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Monday edition - February 16, 2009
GOP = Grand Old Pyramid
I tell you, the economy is in bad shape. In fact, airlines are now charging extra if you want peanuts without salmonella. - Jay Leno
The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without George W. Bush
Republicans Don't Believe Obama Was Born
Several Tennessee lawmakers
have signed on to a legal action intended to force President Barack Obama to
turn over his birth certificate and other documents to prove his citizenship, an
effort rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in an earlier case.
John McCain’s in the news. This week, Sen. John McCain sent out an e-mail to his supporters announcing that he’s running for re-election in 2010. Yeah. Isn’t that incredible? John McCain knows how to use e-mail.- Conan O'Brien
Disturbing News
Afghanistan Update
Afghan President Hamid
Karzai lashed out at mounting U.S. criticism on Sunday, saying he expected
"better judgment" from the Obama administration.
Republican-Shenanigans News
I don’t
know what the deal is, but all of a sudden, we have 40- and 50 mile-an-hour
gusts of wind blowing around outside. In fact, it is so windy, former Illinois
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s hair actually moved. - David Letterman
Eric "Baby Newt" Cantor
Right Wing America To Be Heard
For those wondering why the
"liberal media" rarely show interviews of conservative voters on TV, documentary
director Alexandra Pelosi
offers up a visceral counterpoint in HBO's Right America, Feeling
Wronged: Some Voices From the Campaign Trail, a documentary premiering
tonight (8 ET/PT). Rock-The-Voter News
Southern Methodist University is having trouble raising the $500 million needed to build the George W. Bush Presidential Library. If the library were to open today, it would be called the George W. Bush Presidential Bookmobile. - Laugh Lines
Courage Campaign in California
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Biz-Tech News
In the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, model Brooklyn Decker is naked except for a world map painted on her. Many Americans previously clueless about geography are expressing a sudden interest in the Netherlands. - Laugh Lines
A Bada Bing - No Bada Boom
A Royal Navy
nuclear submarine and a French vessel have been damaged in a collision deep
below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Bush-Prison-Torture News
Happy
birthday to Abraham Lincoln, who was born 200 years ago today. And to mark the
occasion, former Vice President Dick Cheney, earlier today, went into a theater
and shot a guy. - David Letterman Go-F**k-Yourself News
The Obama
girls love living in the White House. They think it’s fantastic. There was just
one complaint that the girls had about living in the White House. They claim
that there’s a portrait of Dick Cheney on the wall, and they claim the eyes in
that portrait actually move.
In case you missed it … In its tireless effort to provide news and giggles for its readers, All Hat No Cattle offers this Monday glimpse back at the previous week with an emphasis on the weekend dump. (We mean the time preferred by government officials, politicians and titans of industry to release unsavory news in the hope it receives less media coverage – not the bathroom activity.) Sun., 2/15/09
Oh, by the way, Blagojevich’s
brother did ask me for money The disclosure reflects a major omission from Burris' testimony in January when an Illinois House impeachment committee specifically asked if he had ever spoken to Robert Blagojevich or other aides to the now-deposed governor about the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. State Rep. Jim Durkin, the impeachment committee's ranking Republican, told The Associated Press that he and House Republican Leader Tom Cross will ask Sunday for an outside investigation into whether Burris perjured himself. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada also said he was reviewing the disclosure, the latest twist for Senate Democrats in Washington who only consented to seat Burris on the condition that there were no "pay to play" promises exchanged in the appointment. Burris said he voluntarily gave the committee a Feb. 4 affidavit disclosing the contact with Robert Blagojevich because "there were several facts that I was not given the opportunity to make during my testimony to the impeachment committee." The affidavit, released by Burris' office after it was first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, said Robert Blagojevich called him three times — once in October and twice after the November election — to seek his fundraising assistance. Robert Blagojevich's attorney said his client believes one of the conversations was recorded by the FBI. Burris, a Democrat like the former governor, said he told Robert Blagojevich he would not raise money because it would look like he was trying to win favor from the governor for his appointment.
Fireworks exploded in the sky and caravans of supporters celebrated in the streets, waving red flags and honking horns. Thousands of people gathered outside Miraflores Palace, where the former paratroop commander appeared on a balcony to sing the national anthem and address the crowd. "Today we opened wide the gates of the future," proclaimed Chavez, who has governed for a decade and vowed to rule for at least a decade more. "In 2012 there will be presidential elections, and unless God decides otherwise, unless the people decide otherwise, this soldier is already a candidate." Chavez called the victory — which allows all public officials to run for re-election as many times as they want — a mandate to speed his transformation of Venezuela into a socialist state. "Ten years is nothing. I don't know what they're complaining about," he said before Sunday’s vote. The current constitution, itself created by a Chavez-backed referendum in 1999, allows two six-year terms. Without the amendment approved Sunday, Chavez would have had to leave office in 2013. He lost a broader referendum in December 2007 that also sought to abolish presidential term limits, and says nothing is stopping him from trying again if he loses this time.
