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The Book That Tops the White House Best-Spinner List
New York Times - 4-26-04
As anyone paying the slightest attention in Washington
knows, the White House spent last week aiming a hose at the political fires
set off by Bob Woodward's new book, "Plan of Attack," which portrays
President Bush as hellbent on war with Iraq.... |
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US Military Affirms TV Cover Ban on Iraq Coffins
Wired News -4-26-04
... Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry
accused President Bush Sunday of trying to hide the consequences of the war
by restricting coffin pictures. ... |
Kerry rejects GOP questions about medals
Albany Times Union, NY - 4-26-04
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry
on Monday rejected as a Republican-driven controversy...
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Is it honorable and dignified
to smear a war hero? Or is that called compassionate conservatism? No
wonder I always take a shower after producing this website.
"A lot of people marked Earth
Day by walking to work. They're not environmentalists. They can't afford the
gas." Jay Leno
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Monday, April 26, 2004
Posted: 7:39 AM EDT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Marines patrolling a section of
northwest Fallujah on Monday engaged in a raging firefight with insurgents
that left 10 Marines injured, four of them seriously, according to Marines
on site.
US backs
off in Fallujah
King
County Journal Newspapers, WA - April
26, 2004
by Jason
Keyser. FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The US military extended a cease-fire for Fallujah
on Sunday for at least two more days, backing ...
Fallujah
truce is extended 2 days
Arizona Republic, AZ - April
26, 2004
FALLUJAH,
Iraq - The US military extended a cease-fire for Fallujah on Sunday for at
least two more days, backing down from warnings of an all-out Marine ...
Explosion Levels Building in Baghdad
AP -
April 26, 2004
An explosion
leveled a building in northern Baghdad on Monday, setting four U.S. Humvees
nearby on fire. At least one U.S. soldier and several Iraqis were wounded.
Army Rushing More Armored Humvees to Iraq
AP -
Sun Apr
25, 6:02 PM ET
Deafening
noise, confusion and fear erupted as the roadside bomb slammed into the U.S.
Army Humvee, knocking over Spc. Stephen Monti, who was manning a gun in the
turret.
Shots Fired at Bulgaria President in Iraq
AP -
April 26, 2004
Shots were
fired by unknown assailants at Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov during
his brief visit to Iraq, a senior security official said Monday.
U.S. Troops Enter Najaf, Pressure Militia
AP -
April 26, 2004
U.S.
soldiers rolled into a base in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Monday to
replace withdrawing Spanish troops and put pressure on a radical
anti-American Shiite militia in control of parts of the city.
Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could Avoid Bloodshed photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The Bush administration might have avoided a deadly insurgency in Iraq by
buying the loyalty of its former military for about $200 million, Saudi
Arabia's ambassador to the United States said on Sunday. But Ambassador
Prince Bandar bin Sultan declined to say whether he had actually...
Police, troops regain
control after Muslim-Christian violence ...
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - April
26, 2004
AMBON,
Maluku (AFP): Hundreds of Indonesian troops and police appeared late Monday
to have regained control of the eastern city of Ambon, where 23 people died
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Disturbing News
North Korea Rejects Overland Aid from South-Yonhap
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 26, 1:49 AM ET
Communist
North Korea rejected a South Korean offer on Monday to send emergency
supplies for train blast victims directly overland across the two countries'
heavily fortified frontier, Yonhap news agency reported.
All
states' welfare plans deficient, report finds
Indianapolis Star, IN - April
26, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have found widespread problems in child
welfare programs intended to protect children from abuse and neglect, and no
state ...
Sharon
has no plans yet to kill Arafat, deputy says
The
Globe and Mail, Canada - April
26, 2004
Jerusalem -- Israel has no immediate plans to kill Yasser Arafat despite
Ariel Sharon's latest threats against the Palestinian leader, the Prime
Minister's ...
Worse
than Watergate by John W. Dean
Denver
Post, CO - Apr
25, 2004
...
Bush administration's revengeful act of leaking the name and CIA
identity of the wife of an administration critic, former ambassador
Joseph Wilson, as "worse ...
Republican Shenanigans
Renewed Focus on Scalia Trip
Los Angeles Times -
Sun Apr 25, 7:55 AM ET
Justice's
2002 ruling on redistricting cleared the way for hunting partner Rep.
Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering to retain his seat in Congress.
Scalia
scoffs at notion that he's biased toward Cheney
USA
Today - April
26, 2004
...
Antonin Scalia won't be sitting out the dispute over whether Cheney
must disclose internal documents from the task force that helped shape the
Bush ...
Politics, Not Law, Dominates Cheney Dispute
Capitol Hill Blue, VA - April
26, 2004
...
