Monday edition - February 11, 2007

Peace is for Pussies! McCain/Rumsfeld '08 - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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

• US military deaths in Iraq at 3,959 AP

• Roadside blasts kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq Reuters

• More than 50 killed in Iraq AP

• Car bombings kill 6 near Shiite offices AP

• 11 killed in Baghdad car bombings AFP

• Two dead as Iraq football officials poisoned by thallium AFP

• Thousands demand sacking of local Iraq police chief AFP

• Army sniper convicted of killing Iraqi AP

• Russia forgives $12 bln Iraq debt: report AFP

• Top Taliban commander caught in Pakistan: officials Reuters

• Pentagon to charge 9-11 suspects AP

The Latest From The Department of Obfuscation

The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret...a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the Army by the RAND Corporation, a federally financed center that conducts research for the military...The study chided President Bush — and by implication Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who served as national security adviser when the war was planned — as having failed to resolve differences among rival agencies. “Throughout the planning process, tensions between the Defense Department and the State Department were never mediated by the president or his staff,” it said.
 

Roger Clemens' trainer, Brian McNamee, gave DNA evidence to the FBI that he says proves he shot Roger Clemens with steroids. After ten years, there's one thing we know about DNA evidence. It won't put him in prison but it might get him impeached.  - Argus Hamilton

Disturbing News

• Fires Char Parts of Carolinas, Virginia The Associated Press 

• Seoul's iconic ancient city gate destroyed by fire Reuters

Another Criminal Friend of the Bushes/Saudi Arabia

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the United States, from removing real estate sales proceeds from the United States pending resolution of a class-action lawsuit.

Yet Another Criminal Friend of the Bushes/Panama

A federal judge ruled yesterday that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega cannot be extradited to face French money-laundering charges until his appeals in U.S. courts are exhausted. Noriega deserves a chance to fully air his arguments that any French extradition is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions protections for prisoners of war and that Noriega instead should be repatriated to Panama, U.S. District Judge Paul Huck said.

"The GOP likes to call itself the "Big Tent Party," which would make Mike Huckabee the revivalist tent. Ron Paul would be the circus tent. And of course, John McCain is the oxygen tent." --Jay Leno

Republican Shenanigans News

• McCain a 'true conservative,' Bush says AP

• Conservatives dismayed Mitt Romney quit race Reuters

• Huckabee protests Washington state caucus vote Reuters

What a loveable ol' hunka' hawk "100-Years-of-War" McCain is. Doncha' just wanna give him a headful a' noogies? - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama defeats Clinton in Maine caucuses AP

• Barack Obama beats Bill Clinton to audio-book Grammy New York Daily News 

• Clinton replaces campaign manager Los Angeles Times

• MSNBC reporter suspended for 'pimped-out' Chelsea Baltimore Sun

• Plan would sidestep Electoral College AP

Mitt Romney dropped out of the GOP race for president Thursday after spending forty million dollars of his own money on a failed campaign. It wasn't his fault. The country is just not ready yet for a white guy to be president of the United States. - Argus Hamilton

Biz/Tech News

• Oil climbs above $92 on Venezuela threat, N.Sea outages Reuters UK

• Chavez Threatens To Cut Off US Oil Sales CBS News, NY

• Writers Guild Bigwigs See a Happy Ending Washington Post

• TI to demonstrate prototype Google Android phone Reuters

• Yahoo formally rejects Microsoft offer AP

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Official: US to seek death penalty for 6 Gitmo detainees CNN International

Email:

Subject: If McCain gets elected...

... at least I will be able to recycle the "No-W" magnet on my car.

Have a great week!

Rick
 

Thanks for the laugh...maybe I should design a "No McC" magnet!

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney Defends US Use Of Waterboarding CBS News, NY

• Cheney Takes Tougher Stance in Gun Case The Associated Press

• Cheney fights release of videos Denver Post
   

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to plastic surgery patients Friday that a chemical in Botox may cause difficulty swallowing. This is only going to improve sales in Los Angeles. Not only do you look younger, you lose weight.- Argus Hamilton