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from Crooks & Liars
110TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
RESOLUTION
Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following [...]

06 May

12 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

QuestionGirl 2:43 pm (Iraq)

12 TODAY
From YahooNews:
BAGHDAD - A roadside explosion outside the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed six American soldiers and a journalist, the military said, among 12 U.S. deaths reported on a day when two car bombs killed at least 44 Iraqis at a Baghdad market and a police headquarters.
A car bomb in the capital, where [...]

06 May

Word is, IBM To Layoff 150,000 U.S. Employees

QuestionGirl 12:14 pm (Business News)

From InfoWorld.com:
IBM is laying off half of its massive Global Services group, according to Cringley. The RIF starts with 1,300, and is expected to hit as many as 150,000 employees. (!!!)
The IBM project I am writing about is called LEAN and the first manifestation of LEAN was this week’s 1,300 layoffs at Global Services, which [...]

06 May

WHAT! How Can This Be Ethical, Much Less Legal?

Jim Swanson 11:06 am (Corruption)

from The New York Times through Crooks and Liars
So a U.S. Attorney investigating Representative Jerry Lewis, quits to go to work for the firm representing Lewis? This is totally unbelievable.
There is yet another United States attorney whose abrupt departure from office is raising questions: Debra Wong Yang of Los Angeles. Ms. Yang was not fired, [...]

06 May

Commander Guy Sinks to All Time Low Approval Rating

QuestionGirl 9:39 am (Polls)

I’d say George Bush dragging the 08 Republican Presidential candidates down with him is a good thing……..
May 5, 2007 - It’s hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging [...]

06 May

It’s Walmart Versus the…..Benedectine Sisters

QuestionGirl 9:34 am (Business News)

It’s a David versus Goliath battle heating up in the Hill Country - a group of nuns from Boerne is taking a stand against Wal-Mart.
The corporate giant reportedly labeled the nuns a security threat after they raised questions about Wal-Mart’s business practices.
Sister Susan Mika is part of the Benedectine Sisters, which is part [...]

06 May

U.S. Army Thinks Media is a Threat to the Nation

QuestionGirl 9:31 am (Military, More Dumb Shit)

I think they’re right. But not in the way the Army does.
Full article at Unbossed.com

The Army now classifies the media as a threat in parallel to al-Qaeda and drug cartels. I kid you not.
The above slide occurs at page 5 of a new Operational Security Training Program briefing from the U.S. Army 1st Information [...]

06 May