TGIF/Weekend edition - February 9-11, 2007

Remember when Libby was on crutches at the beginning of his trial?

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

• Four Marines Killed; US Toll Now 3114 Washington Post, DC

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Report: U.S. airstrike kills 5 Kurds AP

• 8 killed in U.S. airstrike near Baghdad AP

• 13 Iraqis taken, 11 killed near Baghdad AP

• Attacks on Helicopters in Iraq War Take Aim at Major US Asset Bloomberg

• British Police Charge Five in Plot to Kill Soldier Washington Post

• AP Again Raises Questions About Military Account of Deaths in Iraq Editor & Publisher 

• Republican group moves to resurrect Senate war debate KCAU, IA 

• NATO allies question Afghan troop surge Houston Chronicle, TX

• Iran warns U.S. it will retaliate if hit AP

• Violence erupts at Jerusalem holy site AP

Oh, That Wild and Crazy Bush Twin

Barbara Bush (the eldest twin) mingled, nearly unnoticed...Bush, who is working for a nonprofit arts-education organization in the city, said she'd skipped seeing shows because she couldn't get off work. "I thought about calling in sick, but my bosses would figure it out pretty quickly," she said. .."I've been to enough fashion shows to know how fun they are," she said, rolling her eyes ever so slightly. "My first show ever was Heatherette when I was a freshman and Amanda Lepore came out naked, wearing just lipstick. I'm completely spoiled. Every time I see a show now, it's like, 'Really? That's all you're going to do?  You just want me to look at the clothes?'"
 

BUSH CLAIMS DECISIVE VICTORY IN WAR ON TERROR: RAID ON AL QAEDA JUNGLE GYM

Disturbing News

• New Orleans residents are bailing out AP

• N.Y. county nearing 100 inches of snow AP

• Prosecutor says religious parents punished their 8-year-old son to death CourtTV

• One in 150 US children suffer autism - reports Food Consumer

It's OK When Republicans Do It

One of President Bush's uncles, William H.T. Bush, was among directors of a defense contractor who reaped $6 million from what federal regulators say was an illegal scheme by two executives to manipulate the timing of stock option grants, documents show.

Republican Shenanigans

• Speaker, Republicans clash in global warming hearing San Francisco Chronicle

• White House Backs Pelosi Washington Post

• Mitt Romney says he opposes abortion AP

“Last night, Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy became the first African-American head coach to win the Super Bowl. And today, President Bush called to congratulate him. Isn’t that nice? That was very nice, yeah. Yeah, there was a -- there was an awkward moment when Bush said, ‘I also thought you were great in the halftime show.’”- Conan O’Brien

 

It's OK When Republicans Do It

A state senator used foul language in a talk to high school students in his district, but defended himself by saying he was just repeating what some students wrote about him on a Web site.
 

Pelosi Plane Ordered by Sergeant-at-arms

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not request a larger plane for personal use to travel cross-country without stopping, Bill Livingood, the House sergeant at arms, said Thursday.

Livingood said the request was his, and he made it for security reasons.

"The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request an aircraft that is capable of making non-stop flights for security purposes, unless such an aircraft is unavailable," Livingood, who has been at his post for 11 years, said in a written statement.
 

BLOODWEISER PRESENTS: DICK AND DUBYA, ‘REAL MEN OF EVIL GENIUS’

Good News

• Billionaire Offers $25M Prize to Fight 'Warming' Washington Post

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Flirt With $60 a Barrelm Business Portal 24

• Exxon Mobil to Face Lawsuit by New York Over Brooklyn Oil Spill Bloomberg

• Khodorkovsky Accused of Stealing $32 Billion in Oil (Update2) Bloomberg
  Circuit City closing dozens of stores in US, Canada Los Angeles Times 

• British cigarette maker to buy US discount brands International Herald Tribune

• Northrop Joins Chase For Massive Air Force Contract for Tankers Washington Post

• Brazil to invest $5 billion in biotech research Reuters

• Clinton must face ‘web insurgents’ Times Online, UK 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Democrats Mull Plan To Close Guantanamo CBS News

• Judge Keeps Officer's Abu Ghraib Charges Guardian Unlimited

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Libby Lawyers to Put Abramson on Stand Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Defense claims bias in Russert reaction San Francisco Chronicle 
   

"The astronaut love triangle. I love that one. NASA hasn't had this much press since they faked that moon-landing thing in the '60s." --Craig Ferguson

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