Fitz?

Fitz!

FITZ !!

Just been crusing some of the right wing blogs. They hate Bush too. So, now it looks as if the left and the right have a common enema, huh?

please oh powerful pony delivery vehicle do not have mr. rove perp (pimp?) walk this week, as it will be a direct pain for my family.

how is it possible, that the very thing that i would like to see most (karl, please turn forward now, thanks, now sideways, that’s great, but could you look a little less…evil? even for mugshots you are frightening) could actually hurt my family, you ask? well, its complicated, and in its own way frivolous, and best of all i can’t talk about it, but suffice it to say i’ll know the second that guy gets busted, and i’m hoping it can wait until monday.

Slow down — the news ain’t that good.

Ever notice how most everybody hates Congress, except for their own Congressperson? Indeed, notice at this WaPo graphic that while 69% think the US is going in the wrong direction, only 52% think that their state is going in the wrong direction. (I’m sure even fewer think that their particular Rep is doing a bad job). The point is that such great numbers for the Dems do not translate to big pick-ups in the House and Senate.

I can’t believe
(1) I got the Fitz
(2) What a slow news day this is. Calm before the storm? Or are we-all jaded after the last couple of weeks?

robert green–are you dating fitzgerald?

sheesh, Robert Green, that is more than a tease!

i think katherine spent too much time in the ole tanning bed.

yuch, perish the thought.

but but karl rove and pickles say that little boots is popular. What are we, whackjobs?

fitz!

(and tea on a foggy sf morning!)

not to be indifferent to your mysterious plight, Robert Green, but you may just have to take one for the team….

kirk murphy – fog has cleared in the East Bay already

The most bloodthirsty of the Republinuts are now calling for impeachment. This pisses me off immensely, because we’re clearly on record as having first dibs on impeachment! I don’t even want to contemplate the possibility that I’m gonna be drinking champagne on the same night, and for the same reason, as is Michelle Malkin. That would be an especially cruel karmic outcome. And I’ve been good, really I have (well, you know – for me anyway).

Bifurcated impeachment parties – yeah, that’s the answer!

You know, I think Bush’s best strategy right now is to just pretend that there is no war in Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to make the issue go away by simply not talking about it anymore. That strategy worked pretty well with Osama bin what’s-his-name. Does the American public even realize that he’s still out there?

moeman– little boots! LOL! little boots with a big ole shiny texas belt buckle and the emperor has no other apparel on at all!

Ever notice how most everybody hates Congress, except for their own Congressperson?

One of the eternal truths of American politics, and a sad reflection on how local pork farmers bring home the bacon. The only way to unsettle things is to hook incumbents to Other People’s Bribes.

EPU’d, but yay Russian Caravan. My favourite tea blend as well.

Yay for charts!

OT: if you wanna read about Rove’s downward spiral (astrologically speaking) while waiting for the big news, go to StarlightNews.com and click on Nancy’s Blog…

Sholom @6, the news ain’t that bad, either.

The core strength of the GOP has fractured, which is good news.

Problem is, when push comes to shove, they’ll grumble and vote GOP ’cause there ain’t a snowball’s chance they’ll ever vote Dem, which would be bad news.

The silver lining is if they’re pissed at the Lords of the Lies, they *might* not campaign and vote, which would be back to good news. Including pissed-off religious wingers—in fact, especially those guys—who’ve been a major strength in the recent elctorial past.

And, if I may yammer on here, pissed off wingers are likely to say nasty things to the polls, bringing the Chimp’s polling numbers down to (dare we dream?) the low 20’s…

If AT&T has nothing to hide, why can’t we see the papers?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..0bQ–

Tea bag–so much more fun as a verb.

What happened to the bigger, better, new-and-improved war strategy? Couple of weeks ago Iran held the mushroom cloud and was smoking it, or something. Now, we got nothing. Is it possible that the rest of the world called Bush and told him to knock it off?

Jerilyn at TalkLeft is reporting that Jason Leopold swears his sources are good ones, and that Karl’s already been indicted. Jeri seems unsure. Me too.

Neither the Vatican nor the French liked “The Da Vinci Code”. I am SO there on opening night.

Jayt

We have first dibs on impeachment! I love that!

this is the the slogan:

“Vote dem, Cause we have first dibs on impeachment”

Laughing out loud, brother!

punaise

mr emptywheel thanked you for registering his new blog on the last thread. But he got EPUed.