Also hanging over the case is controversy over a hunting trip Cheney took
with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, an old friend, just weeks
after the high ...
Senators
to launch hearings promoting traditional marriage
The
Desert Sun, CA - April
26, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans this week will launch a series of
hearings to promote the value of traditional marriage, a move some Democrats
are calling an ...
McAuliffe Defends Kerry After Cheney Rap
AP -
April 26, 2004
Vice
President Dick Cheney has "zero credibility" when it comes to criticizing
John Kerry's national security credentials, Democratic Party chairman Terry
McAuliffe says, because Cheney as secretary of defense had proposed cuts to
weapons programs being used by U.S. troops in Iraq.
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2 GI's Killed in Iraq Blast in WMD Search
Guardian, UK - 4-26-04
... As part of the extended cease-fire,
Marines are to begin joint patrols in Fallujah with Iraqi security forces
- a measure aimed at showing some degree of ...
EMAIL
I was just thinking about Kerry
this morning, and the old song "Holding Out For a Hero," by Bonnie Tyler, popped
into my head. It seemed to fit him so well.
What a contrast between a brave man like Kerry and a rich, arrogant, pampered,
spoiled Daddy's boy like Bush!
Annie
Knoxville, TN
Thanks for
writing Annie. No wonder Bush smears real heroes like John McCain, Max Cleland
and now John Kerry. Maybe Bush should buy a medal detector.
Bremer's De-De-Ba'athification Gambit
CounterPunch, CA - 4-26-04
... Baathification in Iraq was a policy too stridently
enforced by US civilian command. And by week's end, their remarks were answered
by Paul Bremer, who, "with ...
"Today President Bush spoke
about the environment, and he's against it." Jay Leno
Court Won't Reinstate Prayer at School
AP - 4-26-04
The Supreme Court said Monday it will not consider reinstating
mealtime prayers at a state-funded military college, turning aside an appeal
from Virginia officials who wanted to preserve the tradition....
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Maupin is hostage, not prisoner of war
Cincinnati
Enquirer - 4-25-04
That Pfc. Matt Maupin comes home
from captivity in Iraq is the hope of every person who has tied a yellow ribbon
on a tree or placed a candle in a window in recent weeks....
Are we at
war or are we not?
Signs on the
restroom wall
Friends don't
let friends
take home ugly men
Women's restroom
Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE
Beauty is only a light switch away.
Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
If life is a waste of time,
and time is a waste of life,
then let's all get wasted together
and have the time of our lives.
Armand's Pizza, Washington, DC
Remember, it's not,
"How high are you?"
it's
"Hi, how are you?"
Rest stop off Route 81, West Virginia
Fighting for peace is like
screwing for virginity.
The Bayou, Baton Rouge, LO
No matter how good she looks,
some other guy is sick and tired
of putting up with her shit.
Men's Room
Linda's Bar and Grill, Chapel Hill, NC
At the feast of ego
everyone leaves hungry.
Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, Tucson, AZ
It's hard to make a comeback
when you haven't been anywhere.
Written in the dust
on the back of a bus,
Wickenburg, AZ
If voting could really change things,
it would be illegal.
Revolution Books
New York, New York.
If pro is opposite of con,
then what is the opposite of progress?
Congress!
Men's restroom
House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Express Lane:
Five beers or less
Sign over one of the urinals
Ed Debevic's, Phoenix, AZ
You're too good for him.
Sign over mirror in Women's restroom
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills,CA.
No wonder you always go home alone.
Sign over mirror in Men's restroom,
Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills,CA
and the number one comment!~~~
A Woman's Rule of Thumb:
If it has tires or testicles,
you're going to have trouble with it.
Women's restroom
Dick's Last Resort, Dallas, TX
Doc
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Business News
THE WORKING POOR
Chicago Tribune -
Sun Apr 25, 9:40 AM ET
They are the
forgotten ones unemployment numbers don't track
U.S. Gasoline Prices Up Another 3 Cents
AP -
Sun Apr
25, 9:05 PM ET
U.S.
gasoline prices climbed another 3 cents per gallon in the past two weeks on
the strength of high crude oil prices, tight capacity and soaring demand, an
analyst said Sunday.
Tech
News
Britain
Faces Prospect of High-Tech ID Cards
Reuters - 4-26-04
LONDON
(Reuters) - Britain outlined plans on Monday to introduce identity cards for
the first time in 50 years, in an attempt to clamp down on terrorism and
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Bush
to Push High-Speed Internet Access Agenda
Wired
News -- 4-26-04
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush Monday will call for making high-speed
Internet access more affordable and stepping up hydrogen fuel cell research.
