Tuesday edition - November 6, 2007

It's 2007 and we're debating whether waterboarding is torture, the AG nominee won't acknowledge that waterboarding is torture and we're sending billions to a nuclear armed country who just suspended it's constitution. No wonder the world hates us.

"Anybody notice that for daylight saving, the change is later this year? It was supposed to be last week. According to the New York Times, Congress made this decision in part from pressure from the candy lobby, who wanted an extra hour for trick or treating. Isn't that unbelievable? I mean, the research lobby can't get stem cell research through. The consumer lobby, we can't get lead out of toys. But by God, when it comes to an extra hour of eating sugar, the candy lobby has the power." --Jay Leno

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

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3850 The Associated Press 

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• 100 Reported Dead or Injured in Afghan Attack New York Times

• US military: 5 soldiers killed in Iraq AP

• 22 Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Iraq The Associated Press

• US-Iraq forces plan new assault on Shiite city AFP

• 2.3 million flee to elsewhere in Iraq AP

• NATO air raid kills dozens of Taliban: Afghan army Reuters

• Iran urges peaceful end to Turkish row with Kurds Reuters

• Americans split on Iran action: poll Reuters

• Ousted Pakistan judge urges uprising AFP

• Israeli police impersonate reporters AP

"People who are absolutely upset are the folks in the State Department. They want to send them to Iraq. There's a lot of empty positions that need to be filled over there. But the people at the State Department are revolting about this because they say it's dangerous over there. I haven't heard that. ... President Bush is furious. He said, 'If you didn't want to go to a war zone, you shouldn't have joined the State Department. You should have joined the Texas Air National Guard.'" --Bill Maher
 

Disturbing News

• Floods trap 20000 in Mexico Seattle Times 

• Toxic smog threatens Indian capital after six-year break AFP

"Karen Hughes, a former adviser to President Bush, is leaving the State Department after working the last two years trying to improve the rest of the world's opinion of America. Congratulations on a job well done. Time to bring out that 'Mission Accomplished' sign again." --Jay Leno
 

The New U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican

President Bush plans to nominate Harvard University law professor Mary Ann Glendon to be his new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

Glendon, 69, is an anti-abortion scholar and an opponent of gay marriage who also has written on the effects of divorce and increased litigation on society. Her 1987 book "Abortion and Divorce in Western Law" was critical of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a legal right to abortion.

Republican Shenanigans

• Ron Paul Raises $3.68 Million on Guy Fawkes Day New York Times

• Thompson advisor steps down Los Angeles Times 

• Giuliani leads GOP poll, but support appears shaky San Jose Mercury News

• Political storms: Katrina helps tilt Miss. race USA Today

• Pentagon contractor convicted of bribing ex-congressman USA Today

• Veto of Senate farm bill threatened Los Angeles Times

• Dems Press Bush on Subpoenas

CIA Update

Nearly half the CIA's staff was hired after 9/11, and in a startling statistic, the agency has boosted its corps of officers that can speak other languages by 50 percent since 2003.
 

"Pat Philbin, the man who staged a fake FEMA news conference on the California wildfires last week, has lost his promotion because of the event. Which begs the question, 'What does it take to actually get fired from FEMA?'" --Amy Poehler

Rock-The-Voter News

• Hillary Clinton's lead drops in latest polls New York Daily News

• Clinton defends wife on licenses AP

• Congress Set to Override Water Bill Veto New York Times

“Just because you come from Brazil doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to be good at the Samba. In the same way, just because you come from Texas doesn’t mean to say you’re going to be a good President.” - Dancing with the Stars Host Len Goodman
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices soar nearly $2 a barrel AP

• BMW 3Q profit rises 78 percent AP

• Fed: Mortgage standards tightening AP

• US tightens restrictions on meat imports AP

• Wall Street firms see recession nearing Reuters

• Greenspan, King see more pain for banks, U.S. Reuters

• Soros sees "serious" economic correction Reuters

• Screenwriters on Strike Over Stake in New Media New York Times

• Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults go online Reuters

• Google Enters the Wireless World New York Times

Bush admits he'd love to don a military uniform like Musharraf, but realizes it might send the wrong message. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Rewarding Another Democrat Basher

On his daily radio talk show, Glenn Beck portrays himself as an average guy, a recovering alcoholic and a comedian who regularly injects humor into his conservative politics.

This week he can add another description: very wealthy.
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Three Jordanians return from Guantanamo Bay prison Reuters

• Is waterboarding torture? Ask the prisoners Salon

• Poll results: Waterboarding is torture CNN

• Mukasey protesters act out waterboarding AP

• Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib art claims spot in nation's capital International Herald Tribune 

Dog the Bounty Hunter lost his television show Wednesday after he was secretly tape-recorded using racist language. His son taped him and sold it to the National Enquirer. It's heartwarming to see a kid turn somebody in for money just like his dad. - Argus Hamilton

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Go-F***-Yourself News

• Kucinich Pushes Impeach Cheney Resolution CBS News

"Today, President Bush said, 'The Iraqis are taking back Iraq.' Then Dick Cheney said, 'But not the oil, right?'" --Jay Leno

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