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I’m a litlle bagman
Short of Clout;
This is the smile
What creases my mout.’
When I see the leader,
Who’s so cool,
I’ll vote for torture
On a three-legged stool.
I love to smile
For my boss.
That keeps him
From becomin’ cross.
Karl Rove may
Be a putz.
Better to lie
Than lose my nutz.
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May 10, 2007
Gonzales Is Said to Seem Confident He Will Stay
By DAVID JOHNSTON and […]
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A hour later, all is well as the pope correctly answers the multi-part question:
Who defeated Argentina Rocca for the World Wrestling Championship in1957?
Where was the bout and what final move insured the UNEXPECTED victory?
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BOBO BRAZIL
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BUENOS AIRES EVITADROME
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COCO BUTT
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Images: (outside) AP Photo/Andre Penner; (inside) AP Photo/ Victor R. Caivano; (score sign) […]
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A wildfire rages behind the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park north of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Detail Soundtrack of movie/wangchung.com
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May 9, 2007
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Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
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By SUSAN SAULNY and JIM RUTENBERG
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CHICAGO, May 8 — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of […]
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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Poll: Americans disapprove of Bush’s Iraq veto
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Bush made comments May 1 on Iraq, following his veto of the $124 billion Iraq Supplemental Funding Bill.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of the U.S. public disapproves of President Bush’s decision to veto a war spending bill that called for U.S. troops to leave Iraq in […]
This headline also caused my Chicago friend to wonder,
“Aren’t all of them used?”
There’s used and there’s ‘used.’ This used heart may have been in a flood.
Mon May 7, 7:58 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - A civil engineer received a used heart that had been transplanted once before into a man who suffered non-heart-related complications during […]
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President Bush, right, and George J. Tenet stop to pose on the CIA seal in the main entrance of agency headquarters Tuesday March 20, 2001 in Langley, Va.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais — AP
Reaping the Whirlwind
Sunday, May 6, 2007; BW03
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM
My Years at the CIA
By George Tenet with Bill Harlow
HarperCollins. 549 pp. $30
In […]
A friend in Chicago responded to that May 5, AP headline with:
“No wonder the jails are overcrowded.”
I decided to follow up on the story and discovered that there was more than a one-liner from the event. Here is how the Daily News covered it.
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Images: (chicken) (AP Photo/April L. Brown, FILE); (glasses) blinde.bagel.com
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Please find […]
My genuflection to Larry, Curly & Moe…
State dinner features British touches
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Washington turned out adoring schoolchildren and ladies in hats for Queen Elizabeth II’s visit. The White House laid on special touches, too, at President Bush’s first-ever white-tie state dinner to honor America’s closest ally and […]
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I would wager to say that the short answer is:
“No, it’s dead!”
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Please find the entire article here.
SALON.com
George Tenet cashes in on Iraq
The former CIA chief is earning big money from corporations profiting off the war — a fact not mentioned in his combative new book or heard on his publicity blitz.
By Tim Shorrock
May. 07, 2007 | If you go by the book jacket of his new memoir, “At the Center of […]
Climate Change, Not Humans, Trounced Neanderthals
Dave Mosher
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com Fri May 4, 9:15 PM ET
Neanderthals disappeared from Earth more than 20,000 years ago, but figuring out why continues to challenge anthropologists. One team of scientists, however, now says they have evidence to back climate change as the main culprit.
The Iberian Peninsula, better known as present-day […]
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The South Dakota Dept. of Motor Vehicles have decided to rescind Heather Morijah’s personalized license plates “MPEACHW” because of one reported complaint. The Rapid City resident is the conservation organizer for the West River Office of the Sierra Club. (Photo by Steve McEnroe, Journal photographer)
State looks to pull anti-Bush license plate
By Kevin Woster, Journal staff
RAPID […]
Debating Republicans spoke of creating stronger families. I’d guess one can’t find a stronger family than the one described in the following story.
The Daily Mail
The moment a teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy
Last updated at 18:28pm on 3rd May 2007
A 17-year-old girl has been stoned to death in Iraq because […]
TSA loses hard drive with personal info
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press
Last updated: 8:03 a.m., Saturday, May 5, 2007
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA […]
would probably result in psychological scars which would haunt in eternity.
Rove, Still In the Mix
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Two months ago, he helped coach Justice Department officials on how to testify about the U.S. attorneys’ firings. Was that a harmless part of his job, or an inappropriate attempt to mislead Congress?
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By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Updated: 9:23 p.m. ET May 3, 2007
May […]
had the violinist worn a signature Ahmadinejad windbreaker.
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Iranian Walks Out Of Dinner With Condi
Claims Female Violinist Was Dressed Too Revealingly;
Also Blames U.S. For Iraq Turmoil
(CBS/AP) Iran’s foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining […]
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Reuters
Mercury’s spin reveals molten, not solid core
Thu May 3, 2007 3:10PM EDT
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using a fancy version of a common chef’s trick, scientists have discovered that Mercury’s core may be partially molten, making it a little more Earth-like than once thought.
Chefs can tell whether an egg is hard-boiled or raw by spinning […]
The Times had better be careful because the “Decider” & “Commander Guy” is no cream puff.
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Chuck Kennedy/McClatchy-Tribune
Clark Hoyt
New York Times
May 4, 2007
The Times Names Public Editor
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
The New York Times today named its next public editor, Clark Hoyt, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor who oversaw the Knight Ridder newspaper chain’s coverage […]
Suburban woman finds lead in grandson’s bib
Wal-Mart issues voluntary recall
WLS/Chicago/ABC.TV7/ By Cheryl Burton
May 2, 2007 - A suburban grandmother took action that protects children nationwide from a harmful product. Marilyn Furer discovered lead in a bib used by her grandson. She alerted authorities and now those bibs are being recalled.
Related Links
* Wal-Mart issues voluntary recall […]
had their budget shortfall been only $800,000,000.
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Lawmakers want VA to explain bonuses
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders on Thursday demanded that the Veterans Affairs secretary explain hefty bonuses for senior department officials involved in crafting a budget that came up $1 billion short and jeopardized veterans’ health care.
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Rep. Harry Mitchell (news, bio, […]
Why does the word pimp come to mind?
Warnings On Student Lenders Unheeded
Bush Aides Derailed New Rules in 2001
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 1, 2007; Page A01
The proposed policy, which Education Department officials drafted near the end of the Clinton presidency and circulated at the start of the Bush administration, represented an […]
Hezbollah Praises Israeli Report on War
By SAM F. GHATTAS
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 3, 2007; 6:53 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah’s leader praised an Israeli government report that said Israel’s summer war against the guerrillas was a failure. But the Lebanese government criticized the findings, saying the report did not address the massive destruction wrought on this […]
Artificial surfaces gaining momentum with horse trainers
May 1, 2007
Street Sense, with exercise rider Mark Cutler up, exercises around the Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky.,
Monday, April 30, 2007.
AP - Apr 30, 12:40 pm EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Change doesn’t come easily at the home of the Kentucky Derby, a place that likes to think time […]
Work continues around the pumps and locks of the 17th Street canal at Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans Monday, April 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Corps asked to explain pump contract
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 30, 11:09 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS - When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for […]
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April 30, 2007
London Times
If you must build an Ark, make sure the better half designs it
David Charter, Europe Correspondent
A devout Dutchman has spent two years and a million euros rebuilding Noah’s Ark after a dream that the Netherlands was suddenly submerged under water.
Johan Huibers, 48, a believer in the literal truth of the Bible, made […]