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WASHINGTON - Rep. John Doolittle acknowledged Monday that his lawyer, whom he has paid more than $38,000 in the last two months, is talking with the Justice Department about the congressman’s relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The Washington Post and other papers, citing unnamed sources, have said the Roseville Republican and Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., [...]

16 Oct

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL OPEN THREAD

QuestionGirl 8:53 pm (Miscellaneous)

GO BEARS!!!

16 Oct

BUSH IN A SNIT……I DO LOVE FROOMKIN

QuestionGirl 8:41 pm (Bush, Election, Karl Rove)

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, October 16, 2006; 12:52 PM
The notion that President Bush is not just in denial — but is petulantly in denial — is taking on greater credence thanks to two recent Washington Post stories.
One describes Bush’s seemingly inexplicable confidence that Republicans will maintain control of both houses of Congress in the [...]

16 Oct

DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY GROWING FASTER THAN THE GRID

QuestionGirl 7:00 pm (Miscellaneous)

We’re a super power? We have to be more long term in our thinking.
Duh!
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Over the next decade, U.S. demand for electrical power will grow more than three times as fast as new supplies, a utilities industry report said Monday.
Particularly vulnerable are Texas and states in the Northeast, Midwest and Mountain West, [...]

16 Oct

IRAQ AN ALL OUT BLOODBATH

QuestionGirl 6:50 pm (Iraq)

58 U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN 16 DAYS
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two near simultaneous car bombs killed 20 people and wounded 17 in a mixed neighborhood in northern Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said, bringing the death toll from a four-day rampage of sectarian fighting to at least 111.
One of the blasts in Ur district [...]

16 Oct

REID TO REIMBURSE CAMPAIGN FOR DONATIONS

Mirth 6:39 pm (Congress, Corruption)

Congress is a privileged class who think the rules do not apply to them. Whether blue or red, corruption is corruption.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal [...]

16 Oct

News Shorts

Buck 5:45 pm (Miscellaneous)

Poll: Support for Iraq war at all-time low
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A poll conducted for CNN over the weekend suggests support among Americans for the war in Iraq is dwindling to an all-time low. Just 34 percent of those polled say they support the war, while 64 percent say they oppose it.
Women led the opposition, with [...]

16 Oct

CONFLICTS FEED WORLD HUNGER

Mirth 5:38 pm (Human Rights, United Nations)

Many nations with the highest levels of hunger are also gripped by violent conflicts or civil wars, a report has shown.
Armed groups are using hunger as a weapon by cutting off food supplies, destroying crops and hijacking relief aid, the Global Hunger Index suggests.
The 119-nation study describes South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as the [...]