Wednesday edition - April 2, 2008

It's been "April Fools" everyday since 2000.  - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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

• US military deaths in Iraq at 4,011 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Fifteen killed in Iraq bombings, shootings AFP

• Baghdad bomb kills three, injures Iraqi cameraman AFP

• Sadr loyalists warn of end to cease-fire Los Angeles Times

• Number of Iraqi refugees to US spikes AP

• More than 2.77 million Iraqis internally displaced: UN AFP

Daddy Issues, War Lust in Oliver Stone's 'W'

Controversial Filmmaker's Early Script Depicts President Bush's Hard-Partying Youth and Feuds With His Father

Though the movie is scheduled for release in 2009, there is a chance that it might be pushed up to come out before the November election, say insiders.

The movie, which starts filming this month with "No Country for Old Men" actor Josh Brolin playing Bush, paints a humanistic portrait of the president along with plenty of embarrassing anecdotes from his life story, judging by a copy of an early screenplay obtained by ABCNEWS.com.

"On April Fool's Day, the biggest joke of all is being played on American families by Big Oil." — Rep. Edward Markey after top executives of the country's five biggest oil companies argued that record fuel prices are not their fault and the oil companies' huge profits are in line with other industries.

Disturbing News

• US charges Jamaican with bomb parts in luggage Reuters

The Air Waves Are Private

A federal judge has ordered Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House GOP Leader John Boehner roughly $1.1 million in legal expenses, interest and damages to end a lawsuit filed after McDermott distributed tapes of an illegally intercepted phone call between Boehner and other Republicans.

Monday's decision by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan ends 10 years of litigation between Boehner and McDermott, who contended the First Amendment protected his distribution of the tape he got from a Florida couple who picked up Boehner's cell phone conversation on a radio scanner.

The ONE Prediction St. McCain DID Get Right

"But, see, I tell you - you know what's interesting? He's not a bowler, obviously. And Barack Obama made the typical mistake a lot of rookie bowlers make. He bowled sober. See, you never do that." --Jay Leno

Republican Shenanigans

• Bush Pushes for NATO Expansion The Associated Press

• Bush tries to salvage legacy on world stage Reuters -

• McCain looks to dodge Iraq war time bomb AFP

• Business Donors Bypass McCain Wall Street Journal 

• McCain Compiles List of Possible Veeps Guardian

• RNC mocks Dem delegate quandary USA Today
   

Meanwhile, Back In The U.S. House of Representatives

The House endorsed a resolution Tuesday that suggests the Russian government might have had a hand in the 2006 radiation poisoning death of a Russian dissident.

 

"Well, in a stunning announcement, Pennyslvania Senator Bob Casey Jr., who had said he would remain neutral, because he's a Democrat, has endorsed Barack Obama. He said he endorsed because of his four young daughters told him they wanted Barack for president. It also explains his choice for vice president -- Hannah Montana" --Jay Leno

Rock-The-Voter News

• Nader slams "two-party dictatorship Palm Beach Post

• Clinton's April Fools Joke The Associated Press

• Red alert, Hillary Clinton: Karl Rove is offering you advice New York Daily News

• Obama endorsement: Lee Hamilton, 9/11 Commission cochairman Baltimore Sun

• Obama says he's conflicted on US participation in Beijing Olympics WQAD, IL 

• Fact Check: Obama and Oil Money The Associated Press

• Clinton leads Obama, McCain in key matchups: poll Reuters

A Million Dollar Mansion

Trinity United Church of Christ is building Barack Obama's controversial former pastor a million-dollar Tinley Park home complete with an elevator, whirlpool, butler's pantry, circular driveway and four-car garage, building plans show.

"My take on it is a lot of Senator Obama's supporters want to end this race because they don't want people to keep voting. That's just the opposite of what I believe. We want people to vote." — Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton saying supporters of her rival are discouraging people from voting by urging her to drop out of the tight race

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Trades Near One-Week Low on Forecast for US Supply Boost Bloomberg 

• Manhattan apartment prices rise but sales fall Reuters

• Environmental Laws to Be Waived for Fence Washington Post 

• Microsoft stands firm on Yahoo bid: report MarketWatch 

• CBS Moves Ahead With Layoffs in News New York Times

Americans Might Want To Delay Visiting the Philippines

The U.S. Embassy warned its citizens Tuesday that "extremist elements" planned to kidnap Americans and other foreigners in a southern Philippine city where U.S. counterterrorism troops have been deployed.

"Well, again, I don't take anything for granted, but hopefully with Pennsylvania's help, she will be our next president, and yes, I do think she'll be a better president." — Chelsea Clinton, when asked in Allentown, Pa., if she thought her mother would be a better president than her father

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Tanzanian charged in 1998 embassy bombing Guantanamo prisoner ... San Francisco Chronicle

"President Bush threw out the first pitch at the Nationals game. ... He stayed and then left in the 7th inning and I thought, 'Great, at least he has an exit strategy for that.'" --David Letterman
 

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Thompson To Play Cheney In Oliver Stone's "W" National Journal, DC 

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