TGIF/Weekend edition - February 23-25, 2007
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Travel firm offers trips to CIA prison that Polish authorities deny exists AFP - 2-23-07
WARSAW (AFP) - A Polish travel firm said
Thursday it was giving tourists a chance to follow in the footsteps of CIA
agents and terror suspects near an alleged US detention centre in Poland's
lakeland -- which the authorities deny exists. |
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Democrats Move to Limit Bush's Authority |
Guard Troops May Face Early Return To Iraq |
America will shop till it drops for the war effort. HooRah!
"Denmark and Lithuania have also announced that they're pulling their troops from Iraq. Actually, it's just one guy who's half Danish and half Lithuanian. " --Conan O'Brien
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Three US soldiers killed in Iraq Ireland Online, Ireland
Soldier gets 100 years for rape, killing of Iraqi girl
Soldier pleads guilty to desertion ahead of second Iraq tour
Turkey arrests Kurdish official over Iraq comments Reuters AlertNet
Britain set to boost Afghanistan force Financial Times
Pentagon abandons big bomb test Seattle Post Intelligencer
S.Korea: North committed to disarmament Houston Chronicle, TX
"Lots of people giving up things for Lent. Tony Blair is giving up the war in Iraq." --Jay Leno
Bush Doesn't Take Pelosi's Phone Call
Vice President Dick Cheney
refused Friday to take back his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
opposition to President Bush's Iraq war buildup is playing into the hands of the
al-Qaida terrorist network...the California Democrat accused the vice president
of questioning her patriotism, saying she was going to call President Bush
directly with her complaint...She
ended up talking with White House chief of staff Josh Bolten instead of Bush.
"Vice President Dick Cheney was in Japan. He stepped off the airplane in Tokyo and flashed that winning sneer. ... Right now he's in Australia. And just for fun, he shot a koala bear." --David Letterman
Republican Shenanigans
Hundreds protest event as 'racist' NYU Washington Square News
"The House passed a non-binding resolution against the surge. Bush says he can't wait to get it to his imaginary desk and veto it with his air pen. He said, 'I've got my own non-binding resolution. It's called the United States Constitution.'" --Bill Maher
Rock-The-Voter News
Biz-Tech News
Oil up, as market reacts to US inventory data International Herald Tribune
Second Death Linked To Tainted Peanut Butter Consumer Affairs
“Speaking
of the President, earlier today, President Bush spoke on the phone with the
prime minister of Australia. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, when the prime minister told him
it was tomorrow in Australia, Bush’s head exploded.” - Conan O'Brien
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Padilla mentally unfit for trial, 2 experts say
Go-F***-Yourself News
What a month - Astronaut in diapers, Anna Nicole circus, bald Britney. . . . Good Lord, what's next?
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Odd News
Chimps use spears to hunt bushbabies
Body going to Bahamas as paternity fight looms Palm Beach Post
Rehab could help Britney keep her kids Miami Herald, FL
Ancient Tiles Reveal Complex Geometry Discovery Channel
Astronomers Find No Water on 2 Distant Planets
In this photo released by Hitachi, Ltd., new radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips are placed next to a human hair (that's running horizontally) for comparison in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. Smart tags, or computer chips used for tracking items by relaying information wirelessly, are getting so tiny lately, the latest, billed as the world's smallest, is as invisible as a speck of dust. RFID chips looks like powder, measuring just 0.05 millimeters (0.002 inches) by 0.05 millimeters (0.002 inches), and are thin enough to be embedded in pieces of paper, company spokesman said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007.(Photo/Hitachi, Ltd.)
Peace.