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• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,390

• US military deaths in Afghan region at 954

• Explosion shakes southern Afghan city of Kandahar

• Russia suspends all adoptions to US families

• Russia says freeze on US adoptions; US says not so

• Military asserts right to return cyber attacks

Marines Pay Farmers

 With heavy fighting in the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah now largely reduced to sporadic gunfights, U.S. Marines in the area have turned their focus toward eliminating the insurgents' cash source: opium.

But instead of eradicating the illicit poppy fields themselves, the Marines have begun piloting a new method over the past week -- paying farmers cash to destroy their own crops.

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Subject: Sarah's  contract

Hi Lisa! What Surprises me most about Sarah Palin's contract is the idea that she actually knows how to work a bendable straw. Have a good one!

Sincerely,
Eric and Nibblet the Wonder Kitty

LOL. I bet Sarah bends a mean straw.

Sarah is very controlling as we saw in her contract. That doesn't mesh well with the GOP. So it makes sense, to me anyway, that she would latch onto the Tea Party which has no rules. This way she can call the shots. (apologies to the all the wolves and moose)

The Tea Party is basically a bunch of  Ross Perot leftovers. What is going to be interesting is if they can be as effective as Ross Perot was in splitting the GOP vote.

Disturbing News

• Bodies pile up after quake kills 600-plus in China

• 6 dead as drug violence hits heart of Acapulco

• Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe

• Icelandic volcano eruption intensifies

Sarah Palin has to have three hotel rooms, a wooden podium, not plexiglass, two bottles of water, and best of all, I think, a supply of bendable straws. This is a complicated woman. On one hand, you know, she’ll blow a moose’s head off at 300 yards, but on the other, bendy straws.- Jimmy Kimmel

 Another GOP Presidential Candidate. Yawn.

A political Web site reports that Gov. Haley Barbour is taking a more serious look at possibly running for the White House in 2012.

The story by Hotline OnCall over the weekend attributes that to Ed Goeas, a Republican pollster and a Barbour advisor.
 

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Most tea partiers think taxes 'fair'

• Tea party leaders anxious about extremists

• Tea Party Express unveils 'heroes,' 'targets'

• Mitch McConnell: I'm not Doing the Bidding of Large Banks CBS News

• Lone republican backs jobless benefit bill in Senate

• Paladino refuses to retreat on e-mails

• Lawmaker pleads no contest to drunk driving

• Porn star won't challenge Vitter for La. Senate

Jeb Bush Is Still Destroying Florida

Ease class-size limits — check. Cut corporate income taxes — check. End tenure for new teachers and link teacher raises to student performance — check (for now).

All of those measures, and others, championed by former Gov. Jeb Bush have been approved by the Florida Legislature or are advancing through it. The Republican left office nearly four years ago, but he's finding that as a private citizen, he's become a legislative Wizard of Oz — thunder and lightning and pulling the levers of power from behind the curtain.
 

Republican “Patriots”
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Disliking a president’s fine
And critiquing his actions benign.
But hoping he fails —
That his White House derails?
I’m sorry, that crosses the line.
 

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says the effort to allow gays and lesbians to marry is like allowing incest, polygamy, and drug use. So basically he compared the gay marriage issue to Alabama, Utah, and California.- Laugh Lines

Rock-The-Voter News

• Britain holds 1st televised election debates

• Sweden, Canada outrank U.S. on healthcare

• Tax Day rhetoric aside, Americans' bills are lower

Republicans Want To Help Black People BUT...

Michael Steele, the Republican National Committee's first black chairman, told an audience that his party wants to help the black community but they need to do a better job of depending on themselves and not the government to create opportunities.
 

President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica says it’s time for the Catholic Church to end celibacy for priests. Apparently he hasn’t been reading any American newspapers. - Laugh Lines

Crist Turns Back On Jeb

Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed a bill making it easier to fire Florida teachers and link their pay to student test scores.

Crist's rejection Thursday of the measure (SB 6) is a slap at his fellow Republicans in the Legislature and former Gov. Jeb Bush, who had pushed the bill. It had generated protests by teachers and parents across the state and had scant public support.
 

KFC’s new Double Down sandwich features two fried chicken patties instead of bread. They aren’t a bun; they’re death panels. - Laugh Lines

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Biz-Tech News

• U.S. jobless claims climb 24000 to 484000

• Foreclosure rates surge, biggest jump in 5 years

• GM's pension fund: Ticking time bomb for taxpayers?

• Obama blames company for W. Virginia mine deaths

• Nearly 800,000 U.S. TV households 'cut the cord,' report says

• US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah

Tomorrow, President Obama will be in Florida to announce his vision for America’s space program. The rumor is that he is going to reverse President Bush’s space policy, which centered on sending a giant caulk gun to the moon to fill all the craters up.- Jimmy Kimmel

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• US to shut Guantanamo prison 'as quickly as we can': Holder AFP

Go-F**k-Yourself News

Hank Williams just won a Pulitzer. Wow. Dead 57 years and still copping awards. Maybe Shakespeare should get a Tony. King of the Revivals. – Will Durst

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