October 9, 2006

THE HOT SPOT

DC Gays Say Hastert Had Sex With Young 'Men For Hire'? – note the hypocrisy of Hastert's anti-gay voting record. Hastert is a joke among the Washington's gay circles
http://tinyurl.com/m78xq

ALERT

NOTE: GOP losing advantage with married moms. They should lose advantage with any sane person concerned about their personal safety, national security, the fate of the planet, the national debt...whatever. (SO, Mothers do not always know what is best for their kids – it would seem.)
http://tinyurl.com/njqtu

WAR

North Korean Nuclear Test Another Bush Failure - it may now have enough for 10 or 11 weapons, compared with one or two when Bush took office.
http://tinyurl.com/gjns9

Iraq's Partition - A few days ago, Middle East expert Col. Pat Lang has called this inevitable: Indeed, the partition is now underway."
http://tinyurl.com/gsgfk

Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists - a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations gathered in Virginia at the request of Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense -Julie Bosman/NY Times
http://tinyurl.com/qvhrq

Wolfowitz Visited Abu Ghraib – 2003 – What was he doing there?
http://tinyurl.com/nlqk5

U.S. project could start atomic war, experts warn - A Pentagon project to modify its deadliest nuclear missile for use as a conventional weapon against targets such as North Korea and Iran could unwittingly spark an atomic war, Russian military officers might misconstrue a submarine-launched conventional D-5 intercontinental ballistic missile and conclude that Russia is under nuclear attack, said MIT's Ted Postol, a physicist and professor of science, technology and national security policy, and Pavel Podvig, a physicist and weapons specialist at Stanford University.two weapons experts warned Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/j8r9w

THE WHITE HOUSE

NY Daily News: “President Bush's Private Mood Has Blackened...Bush Feels Betrayed From Within”...
http://tinyurl.com/np2sh

Analysis: Bush irate as scandals erase momentum
http://tinyurl.com/sypub

BLOODY PAST - Bush is getting advice from a man who knows all about failure. Kissinger (BILDERBERG LUMINARY NOW HAS EAR OF THE PRESIDENT) national security advisor and secretary of state under Nixon and Ford, confirm his taste for dirty, clandestine wars, as well as an ability to hide the truth from Congress and the American people.
http://tinyurl.com/pyd3l

The New York Times: The White House and Mr. Abramoff - "The sordid Mark Foley controversy has diverted public attention from another major Washington ethics scandal - the influence peddling involving the disgraced former superlobbyist Jack Abramoff. That's good news for the Bush administration, given freshly heightened suspicion that its dealings with Mr. Abramoff and his sleazy K Street operation were far cozier than it is willing to admit."
http://tinyurl.com/pt333

CABINET

The World According to Rummy – On May 1, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld circulated a secret memo titled "Illustrative New 21st Century Institutions and Approaches." The six-page document, excerpted below, highlights the Iranian threat, calls for a multilateral military force and argues that the United States' antiquated system of government makes competence "next to impossible."
http://tinyurl.com/omau9

Pesticide exec to lead regional EPA office - She worked as an executive at Dow Chemical from 1996 to 2004, overseeing public affairs and the global pest-management and Asia Pacific operations, according to an EPA news release. Miller most recently served as president of the North American arm of Arysta LifeScience, a Tokyo-based pesticide maker. (continued violation of public trust?)
http://tinyurl.com/r997b

FEDERAL LEGAL ISSUES

GOP aide busted for fake blog posts on liberal sites - It is a Federal Offense to use government computers for personal use.
http://tinyurl.com/fjzbx

ELECTION ISSUES

Reuters/Zogby Poll: Undecided America—Key to Control of Congress?
High percentages of undecided voters throws the 2006 midterm elections into question, Pollster Zogby says
http://tinyurl.com/kzq9m

Control of the Governors' Mansions in Play - For the first time since the 1994 Republican landslide, Democrats are poised to attain a majority of the nation's governorships, giving the party an important political toehold regardless of who wins the battle to control Congress.
http://tinyurl.com/fg88g

Sex and Scandal: Foley Case Jolts GOP - Foley was turned away from the page dorm late one night in 2002 or 2003. - going to be the most difficult 30 days - "an eternity in politics"
http://tinyurl.com/opzgc