Right behind you Frank Probst!

bifurcated impeachment parties? the Goopers can have the front room — we’ll be having a great time in the kitchen, the back bedroom, the back porch/deck, the yard …

Frank Probst says:
#22

http://www.wired.com/news/tech…..908-0.html

it is almost 3 pm DC time…..a late day press conference to announce the indictment seems a bit far fetched at this point….sad

If I recall correctly, the press conference for Libby started at about 11 am or so….

I am trying to recall if the press conference was held on a Thursday, anybody know?

OT breaking news

Did chimp and human ancestors interbreed?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12836649/

We could now have definitive proof that the Chimp is well a chimp.

I’ll take impeachment no matter who starts it.
Let them think it’s their novel idea. Just impeach him NOW.

Sholom #6 Y Pseud. nc #18:

That’s why the Dem House candidates must get off their pablum platforms and campaign on the rubber stamp issue:
- All Republicans in the Senate and the House roll over and play dead for Bush-Cheney.
- Therefore the only vote Congress persons and Senators will make in the upcoming Congress that will make a difference will be how he or she votes in early January to decide which party will organize the House and Senate.
- No matter how nice a guy or girl an incumbent or challenger is that you vote for, if he or she is a Republican and you are voting for a Congress that will continue to rubber stamp whatever Bush-Cheney does.

The Dems have got to pin the party label in all its slime and mendacity on every Republican candidate.

New US House predictions up at National Journal… big improvement for Democrat outlook.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..143210/919

more about that great economic news the Preznit and his gal Katy were just touting:

Consumer Price Report Shows Signs of Inflation

By Nell Henderson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 17, 2006; 1:12 PM

Inflation picked up in April as consumers paid higher prices for gasoline, housing, clothing, medical care and other items, the government reported today.

The Labor Department said its consumer price index, a widely followed inflation gauge, rose 0.6 percent last month, the biggest increase in three months, largely reflecting a 3.9 percent jump in energy prices.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..components

Per Asia Times Online, US Special Forces, etc., are preparing to make a major push into the region along the Afghan – Pakistan border with the goal of getting OBL.

Odds are it will, again, come to nothing, but sure sounds like it’s being done with the first Tuesday of this November in mind.

Thanks for the heads-up about Zandbroz and the EmbarrassMINTs, ReneND. [3? threads back]

Props today to the king of charts in the US Senate…Kent Conrad [D-ND]. He uses ‘em so much he’s been given his own chart maker. And he voted “no” on Iraq back in the day.

Looks like some Iraqis are looking back with nostalgia at the tolerant Saddam Hussein.

The 700 Club…err…Shiite militants issue death warrants:

“BAGHDAD — Hard-line Shiite militias in Baghdad have issued a blanket death sentence for homosexuals, lesbians, prostitutes, liberal professors and booksellers.”

http://www.wpherald.com/storyv…..0305-1260r

-GSD

karelroc– the last presser was at 2pm on a Friday, iirc!

karelroc: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/

Press conference was on a Friday at 1PM.

“Neither the Vatican nor the French liked “The Da Vinci Codeâ€.”

It ain’t just da French (at Cannes), Times’ Corliss does think much of it either. I’m going so as to get me my Audrey Tautou eye candy.

http://time.blogs.com/movies/2…..ci_co.html

Sorry, 2PM. It was announced at 11AM.

via thinkprogress — lying is now official bush policy:

New Presidential Memorandum Permits Intelligence Director To Authorize Telcos To Lie Without Violating Securities Law

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/…..tive-order

If the wingers get on the impeachment bandwagon, I think we should cater the party, welcome enthusiastically and I’d be open to supplying a poker/hooker room for them in the back, with Charlie Daniels CD’s on random play…

This is why Democrats make better diplomats.

1 pm, 2pm (which is it?) anyway, thanks DROJ and ANGIE

I am still hoping it happens today.

Keep sending letters, keep hounding Congress… The message needs to be driven in with a stake and pounded thru with a sledge hammer.

http://tinyurl.com/a6erq

^^^ HELP IMPEACH TODAY

Keep the pressure on Congress… Talking about impeachment wakes people up… They question, it’s a strong motivator to get people thinking. It also lets Congress know how intense the dissapproval is for this President… They seem to be a little slow on the uptake. So please:

1) Sign petitions if you have not done so
2) Send a letter to Congress (both Senators & House rep)
3) Send a copy to the media
4) Enlist friends and family to help, ask them to chip in time
5) Spread the link around, email it (with a request to forward) post it on a blog, or in the comments of a news story.

