May 29, 2008 11:00 AM
Mike's Blog Roundup
Angry Bear: McCain's League of Democracies and the Washington bubble.
Your New Reality: Murdoch media uses online game art for war propaganda but claims it came from al Qaeda.
Economist's View: People in other nations used to look up to Americans, but that is changing.
Secrecy News: The White House has added a new classification for some press releases: "Controlled Unclassified Information," refers to information that does not meet the standards for classification but that is considered too sensitive for unrestricted public disclosure. Got that?
OurFuture: McCain's incoherence on global warming reaches new heights.
Nieman Watchdog: Everyone's talking in the Middle East -- but us.
I love the round up!!!
Check your spelling though buddy!!
Nice little tidbit about the failing of Catie "MSM" Couric here!
Scott McClellan is the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week. No, Scott McClellan is no hero for fessing up to the fact that George Bush misled the nation into war -- or for revealing, among other things we already knew, that Scooter Libby and Karl Rove coordinated their accounts of the treasonous Valerie Plame outing. If he's repentant, he should give his book fee to a rehabilitation fund for Vets or Iraqis.
Attorneys: Terrorism trials rushed to influence election
(CNN) -- Defense lawyers for five suspected al Qaeda members asked a military appeals court Thursday to delay their clients' arraignments because several of the attorneys have not received security clearances that would allow them to participate in the hearing.
Lawyers for five September 11 suspects at Guantanamo Bay say the cases are being rushed for political reasons.
"I've never seen a military judge hold a hearing when all detailed counsel are not present," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer, an attorney representing accused al Qaeda figure Ali Abdul Aziz Ali. "It is offensive to me the government would seek to proceed in a death penalty case without all detailed counsel present."
Mizer's client and four other defendants are being held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on charges related to the September 11 attacks.
The defendants, who face the death penalty, are scheduled for arraignment June 5 after a judge declined a previous request to postpone the proceedings.
The defense attorneys have accused prosecutors of rushing their clients to trial to influence the November presidential elections.
The defendants, who face the death penalty, are scheduled for arraignment June 5 after a judge declined a previous request to postpone the proceedings.
[right after the democratic nominee will be fairly well decided. great timing, eh?]
The defense attorneys have accused prosecutors of rushing their clients to trial to influence the November presidential elections.
Sounds a lot like Iran 1979/80 Carter got played to make Reagan look like a hero.
McCain's policies are little more than a new spin on Wilsonian Democracy, and that's what concerns me the most.
The "Your New Reality" one is priceless. I didn't realize that Bethesda games was an Al Qaeda terrorist cell. GOD people are STUPID!
U.S. Withdraws Fulbright Grants to Gaza
By ETHAN BRONNER
The American State Department has withdrawn all Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza, because Israel has not granted them permission to leave.
After the roundup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6dm9rN6oTs
Peru Guards Its Guano as Demand Soars Again
By SIMON ROMERO
Surging prices for synthetic fertilizers and organic foods are shifting attention to guano, an organic fertilizer once found in abundance on more than 20 islands off the coast of Peru.
ysbaddaden @ 8:
your timing is incredible.
Angry bear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZvCP25ka3E
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 10:
I just eat a lot of beans too.
ysbaddaden @ 8:
You know ys, I'm coming to the conclusion I'm online here too much, since I am able to predict what your links lead to. Either that, or I've developed a very narrow range of psychic abilities.
NATO Chief in Afghanistan Says Pakistan's Tack on Militants Is Not as Expected [by the boosh regime, perhaps?]
By CARLOTTA GALL
Gen. Dan K. McNeill voiced concern on Thursday that Pakistan had not tackled militancy on its border and had recently stopped its cooperation with NATO
on border issues.
ysbaddaden @ 12:
careful! thieves will be tapping you for your gas.
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 10:
RIP Harvey..
In other words, it could really mess up our image and be a public relations nightmare and we really could not find any reason to classify it, even in the upside down world where black-is-white that our administration has created.
miss_kitty @ 13:
are you sure it's not enhanced olfactory capability?
