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Thursday edition - February 2, 2006 |


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Fitzgerald suggests White House may be missing records |
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Report: US lacks
sufficient prep for catastrophic disasters |
Bush Urges Confidence
in His Leadership |
So the White House is destroying documents. Isn't that what Nixon did right before he resigned?
"Bush is now urging all nations to cut off aid to Hamas and Palestine, including the $234 million we were going to send them. In fact, to make sure, Bush is putting FEMA in charge to make sure the money never gets there." --Jay Leno

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Violence in Iraq leaves 14 dead Boston Globe
US air strike kills Baghdad woman, Iraqi police Reuters AlertNet, UK
Suicide bomber dressed as a woman kills 5 people in Afghanistan Pravda, Russia
Female witness at Saddam
trial testifies about torture
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, OH
Saddam trial postponed until Feb.13 Reuters.uk
Rumsfeld Reports Defense Department Priorities for Coming Years Voice of America
Rebels foil Iraq's
reconstruction
Chicago
Tribune
US Senator Demands Australia Explain AWB Kickbacks to Iraq
Bloomberg
US businessman to
plead guilty in Iraq conspiracy
Reuters
Prince Harry headed to Iraq
Chicago
Sun-Times
"I have to say I was a little disappointed in Bush's speech. Not once did he apologize to Oprah for lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq." --Jay Leno
If You Don't Have Anything to Hide, Release the Documents
The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday.
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"I'm so demoralized, I want a candidate to come out of
nowhere and have no conflicts. I want major campaign reform. I want Jesus to
come back and
throw the money lenders out." --Meryl Streep
Disturbing News
23 killed in China mine blast Scotsman
'Scant help' for tsunami victims BBC News

"President Bush gave his State of the Union address. ... Did you notice, a lot of Republican congressmen were not applauding President Bush. It's hard when you're wearing handcuffs." --Jay Leno
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Jeb Bush - Football Recruiter
"The governor of Florida is text messaging or calling a recruit," said an incredulous Peter Roby, director of the center for the study of sport in society at Northeastern University. "What the heck is he saying? He's saying that this is so important, that you are so important, that I am going to take time out of managing the state to call you.
Republican Shenanigans
House OK's $40b in cuts to curb entitlement programs Boston Globe
Scalding criticism of administration's Katrina response San Francisco Chronicle
House Republicans Reject a Broad Shake-Up New York Times
Indictment didn't hurt DeLay campaign chest Houston Chronicle
Prosecutor Seeks DeLay-Abramoff Trip Info
Abramoff case, spying loom over Gonzales Chicago Tribune
Police sorry for ejecting Sheehan, lawmaker's wife Chicago Tribune
Unintelligence
"Condoleezza Rice said three or four days ago, 'We did not expect this Hamas victory.' [Pause.] Schmuck!" [Wild applause.] "Think of the billions we pay for the CIA. ... Put three guys on the ground, you'd see Hamas might win." - Pete Hamill, New York Daily News

Rock-The-Voter News
"President Bush gave his state of the union address, or as they call it on ABC, 'dancing with the issues.'" -- Jay Leno

Good News
ACLU seeks Pentagon data on UC protesters The Argus, CA
Refusing pledge won't be punished Sun-Sentinel.com
Back in the
USSR
Russia
Former
Russian President Boris Yeltsin celebrated his 75th birthday Wednesday and took
a shot at U.S. foreign policy, saying Washington is monopolizing world affairs
and using force to get its way.
"Islam will not forgive the Americans for a long time - the fact that they
destroyed a country like Iraq, and war continues there,"
Yeltsin told Channel One television.
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Hoping to lead by example, the President is helping Americans kick the habit: "Now that I've made my ill-gotten fortune in oil, I'm no longer addicted."-- Grant Gerver

Meetings Daily at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
Biz-Tech News
Fall in Oil Prices Spurs Late Stock Rally
Shell posts $23bn record profit
Detroit carmakers' January sales up Detroit Free Press
US state of West Virginia halts coal mining for safety review Forbes
Papers accidentally release customer data BusinessWeek
Gates speaks out against Net censorship Seattle Post Intelligencer
Lawsuit targets AT&T-NSA surveillance San Jose Mercury News
Washington steps in on Blackberry BBC News, UK
Email Worm Expected To Hit Friday abc7news.com
"President Bush talked about the need to work hard on the economy, to work hard on health care, and to fight nonstop against terrorism. Then he left to go on a long weekend at his ranch to watch the Super Bowl." -- Jay Leno
Another Bush/Abramoff Photo Found!

Bush-Prison-Torture News
Experts Debate Rights And Wrongs Of Guantanamo Hartford Courant, United States
Former Priest Condemns US' Guantanamo Policy The Universe, UK
Guantanamo Detainees Single Out Female Guards for Verbal Abuse Voice of America
"Actually, President Bush…was quite optimistic. He explained that this is a wonderful, prosperous time for the United States, that things are going very well for Americans -- with the possible exception of those few people who don't own an oil company, but it's going very well." -- Jay Leno
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Go-F*ck-Yourself News
Celebration Arena has room to roam for vice president
WHITE HOUSE: Interview of the Vice President by Rush Limbaugh noticias.info, Spain
George Bush's latest crusade: "Join me and Jesus in just saying NO to OIL!"-- Grant Gerver

Can't Walk and Chew
Gum Pretzels at the Same Time
Bush has come around to the notion that a presidency can handle only one truly big thing at a time, and for now that thing is Iraq.

US Mail: Lisa Casey - PO Box 88 - Ashford, AL 36312
Odd News
Scientists: New 'planet' bigger than Pluto
Heroin Implants Turned Puppies Into Drug Mules, US Says New York Times

Kandula (L), a baby Sri Lankan elephant, holds his mother Shanthi's trunk at the National Zoo in Washington, November 8, 2005. An animal rights group appealed to the U.S. National Zoo in Washington to send its three remaining Asian elephants to an animal sanctuary and close its elephant exhibit. Photo by Jim Bourg
Peace.