Help out!!!

Thanks :)

Link to the Katherine Harris scratching story? Gotta see. Can’t beat the one where she was rubbing the young journo’s leg with her foot. (”boing” sound effect here)

Marksb @ 21:

If they become discouraged enough to not campaign for the GOP candidates this year, we need to work on convincing them that the GOP is too tied to corporate America to ever put those wingnut “values” ahead of profits.

Let ‘em vote Libertarian.

Sholom @ 11:27 am (#6) – This is especially true since many congressional districts are now gerrymandered to make them safe for one party or the other.

I suspect it would take several points differential in Democrat/Republican popularity to translate to one percentage point of difference in a typical congressional race.

I wonder if Robert Green -5 is a reporter or news guy. Rove indictment would mess up his weekend for sure.

Four words:

Diebold

Hart InterCivic

Sequoia

Election Systems & Software Inc.

OT – the Dow’s down 234 pts, and the price of oil is below $70.

Sign of the (GOP) Apopcalypse?

ohdave ,

First off, EEEEEWWWWWW,
Second, i think Ms. harris usess Tammy Fae Baker make up.

Chimpocalypse Wow!

-GSD

Robert Green – I don’t horribly dislike Tom Friedman and will read his stuff from time to time, but the Taibbi piece linked on your site is hilarious. I needed a laugh – thanks.

GSD, How you holding up wrt weather and flooding?
It has been in upper 80’s mid 90’s here in WA state. That’s pretty hot around here.

fwiw, I think I’ve solved the government spying problem.

http://www.fas.org/irp/program…..on-fox.htm

Ack, still no link from this techno-loser, but it’s a 1999 interview with paula zahn, bob barr and john pike on Fox, ostensibly about “Echelon” doing nasty spy-stuff.

So… just let it leak that all this spyin’ stuff started with Bill Clinton.

That ought to do it.

Next.

Continuing with today’s top ‘o the news stories, for all you rockers out there, Richie Sambora is available! Wheee!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/

Aren’t the markets usually one step ahead of the public when it comes to something major brewing? A 200+ point drop in the Dow is alarming…stay tuned.

Jay and jayt:

how ironic that, in the end, little georgie may truly be a uniter and not a divider.

The “markets” don’t know anything the public doesn’t know. The Dow has been all over the place in the past few days thanks to inflation fears, oil prices, etc.

BK,

My town and all of my family(2 bros, mom and dad and a sis in NH) are all fine….We even had sunshine today. Too bad, I was hoping to get some looting in, but things never work out for me.

OT.

Speaking of storms: “Storm clouds over Middle East as Syria and Hamas solidify with Iran over nuke issues.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..MlJVRPUCUl

punaise 11:31 AM -

after three years in this lovely fog-bound city, i may be migrating across one of the bridges.

this spring even the toadstoolsb looked waterlogged…

glad the sun is showing her face to the east bay!

#61 – do you mean uniterer? ;)

GSD

Don’t forget the Heineken.

Add in todays stock drops with the end of last week…it will be equal to Bush’s approval ratings.

-GSD

I prefer the other “green” mellowing agent.

-GSD

GSD “Hard-line Shiite militias in Baghdad have issued a blanket death sentence for homosexuals, lesbians, prostitutes, liberal professors and booksellers.â€

I did not know Iraq had a Patriot Act.

The Two Faces of Tony Snow
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, May 17, 2006; 1:24 PM

“A White House press corps smitten with the telegenic, emotional nature of Tony Snow’s first formal briefing yesterday — he laughed! he cried! — largely neglected to mention a few salient aspects of his performance.

Like, for instance: His inconsistent responses; his sloppiness with certain facts; and his embarrassing verbal gaffe.”

. . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00879.html

Before we get to the tea list here’s the recipe for the “Fitzgerald Hammer of Justice†concocted by Bustedknuckles with a suggestion from Blank Kludge
1 shot 151 rum
1 shot Grenadine
1 shot Crown Royal (: substitute John Jameson’s Irish whiskey for the ‘Crown Royal’…he’s fighting against the monarchy after all.) orange juice to taste served over crushed ice with a pillow on the side.
When you are good and hammered, use the pillow.

