28 Nov
Batocchio 11:26 pm (Bush, Terrorism, The Judiciary)
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent 11/28/06
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge struck down President Bush’s authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush’s order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he [...]
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28 Nov
QuestionGirl 10:30 pm (Club Blue)
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Sail Away
The Rasmus
G took the Coast Guard test tonight and is an official Captain! Charters available soon!! Wooohooo!
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28 Nov
QuestionGirl 5:30 pm (Peace)
I read about this last week, but it was so horrific I didn’t post anything on it. Today on the Randi Rhodes show, she was talking about how the media did NOTHING on it. And I thought about it. She’s right. Mark David Ritscher. Here’s a guy who set himself on fire [...]
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28 Nov
Mirth 3:57 pm (Congress)
WASHINGTON
Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida, impeached as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption charges, dropped his bid under pressure on Tuesday to chair a congressional panel designed to help protect America’s security, a party aide said.
Hastings took the action after being told by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to head the U.S. House [...]
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28 Nov
Mirth 3:02 pm (Books)
From William Fisher at truthout.com:
The scene is a Federal Grand Jury room. There, impaneled ordinary citizens listen intently as a veteran federal prosecutor asks them to return an indictment unique in American history.
The charge is Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. And the defendants are President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, outgoing [...]
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28 Nov
D-day 2:07 pm (Holiday, Religion)
DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
Article here
I guess in parts of Colorado, the carol goes like this:
War on Earth
Hatred towards men
Is [...]
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28 Nov
Mirth 1:38 pm (Events, Film)
Road comedy, drugs drama lead indie film nominees
The hit road comedy “Little Miss Sunshine” and the acclaimed drugs drama “Half Nelson” led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world’s version of the Oscars.
Each film scored five nominations, including best feature and best director. Another contender in the [...]
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28 Nov
Mirth 1:12 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Civil Rights)
Ok! Finally some Happy News. We’re going to get to the bottom of the spy program!
WASHINGTON
The Justice Department said Monday that it has begun an internal investigation into its handling of information gathered in the government’s domestic spying program.
However, Democrats criticized the review as not going far enough to determine whether the program violates [...]
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28 Nov
D-day 12:33 pm ((Unspecified), Bush, Think Tanks)
There is an old addage that says history is written by the victors, so with that in mind you would think history would be severely harsh to President Bush, wouldn’t you? Well not if his supporters have their way. Apparently, according to them, history is written by whoever can raise half a billion dollars.
Bush is [...]
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28 Nov
QuestionGirl 12:15 pm (Robert Gates)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) — Robert Gates, the nominee to replace U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, is unlikely to take office until January.
“My understanding is Mr. Gates has a couple of other obligations,” said Pentagon spokesman Eric Ruff.
Ruff said Gates, now the president of Texas A & M University, has [...]
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