I really don’t want to get into the Anna Nicole story. But, this is just too much….
The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughter’s father. The claim by Prince Frederick von Anhalt comes amid a paternity suit over Smith’s 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn’s father as attorney Howard K. Stern, but former Smith boyfriend [...]
Tags: Anna Nicole SMith, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Howard K. Stern
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Not Anna Nicole Smith. But the lies that led to the Iraq War. Read on….
First, a heads-up: Christy will be on Air America with Sam Seder about 9:15 a.m. EST. Somewhere in the lead up to the Iraq war, the Bush/Cheney Administration decided they needed two strands of intelligence to convince the American people and the world that a preemptive war on Iraq was justified. The first would be [...]
Tags: Dick Cheney, Douglas Feith
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Yet another account you should read.
Despite my best efforts, I cannot ignore the mistakes I made at the interrogation facility in Fallujah. I failed to disobey a meritless order, I failed to protect a prisoner in my custody, and I failed to uphold the standards of human decency. Instead, I intimidated, degraded and humiliated a man [...]
Tags: Iraqi Prisoners
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Karl seems to have really stepped in it this time.
The following anecdote does not come from a left-wing blogger but from National Review Online’s The Corner. Karl Rove managed to be such a racist snob that he even offended that crowd. According to a congressman’s wife who attended a Republican women’s luncheon yesterday, Karl Rove explained the rationale behind the president’s amnesty/open-borders proposal this way: "I don’t want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas." And I thought Rove just wanted to keep enough of the Hispanic vote to win elections past [...]
Tags: Karl Rove, Nation Review
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With memory lapses like this one, she’d fit right in.
I just got off the phone with Flynt Leverett, a former CIA Mideast analyst and National Security Council staffer during President Bush’s first term. Leverett says he finds it "really quite curious" that Secretary Rice is pleading a memory lapse [...]
Tags: Flynt Leverett, National Security Council, Condoleezza Riced, Iran
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That’s what this story was. Until Anna Nicole Smith suddenly died. Basic info here -
The media continues to pound a false Washington Times report accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of wasting government resources by “demanding permanent access to a large military jet for herself, her staff, other Members and supporters.” In fact, Pelosi’s office has stated repeatedly, from the beginning, that “it is up to the Air Force to [...]
Major update here -
A new statement from the House Sergeant at Arms on the Pelosi-plane-ridiculousness … "For Immediate Release February 8, 2007 As the Sergeant at Arms, I have the responsibility to ensure the security of the members of the House of Representatives, to include the Speaker of the House. The Speaker requires additional precautions due to her responsibilities as the leader of the House and her [...]
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Plane Scandal
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Still, the bounce just ain’t happening. No matter how hard you look, it’s tough to find much of optimism for the Administration.
A new survey shows President Bush’s approval rating is at an all-time low. In fact, the only political leader with a lower approval rating is Ariel Sharon. Let’s think about that for a second. The only world leader with a lower approval rating than Bush is a Jew among Palestinians. The only world leader with a [...]
Tags: Bush’s Approval Rating, Ariel Sharon, Harris
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Not much more than a slap on the wrist, to me. Or, is that all that’s really warranted?
Breaking: a long-awaited report on the Office of Special Plans, the intelligence shop in the Pentagon notorious for its bogus intel on Saddam Hussein’s ties to Al Qaeda, is coming out tomorrow. Some details here, via [...]
Tags: Office of Special Plans, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda
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Will it make any difference? Will the number of suicide bombings decrease? Will the number of civilian deaths decrease? Will the number of military deaths decrease?
Via Iraq Pictures: A suspected insurgent training site is destroyed with explosives north of Baghdad. This news from Iraq, via the Jawa Report, should be top story. But since Anna Nicole Smith died, it won’t get the coverage it deserves: [...]
Before you move on, here’s the likely answer to at least one of my questions -
Tags: Iraq War, Insurgents
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It is, after all, our tax dollars they’re losing. Simply unbelievable. This story has floated around the web for a long time now. Finally, pretty much confirmed, the world is getting a glimpse of just how badly the Iraq War has been run.
Well, years later it’s finally hitting a mainstream outlet – the Bush administration sent pallots of cash to a war zone, and didn’t have any way to track where it went (which was probably the plan): [ ...]
Some more interesting thoughts on the vanishing $$$$$$ here -
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Mary Matlin with Don Imus this morning. Just downright bizarre. Weird. And strange. Transcripts and audio via Crooks and Liars and others.
Her appearance on Imus this morning was just bizarre. The main point Imus wanted to cover is if she actually told Libby that Tim Russert hated Chris Matthews. I edited some stuff out (it’s still a long clip) and tried to focus on her responses to this point and the Libby trial. Basically—try to follow [...]
Tags: Mary Matlin, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Scooter Libby
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The stars are lining up and this one is looking more and more like the title of this post – a true purge of prosecutors who might not be explicitly friendly to the Bush Administraton.
The more we learn about the Bush administration’s prosecutor purge, the more disconcerting it looks. Bud Cummins’ dismissal was suspicious in Arkansas, Carol Lam’s removal was odd in San Diego, and now we’re learning more about John McKay’s dismissal in Seattle. Former U.S. Attorney John McKay told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his resignation this [...]
Tags: Prosecutor Purge, Bud Commins, John McKay, Carol Lam
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Are you having as much trouble as I, trying to figure out what’s happening with the Scooter Libby trial? I’ve read through this post a couple of times and STILL can’t really figure who’s saying the good stuff and who’s not. Comment away and straighten me out. Oh, by the way, make sure you read the comments on the post quoted below -
Tim Russert’s testimony, as elicited by the defense, painted a picture of a pundit with a puzzling problem. Arianna Huffington has a great collection of links and a quick summary of Russert’s baffling testimony and Jane Hamsher offered some helpful hints as well [and let's include Swopa's liveblogging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Let me point out a few dots that the defense has introduced and make [...]
Tags: Scooter Libby, Tim Russert, Arianna Huffington, Jane Hamsher
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