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‘Rethinking Embattled Tactics in Terror War
Courts, Hill and Allies Press Administration
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 11, 2006; A01
Five years after the attacks on the United States, the Bush administration faces the prospect of reworking key elements of its anti-terrorism effort in light of challenges from […]
‘ 2006 WHITE HOUSE SALARY LIST
Who’s Making What In The White House
By Alexis Simendinger, for NationalJournal.com
© National Journal Group Inc.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
President Bush’s most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of “assistant to the president” — recently received a $4,200 […]
‘Huge concrete panels were removed from the tunnel after a section of the ceiling collapsed last night, killing one woman. (Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer)
State Police identify victim in tunnel collapse
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Boston Globe Staff | July 11, 2006
Transportation officials this morning have begun removing the three-ton […]
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(building)thirdreichinruins.com; (burning car) det.news.com
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‘Hoekstra Urges Bush to Impart Intelligence Details
By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 10, 2006; A07
The Bush administration briefed top lawmakers on a significant intelligence program only after a key Republican committee chairman angrily complained of being left in the dark, the chairman said yesterday.’
Please find the entire article here.
‘Japan may postpone North Korea resolution
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 25 minutes ago
Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on North Korea’s missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. Security Council vote on Tokyo’s proposal for sanctions against the regime.’
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Robert Mitchum’s–THUNDER ROAD–would become the U.S. drive-in staple twenty years later and the Third Reich would never know.
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Images: (Thunder Road) moviepostershoppe.com; (screen) smartinc.com;
(Atlantic Wall bunkers)Paul Virilio in metropolis.com; (autos) det.news.com;
(intermission shot and food pictures) drive-infilm.com (Speer structure) stanford.edu
A 24-hour news cycle is one thing. Waiting to get the story right is quite another.
‘Manhattan building implodes
ITV.com - 1 hour ago
A Fire Department spokeswoman said: “It appears to be an explosion, but it’s not confirmed”. Latest reports suggest the explosion could have been caused by a gas leak. A fire is raging in the […]
‘Ark. doctor disciplined after 10 deaths
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press WriterFri Jul 7, 11:36 PM ET
A state board on Friday barred a doctor from prescribing narcotics after officials said 10 of his patients died from a lethal mix of drugs or an overdose of prescription medicines.
Dr. Randeep Mann was allowed to keep his medical license […]
July 9, 2006
‘Ally Warned Bush Over Shrouding Spying Programs
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE
WASHINGTON, July 8 — In a sharply worded letter to President Bush in May, an important Congressional ally charged that the administration might have violated the law by failing to inform Congress of some secret intelligence programs and risked losing Republican support […]
‘N.Y.C. Transit Bomb Plot Thwarted
CBS News Interactive: America On Guard
(CBS News) WASHINGTON Despite the FBI’s announcement that it disrupted a terror plot against New York City-area commuter trains Friday, CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart has learned that the plans were mere “jihadist bravado,” according to one senior official.’
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‘Secret Service Sued For Alleged Discrimination
July 8, 2006 6:30 a.m. EST
Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Medford, OR (AHN) - The American Civil Liberties Union sues the U.S. Secret Service and state and local police for allegedly using discriminatory practices during a 2004 campaign event for President Bush.
The class-action suit claims law enforcement protecting […]
‘Laura Bush Complains “Good Polls” Never Show Up on the Front Page
By E&P Staff
Published: July 06, 2006 20:05 PM ET
NEW YORK Intrerviewed with her husband on “Larry King Live” on Thursday night, Laura Bush once again charged that “good polls” for the president never end up on the front page. ‘
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I went to their website to find their discussion of a Christian method of changing homosexual behavior to that of normal, loving family relationships. I think they are dead serious.
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‘Group Sues to Halt to Same-Sex Benefits
By DAVID EGGERT
The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 5, 2006; 10:48 PM
LANSING, Mich. — A conservative group on Wednesday sued to stop […]
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Thanks to deBeers and cannot find bearing source. Maybe Timken Roller Bearing
‘July 7, 2006
Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts
By JOHN KIFNER
A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racist hate groups, recruiting shortfalls caused by the war in Iraq have allowed “large numbers of neo-Nazis and skinhead extremists” to infiltrate the military, according to a watchdog organization.’
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Rollin Riggs for The New York Times
At a megachurch in Memphis, the Statue of Liberation Through Christ was consecrated Tuesday. The statue, says the church’s pastor, is a way of “letting people know that God is the foundation of our nation.”
July 5, 2006
‘Memphis Journal
Lady Liberty Trades In Some Trappings
By SHAILA DEWAN
MEMPHIS, July 4 — On […]
‘Child Study Finds Failures to Detect Flu
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Doctors fail to diagnose the flu in a vast majority of young children suffering from it, depriving them of medicines that could shorten their illness and keep them from spreading it to others, a study suggests.’
Please find the entire article here.
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“LAY HIM LOW: ENRON’S CHIEF CROOK DUCKS BIG HOUSE BY DROPPING DEAD
By MARSHA KRANES
July 6, 2006 — Enron founder Ken Lay, the slippery schemer convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the energy giant’s monumental collapse, dodged jail after all.Lay, who faced up to 45 years in prison at his scheduled October sentencing, died of a […]
“Snow On Lay’s Death: ‘I Don’t Know, What Do You Think Would Be The Appropriate Thing To Say?’
