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– Marge Simpson, at the grocery checkout
– Marge Simpson, at the grocery checkout
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more from Mississippi: Newsweek
This is the very rare case in which I hope the rtl worriers are correct.
You and me both.
and all of us in it…….because if your daughter is too scared, too young, reeling under a ton of guilt and dead in the back alley………it’s too late to be wrong and want to change it and be right. This is what is at stake too…….dead daughters, dead wives, dead sisters, dead mothers…….if you aren’t dead right then you’ll be dead wrong!
Typical Republican. Don’t come out for once and say what your real agenda is and risk it being (rightly) rejected.
Just screw around with it a little at a time, like a good con-man, telling them just enough of what they want to hear, but not so much they reject the deal. Once you secure a “yes”, push again…
Stuff that! How about we applaud the idiot anti-abortion nuts and tell them if their politicians don’t finally do what they’ve been promising now when the iron is hot, well… guess they’re just using you for politics, eh, “pro-lifers”?
Lets get this train wreck over with. Personally, I can’t wait til they start trying to eliminate contraceptives next. Talk about overreaching.
“Morality” is easy until it impacts their own lifestyles. Smallminded hypocrites.
Rock star? NYT
Makes sense to me – there’s nobody cooler than Miles, and there’s more to rock and roll than youthful excess.
There’s benzene in there: Alternet
Hmm…of course, the FDA has never determined an acceptable level for benzene in soda, so it must not really be a problem, right?
for those of us of the Episcopal bent who also believe in rehabilitation, not retribution:
Episcopal Priest Released from Prison
Bush to defend policies on Iraq
“..the hearts and minds of the American people..” ??
No danger, he’s going about it the same way as with the Iraqis…
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (ABC/AP) 1 hour ago — A Dutch toxicologist said he found traces of an unprescribed antibiotic in Slobodan Milosevic’s system earlier this year after the former Yugoslav leader did not respond to blood pressure medication given at the U.N. detention center.
Donald Uges said he found traces of rifampicin, an antituberculosis drug that “makes the liver extremely active” and thus breaks down other medications very quickly, possibly taking away their effectiveness.
Milosevic, 64, had a history of heart problems and high blood pressure, and took medications to treat those conditions. He was found dead in his jail cell Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack.
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There is speculation that he was taking the antibiotic to offset the blood pressure medication in order to “discredit medical care at a Dutch detention center and be allowed to seek treatment in Russia”.
Oopsie. Looks like maybe it worked a little too well.
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Happy Birthday to youoooo.
Kerry Visits Harvard Amid Some Protests
To be made into a movie: LINK
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Hot off his best picture win for “Crash,” Paul Haggis is in final negotiations to direct and produce “Against All Enemies,” a project based on Richard A. Clarke’s best-selling memoir chronicling the Bush administration’s handling of terrorist threats.
That’s Richard Clarke — aaaargh!
Back from two days at the annual East Tennessee Environmental Conference, and ready to dish up the headlines:
Pop quiz time: How is pResident Bush like Saturn’s moon Enceladus? (answer at end of posting)Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus is brimming with liquid water, and cannot be ruled out as a distant outpost of life. So say Cassini mission scientists after studying the geysers of ice particles and water vapor found spewing from the moon’s south polar region in 2005. Their analysis all but rules out the possibility that the plumes are caused by water ice sublimating directly into space. Instead the most likely scenario involves significant quantities of liquid water boiling off from near-surface reservoirs. And the water from Enceladus is the source of the icy material in Saturn’s rings, as well. More here; cool photo here.
Meanwhile, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully entered orbit around Mars, and the Mars Rovers keep rolling along…
An oil spill discovered at Prudhoe Bay field is the largest ever on Alaska’s North Slope region, US officials say. They estimate that up to 267,000 gallons of crude leaked from a corroded transit pipeline at the state’s northern tip. The spill was detected on 2 March and plugged. Local environmentalists have described it as “a catastrophe”.
