Thursday edition - August 2, 2007

Maybe after Bush invades Iran, he'll attack Nicaragua?

"A new survey says that 58% of the people who follow the news think Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign. Of course, President Bush is not in that group. You know ... of people who follow the news. ... This whole administration is turning into a bad version of 'Wizard of Oz.' Cheney needs a heart. Gonzales needs some courage. Bush needs a brain." --Jay Leno

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,656 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Suicide car bomb kills 13 at Iraq police station Reuters

• Gates tours US facilities in Kuwait AP

• Rice urges deeper Mideast talks Reuters

• Obama says he would send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists Boston Herald

“Hey, congratulations to the Iraqi soccer team. They won the Asian Cup over the weekend. See, that’s a huge deal over there. … They said there was so much celebratory gunfire, you couldn’t hear the regular gunfire.” - Jay Leno

Disturbing News

• Survivors recount escape from bridge AP

• 164 dead in South Asia monsoon flooding AP

• Powerful typhoon hits southern Japan AP

• Bomb explodes at Sears store in Mexico AP

 “Yeah, Iraq now has a championship team so we can go home, right?” - David Letterman

www.anntelnaes.com

"Right now, my financial adviser tells me there is no 'hotter' place to buy than the Arctic Circle. The ice up there is melting thanks to, I believe, Al Gore. And it is revealing all sorts of resources like fish, diamonds, oil and gas, and most importantly, timesaving sea lanes that could cut sailing time from Germany to Alaska by 60% ... offering a convenient escape route for Alaska Senator Ted Stevens." --Stephen Colbert

Protecting Rove

The White House has invoked executive privilege to keep President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, from having to testify Thursday about the firings of at least eight U.S. attorneys.
 

Republican Shenanigans

• Gonzales calls it confusion; Specter calls it 'misleading' CNN 

• Missteps found in awarding Katrina deals AP

Enforcement of Election Law On Republicans? In Florida?

When it comes to GOP twig Ann Coulter and her Palm Beach voting snafu, the fat lady has yet to sing.

While most expected the conservative pundit to be off the hook for good when the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office punted a voting fraud probe in April, the Florida Elections Commission now is investigating.
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Fall to $75.75 a Barrel Forbes

• A FIRST: Detroit automakers get less than half of US sales Detroit Free Press

• American Airlines will test in-flight Internet access Seattle Times 

• Astronaut takes space industry to Costa Rica Houston Chronicle

• Fisher-Price to recall nearly 1M toys AP

• Warning: Laser Printers Could Be a Health Hazard PC World

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Padilla co-defendant rests case AP

“Working on Dick Cheney’s heart, boy, you talk about microsurgery.” - Jay Leno
 

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Clinton Says Cheney Wrong on Her Request Washington Post

• US won’t go into Pakistan after Al Qaeda: Cheney Daily Times
   

Odd News

• 'Dog' Chapman says Mexican charges have been dropped Honolulu Advertiser

• Whoopi officially joins ABC's `The View' AP

• Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City Reuters

• Sicilian mother cuts off 61-yr-old son's allowance Reuters

• OJ Simpson blames ghost author over murder book Reuters

• Russians plant flag on Arctic seabed AP

• Brain-Injured Man Speaks After 6 Years Washington Post

People wait in line to visit an upside-down house built at the Centre of Education and Promotion of the Region in the village of Szymbark, northern Poland July 31, 2007. The upside-down house created by Daniel Czapiewski is supposed to describe the times of the former communist era and the present times in which we live. Photo/Peter Andrews/Poland

Peace.