Wednesday edition - December 12, 2007

A NFL quarterback was sentenced to 23 months in prison for torturing dogs. America tortures humans and wags it's tail.

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

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3888 The Associated Press

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Triple car bombs in Iraq kill 23, wound 150: health official AFP

• Bomb Targets Iraq Politicians' Compounds The Associated Press

• Sgt. shot unarmed Iraqi, soldier says AP

• DOJ Questioned About '05 Iraq Rape Case The Associated Press

• Jordan, Iraq encourage refugees to return home Xinhua, China

• US defense secretary presses NATO for more troops for Afghanistan AFP

• Army may revise request for new combat vehicles USA Today

• Assad pledges Syrian support for Iraq reconciliation AFP

• Olmert: Keep pressure on Iran CNN

• Gates urges Gulf region to counter Iran AP

• Bush demands Iran explain nuke program AP

• Russia walks away from CFE arms treaty AFP 

To Call It Torture or Not To Call It Torture Still Unanswered

Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Tuesday to be rushed into deciding whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, saying simply he understands the "intense interest" in the issue now at the heart of an inquiry into videotaped interrogations of terror suspects that were destroyed by the CIA.

Disturbing News

• Ominous Arctic melt worries experts AP

• Tropical Storm Olga Soaks Caribbean The Associated Press

• Icy Weather Kills 20 in Central States Since Weekend New York Times

• Storm leaves almost 1M without power AP -

• 6 Shot Getting Off School Bus In Vegas CBS News 

The Weather Channel reported Monday that ice storms cut power lines and closed schools in the Midwest. Ice was an inch thick on the roads. It was so cold in Iowa that people were showing up at Mike Huckabee rallies just for the fire and brimstone. - Argus Hamilton

Being Mike Huckabee

The U.S. shouldn't try to kill Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Mike Huckabee declared when he first ran for office. No women in combat anywhere. No gays in the military. No contributions in politics to candidates more than a year before an election.

His statements are among 229 answers Huckabee offered as a 36-year-old Texarkana pastor during his first run for political office in 1992.

http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/

Republican Shenanigans

• Bush issues 29 pardons but Libby not among them Reuters

• Boehner endorses 'emergency' spending AP

• Bush sought Rice's advice on Iraq war AP

• Republican Wins Special Election WRIC, VA 

• GOP rivals veer right on immigration Los Angeles Times

Iraq Disarms Female Police

The Iraqi government has ordered all policewomen to hand in their guns for redistribution to men or face having their pay withheld, thwarting a U.S. initiative to bring women into the nation's police force...Critics say the move is the latest sign of the religious and cultural conservatism that has taken hold in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's ouster ushered in a government dominated by Shiite Muslims.

www.pabloonpolitics.com

Weathering Bush (Haiku)

from Mad Kane's Political Madness

I shovel the snow
As Bush blares through my head phones,
Shov’ling something else.

 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Poll: Obama ties Clinton in New Hampshire CNN

• New Biden Ad Spotlights Iraq Plan CBS News

President Bush held a Hanukkah ceremony in the White House Monday where he lit candles on a menorah. You could see the flickering lights in the windows. And that was just in Dick Cheney's office where he was burning the rest of the CIA tapes. - Argus Hamilton

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices above 90 dollars before US inventories AFP

• Wary of Protests, Exxon Plans Natural Gas Terminal in the Atlantic New York Times

• Doors opening for Chinese tourists to US AP

• Fed Cuts Rate a Quarter Point; Stocks Dive New York Times

• Product recalls: Hair irons, scuba gear AP

• Hotel chain offers free rooms for Marys and Josephs at Christmas AFP

• Dreamliner Is Expected to Meet Its Revised 2008 Deadline New York Times

• Microsoft Plugs 11 Windows Security Holes Washington Post

GOP Values

One U.S. senator is holding up legislation that would create a cold-cases unit to track down unpunished killers from the civil rights era...He said he objects to the legislation because of its price tag of $13.5 million a year, believing only $1.6 million is needed. His Web site contains links labeled "Stop Secret Spending" and "Pork Busters."

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Agent: Waterboarding OK'd at the top AP

• Court orders administration to preserve possible evidence of torture Kansas City Star, MO

• Ex-Guantanamo inmates may be spared French prison Reuters 

War on Christmas Hanukkah

NEW YORK (AP) _ Four Jewish subway riders who wished other people "Happy Hanukkah" were pelted with anti-Semitic remarks before being beaten, police and prosecutors said. The incident was being investigated as a possible hate crime.

Go-F***-Yourself News

• RJ Matson's Cheney Cartoon Tops 'Time' Magazine List Editor & Publisher

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