Madame Secretary, after you were able to find the cure to Type-2 Diabetes and during your world concert tour which ended with your receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Order of the Knights of Minolta, will you have time to accept your party’s presidential nomination by acclamation?
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Another piece from Think Progress…
In an interview […]
Think Progress had this story from the Morning Joe program on MSNBC…
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This morning, former White House chief of staff at the time, Andrew Card, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and completely discredited Rove’s argument:
SCARBOROUGH: We have to start with something that we all are talking about a couple of days ago where Karl Rove […]
Children’s gift time is tough
when a parent may wonder
if a liter of absinthe is no worse than
a four ounce can of clay.
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Asbestos turns up in toys, children’s clay
DIYers who use duct tape, spackle, roof sealer also at risk of exposure
By ANDREW SCHNEIDER
P-I SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Asbestos has been found in a variety of consumer […]
Criminal Defense Attorney
P. Beauregard God
did not return phone messages left at his office.
Roberts says God forced his resignation
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
TULSA, Okla. - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but […]
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MSNBC.com
Feds retreat on Amazon buyers’ identities
Subpoena pulled after ruling that protects book customers’ privacy
The Associated Press
updated 7:35 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 27, 2007
MADISON, Wisconsin - U.S. prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show.
The withdrawal came after […]
Polls differ on Clinton vs. Republicans
By Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
Boston Globe
November 27, 07 10:24 AM
All the attacks on Hillary Clinton by her Democratic rivals, plus her own missteps, may not only have tightened the primary race but also hurt her support among all voters.
A new national Zogby Interactive poll, released late Monday, suggests […]
I did not include tickets which ask less than $500.00.
Maybe, Rove is correct to speak in tongues when reviewing history.
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Section: 127 Row: C
3RD ROW OF SECTION - LOWER LEVEL - In Hand !
$510.00
Section: LOGE 60 Row: H
7TH ROW […]
I switch off the television when Tom Cruise, Roger Clemens,
any high school football coach or
Karl Rove begins to speak.
It’s a survival mechanism.
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Paul Abrams
Huffington Post
Rove: “Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely”
Posted November 25, 2007 | 08:56 PM (EST)
You are not going to believe this, well, actually you will… According to Karl Rove (on Charlie […]
It’s not like it’s brain surgery or rocket science.
This is really not funny.
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Hospital Makes 3rd Brain Surgery Mistake
November 27, 2007
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after its third instance this year of a doctor performing brain surgery in the wrong side […]
The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us
James Carville laughs at one of his many ‘bone moes.’
Getty Images
by Steve Kornacki Published: November 26, 2007
Getty Images
For the love of God, please stop enabling them.
“Only 39 days until the Iowa caucuses,” Tim Russert gravely intoned over the dramatic John Williams “Meet the Press” score. “The Democratic race: too […]
I almost became physically ill after reading the stories. Hence, I shall provide a link so that you may also become incensed.
FLASHBACK: As Halliburtion CEO, Cheney Evaded U.S. Law To Do Business With Iran
Cheney on predatory lending: ‘the markets are working.’
Lott Resigns To Enter ‘Lucrative’ World Of Lobbying That He Worked In The Senate To […]
Putin accuses U.S. of meddling in Russia vote
By Oleg Shchedrov 42 minutes ago
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin accused Washington on Monday of plotting to undermine December parliamentary elections seen widely as a demonstration of his enduring power in Russia.
During the Thanksgiving holiday, I had the misfortune of losing all of the oil from a leaky pressure relay. I was able to make it to a national chain of auto repair shops and they fixed the problem. While waiting for the repair to be completed, I walked through the retail area of the establishment […]
November 25, 2007, 8:42 am
In Iowa, Clinton Is Pressed on Murdoch
By Patrick Healy
FORT DODGE, Iowa – The curious relationship between Hillary Rodham Clinton, presidential candidate, and Rupert Murdoch, media baron, flashed briefly before the eyes of Iowans on Saturday night during a Clinton campaign event.
A woman in the audience rose to ask Mrs. Clinton […]
How Big Man In McAllen Bundles Big For Clinton
By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 25, 2007; Page A01
McALLEN, Tex. — During the first nine months of this year, Sen. Barack Obama raised just $2,086 for his presidential campaign from people who live in and around this border town of stucco bungalows and weed-covered farm […]
The Daily Mail
November 25, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury: U.S ‘is worse than the British Empire at its peak’
Last updated at 13:52pm on 25th November 2007
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched a stinging attack on America, comparing it unfavourably with the British Empire at its peak.Dr Rowan Williams condemned America for moving on from Iraq and leaving […]
20,000 vets’ brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY
November 23. 2007
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At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY.
The data, provided by the Army, Navy […]
1.45pm GMT
Iraq’s foreign militants ‘come from US allies’
Peter Walker
Thursday November 22, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Around 60% of all foreign militants who entered Iraq to fight over the past year came from Saudi Arabia and Libya, according to files seized by American forces at a desert camp.
The files listed the nationalities and biographical details of more than 700 […]
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 22/11/2007
The Taliban has a permanent presence in most of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report from an international think tank.
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Senlis Council claimed that the insurgents […]
The following excerpt is from the November 20, 2007 POLITICO story about Scott McClellan’s book’s revelations about the deceit used during the Plame affair.
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“Shortly after news of the McClellan excerpt broke, Politico caught up with Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper, two reporters who received information about Valerie Plame’s identity and were caught up in […]
The first time I had seen this type of story left me believing it could not be true.
Nov 19, 2007 8:05 pm US/Eastern
Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back
Reporting
Marty Griffin
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their […]