At today’s press briefing, Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked about the death of Ken Lay, the convicted former Enron CEO whom President Bush nicknamed “Kenny Boy.”
First, Snow dodged the question, asking the reporter: “I don’t know, what […]
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‘The partial list of the Iraq government’s new ‘Most Wanted List’ is displayed at a press conference, Sunday, July 2, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Muafaq al-Rubai announced the government’s new ‘Most Wanted List’ of people who have been involved in crimes against the Iraqi people. The most-wanted list of 41 […]
‘Did U.S. cut deal to let bin Laden stay free?
July 5, 2006 07:30 AM / The Rant
By DOUG THOMPSON
Abu Musab al-Zargawi’s widow says her late husband’s al-Qaida organization sold him out to the United States in exchange for an American promise to ease off on its worldwide hunt for Osama bin Laden.
On the surface, […]
‘Homelessness a threat for Iraq vets
By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press WriterTue Jul 4, 1:13 PM ET
Herold Noel had nowhere to call home after returning from military service in Iraq. He slept in his Jeep, taking care to find a parking space where he wouldn’t get a ticket.
“Then the nightmares would start,” says the […]
‘”The prisoners of New York left their mark somewhere else, too — in international law. Almost to the bitter end, the British took the position that captured American insurgents weren’t soldiers but “rebels” and that defining them as prisoners of war amounted to de facto recognition of American independence. Americans responded that by not according […]
You’ve come up with off-the-wall leads before, Patterson. I want you to check this out…and by that…I want no less than three confirming sources! I’m talkin’ government, not your crank-addicted informants in the gutter. Got it? I’ll be &^%$- damned if I’m walking into the commissioner’s office with this #^%@ and it’s bull&^%$! If you’re […]
‘ADMINISTRATION
Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic
By Murray Waas, National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Monday, July 3, 2006
President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former […]
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Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, with his wife, Hadassah, announcing his signature drive.
July 4, 2006
News Analysis
Senator’s Plan B Creates Quandary for Democrats
By PATRICK HEALY and JENNIFER MEDINA
Six years ago Joseph I. Lieberman came within a hairbreadth of the vice presidency after the Democratic Party chose him as a moderate […]
‘COPYCATTY COULTER PILFERS PROSE: PRO By PHILIP RECCHIA
July 2, 2006 — Conservative scribe Ann Coulter cribbed liberally in her latest book, “Godless,” according to a plagiarism expert.John Barrie, the creator of a leading plagiarism-recognition system, claimed he found at least three instances of what he calls “textbook plagiarism” in the leggy blond pundit’s […]
‘Report: Abramoff Had FBI Data
The lobbyist improperly got and acted on a secret file about the Marianas, an inspector general says.
By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Times Staff Writer
July 1, 2006
WASHINGTON — Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff improperly obtained a top-secret FBI document and tried to use the information to aid his clients in the Pacific Island territories, […]
‘Al-Zarqawi’s wife: Al-Qaida sold him out
Mon Jul 3, 7:32 AM ET
Al-Qaida leaders sold out Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to the United States in exchange for a promise to let up in the search for Osama bin Laden, the slain militant’s wife claimed in an interview with an Italian newspaper.’
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‘A New Partnership Binds Old Republican Rivals’
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John McCain and George W. Bush had notable differences in the 2000 Republican primary season, left. But by Mr. Bush’s re-election bid in 2004, the relationship had mellowed, at least publicly
By JIM RUTENBERG and ADAM NAGOURNEY
After years of competitive and […]
‘Crack Is Found in Shuttle’s Foam Insulation’
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The shuttle Discovery sat ready to launch Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center,
but the liftoff was postponed because of poor weather.’
‘By WARREN E. LEARY
Published: July 3, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 3 —Inspectors found a crack in the foam insulation of the space shuttle Discovery’s […]
‘THE NEW YORKER
FACT
LAST STAND
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
The military’s problem with the President’s Iran policy.
Issue of 2006-07-10
Posted 2006-07-03
On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced what appeared to be a major change in U.S. foreign policy. The Bush Administration, she said, would be willing to join Russia, China, and its European allies in direct talks […]
Governor’s nonprofit foundation has paid pollster, former campaign finance chief
By Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau
Thursday, June 29, 2006
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Jeb Bush has used his recently revived nonprofit foundation to pay a former campaign finance director and two former campaign aides.’
Please find the entire article here.
‘BBC NEWS
07/01/2006
Asteroid set for close encounter
A large asteroid is set to pass Earth in a close encounter which scientists say will pose no danger.
The asteroid, estimated at half a mile (800m) wide, will sweep within 270,000 miles (433,000km) of the planet - only slightly further away than the moon.’
Please find the entire article here.
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While the lead of this telling article shows the type of person working in our “Bully– Bucking for Tyrant” administration, it also reveals a character trait of Colin Powell whose silence helped us to fall into Iraq and–worse–into a behavioral pattern antithetic to our country’s political philosophy. Powell should be ashamed for playing flute in […]