Sat., 2/14/09
Investigators urged FAA action
for years before latest air crash Icing quickly emerged as a leading possible cause for why a Continental Connection turboprop fell out of the sky in wintry conditions and plunged into a house near Buffalo, New York, late Thursday, killing all 49 people on the plane and one person on the ground. While the National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the crash will take months, records showed the board has been dissatisfied with the Federal Aviation Administration's response to four of its icing-related safety recommendations, one dating to 1996. The board issued a safety alert last December based on one of the two outstanding icing-related recommendations that it made to the FAA in 2007. That one would require crews to activate anti-icing systems or rubber "boots" designed to break up accumulated ice on the leading edge, or front, of the wings once a plane enters icy conditions, unless there is a specific instruction from the manufacturer not to do so. Safety board investigators said that "black box" recordings showed the crew of Flight 3407 commented on ice buildup on the windshield and the leading edge of the wings of the year-old Dash 8 Q400 shortly before the crash. It was not clear what procedures were in place for the crew at Colgan Air, which was operating the flight.
Climate change expert: We’re
screwed It has been just over a year since the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a landmark report warning of rising sea levels, expanding deserts, more intense storms and the extinction of up to 30 percent of plant and animal species. But recent climate studies suggest that report significantly underestimates the potential severity of global warming over the next 100 years, a senior member of the panel warned. "We now have data showing that from 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions increased far more rapidly than we expected," said Chris Field, professor of biology and of environmental Earth system science at Stanford University. He was a coordinating lead author of the report. This is "primarily because developing countries like China and India saw a huge upsurge in electric power generation, almost all of it based on coal," Field said in a statement before a presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Without decisive action to slow global warming, higher temperatures could ignite tropical forests and thaw the Arctic tundra, potentially releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide that has been stored for thousands of years. That could raise temperatures even more and create "a vicious cycle that could spiral out of control by the end of the century." The amount of carbon that could be released is staggering.
Since the start of
the Industrial Revolution, an estimated 350 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)
has been released through the burning of fossil fuels.
Fri., 2/13/09
Thurs.,
2/12/09 Gregg rejects Commerce
nomination after realizing he’s Republican
Wednes.,
2/11/09
Tues.,
2/10/09
Senate passes economic stimulus
plan; compromise with House looms Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and they're already signaling they'll play hardball to preserve more than $108 billion in spending cuts made last week in Senate dealmaking. Obama wants to restore cuts in funds for school construction jobs and help for cash-starved states. Those cuts are among the major differences between the $819 billion House version of Obama's plan and a Senate bill costing $838 billion. Obama has warned of a deepening economic crisis if Congress fails to act. He wants a bill completed by the weekend. The bill backed by the White House survived a key test vote in the Senate Monday despite strong Republican opposition, and Democratic leaders vowed to deliver legislation for President Barack Obama's signature within a few days. Monday's vote was 61-36, one more than the 60 needed to advance the measure toward Senate passage on Tuesday. That in turn, will set the stage for possibly contentious negotiations with the House on a final compromise on legislation the president says is desperately needed to tackle the worst economic crisis in more than a generation.
Mon., 2/9/09 The Draft Stormy Web site says that "2010 presents the Pelican State with the opportunity to start with a clean slate -- to elect a representative that we can be proud of, who will work tirelessly, and who will challenge the status quo. We at the Draft Stormy campaign feel that Baton Rouge native Stormy Daniels is best suited to fulfill these duties." Vitter is famous for his link to the "D.C. Madam," the woman who ran a prostitution ring. Elected to the Senate in 2004, he admitted to "a very serious sin in my past" in July 2007 after his phone number turned up in records of an escort service run by the late Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the D.C. Madam. Running for re-election, Vitter said his wife has forgiven him and is banking on the same sentiment from his constituents. Will the Draft Stormy move mean stormy weather for Vitter? The senator's office didn't return calls by CNN. Daniels, 29, isn't affiliated with a party but is embracing the idea of a possible candidacy. She said she's planning a "listening tour" around Louisiana to talk about a range of matters, including the economy – which with women in business and protection of children are the three issues listed on her Web site. When told Vitter can be a tough opponent, she said she's "always up for a good fight." "I think anyone that knows me ... is more than aware of that," Daniels said. "Politics can't be any dirtier of a job than the one I am already in."
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Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, CO. "I took advantage of
moonlight on the snow and used the light from Venus, the mythological Goddess of
Love, to create this 'Venus Valentine' to the world. The 'dots' were 30-second
exposures and the 'dashes' were 3-minute exposures," he explains.
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Odd News
This photo
released by the International Polar Foundation shows Belgium's new Princess
Elisabeth base in Antarctica. Forty years after the closure of King Bauduin
base, Belgium inaugurated a revolutionary scientific research station combining
high-end technologies and respect for the environment.
Peace.
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