FDL TEA DRINKER’S GUIDE

looseheadprop says:
Constant Comment Mandarin Orange Spice gets my vote.
In the winter, Stash Christmas Morning tea is a favorite.
In the summer I make iced tea from rasberry leaf and 4 kinds of mint from my herb garden.

proj says:
Bewley’s

Christy Hardin Smith says:
Twining’s Russian Caravan. That’s my all-time fave. Makes a fabulous pot of tea for an afternoon of reading. :)

Jane S. says:
Chamomile tea

Christy Hardin Smith’s mom’s tea
RUSSIAN TEA
2 c. dry Tang
1 1/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. instant tea
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
Combine all ingredients and store in airtight containers. Use 2 teaspoon of Russian tea mix to one cup of boiling water.

P J Evans says:
I like lapsang souchong as sun tea – much more delicate flavor: the smoke is easier to take. Leaves (leaves.com) has several nice blends also: try ‘Morning Blend’.

susan says:
Barry’s tea..

GrandEd says:
I prefer Dewar’s White Label tea.

Old Sow says:
Fancy Ceylon Tea here.

Mischief says:
Barrys tea and Lyons tea – Irish brand teas. The gold blends of both brands contain both African and Indian gunpowder tea leaves for a real kick in the ass.

pseudonymous in nc says:
Russian Caravan. A bit of malt, a bit of smoke.
Yorkshire loose tea
Nepali, some Ceylon

AND, TO WRAP THE LIST UP:

punaise says:
Police – “Tea In The Saharaâ€

My sisters and i
Have the wish before we die
And it may sound strange
As if our minds are deranged
Please don’t ask us why
Beneath the sheltering sky
We have this strange obsession
You have the means in your possession

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with

I personally don’t think it will come today. But last time IIRC, the GJ met in the morning with the press conference announced at 11:00 for 1:00 start time. If the GJ did not meeting until 1:00 then (discounting JL story for now) they would need to hear the request for indictment then vote, then Fitz would have to present it to the judge I think, then annouce press conference. So it is not really an apples to apples comparision in the timelines. It seems to quiet for today though. I would have thought that someone in the MSM would be talking if it was coming down.

Why am I, a life-long leftie Demo, not elated with “The bottom line: Democrats are looking stronger…”? Because I fear we, (the Democrats) are going to get an unprincipled, opportunist, as the nominee for the presidency for 2008. That we may not get someone like Gore, Feingold, or many other men and women in the party, who concern themselves with ideas and what’s good for the citizenry. Instead I am afraid we will be served up a darling puppet of the DLC facing a former cardboard Republican moderate (what ever that is) who somehow got drunk with the possibility of the power of the presidency and fell off the “straight talk express”. Very depressing. And if the current front runner doesn’t change her tune from the center-right symphony to the traditional progressive song of democracy, then for the first time ever, I shall be sitting it out in ‘08. See, for me, it’s far more than just vengeance and defeating the Republican crooks, as tantalizing and delicious a thought that may be. It has everything to do with what’s ahead. And what my daughter’s life will be like, post Bush. I do not want the Democratic nominee to be a pale imitation of this president. We need our next leader to be a REAL Democrat. At heart, I suppose I’m just a tired, but true idealist who very much wants things to be better.

Rip Van Market awakens.

Side notes: Ecuador is joining Bolivia in nationalizing their O & G. Occidental – not so happy. Great time to rattle our sabers (i.e. – nanner nanner nanner – we won’t sell ours to you) at Venezuela.

Ney’s aide, (Volz?) who just cut his own plea is slated to testify in the Safavian mess.

Arar is maybe going up, maybe not; EFF and el-Masri are in line for State Secrets treatment, full employment figures for fibbers and misleaders. Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Fitz and Karl are both Capricorns, so sadly, their horoscopes are the same:

Wednesday, May 17

For a while, you may be thinking negatively, but later good news puts you in an upbeat mood. After dark, you shine red hot. Romantic fantasies of all kinds are rife, but play it as safe as mom would want.

Good news for whom???

add a “you” to the end of post no. 71. i must have nipped it off in the cut and paste of modern life.

is there any chance Fitzgerald would not announce a news conference and keep his cards close to whatever? Could he? Is he obligated to announce in advance that he has an announcement?

DOW: Looks like it was the inflation report that sunk the market today. The market was jazzed about the end of the rate rises from the Fed. Higher inflation probably means higher interest rates, which just screws the cost of money, and all those adjustable loans. And BTW the housing and commercial RE markets as well.

