Tuesday edition - October 9, 2007
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British pullout in Iraq leaves Basra in chaos
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Iraq demands Blackwater pays £4m to each victim's family |
Top court won't hear appeal in CIA torture case |
Impeach? Hell, no, Impale!
"The Iraqi government has ordered $100 million worth of weapons made in China. An Iraqi official said, 'We're hoping China makes weapons that are half as deadly as their toys.'" --Conan O'Brien
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Afghanistan's Execution of 15 Prisoners Is a Concern, UN Says Bloomberg
Turkey prepares for raids into Iraq Aljazeera.net, Qatar
Army needs three to four years to recover from Iraq strains: chief AFP
Soldier’s kin await 2nd autopsy results Boston Herald
Anti-Iraq war marchers 'defiant' BBC News, UK
Pakistani Troops Kill 150 Militants in Tribal Region (Update3) Bloomberg
"The FBI is concerned that the mafia may go into business with al Qaeda. That's scary, isn't it? Wake up and find a goat head in your bed, that would be awful. In fact, they made al Qaeda an offer they couldn't refuse -- 72 hookers in this life." --Jay Leno
Freedom of Press, Military Style
The U.S.
military returned a videotape and digital camera memory card Monday that
American soldiers had seized last week from an AP Television News cameraman.
The tape and card were taken without explanation from Ayad M. Abd Ali at the
scene of an insurgent attack against the Polish ambassador in Baghdad...He says
he was never told why he was handcuffed, blindfolded and put in a Humvee, or why
the tape and film were taken. Subsequent contact with the U.S. military also has
failed to produce a clear explanation for the military's actions...Other
news organizations shot video and still photographs of the scene and had no
apparent difficulty.
Disturbing News
"This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a victim of identity theft. Someone stole Mayor Bloomberg's identity. By the time police arrested the thief, he had already passed three ordinances and dedicated a museum." --Conan O'Brien
Jeb Bush Update
A federal
agency says there is "substantial likelihood" the Army Corps of Engineers acted
improperly in handling a politically connected Florida company's $27 million
flood-pump contract after Hurricane Katrina...MWI is owned by J. David Eller and
his sons. Eller was
once a business
partner of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in a venture called Bush-El that
marketed MWI pumps.
Republican Shenanigans
Ads target Republicans in children's health insurance veto fight CNN
When Republican strategist Frank Luntz broke down the Republican ... Rolling Stone
Thompson's team to be led by a Baker, a Cheney, an Allen and an ...
Thompson spars with an amateur Giuliani stand-in Baltimore Sun
Giuliani 'fast-forwards' to fall of '08: Tackling Clinton
Rudy Giuliani returning to Alabama Friday al.com, AL
The Man Who Outed Valerie Plame Update
Appearing at the Society
of Professional Journalists convention in Washington, DC. this weekend, Robert
Novak said that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson knew that Novak was going to out
his CIA agent wife Valerie Plame in a column and "was not terribly exercised by
it." ... "I hope Novak is going to confession because otherwise he's going
straight to Hell.
Because he's a chronic liar."
"While out on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says that Republicans have to start acting like Republicans. I don't know, last week they avoided a debate with black people. You can't get more Republican than that." --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
Atlantic City ready to write off mayor Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
Clinton seeks to re-evaluate NAFTA ABC News
Obama Proposes Deep Greenhouse Gas Cuts
How Not To Attract Minority Voters
Republican presidential
hopeful Fred Thompson tapped former Republican Sen. George Allen on Monday to
serve as a campaign co-chairman.
Allen, who derailed his once-promising political career after making ``macaca" a
household word, has been raising his public profile of late by campaigning
for Virginia Republicans. His Web site, www.georgeallen.com, touts his travels
around Virginia, mostly in Republican-friendly territory.
Biz-Tech News
Euro zone puts China top of currency offenders list
Chinese bank to buy stake in US bank
Yum! Brands Profit Climbs 17% on Higher China Sales Bloomberg
Costa Rica to Join Free Trade Agreement The Associated Press
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Mikhail Gorbachev drew loud cheers in New Orleans Friday when he promised to
lead a local revolution if the Army Corps of Engineers doesn't keep its promise
to improve levees by 2011.
"We will be coming back," the Soviet Union's last leader said, through an
interpreter, during a ceremony in the Lower Garden District.
"If this pledge is not fulfilled, we will start a new revolution
in New Orleans."
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Isle lawyer to speak on Guantanamo Maui News, HI
Go-F***-Yourself News
A Cheney and Allen for Thompson New York Times
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Odd News
Pamela Anderson's fake cake Monsters and Critics.com
A lavatory-shaped home is seen in this computer graphic image released in Seoul October 9, 2007. South Korean sanitation activists will mark the November start of a global toilet association by lifting the lid on a lavatory-shaped home south of Seoul that offers plenty of water closet space. Photo/Office Of Koki-woong
Peace.