Tuesday edition - July 10, 2007

The White House says the Will of the People is being heeded. It just depends on what the meaning of "is" is. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,606 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• US Military Losses Hit 4000 Personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan Bloomberg

• Masked men kill police as Bush defends Iraq strategy AFP

• 3 killed in attack on Green Zone AP

• Iraqi FM: Turkey massing 140,000 troops AP

• US Envoy Offers Grim Prediction on Iraq Pullout New York Times,

• Pakistan Troops Kill 50 Militants in Red Mosque Raid (Update1) Bloomberg

• Will Turkey Invade Northern Iraq? ABC News

• UK to reconsider ‘all cooperation’ with Moscow Financial Times

• Report: Iraq Has Not Met Benchmarks CBS News

• Bush's Iraq Plan Ever Lonelier in Senate Forbes, NY 

Staying the Course - Stubborness

CLEVELAND - President Bush, facing new pressure to start bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq, said Tuesday he won't consider it until hearing a fresh assessment from his top commander there this fall.
 

Rove is unapologetic about Iraq. You know, just like Hitler was about the Holocaust. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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Republican Hired Hookers? OMG!

Scandal engulfed U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana (R) today after his acknowledgment that his telephone number is among those associated with an escort service operated by the so-called "D.C. Madam."

Republican Shenanigans

• USAT/Gallup Poll: Bush 'approval' at new low; Republican support ... USA Today 

• Senator Admits Use of an Escort Service New York Times 

• Director at National Hurricane Center replaced Detroit Free Press

• US Senate rejects Brownback's concerns about judge Reuters

• McCain Campaign Suffers Key Shakeups ABC News

• Rice plans brief visit to Africa's Congo AP

Meanwhile, Back At The Vatican

Italy - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Deal Ends Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Study: Midwest leads in volunteering AP

Bush Surgeon General Bashes Bush

The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.

 "Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried," Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation's top doctor from 2002 until 2006, told a House of Representatives committee.
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil rises with gas Houston Chronicle

• Stocks decline on retailer outlooks Houston Chronicle

• 700 Tubes of Toothpaste Are Seized in Connecticut New York Times

• Apple shares hit high after analyst predicts cheaper iPhone San Jose Mercury News

Gonzales Caught Lying to Congress

Six days after the attorney general was notified that FBI agents had broken the rules while conducting investigations, Alberto Gonzales told lawmakers who were considering renewal of the USA Patriot Act that "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuses" under the new regime, according to a report in The Washington Post.

Alberto Gonzales reportedly needs wheelbarrow to carry nose - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• A German Guantanamo? Radio Netherlands, Netherlands

George W. Bush shed a tear and had to be hospitalized for severe dehydration. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Atheists applaud Ellison's views on Cheney, Libby, 9/11 Minneapolis Star Tribune

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