From Marketwatch:
“The consumer price index rose 0.6%. Excluding food and energy prices, consumer prices rose 0.3%. The increase in the CPI and the core rate were both slightly higher than forecast. Economists expected a 0.5% gain in the CPI, according to a MarketWatch survey. The core CPI was expected to rise 0.2%.”
“More important, core inflation is now at the top end of the Fed’s comfort zone. The central bank has raised short-term interest rates 16 times in a row over the past two years in a bid to choke off inflationary pressures in the economy.
“But investor hopes rose in April that the Fed may pause in its cycle of rate hikes after Chairman Ben Bernanke said, in congressional testimony, that the central bank might consider a temporary halt to allow previous rate increases to feed through into the economy, and to assess whether they were having the desired effect of slowing growth.”
“After the inflation data, the federal-funds-futures market priced in a more than 50% chance of a rate increase in June, up from a 36% chance before the data were released.”
“The CPI report comes just a day after investors cheered a producer-price report showing core wholesale inflation in check.”
—
Couple of things: the inflation rise excluded oil prices. Well, duh. I have raised my prices due to the higher cost of diesel, and so is everyone else. Also, the presumed leveling of rates was “priced into” the market, which means stock prices were assuming a condition that today’s inflation report countered. The market hates surprises.

Christy’s mom’s tea is my Grandmother’s
“Christmas Tea” (bc she made big amounts of it and gave to everyone, with bananna bread, at Christmas). I thought about it a couple of years ago but I swear I thought they did not make Tang anymore? The astronaut’s drink? I’ll have to go look.

jayt – you may be on to something. I say, let’s ’splain to them it started with Bill and he has HUGE files of backside info he is feeding to Hilary for her campaign (see why Murdoch threw her a party?) and the only way to get at it and expose him is to go after the whole thing. ;-)

The only part of the poll that gave me pause was the 62% who approve of the job their representative is doing. All politics is local, which means glee over the national numbers should not deter us from doing the hard work in the trenches.

I read today that many seniors are predicted to reach the hole in the prescription drug doughnut in the early fall. That’s the point where you have to spend almost $3,000 of your own funds before the plan resumes reimbursement/coverage. Whether that translates into retaliation votes or not is anyone’s guess.

Was thinking that, building on the “Rubber Stamp Republican Congress” thing, we should make “Republican Survival Kits” for each GOP member of the Hosue and Senate. In it would be a rubber stamp, a copy of the Constitution that had nothing but pages printed with “Whatever the president wants,” a large bottle of red ink, and business cards for the local limo service.

sorry mary! i am a brain dead cut and paster some times.

Bush Is Crappy Prez

So is your imaging department. Consistently horrible and low rez jpgs. Yeah, and it will be a low rez band aid impeachment, as well. Standard MO for decades in the frontal lobe and trauma programmed 911 Bootcamp known as the US of A.

Yeah, whatever. Indict away, till the mad cows come home. This is all a fucking rite of passage for these psychopathic murderers. More BS to pad the memoirs. As long as these ‘networks’ and ’syndicates’ are still in place, Dr. Zaius might as well be president.

Keep blogging till the DynCorp and Blackwater Gestapo are at your front door.

Get your act together.

Sayonara jarheads.

Sincerely,

General Strike

OMG- everyone is a hoot today. What is this, comedy central????

Geez – that would be “House” instead of “Hosue”

mc @ 12:06 pm (#59) – I went to that link hoping there’d be links to other WaPo blogs from it. Turns out there aren’t any. I’m shocked that people who would visit a site for learned discussions of celebrity (”Celebritology”) wouldn’t have links to other sources of important information.

well, WATB Sessions and his compadres Cornyn and Kyl got their triple layer 370 mile fence.

http://cbs13.com/topstories/lo…..50402.html

What Ok. kiddo at 73 said!

Man was I behind thread.

Shorter me: Stop worrying about Rover being (or perhaps already being) indicted, he either is or will be. Stop trying to read the tea leaves of his demeanor, it is meaningless (and useless). Take a step back, relax, breath deeply….there…better.

Frank P – Was that authoritarianism comment yesterday a dig? I didn’t take it that way, but if I was wrong let me know. Thanks. The EPU is a contemplative kind of universe.

Excluding food and energy prices, consumer prices rose 0.3%.

“Excluding the loss of blood resulting in death, the patient is in excellent health.”

BOPnews.com has the dirt on the “excluding food and energy” scam:

http://www.bopnews.com/archives/006389.html#6389

Mary @ 12:18 pm Arar is maybe going up, maybe not;

???

