune

• 39 cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever reported in south China International Herald Tribune

• Dengue hits AIIMS doctor, 87 cases in Delhi Hindustan Times

• Dengue Fever Surges in Latin America The Associated Press

"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had to cancel his campaign schedule last week. He was pretty sick. He was coughing up blue blood. " --Jay Leno

Republican Shenanigans

• Neocons seek to justify action against Teheran Telegraph.co.uk

• Veto Is Certain, Bush Tells Pelosi Washington Post

• Bush presses voluntary path to greenhouse reductions MarketWatch

• Stop the presses: Bush, Congress make college more affordable CNN

• Thomas memoir tries to clear 'untruths' about him USA Today

• Giuliani Argues He Can Beat Hillary The Associated Press

• Minority Forum: Where Did All the Republicans Go? ABC News

• High court returns with tough issues on docket Boston Globe

Republican Journalism

Vice president Dick Cheney won't be the only headliner speaking to a secretive conservative policy conclave this weekend.
The editor of the Deseret Morning News, former Republican state chairman Joe Cannon, is also on the marquee at the influential Council for National Policy...Cannon promised council leaders he would not write about what was discussed should alarm his readers because he is shifting his loyalty from them to powerful government insiders, says Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute, a nonpartisan journalism think tank.

Fred Thompson proposes universal movie coverage for all Americans - Red Tractor-USA

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"There was a debate between the Republican candidates for president in Baltimore. The debate focused on minority issues, and it was at Morgan State University, which is a black college...None of the top four Republican candidates were there. Giuliani, McCain, Romney and Thompson -- not one of them showed up. Apparently, they all had scheduling conflicts that prevented them from going to a place where nobody will vote for them" --Jimmy Kimmel
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton, Obama Campaigns in Oakland KCBS

• State shutdown is short-lived; budget deal cut The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI

Giuliani Update

 An odd cell phone call from his wife, two rogue volunteers exploiting the memory of 9/11 to raise money, renewed questions about shifting stances on crucial domestic issues, upheaval within the campaign’s upper ranks and more focus on an unconventional family life.

It has been a rough time on the campaign trail for Rudolph W. Giuliani.

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If we do anything to Iran, it will be wildly popular with the American people. - Joe Scarborough, 10-1-07 on MSNBC

There is a new book out this week about President Bush by one of his longtime fans, Bill Sammon. I think Bill is going to be on our show soon. It’s called The Evangelical President. And it’s pretty standard Bush idolatry. You know, he’s smarter than you think; [laughter] his enemies are just jealous; he’s ahead of his time. And, by the way, if you order it through Amazon, they recommend you might also like the “ten pound bag of bulls**t.”- Bill Maher

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Slip The Associated Press

• Price controls lead to fuel shortages in China International Herald Tribune, France

• Halliburton’s move to Dubai ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates

• NetBank Files for Bankruptcy After Regulators Take Over Unit Bloomberg

• Vietnam Airlines orders 12 Boeing Dreamliners AFP

• The week that was, Sputnik in 1957 Seattle Times
  Microsoft Blogger Accidentally Leaks Office Mobile Upgrade PC World

I love that the President harshly criticizes Burma and Ahmadinejad. That's like Britney dissin' Lindsay and Paris.

-Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Bush Autographs

There's one area where it's not "like father, like son" for the Bushes. President Bush has hand-written so few letters that an autograph dealer tells us he has upped his reward for one to $5,000. "I'll buy everything," says Momentsintime.com curator Gary Zimet. While the former President George H. W. Bush is a prolific letter writer, his son chooses the computer and autograph machine.

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Abuse incident foreshadowed Abu Ghraib Baltimore Sun

• US frees 8 more Gitmo detainees Chicago Tribune
   

Bill O’Reilly is in a little bit of trouble with the black folks.You heard about that? He went to – he had dinner in Harlem with Al Sharpton. He must have lost a bet. I don’t know why this happened...I mean, he – he said he was “shocked and delighted to see there is no difference between a black-owned restaurant and a white-owned restaurant.” Which is true, because apparently they both serve “crackers.” - Bill Maher

O’Reilly, “I’m not a racist, I am close to many black people.” Red Tractor-USA

"I'm just a little bit shocked myself that a college in good standing would back up students who insist that people...have to teach that there were such things as talking snakes or lose their job." - Steve Bitterman, 60, fired from Southwestern Community College

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Jabs at Cheney an "Ugly" truth of VP's infamy Denver Post, CO
   

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Odd News

• Solo exiled by US after outburst CNN International

• Pamela Anderson Weds Paris Hilton's Sex Tape Lover Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria

• Surfer survives great white shark attack CNN

• From heart-broken to broke? Japan divorce loan helps Reuters

• New world record in 'ear-lifting' AFP

• New condoms to replace D.C. supplies AP

• Secrets of 1957 Sputnik launch revealed AP

Claudia Michelle, left, looks at her twins Victor Gabriel and Antonio Bento, as her mother Rosinete Palmeira Serrao rests in a bed at the Santa Joana hospital in Recife, Brazil, Thursday, Sep. 27, 2007. Serrao, a 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil, the delivery hospital said. Brazilian law stipulates that only close relatives can serve as surrogate mothers. De Brito is an only child and none of her cousins volunteered, so Serrao agreed to receive four embryos from her daughter. Photo/AGENCIA ESTADO, Rodrigo Lobo

Peace.