14 Sep
Jim Swanson 11:47 pm (2008 Congressional Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Bush, GOP)
By Steve Holland
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates need to make a “clean break” from President George W. Bush and the U.S. government or they will lose in November 2008, a veteran Republican leader said on Friday.
“If you don’t represent real change, you just gave away the 2008 election,” said former House Speaker Newt [...]
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14 Sep
Jim Swanson 10:00 pm (Club Blue)
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This young man has an INCREDIBLE voice for his age!
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14 Sep
QuestionGirl 9:41 pm (Bush)
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Michael Ware on Bush’s definition of “ordinary life” in Iraq
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14 Sep
QuestionGirl 7:59 pm (DOD, Homeland Security, Incompetence)
From USA Today:
Financial records at the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are so disorganized and inconsistent that they cannot be audited fully, making them subject to waste, fraud and abuse.
That’s the conclusion of an Associated Press review of the two departments’ files.
In 1997 Congress ordered that outside auditors must examine federal agencies’ books. But [...]
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14 Sep
Jim Swanson 7:12 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Justice Department)
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
The Associated Press
Goodbye and good riddance, you criminal. - JS
WASHINGTON - Resigning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left the scandal’scarred Justice Department on Friday, declaring himself hopeful about its mission of ferreting out crime and defending the truth.
Gonzales quit after 2 1/2 years at the department amid investigations into whether he broke [...]
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14 Sep
QuestionGirl 7:06 pm (Iraq)
Mourners vowed revenge and perseverance Friday at the funeral of the leader of the Sunni Arab revolt against al-Qaida militants, who was assassinated just 10 days after meeting with President Bush.
In eastern Diyala province, meanwhile, a bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle on Friday, killing four American soldiers in, the U.S. command said. They [...]
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14 Sep
QuestionGirl 4:54 pm (Corruption)
Ex-Veco Corp. CEO Bill Allen admitted in court Friday that he had company employees work several months on a remodeling project at the Girdwood home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
The former head of the oil field services company made the admission Friday while testifying in the federal corruption trial of a former state lawmaker.
Allen [...]
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14 Sep
Jim Swanson 12:30 pm (Saudi Arabia)
from AFP
Look at the size of that huge phallic symbol! Actually, it looks like a huge middle finger pointing directly at the United States! - JS
DUBAI (AFP) - The world’s tallest building, still under construction in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai, has become the world’s tallest free’standing structure, its developers said on Thursday.
The [...]
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14 Sep
Jim Swanson 12:26 pm (Disasters)
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH
The Associated Press
For those of you unfamiliar with the power of earthquakes and the Richter Scale, here’s the difference in strength: Naturally, it depends on the depth of the earthquake, but if you have a 6.7 earthquake followed by a 6.8, the 6.8 earthquake means the earth released ten times more energy than [...]
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14 Sep
Jim Swanson 12:19 pm (CRIME, Just Plain Wrong)
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
This goofer just doesn’t know when to quit. Of course, he was no doubt in the casino to look for Nicole’s killer. - JS
LAS VEGAS - Investigators questioned O.J. Simpson and named him a suspect Friday in a break-in at a casino hotel room involving sports memorabilia.
The break-in was reported [...]
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