Excluding food and energy…

That is amazing to me.

Gosh knows I spend most days buying stoves, cars and water heaters.

-GSD

check the enlarged photo of bush signing tax cuts into law currently on the times home page. the podium says “tax cuts for all americans”, funny i see 41 crusty old white guys and 3 white women. looks like a tidbit of inadvertant truth from the administartion. whoops.

…what a bunch of wankers

Is the General striking while the irony is hot?

Yeeeowch.

Shouldn’t that be “yearrgh!“?

wondering at 77

Fitz is not obligated to have a press conference. Every week evry US attorney’s Ofccie obatins a number of indictments and they jsut get a half page press release (sometiems not even that) that no one ever reads.

However, he would have to have a pretty powerful reason (which I cannot imagine based on what we currently know/believe)to skip a presser for a Rove indictment.
Under DOJ guidelines there are very few opportunites where he is permitted to comment at all on a case. Indictment presser is one of those few.
The Rovians have already announced via spinning pundits that they intend to slime him if he indicts Rover.
The only chance he has to sort of make his case to the American public prior to opening statements at trial, would be such a press conference. It’s his only shot to tell his side of the story, “in person”.
Given that he has already proven that he is his own best spokesmodel, why would he waste an opportuntiy to get accurate information out to counter the sliming to come?

Republican-Christian big government intrusion on the march in the big MO.

Town to “evict” unmarried couples.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..ed_couples

-GSD

OT – “Sixteen people protesting Halliburton Co.’s environmental record and its role as a military contractor were arrested Wednesday when they surged toward a building where company shareholders were meeting.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..on_meeting

With Weicker endorsing Lamont Joenomentum just took a severe body blow.

He’ll need at least the pillow that goes along with the Fitzgerald Hammer of Justice concoction. (and thanks for adding in the Jameson’s alternative.)

GSD I’m with your green solution, too. ;)
——-
About this recent NSA/phone co. and it seems NSA pay-for-play…I wasn’t too long ago that a brouhaha came up because a PRIVATE firm was selling logs for what a hundred bucks. That was quickly kiboshed. But, I wonder if that wasn’t the artifact raising up from beneath the fetid swamp.

OT-Busby in the lead in CA-50! This is a very Repub district…
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/17/15383/6840

An win in the election in June would be big.

Go Busby!

OT and a hit and run to boot. I apologize~
This morning I checked on the iraq casualties site to find out that as of this morning there were 2450 deaths of US military in Iraq (I know this number is low as well as misleading, but that is not the point.)

The point is that on today’s front page of the Chicago Tribune they had a story – with pictures – of the fly fishing school they have in Baghdad for our military!

The people in Iraq don’t even have effing running water and electricity and the military is out fishing and having their photos taken holding their “catch” for the front page of the newspaper. I would bet my life that there isn’t a casualty count anywhere in the Tribune.

I am so angry. First I pointed this out to the gentleman who was holding the paper (I won’t but the Trib). Then, after getting to work, I sent an email to Bruce Dold the editor of the paper. I hope I’m not the only one who did.

Cujo – they are still having arguments over whether and which judgements are final, and if he can appeal yet. Canada is continuing to have hearings and dribblets are coming out there – like maybe the US used the courtesy phone and told Canada they would send him to Canada instead of Syria, if Canada would imprison him.

Canada apparently indicated that even under the funky Quebec law, they needed things like proof and a crime. Our DOJ was SHOCKED!!!!!!! at this approach.

Luckily, we had an assist from the freedom fighters in Syria who believe in human rights so strongly they are replacing old Imman based Sharia rulings with DOJ legal memoranda. They let them do way cooler stuff according to unamed sources with The Syrian Secret Police (anagrammed backwards – PSST).

If Leopold can have secret sources, so can I.

LHP–thanks. I’m also thinking he would hold a press conference, but my question (not stated clearly, ack) is: must he announce the press conference? I’m obviously desperately hoping that even though there has been no announcement he will shortly emerge and appear before the cameras….one can dream…

(I won’t but the Trib) = I won’t buy the Trib

Anne says: “Was thinking that, building on the “Rubber Stamp Republican Congress†thing, we should make “Republican Survival Kits†for each GOP member of the Hosue and Senate. In it would be a rubber stamp, a copy of the Constitution that had nothing but pages printed with “Whatever the president wants,†a large bottle of red ink, and business cards for the local limo service.”

