25 Jun
QuestionGirl 10:14 pm (Bush, Iraq)
From Alternate Focus:
Will the U.S. ever leave Iraq? Official policy promises an eventual departure, while warning of the dire consequences of a “premature” withdrawal. But while Washington equivocates, facts on the ground tell another story. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, and author Chalmers Johnson, are discovering that military bases in Iraq are being consolidated from [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 10:00 pm (Club Blue)
25 Jun
Jim Swanson 7:27 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Ann Coulter, Rumsfeld)
from Reuters
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales won American newspaper columnists‘ annual “Sitting Duck Award” for being an easy target.
“This is our way of saying thanks for the low-hanging fruit,” said Samantha Bennett, vice president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist.
Gonzales was widely ridiculed for his appearance [...]
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25 Jun
QuestionGirl 7:21 pm (Bush)
Government investigators concluded that President Bush acted legally when he used his recess appointment power to install Sam Fox, a multimillionaire businessman and GOP fundraiser, as ambassador to Belgium.
The Government Accountability Office said Fox can continue to serve in the diplomatic post but cannot draw a government salary.
Three Democratic senators had asked the GAO to [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 5:07 pm (9/11)
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
from YAHOO! NEWS
WASHINGTON - Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman denounced as “downright falsehoods” the criticism of her assurances that it was safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center.
“There are people to blame. They are the terrorists that attacked the United States, not the men and women of [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 4:42 pm (The Supreme Court)
By James Vicini
from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Supreme Court on Monday curtailed free’speech rights for students, ruling against a teenager who unfurled a banner saying “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” because the message could be interpreted as promoting drug use.
In its first major decision on student free’speech rights in nearly 20 years, the high court’s [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 4:27 pm (Bush, Dick Cheney, We're Not Gonna Take it Anymore)
Below, you’ll find what is, actually part one of a two-part article series that ran this weekend in The Washington Post. I highly suggest you read both articles, in their entirety. They are long articles, but some of the most important writing you ever read. The Fascist Oligarchy is here now! - JS
By Barton Gellman [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 4:10 pm (Miscellaneous)
from United Press International
TAMPA, Fla., June 25 (UPI) — Authorities in Tampa, Fla., are investigating whether an argument prompted by a game of Yahtzee between two people led to a fatal stabbing.
Tampa police said that 49-year-old Mark Kelvin Allen had been playing Yahtzee with Edith Elliott, 47, this weekend when the two began arguing, [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 12:09 pm (Entertainment)
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. “Evan Almighty,” $32.1 million.
2. “1408,” $20.175 million.
3. “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” $20.15 million.
4. “Ocean’s Thirteen,” $11.3 million.
5. “Knocked Up,” $10.6 million.
6. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” [...]
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25 Jun
Jim Swanson 11:54 am (Dick Cheney)
By Barton Gellman and Jo Becker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Shortly after the first accused terrorists reached the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 11, 2002, a delegation from CIA headquarters arrived in the Situation Room. The agency presented a delicate problem to White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, a man with next [...]
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