Sandia National Laboratories’ “Z Machine” has produced temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin – hotter than the interior of stars. The unexpectedly hot output, if its cause were understood and harnessed, could eventually mean that smaller, less costly nuclear fusion plants would produce the same amount of energy as larger plants. The phenomena also may explain how astrophysical entities like solar flares maintain their extreme temperatures. The very high radiation output also creates new experimental environments to help validate computer codes responsible for maintaining a reliable nuclear weapons stockpile safely and securely — the principle mission of the Z facility.
The behavior of a massive ice sheet that existed in northern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age has been outlined for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how major ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will act in the face of global warming. The results probably mean that in the face of future global warming, the ice in large parts of Antarctica may actually increase, while the massive Greenland ice sheet — which exists in a slightly warmer setting — will almost certainly disappear. “This study supports what we’ve been learning about the Greenland ice sheet, which is that it will completely melt within 500 to 1,000 years,” said Peter Clark, a professor of geosciences at OSU and an international expert in the study of ancient ice sheets. “Our new analysis of the ancient Scandinavian Ice Sheet, like other studies, is showing how these events unfolded in the past, which will help us better understand what the future will hold.” If there is a net gain in ice in Antarctica, it will probably not be enough to offset the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
Bird Flu Update: There have been 22 bird flu deaths reported now in Indonesia, and
has spread to Cameroon and possibly Myanmar (formerly Burma). Meanwhile, should a bird flu pandemic reach the US, there is a shortage of hospital ventilators, the NY Times reports.
More than half the world’s 500 mightiest rivers have been seriously depleted. Some have been reduced to a trickle, in what the United Nations will this week warn is a “disaster in the making”.
A paradise world of undiscovered species and tropical glaciers in the mountains of New Guinea is disappearing faster than it can be explored. So says a climate scientist who has discovered that global warming there is happening 20 times faster than previously thought. The glaciers are of special interest, as they lie in a region heavily affected by El Ninos, and could shed valuable information on the phenomenon.
Answer to pop quiz question: They’re both all wet.
KP thanks for the Mars Rover links I check the rover site nearly everyday for the latest pics. They have been running for two years which is 21 months longer than the original conservative estimates.
Via Huffington Post George Clooney comes out as a liberal…and damn proud of it.
I keep saying it:
Clooney is the ticket.
Campaign to Recruit Clooney 2008
Clooney/Conyers 2008
fuck that
Clooney/Armando
That one just cost you a “happy birthday” wish (seriously, was just about to go in there and wish you a hoppy birthday). Nope.
Gotta admit. Clooney coming out on HuffPo certainly ‘resonates’ with many of the comments I’ve been making in this regard.
it’s the beefcake ticket.
yeah, that Armando just makes me swoon…
it’s the latin thing.
in his photo from the D.C. march hmmmm?
an image search for Armando + Kos
Armando Kos is such a cutie! I want to pinch his cheeks.
this looks about right.
is too fucking funny.
Well, yeah…
If CBtY is an Armandokos does this mean … Armando’s your ex?
Everything becomes clear.
let them eat beefcake.
that’s the spirit. It might even work. Unless Armando was born in Havana. Then we need an Armando amendment.
in terms of attitude, disposition and above all TALENT, I would think Armando would be better suited to running with Arnie. 😉
Aw, that’s just mean. You think he has no talent? Gotta disagree there.
There are very few writers on Dkos that I think have a stitch of “talent”–and those who do are not front-pagers.
but what do you expect from the “masters of low expectations”?
I’m not sure we’d win over any swing voters with that whole Cuban cigar connection. Too many painful memories.
Ah, remember the good old days when a blow job was the worst thing that happened in the Oval Office?
or was it the best thing that was happening in the oval office?
Angry judge puts Moussaoui trial on hold
Judge mulls dismissal…
Damn activist judges.
About time somebody thought giving a defendant a fair trial was important.
If only this was the first time there was coaching. But then as we have come to know, 9/11 changed everything.
I’ve been following this fairly closely, & Judge Brinkema really seems to have been fair in this difficult case, though I agree with Jeralynn (at Talk Left) that she should reconsider her ruling that he is mentally competent. (I’d add that the charges should never have been filed in the first place.)
Notably, she granted the defense access to those witnesses held as enemy combatants, who the gov’t wanted to keep out of the proceedings. They’ve largely won on appeal, but it’s not Brinkema’s fault.
