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Archive for January 17th, 2007

17 Jan

Feinstein Speaks Out on 7 Forced Resignations of U.S. Attorneys

QuestionGirl 11:22 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales)

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Dianne Feinstein speaks out on forced resignations of U.S. Attorneys, and interim replacements who will serve through Bush’s term as President, as made possible through the Patriot Act.
From TPM:
In order to replace several U.S. Attorneys with handpicked successors, the Bush Administration has relied on a tiny, obscure provision tucked into last [...]

17 Jan

Club Blue

QuestionGirl 10:10 pm (Club Blue)

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The Clash
Rock the Casbah

17 Jan

Why the Escalation in Violence in Northern Iraq?

QuestionGirl 6:58 pm (Iraq)

From MSNBC:

The explosion in the center of the oil-rich city 180 miles north of Baghdad came amid rising violence in northern Iraq even as the government and U.S. forces prepare to launch a security operation aimed at stopping sectarian attacks in the capital.
Guards shot the driver as he approached the checkpoint, killing him before he [...]

17 Jan

Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan

QuestionGirl 3:14 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales)

From Bat, who sent me this article: I’m sure there are more wrinkles to this, and of course the Bushies can still try to snow the FISA court, which tended to be a rubber stamp anyway. But I’m sure the main purpose of this move is to try to argue there’s no [...]

17 Jan

Doomsday Clock Moves Forward

Buck 11:55 am (Environment, Nuclear Weapons)

To:
Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, Republican leaders of the House and Senate, Right-wing Christians, Right-wing pundits, the complicit MSM, and that pesky, dimwitted thirty’something-percent crowd.
Re:
PLEASE STAND AND TAKE YOUR FUCKING BOW!

Clock Moves Forward Two Minutes
15 January 2007 | 10:27 PM
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) is moving the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock on [...]

17 Jan

Laura Logan Reports on Escalating Violence in Iraq

QuestionGirl 9:32 am (Iraq)

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Lara Logan reports on the bombing of University in Iraq

17 Jan

Lou Dobbs Covers Both Wars

QuestionGirl 9:28 am (Lou Dobbs)

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Lou Dobbs covers bombings in Iraq, and the need for more troops for the “other” war…..Afghanistan

17 Jan

NEWS NEWS NEWS

QuestionGirl 9:13 am (News News News)

VA. STATE LEGISLATOR SAYS BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD “GET OVER IT” REGARDING SLAVERY
GOP FACES TOUGH VOTE
TROOPS RALLY AGAINST BUSH IRAQ POLICY
OLMERT UNDER INVESTIGATION
IRAN PRESIDENT SENDS SAUDI KING A NOTE
ISRAELI GENERAL RESIGNS
BUSH STATES BOTCHED HANGINGS SHOW IRAQ STILL NEEDS SOME MATURATION

LAWMAKERS LOBBYING SPOUSES AVOID HILL REFORMS
CIVILIAN PILOTS PROVIDE TARGET PRACTICE
IMMIGRATION CENTERS FAIL HEALTH CHECK
U.S. LACKS [...]

17 Jan

NSA Wants $1Billion Supplemental

QuestionGirl 8:45 am (NSA)

$1 BILLION in supplemental? The budget has doubled since 9/11 to $8 BILLION a year? I say take it out of the defense budget.

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is facing significant budget shortfalls as the spy agency scrambles to respond to a mounting electricity crisis, modernize its technology, maintain current [...]

17 Jan

Saudis Prepared to Send Troops to Iraq

QuestionGirl 1:20 am (Middle East)

Well, these neocon nuts may just get what they’re looking for. Saudis will send in troops if the situation degenerates into chaos? Define chaos.

Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq [...]