"My advice to your clients is that you better do it soon or we will mandate it if you don't," Republican Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record) of Alaska, chairman of the Commerce Committee, told Paul Cambria, general counsel to the Adult Freedom Foundation.

There already is one you fucking moron. Now please go back to trying to bilk us of money to build 250 million dollars for a bridge to your summer home asshat.

Rating system urged for adult Internet content

An Iraqi lawyer said the 24 or 25 officials from Saddam's government were released from jail without charges, and some have already left the country.

Among those released were the 6 of clubs and 5 of hearts from th deck of cards. Way to go guys! You can't even pick out criminals!

'Dr. Germ,' Others Released in Iraq

Riley was asked if parents should allow their children to go to Aruba on similar trips as long as Holloway's disappearance is unsolved.

"I would not allow my daughter to go to Aruba," he said.

Oh hell no, she might actually have a good time once she gets away from her bible thumping parents.

CNN.com - Alabama governor calls for Aruba boycott - Nov 8, 2005

George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.

OMG! Sulu's gay! Well, they had a lech as captain, a grumpy russian at weapons, a green blooded repressed guy at science, the black chick, a country bumpkin doctor, I guess all that was left was someone to be gay. Makes sense in a weird way.

George Takei Discloses His Homosexuality - Yahoo! News

An independent investigation by the former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker has charged that the MP received an allocation of 18 million barrels of oil from the regime. It also claims that $120,000 (�67,000) in revenues from oil sales was paid into the bank account of Mr Galloway's estranged wife.

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However, Mr Volcker has not produced any evidence that any money was paid directly into accounts held by Mr Galloway. The report also acknowledges that "both Mr Galloway and Mr Zureikat have denied that Mr Galloway was involved in obtaining the oil allocations or receiving any proceeds from the oil sales".

Interesting and confusing. They say he was paid off, but the money goes to a cancer fund in Iraq? And what was the pay off for?

Galloway given 18m barrels of oil from Saddam, claims independent US report

CNN tells us that, "The U.S. government has started stockpiling Tamiflu and other medicines that scientists believe might be effective against a pandemic virus."

Real experts tell us that viral mutation will render this medication worthless against this type of influenza.

The company holding the patent, Gilead, wants more Tamiflu produced faster by Roche.

Who was the Chairman of Board of Gilead until he resigned to join the Bush Administration? Who retains a large amount of pharmaceutical industry stock including Gilead's?

Donald Rumsfeld.

This is pretty much the whole piece. Coincidence? Sure, but if so, why are they trying to get all the Tamiflu they can and not going after the competing drug Relenza?

Tamiflu Company Chaired by Rumsfeld

Marty Bahamonde's emails from the Superdome. Oh particular note are Exhibits 14 and 18.

The FEMA emails

Marty Bahamonde, a FEMA regional director, told a Senate panel investigating the government's response to the disaster that he gave regular updates to people in contact with then-FEMA Director Michael Brown as early as Aug. 28, one day before Katrina made landfall.

In most cases, he was met with silence. In an Aug. 29 phone call to Brown informing him that the first levee had broke, Bahamaonde said he received a polite thank you from Brown, who said he would check with the White House.

So much for Chertoff and "Brownie" saying they weren't being told what was going on...

FEMA Official Says Boss Ignored Warnings

Spc. Robert Loria of Middletown, N.Y., lost his arm in Iraq, but instead of a farewell paycheck from the Army he got a bill for nearly $1,800

If this is not the most asinine thing I've seen this year, it comes damn close.

Lawmakers Help Wounded Soldier Get Home

It's not that I doubt that Karl Rove is capable of profound evil -- this is the man who used John McCain's adoption of a Sri Lankan orphan to spread the word in South Carolina that McCain was the father of an biracial bastard

Interesting analysis on Valerie Plame and why it was done. But the real point is, this was something done deliberately.

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