Nobody Asked Me, But...(Special Sex & The Shitty Round Up)
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 15:
LOL but this is not so funny.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147
McCain’s incoherence on global warming reaches new heights.
Why should that subject be different than any other when it comes to McW?
As Oil Prices Soar, Restaurant Grease Thefts Rise By SUSAN SAULNY
The value of processed fryer oil has increased in recent months to historic highs, and there have been reports of thefts from restaurants in multiple states.
Dr. Acula @ 21:
*FIXED*
Rule Change Would Permit Weapons in National Parks By JIM ROBBINS
The federal government is considering a proposal to allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed weapons in some national parks, wildlife refuges and monuments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7WD8wkb1c
Blue Lensman @ 16:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvpxzl54D8
BaScOmBe against Bitter Elitist Appeasement Bullshit @ 7:
So, not only are Palestinians denied electricity, food, employment, and freedom, but they are even denied the right to study overseas, their last resort at breaking the cycle of desperation and starting a decent life somewhere else?
Where are those Israel defenders who spout stuff like, "Israel is the pinnacle of freedom in the Middle East"? What a crock of bull feathers, I tell ya.
And to think that the land USED to belong to the Palestinians. It's like Apartheid South Africa redux.
McCain got a zero because he didn't even show up to vote?
What the hell? And he wants to run as a pro-environmental Republican?
Is that what that means? Since he doesn't vote for or against anything in regards to the environment, that means he can't act for or against it. That's about as pro-environmental as you get in the Gay Old Party.
miss_kitty @ 13:
I'm in summer reruns.
I always seem to have the runs.
Do you want to hear my rendition of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHapMnqSeR8
AgentX @ 28:
So much for "experience" and "getting things done". If he's so dang "green" why hasn't he shown us yet? It's not like he hasn't had the opportunity.
Where'd everybody go
Everyone has left the house?
ysbaddaden @ 31:
upthread?
In re: Economist's View article linked above
Not long ago I had read:
The US food stamp program was instigated in our Nation under the guise of "National Security".
Our nation's rabid right wing members who want to return our society back to an era (that never existed) probably would like this piece of our history to become extinct . . . or would they prefer Americans return to the era of massive malnutrition and bad health to keep our National Security at high risk?
They put their noses down on people "are on the dole" while at the same time forgetting it is their own 20th Century families who required even more of that "dole" back in the day....those very 1950's when the population got taller thanks to better nutrition thanks to being on the dole.
Apparently, in the history lesson of Food Stamps:
Millions of American men conscripted to serve in the military during World War II were suffering from malnutrition and horrendous medical issues making them unfit to serve.
Hence . . . poverty and malnutrition was recognized as an issue of US National Security.
Today the right wing seems to think those social ills aren't their problem yet they are the ones depending upon threats to National Security to fill their pockets and fill political offices....while at the same time tapping into those victims of our social ills to perpetrate violent corporate takeovers in nations with natural resources - while in uniform.
But - but - if we talked in the Middle East, we might have an excuse to go to war!
On the height difference between Europeans and Americans. I live in a beach resort area in Florida and frequently hang out in a beach hotel bar where I can play the NTN trivia game. Europeans have been a pretty common sight there since I've been going and even more so lately with the pathetic dollar.
It is striking how young Europeans, particularly Northerners, tend to tower over the Americans, myself included (I'm 6'-1").
Scott, Did I just hear the grounds for Impeachment
lordrunningclam @ 35:
historical and recent poverty in a lot of rural areas and bad diet like too much processed fast foods.
"too sensitive for unrestricted public disclosure."
So restricted public disclosure is ok? That means it's ok to give it to some (aka friendly) members of teh press but not others. Selective application of the first amendment is not legal as I undertand it. 60% is not a 'Gentleman's A' the way it was for Bush in college.
Look...Up in the Screen
It's Korman!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzH_9_Opbk&feature=related
When are they going to make the movie: Curse of the Night of the Avenging Ipod People: the Movie?
People in other nations used to look up to Americans, but that is changing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-M8BcKYL0
Americans have grown - it's just that the growth has been horizontal instead of vertical.
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