Thursday edition - May 31, 2007

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White
House envisions "Korean model" in Iraq |
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Bush
to meet with Iraqi president at White House |
ACLU
lawsuit says Boeing subsidiary enabled torture |
I think the White House has seen the effects of global warming -- it has fried their brains.
Paul Wolfowitz joins "The View" - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
Us Military Deaths In Iraq At 3467 Guardian Unlimited, UK
5 US soldiers, 2 others killed in Afghan copter crash Houston Chronicle
Search for Britons abducted in Iraq Chicago Tribune
Colo. Marine faces hearing on Iraq deaths
Turks: We'll enter Iraq to hit Kurds Toronto Sun, Canada
CHRONOLOGY-Deadliest days for US troops in Iraq
US accepting 59 refugees from Iraq, plans for 7000
Pentagon concedes a 'tough' month in Iraq Raw Story, MA
Support Grows For Impeachment Of President Bush & Vice President ... WWMT, MI
Paul Wolfowitz blamed the news media Monday for his fall at the World Bank. He gave his girlfriend a big promotion and a raise. Republicans don't have the kind of sex where the earth moves, they have the kind where the financial markets are rocked. - Argus Hamilton
Disturbing News
Details of TB patient's trek emerge Seattle Times
Lugovoy says MI6 tried to hire him for information on Putin
Actor Eyeing Reagan's Role
Fred Thompson, edging
toward a presidential run, is giving up his day job as a prosecutor on the TV
series "Law & Order."
Thompson asked Wednesday to be released from the show after five seasons,
series
creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said.
Republican Shenanigans
Southern NJ GOP too busy for Bush Press of Atlantic City, NJ
Giuliani presses Bay Area flesh Republican blasts Clinton's tax ... Tri-Valley Herald, CA
Romney, 'Today' host apologize for not wearing seat belts Boston Globe, MA

Randi Rhodes of Air
America, No Holds Barred - A Buzzflash Interview
Foot Shooting - A GOP Sport
New
Jersey's Republican party has been struggling in recent years, unable to win a
statewide race since Christie Todd Whitman a decade ago.
Now, adding insult to injury, just as they bring in the president for a major
fundraiser, the television live trucks get kicked off the property where the
event is being held just before we're supposed to go on air...I called Todd
Riffle, executive director of the state GOP, and
he was almost apoplectic with the realization that our live trucks were being
forced to leave the biggest event of the year for the party.
Rock-The-Voter News
“Hey, congratulations to Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani. He celebrated a wedding anniversary today. He also has another one tomorrow and two on Monday if I’m not mistaken.” - Jay Leno
Taking Time Off From Their War Time Duties
LAURA Bush and First Twins Jenna and Barbara took in Tony-nominated Christine Ebersole's performance in "Grey Gardens" Tuesday night. One observer noted that while the first lady sat poker-faced, her daughters laughed throughout the show.

Jenna Bush Can Write!
Jenna Bush, author. The first twin completes her transformation from party girl to global activist this weekend when she starts the promotional rounds for her book, "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope."... The acknowledgments include nods to her "amazing" parents and "my patient Henry" -- longtime beau Henry Hager.
Biz-Tech News
Oil prices down, still over $63 a barrel Market-Day.net
Palm to Sell Device That Won’t Fit in the Palm New York Times
Sony accuses Disney of inflating Pirates takings Guardian Unlimited

This photo provided by the CIA shows a the microdot camera to photograph and reduce whole pages of information onto a single tiny piece of film. This piece of film could be embedded into the text of a letter as small as a period at the end of this sentence. Microdots were also hidden in other things such as rings, hollow coins, or other mailed items. The recipient would read the microdot with the aid of a special viewer, often cleverly concealed as well. Photo/CIA
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Saudi detainee is apparent suicide at Guantanamo camp Baltimore Sun

Go-F***-Yourself
News
Cheney
lawyers ordered residence visitor records destroyed: DOJ letter
JURIST

“And an 8-year-old girl in Ottawa, Illinois, opened up her McDonald’s Happy Meal, found a bag of marijuana, a lighter and pipe in it. Yeah. Turns out it was just the Keith Richards action figure from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’” - Jay Leno
Odd News
Ala. officials probe 'Monster Pig' saga
Bank of America promotional fax mistaken as bomb threat Eyewitness News, RI

Yang Yang, a 3-year-old Chinese boy swims with a beluga as part of the Polar Region Ocean World's publicity ahead of the June 1 International Children's Day in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong Province, Tuesday, May 29, 2007. Photo/EyePress
Peace.