Tuesday edition - August 14, 2007

"President Bush had his annual physical. And next week, Vice President Dick Cheney will have his annual autopsy. ... The White House revealed that last year President Bush was treated for lyme disease. This disease is spread by ticks that burrow under your skin. You don't even know they're there. You know, kinda like a government wiretap." --Jay Leno
 

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,691 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Four US soldiers killed in Iraq Reuters

• Bomber strikes bridge in Iraq; 10 dead AP

• Officials: some 30 Iraqi judges have been killed in Iraq ... International Herald Tribune

• Iraqi Summit Set to Begin Washington Post

• In Iraq, another summer of power shortages Los Angeles Times

• U.S., Iraqi troops start new operation AP

• British MPs says Iraq 'surge' is unlikely to succeed Belfast Telegraph

• Howard urges Iraq to follow soccer team's lead ABC Online, Australia

• Hungry for end to war, activists seek impeachment of Bush, Cheney San Francisco Chronicle

• Russia said flying more missions near U.S. territory Reuters

1992 - Karl Rove was fired by President George H.W. Bush's reelection campaign after columnist Robert Novak writes of internal dissatisfaction with fund-raiser Robert Mosbacher. Rove was suspected by Mosbacher of planting  the leak.

It's a tragedy that an administration that promised to unite Americans has instead left us more divided than ever before. Without doubt the architect of that political strategy was Karl Rove, who proved the politics of division may win some elections but cannot govern America.—Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
 

Disturbing News

• North Korea seeks help after floods ravage country Reuters 

• China bridge collapse kills 22, 46 missing Boston Herald

• Hawaii braces for Hurricane Flossie Reuters

Prohibition Vote

ATHENS, Ala. - Voters have a chance on Tuesday to return this northern Alabama city to the days of Prohibition.

"Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was asked to explain why none of his five sons are in the military and he said that his sons demonstrate their patriotism by going on the road and campaigning for him. Now there's a tough choice: Iraq, or Iowa?? "Fallujah or Cedar Rapids? Honey, what do you think?" --Jay Leno

Republican Shenanigans

• Sarkozy and Bush Agree — To Disagree TIME

• Huckabee Says He's A Top Tier Candidate CBS News

• Romney worth as much as $250 million Kansas City Star

• Mccain Calls Iowa Poll 'Meaningless' Guardian Unlimited

• Ney aide wore wire to tape congressman AP

• Ripken Is Named Envoy to Help Burnish US Public Image Abroad Bloomberg

Anthrax Update

Five journalists must identify the government officials who leaked them details about a scientist under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks, a federal judge said Monday.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama's wife decries blackness question AP

"This week, the government announced a new operation to crack down on the hiring of illegals here in Los Angeles. It's called Operation You're Going To Have To Cut Your Own Lawn and Raise Your Own Kids." --Jay Leno

 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil near 70 usd as US hurricane forecasts support, eyes on ... Forbes

• Halliburton signs $270 mln deal with Petrobras Reuters.uk

• After Russia and Canada, U.S. ship headed for Arctic Reuters

• US squeezes China at WTO in copyright dispute AFP

• More Mattel recalls likely Los Angeles Times

• Imus settles with CBS, may make comeback AP

"It was this week in 1974 that Richard Nixon resigned the presidency after getting caught lying and violating the Constitution. Remember when that kind of thing used to get you kicked out of office?" --Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Soldier: Sergeant beat Iraq detainee with bat MSNBC

• Guantánamo: Five Years and Counting Yemen Observer

• Padilla Jurors Hear Closing Arguments Guardian Unlimited 

www.seedsofdoubt.com

"In a recent interview, President Bush's father said he gets upset when people tell him his son is doing a bad job. Bush's dad went on to say, 'You'd think after 60 years I'd be used to it.'" --Jay Leno

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Video Surfaces of Cheney, in 1994, Warning That An Invasion of ... Editor & Publisher
   

Satanspeed, Turd Blossom. You're the best Constitutional Sodomist this Nation has ever seen. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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