News Morning News
posted by on December 22 at 9:10 AM
posted by news intern Brian Slodysko
CIA, Lies and Video Tape: CIA told 9/11 Commission all requested information about interrogation of Al Qaeda detainees had been surrendered… except, of course, those now destroyed tapes.
Surprise Surprise: Port of Seattle officials dragged heels, altered records and blocked access of firms conducting efficiency audit.
Condemnation From the Right Pending: Belgian authorities release 14 suspects detained over plot to free an Al Qaeda prisoner after a court decided there was insufficient evidence.
EPA Gives Fuel Standards Lump of Coal: The EPA under the Bush Administration is refusing to honor stringent fuel standards set by 11 states including Washington.
Invasive: FBI developing new database using facial features, finger prints and possibly retina and voice patterns to route out criminals and terrorists.
I’ll Be Home For Christmas: 200,000 Army employees could be laid off as a result of the Bush/Congress war-funding showdown.
All The King’s Men: Populist Illinois governor investigated by federal cronyism probe.
Oh the Irony: 91st richest man in the U.S.—a roofing company billionaire—fell to his death through his garage roof.
Tis’ the Season: Man stabbed by wife for opening Christmas gift early.
The Roofer Billionaire sounds like he was a nice chap, a Flyover Country icon, of sorts. The URL you gave requires registration (boo, you suck) try this one instead:
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/12/22/news/doc476c8649a0670796741132.txt
The "wife stabs husband" story gave me a 404 error as well.
We don't need no Flyover Country interns!
wife-stabs-husband story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIcURS9FGVmo4EfloYXcvFvni2XgD8TM8BUG1
Thanks for the good links Zombie Troof. 8)
Dan Savage--"SAY YES TO WAR" Oct. 2002
"War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times. Saying no to war in Iraq means saying yes to the continued oppression of the Iraqi people."
"In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves."
As America's favorite cocksucker Dan Savage will never have to fight in his glorious war. He is, truly, a brave republican warrior in the fine tradition of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and the neo-cons.
Invasive: FBI developing new database using facial features, finger prints and possibly retina and voice patterns to route out criminals and terrorists.
...and political activists, and dissenters, and blacks, and home-brew electronics amateurs, and green-card citizens, and holistic health-care advocates, and arabs, and midwives, and out-spoken gays, and liberal academics, and...
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