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Tuesday edition - February 24, 2009
Geez, in a week's time, Republicans, self proclaimed "compassionate conservatives", have managed to slam our first black president, a Jewish female Justice and a chimpanzee. I wonder what their message is?
The Dow Jones Diet®: lose your ass right along with the Stock Market.- Grant "Bud" Gerver
The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without George W. Bush
US To Pay For What Israel Destroyed
United States aid for the Gaza Strip's reconstruction will likely top $900 million, an official said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to make her first Mideast trip as America's top diplomat.
"It is our
first show back since the Obama administration. Or, as Rush Limbaugh calls it,
'End Times.'" --Bill Maher
Disturbing News
Cover Your Ears, Quick!
President George W. Bush is hitting the speakers' circuit, as is former First Lady Laura Bush.
Why Family Planning Is A Good Thing
Publicly funded
family planning prevents nearly 2 million unintended pregnancies and more than
800,000 abortions in the United States each year, saving billions of
dollars, according to new research intended to counter conservative objections
to expanding the program.
"These
banks are hurting. I opened a new account, and the lady asked me for a toaster."
--Bill Maher
Republican-Shenanigans News
Gay Bashing, A Republican Pastime Continues
The fallout from the
anti-gay comments of Sen. Chris Buttars continues as Senate Republicans met
behind closed doors for more than two hours Monday to air their concerns and
views about the remarks.
"The whole cast of 'Slumdog Millionaire' came out to see the Oscars. 'Slumdog' won best picture, which everyone seemed to know was going to happen. It was the big favorite going in. They're saying the only way it could have possibly lost is if it had picked Sarah Palin as a running mate." --Jimmy Kimmel
Rock-The-Voter News
Obama To Ax Bush Helicopter Order?
The prospects for building a new fleet of high-tech presidential helicopters darkened yesterday, after the new commander in chief called the costly Bush administration effort an example of military procurement "gone amok" and said he thinks the existing White House helicopter fleet "seems perfectly adequate."
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Biz-Tech News
The Obama administration is
asking for two more weeks to weigh in on whether former Bush White House
officials must testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
Some economists feel that the stock market has hit bottom around 7,000, and in any case will not keep losing 200-300 points a day for very long. Well, no more than a month for sure. - Laugh Lines
Bush-Prison-Torture News
"But what
a task this guy has. He's got, on the one hand, to tell the people the truth.
And on the other hand, try to lift our morale. Bill Clinton said today, you
know, come on, lift morale, get out there and sell the hope thing, you know,
that hope s**t you've got. And both sides of the aisle are saying this. We have
finally found something Democrats and Republicans agree that the president needs
to do: lie." --Bill Maher Alp-Sized Mountain Range Under Antarctica
Jagged mountains the size of the Alps have been found entombed in Antarctica's ice, giving new clues about the vast ice sheet that will raise world sea levels if even a fraction of it melts, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Odd News
Zoo keeper
Bobby-Jo Vial holds two recently born Meerkat pups during a media debut at
Taronga zoo in Sydney February 20, 2009. The pups are now four weeks of age,
weigh 184 grams each and doing exceptionally well, Vial said.
Peace.
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