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Ban on Internet tax in
limbo
Salt
Lake Tribune, UT - 4-26-04
...
President Bush strongly supports the proposal ... does not regulate sales
taxes on Internet purchases, except ... local governments' ability to set
their own tax policy ...
Microsoft Debuts Subscription Game Service Via Instant Messaging
Mediapost.com, CT - 4-26-04
Microsoft Corp. has launched a new subscription service for playing games
via is MSN Messenger instant messaging (IM) application. ...
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1,150,000 March on Washington, DC to Voice Opposition Government Attacks on
Women's Reproductive Rights and Health
Yahoo News
(press release) - 4-25-04
... 1,150,000 descended on the National Mall in
Washington, DC today to give ... Black Women's Health Imperative, Feminist
Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National ...
The March for Women's Lives' and Abortion Rights - NPR
(audio)
"This
administration is filled with people who disparage sexual harassment laws, who
claim the pay gap between women and men is phony, ... who consider Roe v. Wade
the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history."
- Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
"We
will not make abortion illegal during (Bush's) presidency. But we will have
stepping stones during his presidency."
-
Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue and director of a counterprotest.
Good News
Women's Rally Draws Vast Crowd
washingtonpost.com
- 4-26-04
Hundreds of
thousands of people filled the Mall and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue
yesterday to show their support for abortion rights, loudly identifying
President Bush as the leading enemy of "reproductive freedom."
Clinton's a
hit at NAACP dinner
Detroit
Free Press, MI - 4-26-04
BY AMBER
HUNT MARTIN. She came to answer a single question: 50 years after Brown v. Board
of Education, how far have we come? Sen. ...
Wounded BD speaks to war's
insanity
Detroit
Free Press, MI - 4-26-04
...
Sacrificing "Doonesbury" star BD to this misbegotten war might have
shaken folks up more than losing 700 flesh-and-blood Americans has so far.
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Odd News
Drunk Run Over by Train, Lives
Reuters -
Mon Apr
26, 8:52 AM ET
A Mexican man
who got drunk, fell asleep on railroad tracks and was run over by a train slept
through the entire episode and escaped unharmed, local officials said on Friday.
Police Stop Drunk Bulldozer Joyrider
Reuters -
Mon Apr
26, 9:06 AM ET
German police stopped a
17-tonbulldozer weaving through Berlin's streets at 3 a.m. by jumping onto the
excavator, smashing the window and spraying mace into the driver's face.
1,000 World War One Grenades Found in Field
Reuters -
Mon Apr
26, 8:40 AM ET
The Belgian army
said Friday it was clearing more than 1,000 grenades uncovered in a field in
western Flanders, the scene of heavy fighting during World War One.
Miami radio station fined over Castro crank call
AFP -
Sun Apr 25,
7:54 PM ET
The
Spanish-language radio station in Miami that crank called Cuban leader Fidel
Castro faces a 4,000 dollar fine, according to federal regulators.
Actress Goes From 'Sesame' to 'Sopranos'
Sun Apr 25,
6:51 PM ET
After filming an
intimate scene with his girlfriend in "The Sopranos," Steve Buscemi's
good-natured angst over actress Alison Bartlett's other job on "Sesame Street"
was laid bare. "Everybody's going to hate me!" Buscemi moaned. "I'm bedding down
Gina!" What would Elmo say?
Aviation's ugly duckling takes to the skies
4-26-04
A British Army
pilot has set off to break one of the world's last remaining aviation records --
circumnavigating the globe in an autogyro, the neglected predecessor to the
modern helicopter.
Hunt for Atlantis leads to Cyprus
Mon Apr 26,
9:45 AM ET
A U.S. researcher who is
convinced the fabled city of Atlantis is lurking in the watery deep off Cyprus
will launch an exploratory mission this summer, he says.
Disabled teenager conquers North Pole
Sun Apr 25,
1:30 PM ET
A 15-year-old
Pole has become the youngest disabled person to walk to the North Pole unaided,
according to private news channel TVN24.
Bon appetit... Mediterranean diet now in orbit
4-26-04
Two cosmonauts
on the International Space Station(ISS) are testing a high-tech version of the
Mediterranean diet, the nutritional lifestyle praised for longevity in countries
around the Mediterranean rim.
Iranian police issue national alert over Internet addiction
4-26-04
Iran's youth has
now been warned: the Internet can jeopardise your bodily well-being, make you
lose your friends and turn you into an anti-social, faithless and mentally
damaged individual.
Penguins on an ice floe in the
Antarctic near New Zealand. The penguins are looking for weapons of mass
destruction.
Peace.