Thursday edition - March 1, 2007
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Walter
Reed patients told to keep quiet
“Some soldiers believe this is a form of
punishment for the trouble soldiers caused by talking to the media,” one
Medical Hold Unit soldier said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. |
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Personal incomes, consumer spending rise |
`Senior administration official' sounds a lot like Dick
Cheney |
SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE should be the motto of this administration.
"How many of you have money in the stock market? Not anymore. ... At one point today, the market was down over 500 points. ... The drop started after the attempted assassination on Vice President Dick Cheney. See that's when the investors realized that if anything happened to him, President Bush would be in charge." --Jay Leno
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
US military deaths in Iraq Canoe.ca, Canada
US helicopter makes 'hard landing' in Iraq; Marine dies in Anbar International Herald Tribune, France
US Officer: Reports 18 Killed 'False' Forbes, NY
UK to withdraw troops from Bosnia CNN International
“And a juror in the Scooter Libby trial has been dismissed by the judge after the juror was exposed to information about the case outside of the courtroom. How did this happen? I mean, the news channels talk about nothing but Anna Nicole and Britney Spears for the last two weeks. What channel was this guy watching? I’d love to have some information. I can’t find that channel on my TV.” - Jay Leno
Disturbing News
"I was just backstage with Jack Nicholson and Vice President Gore drinking. I don't think he's running for president." --George Clooney, at the Oscars
Republican Shenanigans
College Republicans’ game racist, uninformative UW Badger Herald, WI
Dear Laura, it’s not one attack a day in Iraq, it’s 230 America Blog
"Today in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate of
the Army base where Vice President Cheney was staying. Cheney says he's fine.
He's says the guy was either sent by the Taliban or by the American Bar
Association in retaliation for that lawyer he shot in the face." --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
McCain To Formally Announce Bid In April Guardian Unlimited, UK
Always a huge fan, President Bush will attend Anna Nicole's funeral if it happens before he leaves office. - Grant "Brad" Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
Biz-Tech News
Oil Prices Edge Lower After Boost on US Inventory Falls CNBC
Airbus confirms job cuts as CEO sets stark vision Toronto Star
Wash Post Co. Newspaper Q4 Ad Revenue Falls 8% Editor & Publisher
Europe threatens new Microsoft fines BusinessWeek
Overheard at the White House: "It's gonna take boatloads of Medals of Freedom to get us outa' this war."
- Grant "Brad" Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Reporter who shed light on Abu Ghraib to speak The Columbian, WA
Defense secretary rejects proposed Guantanamo court facilities JURIST
US press freedom group urges release of Sudanese journalist from ... International Herald Tribune, France
Go-F***-Yourself News
Bomb threat was known before Cheney arrived
"According to a report by this genealogist, Al Sharpton's ancestors were slaves once owned by Strom Thurmond's relatives. Now Al Sharpton wants a DNA test to see if they are related. And you know, somehow, this is going to end up that Strom Thurmond is the the father of Anna Nicole's baby." --Jay Leno
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Odd News
Castro 'very well' in first live broadcast
Fla. court OKs Smith burial in Bahamas
James Cameron Says He's Found Jesus (in a Jerusalem Tomb): TV Bloomberg
Hepatitis A case in worker at Wolfgang Puck Catering Food Consumer, IL
NASA space probe swings by Jupiter Seattle Post Intelligencer
More Venezuelans look to gain asylum in South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Transsexual Official Faces Firing in Florida
Pictures taken at the right angle. Photographers unknown
Peace. Imagine that.