“Graham is, and always has been, a slimy son-of-a-bitch, a dirtbag lawyer
who tried to double dip as a military attorney while serving in Congress
(a court forced him to give up one job or the other and he chose Congress).”
Doug Thompson–Capitol Hill Blue, July 16, 2007

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Angry words over an emotional issue
July 16, 2007 - 9:10am.Trying […]

July 16, 2007
GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq
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Voinovich told CNN he has warned Karl Rove that the president needs to salvage his legacy.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to withdraw U.S. […]

Specter leads revolt on stalled nomination
By: Jeanne Cummings
Jul 11, 2007 05:37 PM EST
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Sen. Arlen Specter concedes that Southwick should have been ‘more sensitive’ in a few cases, but he said those are aberrations.Photo by AP
Social conservatives are mobilizing for a new showdown with Democrats over judicial appointments, answering a call to action from an unlikely […]

Avian Flu, SARS, Influenza & the ever popular Bubonic Plague
were the fault of
Henry Luce, Katherine Graham, Hugh Hefner and General David Sarnoff.
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Mon Jul 16, 12:33 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign media have fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation’s top quality official has said, as China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the […]

Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
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· Military solution back in favour as Rice loses out
· President ‘not prepared to leave conflict unresolved’
Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger
Monday July 16, 2007
The Guardian
The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves […]

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In Intelligence World, A Mute Watchdog
Panel Reported No Violations for Five Years
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 15, 2007; A03
An independent oversight board created to identify intelligence abuses after the CIA scandals of the 1970s did not send any reports to the attorney general of legal violations during the first 5 1/2 years of […]

Ga. judge rejects bid to halt execution
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 14, 2:15 PM ET
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A judge has denied a bid to halt the execution scheduled this coming week of convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis, refusing to hear evidence the defense says would show he is innocent and identify […]

First planet with water is spotted outside Solar System
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View of a star cluster in outer space. Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet beyond the Solar System that has water, the precious ingredient for life.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)
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Wed Jul 11, 1:58 PM ETPARIS (AFP) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet […]

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The Keck II telescope and operator, Tommy Nosferatu.

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Telescope Gives Deepest View of Space
Associated Press 07.11.07, 9:46 PM ET
Astronomers believe they’ve glimpsed light from some of the universe’s first stars through the world’s largest telescope (Keck II) on the Big Island.
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A mosaic of six distant galaxies discovered by gravitational lensing is seen
in this handout picture released […]

US eyes Iraqi parliamentary schedule
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 31 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday appeared resigned to the fact that the Iraqi parliament is going to take August off, even though it has just eight weeks to show progress on military, political and economic benchmarks prescribed by the United States.
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“My […]

Beijing steamed buns include cardboard
2 hours, 33 minutes ago
BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country’s problems with […]

Over the past week various pundits, political experts and cable-talking heads have shown an almost universal disbelief that Senator John McCain’s campaign is foundering. The chorus is “It was his to lose.”
What I find hilarious that it was this group of people who had cast him as the nominee apparent. I’m not a political expert […]

Mother says baby’s ‘bye-bye’ got them booted off plane
By KEN SUGIURA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/12/07
A weary Kate Penland and her 19-month-old son, Garron, were more than ready to say goodbye to Houston last month as they sat in an airplane that was 11 hours late for its scheduled departure to Oklahoma City.
Instead, the Buford resident […]

TB-infected man sued by plane passengers
8 Canadians who took same flight claim distress, financial losses
Toronto Star
July 13, 2007
Megan Ogilvie
Health Reporter
Eight Canadians who took the same flight as a TB-infected American lawyer launched lawsuits yesterday against the man, claiming financial losses and emotional and psychological distress.
One passenger, a 72-year-old Montreal man, has tested positive for tuberculosis, […]

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Boehner: Senators favoring withdrawal are ‘wimps.’
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via Think Progress
In an attempt to bring “solidarity among House Republicans,” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) called the Senate Republicans favoring withdrawal “wimps” at a caucus meeting today. Boehner was then criticized by Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), who said discussions of war “should always be taken seriously.”

Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations
After Bureau Sent Reports, Attorney General Said He Knew of No Wrongdoing
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Page A01
As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting […]

Catholic School Opens Gates to Hell Boy
July 9, 2007 - 10:19pm
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Hell family has protested to a Catholic school in Australia after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city […]

Michael Moore Blasts Blitzer: “Why Don’t You Tell The Truth To The American People?”
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | July 9, 2007 11:00 AM
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I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]

“The military part of the surge is working beyond my expectations,” Graham said. “We literally have the enemy on the run. The Sunni part of Iraq has really rejected al-Qaida all over the country. We’re getting more information about al-Qaida operations than we’ve ever received.”
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I don’t recall that we were allowed to place either hand in the shooting circle. I may be mistaken or my town was like Elayne Boosler’s(Brooklyn?). I think it was she who had stated that she didn’t like to characterize her town as rough, but the children’s petting zoo featured a hyena.
Marbles champs roll back […]

Feds search Michael Vick’s property
By HANK KURZ JR., AP Sports Writer Fri Jul 6, 1:15 PM ET
SURRY, Va. - Federal agents investigating possible dogfighting searched property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on Friday.
Portsmouth’s WAVY-TV broadcast video of investigators working under a blue tarp on a portion of Vick’s wooded property in southeastern Virginia. […]

Lobbyist Thompson had abortion-rights role
A spokesman for the GOP presidential hopeful denies he did the work, a claim an ex-colleague calls ‘bizarre.’
By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer
6:34 PM PDT, July 6, 2007
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred D. Thompson, who is campaigning for president as a “pro-life” Republican, accepted an assignment from a family-planning group to lobby […]

Shuster Rips Neoconservative Ajami For Comparing Scooter Libby To Fallen U.S. Soldiers
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last month, neoconservative scholar Fouad Ajami compared Scooter Libby to “fallen soldiers” in Iraq. “[Libby] can’t be left behind as a casualty of a war our country had once proudly claimed as its own,” he wrote.
MSNBC’s David Shuster […]

July 6, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
Sacrifice Is for Suckers
By PAUL KRUGMAN
On this Fourth of July, President Bush compared the Iraq war to the Revolutionary War, and called for “more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.” Unfortunately, it seems that nobody asked the obvious question: “What sacrifices have you and your friends made, Mr. President?”
On second thought, there […]

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Question:

Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney?

7/5/07
Favor
Oppose
Undecided

All Adults
54%
40%
6%

Voters
50%
44%
6%

Democrats (38%)
76%
24%
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Republicans (29%)
17%
83%
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Independents (33%)
51%
29%
20%

Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of adults nationwide July 3-5, 2007. The theoretical margin of error is […]

Court rejects Ohio domestic spying suit
By LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue.
The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2006 order […]

U.K. terror suspects made U.S. inquiry
By THOMAS WAGNER and MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writers 15 minutes ago
LONDON - Two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain had contacted a clearinghouse for foreign doctors about working in the United States, the FBI said Friday, and British officials probed links between the attacks and al-Qaida in […]

China blames growing social unrest on anger over pollution
· Dirty water and air kill 500,000 a year, says report
· Environment chief points finger at corrupt officials
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Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Friday July 6, 2007
Guardian
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The head of China’s environmental agency has blamed the rising number of riots, demonstrations and petitions across the country on public anger at pollution.
Echoing […]

The Boston Globe
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | July 4, 2007
WASHINGTON — The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight — asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system — he telephoned Nixon’s lawyer.
Thompson tipped […]