Mentioned below, there’s more about the judge’s reaction Friday to some, umm, rather novel legal theories the gov’t is pushing in this case:
Judge Warns Prosecutors in Moussaoui Trial
This isn’t the first TSA attempt to control testimony of witnesses. Check this out from 2002
Have you read Mariani’s complaint? It’s the boldest of any I’ve seen. I haven’t read it in two years though. This case accuses Cheney of pulling off 9/11.
She, or someone in her circle got intimidated into letting that suit be merged into another one,…I think. There’s been so much to keep track of that details get lost. There were claims early on that her attorney might have deliberately built faults into it to fail, so, who knows?
This latest development in ZM’s trial has a lawyer from TSA contacting and coaching upcoming witnesses from FAA (at least, maybe others). Evidently she was wanting them to be very clear on prior claims that the FBI has made that they had sufficient knowledge of possible airline attacks when ZM was taken into custody.
It’s even possible that the lawyer did it to derail the trial to prevent damaging testimony for all of them from being revealed
George Ryan who has been accused of being a politician……is waiting to hear from the jury whether or not his stance on the death penalty,,,which was to commute the sentence of death row inmates and lead a nationwide movement to point out that DNA evidence overwhelming showed that death row inmates were not always guilty…he is waiting to hear whether he will spend perhpas the rest of his life in jail.
The much maligned governor was no crook, just a typical politician doing favors.
My sources told me he was indicted as punishment by Bush for banning Bush’s favorite pastime ….signing the death order for death row inmates.He wasn’t indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald, but Patrick Fitzgerald inherited the case and move it into high gear.
This trial is currently being conducted by everyone;s hero Patrick Fitzgerald who has seemingly done nothing in the Valerie Plame Scandal. I think Fitzgerald is honest, but he is extremely conservative, perhaps reactionary. Ryan is more liberal than most democrats.
In any case just reading the papers, it seems there is no evidence at all that George Ryan was a crook.
I predict the Jury will find him innocent.
I meant to say the case was not started by Fitzgerald that he inhertied it. He did indict Ryan, however.
Looks suspiciously like that cute little Cabin boy.
Government by “trial and error”
Judge Halts Massaoui Trial
Not sayin I support death penalty, just sayin…
Impeach Incompetence.
just sayin . . . what? Hopefully not that the gov’t is pursuing this case “wrongly.” This “case” should never have gone to a jury.
Thanks to both you & Iderit for posting this. Beat me to it 🙂
My favorite quote from the judge:
In all the years I’ve been on the bench, I’ve never seen such an egregious violation of the court’s rule on witnesses
followed closely by:
More importantly, it affects the integrity of the criminal justice system of the United States.
It really sounds like the judge is on the verge of tossing the death penalty off the table. Should she do so, Bush loses his show trial since this is penalty phase only; he’s already pleaded guilty to the charges the DoJ drew up.
For more on Friday’s “significant error,” & Judge Brinkema’s reprimand, see: Judge Warns Prosecutors in Moussaoui Trial
just sayin that this maladministration, in what seems to be a knee-jerk propensity to break the law, cannot do ANYTHING right–except of course rig elections.
The BushCo touch: everything up his nose. 😉
Hence:
Impeach Incompetence
This shit gets so old it’s hard to call it news, so maybe this post doesn’t belong here, however, Reuters is rePorting:
RAWSTORY has it Feingold will deliver his speech at 4:00PM.
Wow this is a buuuusy news day. SVP pass me the mixed nuts dish and a refill.
Harris to make ‘major announcement’ about her future
Reports of illegal contributions dog Senate candidacy.
poor little Miss Muffet.
Since there are a lot of writers here, check out Margaret Atwood’s new invention:
LongPen
This could be for you.
Later
Peace
This is too rich. Wanna attend a workshop in Dubai?
Pre-requisites?
well, go read, “Inside the US’s regime-change school”
A school designed for revolution-orange, green or purple anyone? Ya think if you gonna recruit you’d make sure your invite is sent to the right address?