All I would add to what you said is this: …a copy of the Constitution that had nothing but pages printed with “Whatever the president and vice president want,…â€

May 17th, 2006 at 12:25 pm

squirrel hiller (#71):

add (#1) sen cha (japanese green tea)

(#2) pai mu tan (chinese white tea)

both excellent, subtly flavored. you can add the usual lemon, lime, honey or whatever.
both available at health food stores or on line. these are loose teas. bag teas are all less fresh so they’ve lost a good bit of their nutrient value.

wondering at 102 — the last time Fitz held a presser, his office issued a press advisory about an hour beforehand (or so — I don’t remember the exact timing, but it was enough time for them to get off the courthouse lawn and into the hastily assembled room). Just fyi.

Well, polls, or not, what the heck to Dems stand for? They are stil a corporate party, no different from the Republicans. That’s why I’m an Independent (Green-thinking, but an Independent all the same). I don’t trust the Dems any more than I trust the Republicans. Dems have not and don’t take a stand on anything, they are a bunch of wusses, IMHO.

Christy Hardin Smith–thanks much. I think the question was basically magical thinking on my part. Sigh.

Pach’s YKos breakfast post has been eaten.

Mary @ 12:47 pm (#100) – I’ve been combing the CBC website for information on Arar. He’s apparently caused a bit of a stir in the Great White North by getting himself shipped to Syria and tortured. The Canadian ambassador to Syria visited Arar while he was in prison there. Arar complained about being tortured, and the ambassador didn’t believe him, because, as he said at a hearing the Canadians had on the subject, he didn’t know that Syria did such things.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada…..50616.html

They’ve also invoked their own secrecy rules about some super-secret intelligence relationship they have with Syria:

June 16, 2005
Justice Dennis O’Connor, head of the Arar inquiry, denies a request to loosen government secrecy rules around the testimony of RCMP anti-terrorism officer Supt. Mike Cabana. O’Connor says lifting the rules would lead to a court battle that could delay the inquiry for months or years.

[from the Arar timeline page]

The poor man’s life appears to have been ruined by this incident, if the CBC story is any indication. It looks like what ought to be the two most liberal (in the old sense) democracies in the world failed to live up to their own principles in this matter.

oklahoma kiddo (#73):
politics is the art of the possible. people that don’t vote get what they deserve. i want feingold or gore. my vote will be cast regardless. if you don’t see the point in exercising your responsibilities as a citizen maybe you should take your daughter and move to canada.

We know the timing of the Libby indictments was driven, in part, by the expiration of the GJ’s term; that is apparently not an issue this time.

I have no doubt that when and if indictments are handed up, the media and the people will be informed.

I also believe that if any plea agreements were to be made, that those would also be announced.

In the Libby presser, Fitzgerald was very firm in stating what should be inferred and what should not, attempting to close off as much speculation as possible, even doinghis part to stress that the crimes for which Libby was being indicted were not inconsequential. I cannot imagine that he would indict on the QT (or make a plea agreement on the same basis) and leave the spinning up to Rove’s attorneys.

ot, but oh fuck me, just caught a snippet of harry reid reacting to the new tax cut for millionaires. is he on xanax. is it toomuch to ask these fucking people to work up a little outrage or maybe display a little energy. you can’t even get beyond what he’s saying cause you’re afraid he’s gonna fall asleep while standing at the podium.

What happened to Pach’s post?

Oh well. This just in, TO stands by it’s story. (this is from 10 minutes ago, I think.)

http://forum.truthout.org/blog…..125248/099

Mary @ 12:47 pm (#101) – Here’s a CBC story on recent criticism of Canadian immigration policy by the U.S.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/n…..60501.html

The Canadian response is that they see things differently. I think this is Canadian for “screw you and the horse you rode in on”, but that could be a loose translation.

CBC story on Canada’s handling of Arar case. It confirms what you wrote:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada…..50501.html

fahrender-
Oklahoma kiddo has a right as an American to sit out the election if he/she so chooses. I may not agree with doing that, but to say he/she should move to Canada isn’t fair. We all feel his/her frustration about the dem party.

Truthout sounds less and less credible with each statement they issue. I somehow doubt that “network superiors” have prevented reporters from reporting this story. The press speculates about this stuff ALL the time — why would their editors clam up all of a sudden? It just doesn’t add up.

I disagree with proj. MSM is in Rove’s back pocket. If he doesn’t want anything out, then nothing will get out.

