editorial board was ready to endorse John Kerry in 2004 until it was outnumbered by the publisher. A compromise allowed the paper to support no one. Considering Cleveland’s economic shape and the voting problems in that election, one could surmise that the paper was acting against its self-interest and that of its readers.
I don’t […]
Giuliani Still Working at Firm He Promised to Leave
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 30, 2007; A06
Ten months into his presidential bid, Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work part time at the security consulting firm he promised to leave this past spring to focus on his pursuit of the Republican nomination.
Giuliani’s continuing involvement with […]
LESSON 5 — The Creation and the Fall of Man
48. What is man?
Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.
{And God created man to his own image. (Genesis 2:7)}
Baltimore Catechism
I lay no claim that your god is not as legitimate as mine. Competition […]
Hey, Condi, what’s the prob?
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State Dept. To Order Diplomats To Iraq
As Many as 50 Positions Are Expected to Be Open
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 27, 2007; A01
The State Department will order as many as 50 U.S. diplomats to take posts in Iraq next year because of expected shortfalls in filling openings there, the […]
Ah’m back inta Baghdad agin,
Out where religion don’t bend,
Where Condaleezza’s leads
End up as Cheney’s deeds,
Back inta Baghdad agin.
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Chalabi back in action in Iraq
By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007
BAGHDAD-Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial, ubiquitous Iraqi politician and one-time Bush administration favorite, has re-emerged as a central figure in the latest […]
In an statement which shocked voters, presidential candidates and the news media, Iowa Secretary of State H. Bifter Herkemayer announced that the Iowa caucuses have already occurred. Mr. Herkemayer noted that the continued movement of states’ primaries as a means of gaining meaning forced his hand.
“Yep, we held it yesterday morning,” he said at a […]
Laura Bush accuses Dems of demagoguery on SCHIP
By Aaron Blake
The Hilll
October 28, 2007
First Lady Laura Bush said Sunday that she is much more involved in policy than many people think and then went to bat for her husband on children’s health care and foreign policy.
Calling the state children’s health insurance program (SCHIP) “a perfect issue” […]
FEMA Director of External Affairs Exits Amidst PR Scandal; Lands at ODNI
October 27th, 2007
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Just three days after FEMA is outed for a staging a fake press conference, its Director of External Affairs John “Pat” Philbin lands an “amazing opportunity to head the communications shop at ODNI,” according to FEMA’s press secretary Aaron Walker […]
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Courant.com
Galante Donors Gave To Senator
Lieberman Received $14,000 In 2003
By EDMUND H. MAHONY
And JON LENDER Courant Staff Writers
October 28, 2007
Click here to find out more!
Contributions from associates and friends of now-indicted garbage executive James Galante to the 2004 presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman have sparked the interest of federal investigators.
Lieberman’s bid for the White […]
From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade Into Obscurity
Dozens of ‘Ghost Prisoners’ Not Publicly Accounted For
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, October 27, 2007; Page A01
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On Sept. 6, 2006, President Bush announced that the CIA’s overseas secret prisons had been temporarily emptied and 14 al-Qaeda leaders taken to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But since then, […]
DADDY’S $10M ‘BAD’ MITZVAH
By SELIM ALGAR and ANDY GELLER
New York Post
October 26, 2007 — The former CEO of the leading supplier of body armor to U.S. soldiers in Iraq was charged yesterday with looting the company to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included a $10 million bat mitzvah for his daughter.
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New York Post
In addition to […]
Storm readiness shortfalls kept secret
Officials say disclosure would be security risk
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Bill Walsh
New Orleans Times-Picayune
WASHINGTON — The state of Louisiana and the Bush administration are refusing to disclose analyses that would let the public know where gaps exist in the government’s hurricane preparation and response plans, including evacuation, medical services and shelters.
Citing […]
Posted on Sat, Oct. 27, 2007
Lexington Herald-Leader
By John Cheves
McConnell marks funds for contractor
FIRM UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRIBERY
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MITCH IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Dennis Cook/ AP
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is pushing $25 million in earmarked federal funds for a British defense contractor that is under criminal investigation by […]
Astronauts prepare to open station room
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
HOUSTON - Wearing goggles and surgical masks, the commander of the international space station and an Italian astronaut on Saturday opened the hatch to christen the complex’s brand new room.
The grand opening came about a half hour ahead of […]
My pal Mark emailed some photos of the Tucson Bone Yard of retired military aircraft in the Arizona desert. Most of us have seen these incredible bird’s-eye view photos of the resting planes.
For example…
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But, no one ever talks about or photographs the airplanes at night.
I have and found this incredible event.
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FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA
By Al Kamen
Friday, October 26, 2007; A19
FEMA has truly learned the lessons of Katrina. Even its handling of the media has improved dramatically. For example, as the California wildfires raged Tuesday, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the deputy administrator, had a 1 p.m. news […]
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Pat Oliphant–October 25, 2007
Thanks go to Patapsco Creek Jack.
I used the green tint for easier viewing–DBp
but our ability to bounce back was fueled by a good part of the population’s knowledge of basic history. It seems as if we have lost even a modicum of realization about what had come before 24-7 celebrity watching. What other explanation can there be for the quiet acceptance of those who would shred the […]
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Images) (Top) achievement.org; Middle) msnbcmedia.msn.com via stevegilliard.blogspot,com; (Bottom) farm1.staticflickr.com via videolicio.us
October 25, 2007, 8:20 am
The Caucus-Political Blogging from The New York Times
In His Words: Giuliani on Torture
By Michael Cooper
DAVENPORT, Iowa — At a town hall meeting here last night, Rudolph W. Giuliani expanded upon his views of torture. Here is a transcript of the exchange.
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Linda Gustitus, who is the president of a group called […]
Jon Wiener
Carl Bernstein: Hillary Will Continue Bush’s Legacy of Secrecy
Posted October 23, 2007 | 04:21 PM (EST)
Huffington Post
“Hillary’s fear of humiliation, her fear of secrets being revealed, absolutely permeates her life,” Carl Bernstein told a packed auditorium at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA., earlier this week.
Bernstein is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter […]
times daily logo www.TimesDaily.com Oct 23, 2007
Mullen Gets Blunt Questions About Iraq
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
FORT SILL, Okla. Army captains who represent the military’s future pelted the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with blunt questions Tuesday about the strain of long war deployments.
The officers, who are students in […]
Senators Say White House Cut Deal With Panel on FISA
Documents Said to Be Traded for Telecom Immunity
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 23, 2007; A09
Senate Judiciary Committee members yesterday angrily accused the White House of allowing the Senate Intelligence Committee to review documents on its warrantless surveillance program in return for agreeing that telecommunications […]
Clinton Book Fatigue
Despite Slow Sales,
New Bio Joins the Lot
By JACKIE CALMES
October 22, 2007; Page A10
Wall Street Journal Online
WASHINGTON — Whether or not “Clinton fatigue” plays any role in complicating Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency, one thing seems clear: Americans are suffering from Clinton book fatigue.
This week, Random House releases “For Love of Politics” by […]
Nissan Races to Make
Smaller, Cheaper Cars
Industry Shifts Strategy
As Big-Vehicle Sales Fade;
Simplifying the Doors
By AMY CHOZICK
October 22, 2007; Page A1
Wall Street Journal online
ATSUGI, Japan — At a top-secret session on car designs at a Nissan Motor Co. technical center, chief product strategist Carlos Tavares recited the company’s ambitious new mission: to sell an expensive-looking small car […]