Thursday edition - December 11, 2008

"Well, President-elect Barack Obama and his family are gonna spend the holidays in his home state of Hawaii. And you know who couldn't be more thrilled with this? The press, the reporters who follow the president. Well, think about it. After eight years of spending every holiday cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, they get to go to Hawaii!" --Jay Leno

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without George W. Bush

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 AP

• 55 dead in bombing at restaurant in Iraq's north AP

• US to send more troops to Afghanistan CNN International 

• Britain could begin Iraq pullout in March: source Reuters

• India calls on Pakistan to hand over 40 fugitives AP

• Mumbai attacks raise concerns about terror spread The Associated Press 

• Bodies pile up as Mugabe wages war on diamond miners guardian.co.uk

• US plan calls for hunting pirates by land and air AP

• Obama hopes to reboot US image among Muslims AP

The wiretaps portray what prosecutors call blatant corruption: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich scheming to barter Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat for a Cabinet post, an ambassadorship or high-paying jobs for himself and his wife...."The weakness in the government's case seems to be that Blagojevich schemed to do things but didn't actually do them," Chicago defense attorney John Beal said.

"Barack Obama says he is promising not to smoke cigarettes while in the White House. I don't know. Is that a big issue for the American people? [on screen: a woman in the audience yells 'Yes!']. Really? You care if he smokes? Let me tell you something, okay? If he fixes the economy, he can smoke a bong in the White House." --Jay Leno
 

Disturbing News

• Girls allege sexual conduct by other students at Miramar middle school Sun-Sentinel.com

• 22 Australians charged over child pornography AP

• Abdul Blames Fox For Letting Stalker Get Close CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles

"Shocking news out of Illinois today. Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges, including the allegation that he was selling Barack Obama's vacant senate seat. Now, I personally am surprised Obama even needed a seat. I thought he just levitated." --Stephen Colbert

Texas Messing In Minnesota

The FBI is investigating allegations in two lawsuits accusing a friend and political supporter of Sen. Norm Coleman of attempting to funnel $75,000 to Coleman from the coffers of a Texas company that the friend controls.

Email

Subject: FYI from NJ

Hi Lisa,

I am a person who leaves her radio on 24/7. Over night, I listen to "Coast to Coast" (the old Art Bell Show) and WABC is the only radio station I can seem to get, for that show, on the dial around here. Other than that, I never listen to WABC radio (a huge, 50,000 watt station, covering the vast NYC area) because all of their shows (save CTC) are just vicious hate radio hosts such as Laura Ingram, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, et al.

Okay, I THOUGHT it couldn't get any worse - until this morning, when I awoke to their newest addition to their lineup, Joe Freaking Scarborough! They have teamed him up with some broad who carry's his water while he spews to worst hate imaginable! All anti-Obama sneers, and the smug, know-it-all attitude which was just shocking to me - especially at a crisis time in America, when we SHOULD be pulling together - he was doing his best to drive a huge wedge and turn people against the President elect. Oh, and in between, he was defending the Blackwater men who killed several innocent people in Baghdad - saying "That's their job" and the people should have stayed away from Blackwater vehicles - OR ELSE "that's what they get," yada. yada, yada! I threw my slipper at the radio and ran to change the dial!

Thank God for NPR!I guess my thought is, "Why don't these hate-mongers just go away?" It just kills me that they are afforded airtime to spread their lies, and that apparently people in the area are listening to them!

Knowing that you have had your fun with the Scarborough people, I thought I'd share this latest assault on our senses here on the East coast radioland. I also wanted to vent, you know?

Your friend,Sally P

Northern NJ

PS: I don't have cable TV, but I understand Scarborough also has a cable show, but with a smaller audience. God help us all...

Joe Scarborough was our Sarah Palin in 1994 on the Redneck Rivera in NW Florida. Those two are cut out of the same cloth that is thickly woven with opportunism.

Almost fifteen years later Joe has his own show on MSNBC and radio, too.

Methinks Sarah may end up on FoxNews. She'd be more popular than Bill O'Reilly!