Didn’t know if you all had seen the video of Cindy Sheehan being arrested at the U.N. It’s here at Truthout, I guess she got kind of roughed up too getting to jail. The video makes me cry because they are only speaking truth and speaking their opinions as Americans and along the way of course are guys in long wool coats trying to prevent them from getting into the U.N. and other such things. I know she travels with attorneys and they know just about exactly what they are getting into and what to challenge. Makes me cry though that American citizens have to travel with attorneys to be able to protect their rights against these goons!
Truth is un-american now. Senator Frist as much as said so yesterday. Blind loyalty to bumbling ideologues is the new truth. Our only choice is to follow them over the cliff.
Kyra Phillips said a little while ago that there is a confirmed case of mad cow disease in Alabama. Sadly for my soul, I immediately wondered if there was any way the poor cow could pass it on to Kyra. I really don’t have any respect left for the scare-mongering pied pipers who make up the vast majority of our media.
What the hell is the deal with CNN anchors jumping on Sen Feingold today? I saw at least two that strongly defended GWB’s wiretapping and completely disrespected the Sen.
In addition to their effort to paint Feingold as an unscrupulous partisan opportunist, Blitzer also has introduced their Claude Allen story several times by saying it was a complete surprise to the White House and everyone else. Yeah Wolf, how could they have seen this coming when Allen resigned more than a month ago to “spend more time with his family”? Oh wait, it could be because Allen told them about it in early January when he tried to pretend it was a mistake.
I’m not sure why Wolf is spreading this spin that the people in the White House are oblivious morons, but it works for me.
And Blitzer just introduced Cafferty by saying that Jack was someone who was always in the Situation Room, to which Cafferty immediately quipped “like a prisoner”. I don’t think Cafferty has a high opinion of his pro-Republican spinning comworkers right now.
CNN is complete damage control right now. I read in a reputable source somewhere recently of how much flack KO gets from his MSNBC bosses for being critical of the admin. We need to hammer these cable newsertainment hacks that are being dishonest in their presentations. Jack might not be the best hostage. CNN might say ‘keep him’ but it’s worth a try.
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It doesn’t seem to do any good. I even sent emails to Olbermann back during the 2004 debates when his round by round live blogging seemed to bend over backwards to keep the fight even. He isn’t perfect, he just looks miles better compared to every other talking head on cable news.
Several anchors on CNN Headline News have introduced the censure this morning by saying that many democrats oppose it, without naming any. Then they immediately cut to a clip of Cheney speaking yesterday. While I have no doubt that many spineless dems are opposed for various opportunistic reasons, it would be nice if a news outlet would name some of them so we can express our outrage over the phone and through email. I’m sick of politicians pretending they haven’t taken an opinion yet.
But I just saw an excerpt from Bush’s latest wishcasting and he announced proudly that we have established an “IED Joint Center of Excellence”.
Excellence? Do soldiers get gold stars for attending? Why does this give me the impression that they aren’t taking this grave problem seriously? I swear to God, the White House never seems to care about actually solving problems as long as the media and public can be convinced that the problems have already been solved. You would think they might realize this strategy isn’t working anymore from all of the incompetent bumbling that has bitten them in the ass lately, but no, I guess not. Appearance over reality in all things.
He teaches target I.D. right now. Something that he is excellent in and they didn’t give him a fucking star either! Target I.D. is so damned important. After pushing the button it’s too late to be wrong. Civilians and our own soldiers or the allies soldiers are who will pay the price. It was literally impossible to teach accurately and thoroughly with the time that he was allotted before……..I don’t know how he’ll manage it now. Military vehicles will have to be removed from the curriculum but they won’t be removed from the battlefield. Fucking Psychos!
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – A Lebanese woman suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been arrested in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, police said today.
Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat, 39, who was sought by the international police agency Interpol, was arrested at a hotel in the city on Sunday afternoon by police acting on a tip.
Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Passport that Brazilian police found being used by Lebanese woman Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat. REUTERS/Nilton Fukuda-AEA police spokesman said she was carrying a false passport. She also tried to bribe the officers, offering them 200,000 reais (about $100,000) to let her leave the country.
Hariri was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on February 14, 2005.
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