Upon receiving a compliment for being upright, I once heard that guy respond, “Thanks, but you’ve never seen me cornered”.

We know the Bushites Big Lied this nation into waging war. And were the democrats to regain the House, subpeona’s would be forthcoming.

There is nothing the Bushite war criminals will hesitate to do to subvert that from happening.

The lawful cover the telecom’s have received via presidential fiat is an example. Provided a legal rationale, they’ve chosen to flat out lie about having cooperated with the NSA surveillance.

The Bushites enormous, unchallenged power to inflict massive harm is unimpaired. Certainly, the boneless wonders of the democratic party are no impediment. (I contend the depraved cowardice of those “loyal opposition” stalwarts is tantamount to treason. But I also digress).

They are not upright. There is no crime under the sun those swine are unprepared to perpetrate to retain power. None whatsoever. And because they are as stupid as they are brutal, all bets are off until November. Polls are rendered irrelevent for the duration.

I think you give Rove wwwwaaaaayyyy too much credit.

YKos: FDL Breakfast in Vegas!! post seems to be back up

new thread – breakfast?

I think you are waaaayyyyy too naive.

I somehow doubt that “network superiors” have prevented reporters from reporting this story.

You’re kidding, right? My opinions about TO’s cred aside, print and electronic editors supress bad stuff about Bush all the time.

Why would the MSM be reluctant go with the story on Rove?

Two words:
Dan Rather

Interesting article from the CBS website regarding Bush’s lame duck status.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories…..3700.shtml

One thing I don’t understand is that nearly every article on the subject reads “…barring another 9/11-type attack… the president’s approval numbers will not rise.”

Why the hell is that?

Wouldn’t that demonstrate even further that his “war on terror” is just a bunch of bullshit? That his illegal, warrantless wiretapping doesn’t do a damn bit of good? That his lofty rhetoric, so embraced on 9/12, means zilch in reality?

And so on down the line?

Who could possibly see this oaf for anything other than the pathetic puke he is?

cathy (#116):

when you don’t vote you give up your rights by default. what about responsibilities? what are rights without responsibilities, anyway?

one of the reasons bush is in the white house today is that there are way too many people in this country who think just like oklahoma kiddo thinks. it’s a childish neurotic pout. there! i showed those guys! i just won’t vote! ridiculous! just because you aren’t getting what you want? give me a break.

RE: winning the majority in Congress . . .

All the repubs have to do is STAY HOME on election day . . . they can support their congresscreature all they want just so long as they aren’t motivated to go out and actually vote!

Oh dear – dears – it is half past noon here on the west coast and I for one will while away the few hours left in the D.C. business day in hope our hero Fitz may yet deliver the goods we anticipate today.

I greatly admire and trust Jason Leopold – and the good folks at Truthout who steadfastly stand behind Jason and his well sourced report last weekend.

Fitz knows exactly who he is dealing with and while we can only spectulate, bide our time, and cope with our well founded expectations, this old newspaper brat remains confident he has bagged Rove and very close, if not there in bagging the the much bigger cold-blooded co-conspiring West Wing fish/ies.

I’m just sayin’ In Fitz I trust.

Is Russell Tice testifying today?

Q: Is Russell Tice testifying today?

A: “Group: Congressional Chairmen on intelligence won’t hear out NSA whistleblower†(Raw Story)

http://tinyurl.com/nkm5c

New thread

http://video.google.com/videop…..8400743688

Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime 1.0
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Cujo at 110:

Arar complained about being tortured, and the ambassador didn’t believe him, because, as he said at a hearing the Canadians had on the subject, he didn’t know that Syria did such things.

And all this time I’d been thinking those South Park renditions (!) of Canadians were just a cruel joke …

The constitution?????Bush thinks “its just a god damned piece of paper”.The goose stepping rubber stamping republicans in the senate and house are insuring that the kind of thrashing of the constitution expressed by their leader will be realized by blessing the curtailing of civil libertys. Oversight hearings are as rare as UFO sightings with this congess. Well, or rather WTF, it was only an experiment, and Ben Franklin’s words were prophecies come true. Gerge W Bush will indeed be remembered as George Washington was in the history of democracy in this country. One the inspiring builder, the other, the decidering destroyer..

I think the polls could be meaningless because the diebold and sequoia e- voting machines are being hacked, which they will be and thats why bush and company do not care about the polls. I strongly believe the fix is in. Can someone tell me what we are doing about it. Am i wrong?