Sarah and Joe both appeal to the lowest common denominator, the God and Guns people. Joe is just better at concealing that fact.

Thank you for venting Sally.

Ann Coulter: "Hallelujah" Print is Dead!

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Republican-Shenanigans News

• Conservative Republicans Still Widely Support Bush Gallup Poll News, DC

• Supreme Court is asked to dismiss top officials from 9/11 lawsuit Los Angeles Times

• Scandal gives GOP a shot at Senate seat Chicago Sun-Times

• Bush asserts declining teen drug use; reports vary AP

• Bush’s Legacy: Waging Preventive War in Iraq U.S. News & World Report

• FBI looking into alleged cash gift to Sen. Coleman Minneapolis Star Tribune

• Supreme Court hears case on Ashcroft, Mueller immunity AFP

Bailout Plan Includes Pay Raises For Judges

If the $14 billion bailout plan for U.S. automakers passes, it will help more than just Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Federal judges would get a pay raise, as well.
 

Ah, for the good old days, when inmates in prison wrote letters asking, “Pardon me, Governor?” Now inmates ask, “Pardon me, didn’t you used to be Governor?”- Laugh Lines

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama to nominate Daschle for healthcare post Reuters

• Officials: Obama chooses Chu for energy secretary AP

• Lisa Jackson in line to be first black EPA chief AP

• Obama transition going well, most in AP poll say The Associated Press

• Officials Say Jackson Was ‘Candidate 5’ in Case New York Times

• Blagojevich's Promise to Mom: 'I'll Never Take Bribes' ABC News 

"I did not initiate nor authorize anyone, at any time, to promise anything to Gov. Blagojevich on my behalf"- Jesse Jackson Jr telling reporters he is not a target of the federal investigation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich

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Biz-Tech News

• Crude-oil futures soar 4%, extending rally MarketWatch

• Russia Volunteers to Join an OPEC Cut in Oil Output New York Times

• Euro rises on dollar to $1.3140 The Associated Press

• New unemployment claims reach 26-year high AP

• Office Depot to Close 112 Stores, Cut 2200 Jobs (Update2) Bloomberg 

• Google Adds Print Magazines To Book Search Washington Post

• Google doubles Street View coverage in US CNET News 

• Chinese Team Mistakenly Released Unpatched IE7 Exploit PC World

How's this for an economic indicator? I pulled into a parking space at the Dollar store — right between a BMW and a Mercedes.- Zing!

One Hand Washing Another

Financial giants now being bailed out by the government spent millions underwriting the Democratic and Republican conventions last summer, just weeks before coming to Washington begging for multibillion-dollar handouts.

The big donors included AIG, Ford Motor Co., Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Freddie Mac.
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Last Guantanamo trial of Bush era is delayed Reuters 

• Portugal offers to take Guantanamo detainees The Associated Press

• Rock legends want to silence Guantanamo's torture tunes Scotsman

• Council: UC Prof Should Be Charged With War Crimes Berkeley Daily Planet, CA 

Illegal Cleaning

Every few weeks for nearly four years, the Secret Service screened the IDs of employees for a Maryland cleaning company before they entered the house of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the nation's top immigration official.

The company's owner says the workers sailed through the checks -- although some of them turned out to be illegal immigrants.

Now, owner James D. Reid finds himself in a predicament that he considers especially confounding. In October, he was fined $22,880
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Prosecutor removed from Cheney case Dallas Morning News, TX

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Odd News

• Day to `call in gay' finds few willing to strike AP

• Carbon Dioxide (No SUV’s) Detected on Distant Planet New York Times 

• Two men survive crash, frigid night on Arctic ice Reuters

• Big cat bites Santa during photo shoot at NJ store AP

• No, it's not Santa: Burglar gets stuck in chimney AP

In the edgy age of cell phones, video game consoles and hip-hop, Czech teens have clung as well to the gentler habits of a bygone era, taking traditional ballroom dancing and etiquette courses. Every year, thousands aged 15-18 attend such courses to learn rituals established at the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire that continued throughout the oppressive years of communism.
Photo/Michal Cizek

Peace.