Monday edition - November 3, 2008
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Palin costing McCain, poll suggests
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Obama, McCain battle across
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Pakistan warns Petraeus against missile strikes |
McCain said to be measuring drapes in his Sedona retirement home - Grant Gerver
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
Bombings kill 6, wound at least 23 in Baghdad The Associated Press
20 Pakistanis killed in US spy plane attack Glasgow Daily Record, UK
A Bomb Kills 8 Pakistanis, and It Is Seen as a Warning New York Times
Petraeus visits Pakistan as it fights "for survival" Reuters
Iraqi Kurd says US can have bases in northern Iraq: report AFP
Iraq plans to cut Sunni fighters' salaries Chicago Tribune
Now They Tell Us?
Saudi Arabia foiled a 2003
terror plot by militants who planned to hijack a plane and blow it up over a
densely populated American city, a Saudi official said Sunday.
The official said the plan, first reported Sunday in government-guided Al-Watan
newspaper, was for the attackers to transit through the U.S. to another
destination so they could avoid applying for hard-to-get American visas required
for Saudis.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the issue, said the militants were preparing to execute the alleged plot
when it was halted.
Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
were Saudis.
Now that the price of oil is falling, do we have to bail out the oil companies? - Zing!
Disturbing News
5 People Found Dead Off S. Calif. Interstate
Court Orders Bush To Release Warrantless Wiretaps
The Bush administration must
give to a federal court documents related to government
wiretapping of domestic communications without a warrant after the September 11
attacks, according to a recent court order.
"Joe the plumber was supposed to appear at a John McCain rally , but didn't show up. Yeah. So, apparently, the guy really is a plumber." --Conan O'Brien
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Republican-Shenanigans News
Sarah Palin bests John McCain in 'Saturday Night Live' ratings New York Daily News, NY
Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress New York Times
Florida's Republican governor discounts ACORN charges
Ted Stevens still has lots of fans in Alaska
The Miami Herald, FL
Obama or Treat?
A suburban Detroit
woman has decided to scare up the vote among neighborhood children
by just offering treats to John McCain supporters.
An
Obsessive’s Lament (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Writing verse about Palin’s been fun.
But enough! I must know who has won.
Although something disturbs me,
Alarms and perturbs me:
Just what shall I do when it’s done?
"And a lot
of juicy gossip on the campaign trail. Insiders of the McCain campaign say that
Sarah Palin has gone rogue. Republicans are complaining that she's not listening
to their advice, she's not taking their notes and she's going off on her own and
saying whatever she wants. And then when the campaign was asked what they like
best about her, 'She's a maverick!'" --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
A state-by-state look at Election Day
Obama exploits Cheney's support for McCain Irish Times
St. Olaf professor confesses to stealing McCain signs Minneapolis Star Tribune
Japan Is Shaking It For Obama
OBAMA, Japan
(Reuters) – Dancing, singing and playing the guitar, residents in the sleepy
Japanese fishing port of Obama are readying to party for Barack Obama before
Tuesday's U.S. presidential election.
Around 50 men, women and children wearing "I Love Obama" T-shirts
practiced hula dancing over the weekend for the Honolulu-born Democratic
candidate, hoping he will win the vote and one day visit the town as U.S.
President.
"And
Republicans now say that the $150,000 worth of clothes they bought for Sarah
Palin will probably go to a charity. Charity, is that a good idea? Isn't that
kind of counterproductive? I mean, you're going to give a homeless woman your
spare change when she's wearing a Dolce & Gabbana jacket and Jimmy Choo shoes,
you know?" --Jay Leno
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Biz-Tech News
Global recession may push oil prices to $50 next year
One Final Turn Of The Screw
As the U.S. presidential
candidates sprint toward the finish line, the Bush administration is also
sprinting to enact environmental policy changes before leaving power.
Whether it's getting wolves off the Endangered Species List, allowing power
plants to operate near national parks, loosening regulations for factory farm
waste or making it easier for mountaintop coal-mining operations,...
"This week
out on the campaign trail, John McCain called Barack Obama a socialist, and
President Bush defended Barack Obama. But see, again, I don't think President
Bush really understands. Like, he told McCain, he said, 'When you're president,
you get a lot of visitors to the White House. You have to be a good socialist.
It's good manners'" --Jay Leno
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for supposed underdog John McCain. He's got unlimited Budweiser for life. - Grant Gerver
Go-F**k-Yourself News
Cheney stars in new Obama campaign ad The Associated Press
Cheney aide to be deposed in lawsuit over records The Associated Press
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Odd News
Actor Will Ferrell carries out a Halloween prank as a favor to USC football coach Pete Carroll during football practice October 30, 2008 in Los Angeles. The stuntman fell from a platform and Ferrell pretended to catch him and save his life. Ferrell later spoke to the football team. Picture taken October 30, 2008. Photo/Po-He Tseng, USCRipsIT.com
Peace.