Evangelical Preacher says GOP delaying 2nd coming - Voters should oust congressional Republican leaders because U.S. foreign policy is delaying the second coming of Jesus Christ, U.S. foreign policy has blocked Christian missionaries from working in Iraq, Iran and Syria.
http://tinyurl.com/o8tt5

Opposition to Iraq War Reaches 61% in U.S.- poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN.
http://tinyurl.com/s9a5b

Katherine Harris Claims She Has “Soundly Defeated” Her Dem Opponent Sen. Nelson...
http://tinyurl.com/nhcgr

ECONOMY

A Brief Tax History of America - John Hancock was probably the leading tax evader in Boston. He was apparently wanted for evading what today would be hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes.
http://tinyurl.com/kfv8l

Opec moves to reduce production - The decision comes after oil dropped to below $60 a barrel on Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/mnazm

Dismal 3Q Earnings Expected for Newspaper Sector – In what’s becoming a regular refrain, third quarter earning results are expected to be disappointing with few if any surprises, said a new report from Goldman Sachs.
http://tinyurl.com/jmxmx

CONGRESS

October 9-13 is National Republican Predator Week –
http://tinyurl.com/r5g96

GOP CAN’T GET STORY STRAIGHT: REP KOLBE SAW MESSAGES IN 2000….
http://tinyurl.com/zg32o

DOMESTIC

Queens congressman says Bush, GOP cut school safety program – He offered a Department of Justice graph showing $160 million was spent on the COPS in Schools program in 1999 and $164 million in 2000, the last two years of the Clinton administration. The figure dropped to $154 million in 2001, returned to $160 million in 2002 and then dropped precipitously to $38 million, $52 million and $5 million over the next three years, the graph indicated.
http://tinyurl.com/p4zgx

Questions on anthrax swirl anew for the FBI - The cover-up of the real culprit goes on....
http://tinyurl.com/pcb69

INTERNATIONAL

FLASHBACK: Rumsfeld sold North Korea 2 nuclear power plants - Rumsfeld's silence is that he sat on the board of the company that won a $200 million contract to provide the design and key components for the reactors.
http://tinyurl.com/lw2fp

All Nine Nuclear Powers Are Violating Non-Proliferation Treaty - Now, 36 years later, no disarmament talks are taking place between those countries.
http://tinyurl.com/s7mzk

Anna Politkovskaya, Prominent Russian Journalist, Putin Critic and Human Rights Activist, Murdered in Moscow - - Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor of the Nation Magazine and a longtime analyst of U.S.-Russian relations) - investigative journalist Richard Behar. -Democracy Now
http://tinyurl.com/lsp9c

Aids HIV Bayer - The company's statement was in response to a New York Times report that it sold millions of dollars worth of an older version of the medication in Latin America and Asia while marketing a newer, safer product in the United States and Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/efw78

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Blitzer To GOP Rep: “Yes Or No: Do You Have Any Evidence” That Dems Knew About Foley Emails?...
http://tinyurl.com/gu7nj

Developing...Major TV News Network Pursuing Story On GOP Rep. Kolbe’s Involvement With Congressional Pages…
http://tinyurl.com/q5pqd

Woodward Book: Bush Asked “Why Should I Care About North Korea?”…
http://tinyurl.com/ntojw

Gore and Murdoch join forces in TV deal - Al Gore, the former US vice-president, is bringing his user-generated content television channel to the UK, courtesy of James Murdoch’s British Sky Broadcasting.
http://tinyurl.com/jgda5

HEALTH

Blood thinner Coumadin gets black box warning over fatal bleeding side effect:
http://tinyurl.com/ll498

Pine bark extract Pycnogenol found to significantly increase blood flow for diabetic microangiopathy sufferers:
http://tinyurl.com/fx9mh

Today's busy children aren't getting enough play time, warn pediatricians:
http://tinyurl.com/jfz74

Altered Form of Vitamin E Stops Cancer Spread in Mice - a 4.8-fold reduction in the number of tumors that spread to the lungs compared to the control mice
http://tinyurl.com/hc8ce

Troops 'spread superbug' -WOUNDED troops returning from Iraq have been linked by government scientists to outbreaks of a deadly superbug in National Health Service hospitals
http://tinyurl.com/px8p5

SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

Robin Williams On Whether He Will Run For Office: “Remember Gary Hart? I Make Him Look Amish”...
http://tinyurl.com/oe86b

Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists - a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations gathered in Virginia at the request of Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense -
http://tinyurl.com/qvhrq