take yer defensive medicine

VOTE
* the other thing abuot the challenge tomorrow is that there are at
least 7 states that could 'legitimately' be challenged - not just
ohio. and the repugs could challenge washington :-)

* "John Conyers has a Sentor
He reported on Randi Rhodes:
Randi: Rep COnyers do you have a Senator to sign tommorrow?
Conyers: Oh yeah.
Randi: Conyers has somebody"
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/1/5/84732/37166/267#267

* limbaugh on conyers - title: "The Definition of a Fool" (news.google's limbaugh entry includes a pic of conyers - nice) - the first 30 lines are about some missing thnxgiving turkeys... seriously. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_010505/content/rush_on_a_roll.guest.html

* nyt headline "Election Results to Be Certified, With Little Fuss From Kerry" http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/politics/06elect.html "Such a debate could prove uncomfortable for Democrats, who do not want to be viewed as sore losers. But Republicans seemed eager for it." fuck off. and every article on the challenge that doesnt include this quote from conyers' report is kidding "In many cases, these irregularities were caused by intentional misconduct and illegal behavior, much of it involving Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio."

* camkerry "Next time the electoral votes are tallied, every American citizen should be able to know that his or vote has counted." thnx for the mammaries. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/01/06/counting_every_vote/



AMDOM
* nucular option "Dr. Frist said he would no longer allow Democrats to filibuster any of President Bush's judicial nominees. " http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/politics/05cong.html

* ""In this Congress, big plans will stir men's blood," Mr. Hastert said after he was re-elected speaker."

* "House Republicans pushed through a significant change in the handling of ethics complaints over strong Democratic objections Tuesday" update#3 - it looks like delay will stay teflon. the man certainly has some fucking talent. and gall.

* "A dozen high-ranking retired military officers took the unusual
step yesterday of signing a letter to the Senate Judiciary
Committee expressing "deep concern" over the nomination of White
House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, marking a
rare military foray into the debate over a civilian post... "I
don't know of any precedent for something like this," Kohn said. "A
retired group of military officers bands together to virtually
oppose a Cabinet nominee? And a non-military one? It is extremely
rare, if not unprecedented..""
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45727-2005Jan3.html
bring back ashcroft. i miss him.

* meanwhile "The Wall Street Journal publishes two favorable opinion pieces about Gonzales" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238

* "The son of Mexican immigrants with little formal education, Gonzales had ascended from a childhood home in Houston with no hot water or telephone to the Air Force, Rice University and Harvard Law School. Gonzales' against-all-expectations success impressed Bush.
Bush “likes somebody he sees as having overcome potential disadvantages, because he sees himself as having done that,” says Paul Burka, executive editor of Texas Monthly magazine and a close follower of the president." for some reason, this comment is getting some attention... http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050105/a_gonzales05.art.htm

* "An atheist who sued because he did not want his young daughter exposed to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance has filed another lawsuit -- this time with other parents." please save us, phillip newdow. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/05/national1750EST0716.DTL

* ftr - some are wondering if matsui was murdered.


WART
* ""[U.S.] Special Forces [accused of abusing prisoners in Iraq] . . . monitored e-mail messages sent by [troubled Defense personnel in the field] and ordered them 'not to talk to anyone' in America about what they saw." " http://villagevoice.com/news/0501,hentoff,59732,6.html

* "In my view, the threat of a serious conflict between the Kurdish paramilitary and the US is imminent. Once a new government is elected, if it can be, it may take decisions that the Kurds don't like. The US will then have a choice of supporting the Kurds or the government it itself had formed." http://www.juancole.com/2005/01/mysterious-us-strike-in-irbil.html

* "Car Bomb Attack at Iraqi Police Graduation Ceremony Kills at Least 20... Many areas of Iraq are calm, but vast regions, including the capital, are extremely dangerous." http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=385284

* "WITH campaigning for Sunday's Palestinian elections approaching its climax, and plans for the Gaza pull-out in full swing, the head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency issued a dire warning yesterday of possible violent attacks on Israeli soldiers and Muslim sites by settler militias... Mr Dichter said far-Right settler activists in secret cells -- possibly several dozen strong, supported by hundreds of backers -- were planning to create pretexts to fire on troops during the planned evacuations. The spreading of false rumours and the use of fake blood to create the impression of being wounded were among their plans." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11863386%255E601,00.html

* ""The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you of the Army Reserve's inability . . . to meet mission requirements" associated with Iraq and Afghanistan "and to reset and regenerate its forces for follow-on and future missions," (the head of the Army Reserve) wrote.
"I do not wish to sound alarmist," he added. "I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern."" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51687-2005Jan5.html

* "The U.S. Marine accused of deserting his post in Iraq for nearly three weeks last summer was declared a deserter again" sweet (this is the guy who parently faked his kidnapping) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51593-2005Jan5.html


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