Pollack is war critic - he told Bush war is Critical

Update 08-01-07- Reuters that liberal media outlet HOWS THAT SURGE GOING
Seems the acceptable violence for Iraqis is different then acceptable violence for American Soldiers

The Iraqi government said 1,653 civilians were killed in July, a third more than the previous month, despite a fall in the number of deaths among U.S. troops.

Surge Links 07-31-07
TPM Election Central- MSM Spew Administration BS

Salon - The really smart, serious, credible Iraq experts O'Hanlon and Pollack

UK - Telegraph - Iraqi leader tells Bush: Get Gen Petraeus out

Reuters - Iraqi parliament adjourns in blow to Bush

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Its the flesh.... stupid!!!

Dress stains,cleavage and purdy hair- sounds like a country western song.

Sad that its a political news item but the GOP Basetards need the titillation And the word democrat or Clinton to keep their attention.

Mitts holding signs and his personal makeup artist - not anything about that in the depths of the cleavage story. The Washington Elite only see the liberals as primping or having sex and they are damn angry about it.

The Washington media and the GOP hide every thing behind closed doors/privileged conversations and lies.

How dare the democrats be out in the open about themselves.
How dare that woman ware a dress.

Oh the horror it must be for those poor rich Republicans.

Crooks and Liars MTP: Harwood Likens Hillarys Cleavage To Barry Bonds Doping

Update 07-31
Via Wolcott

Perhaps Pamela's jousting, outthrust, richly tanned finger is a surrogate phallus that they long to have oiled, primed, and inserted into a cranny of their own devise, filling an erotic vacancy left void by the defeat of Rick Santorum in 2004.

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Bush spies on America - Nothing new

We have ALL been under the electronic microscope for more then the last 4 years - normal internet Data Mining - needs No special law or court papers to use. - See Google -

via balkinization
What's the Legal Significance

Via Emptywheel

Data-Mining one

Data-Mining Two

Bush
I was for FISA before I was For it

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Bowling for Information C-SPAN

C-Span gives a hour commercial for -shooting micheal moore- which our taxes paid for

So Lefflers distortions are as important OR even more important for our Federal Government to get out to the public.

I do believe that Leffler makes some good points in his so called Documentary-Shooting Micheal Moore - but those points are over shadowed by the fact that Leffler uses the same clip out of context with voice over method that Moore uses, and in the same vocal style.

Example -- Moores Company gets or tricks 2 recruiters into letting themselves be filmed. One of those soldiers died in Iraq and Leffler has his father on to set the record straight.

Now what I found interesting was the Kid had one kidney. One would hope that was why he was a Recruiter- and not on the front lines. NOT SO.
The father actually says they blamed his son and could have kicked him out but they sent him to Iraq instead. YAY Bush

The father does disagree with Moore but his statement did not make Bush and the Military look very good.

More C-Span

Beltway love - why the C-SPAN reliance on Washington Post and the politico .??
No government partisan ship here.. look away

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ABC 123 NSA TSP

• Bush used TSP as the generic name for a NSA program.
• FBI states TSP was NSA program in contention in the - Get the sick guy in the hospital to sign it -
• MEANS Comey and Ashcroft (Not just DOJ but the head and acting head of DOJ )did NOT agree to part of the program.
• Gonzalas Lied - Period

Funny how some government policy is good for Bush but some not so much.
Bush put Cheney in charge during his ass scoping just like Comey was in charge when Ashcroft was in hospital.

Based on Bushes own use of the statute - how could there be any need for Gonzo to take the form with him to the hospital ( It should have been brought to Comeys office ) and even if Gonzo had a reason to go there - How was a political operative of Bush allowed to go too.

Al Qaeda = You

In the warped mind of the current administration, selling a tshirt or button that says -Impeach Bush or Bring the Troops Home makes you a terrorist sympathizer and would allow them to "check" your calls or email for terror communications.

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TSA vs The Killer Cheese - Life in Bushs America

Via TPM

1. Cheese 1
2. More Cheese
3. Scared of our own Cheese i mean ..Shadow

Related Osama Bin Icepack
WIll Buch - Attytood.com
The ice packs that threatened America

UPDATE- All 4 False No terror at all
CNN Changes story

(CNN reporter Brian) TODD: In fact, a U.S. government official familiar with the investigation now says there were valid explanations for all four incidents in that bulletin and no charges will be brought in any of these cases

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More More More is the answer

Shit is shit no matter what you call it.

i find it strange the political tactic of baffle them with bull shit.

P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute not every second.. Some will see the crap for what it is if you pile it high enough.

If i ask for a cup of sugar , it does not matter how many bags of flour you give me - it looks like a lot but its not what i asked for.

The surge is one example of asking for water to put out a fire and getting gasoline instead.

This image is another.

Or This
truthful and transparent AG alberto gonzalas has advised the president that he will not accept the contempt charges against his BFFs buddies or Harriet either.

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Kill the Saudis V2.0

UPDATE 8-1-07
Via the Satirical Political Report
U.S. PLANS ARMS DEAL TO SAUDI SOCCER TEAM

UPDATE 7-27-07
Why my Kill the Saudis meme is a joke
This is Bush and his BBF Bandar of Saudi Arabia
Waaasup wit the Manlove Dude!!

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Administratons Spin - Osama/911/alqeada/Iraq

Experts Using Facts -AND Bush Administration's Own Reports


Stor-e-tella Kill the Saudis V1


Tony Snowjob - Al Qaeda's Best Publicist

"White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush will talk 'a fair amount' about Iraq in the weeks ahead, 'because it's important the American people get a fuller and deeper appreciation of what's going on.'

Via the New Daily News

"'He spends almost all his time speaking in front of friendly audiences, and there is no more friendly an audience for George Bush than the military,' said Hunter College political scientist Andrew Polski."

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MSM Sucks Again and Again

Crooks and Liars » Glenn Greenwald:
John Yoo Was Against Executive Privilege Before He Was For It - Do they read their own paper?

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Why 60 in the Senate

Or how the GOP AND the Bush administration are holding back bills and blaming Democrats.

While trying to not get sick watching CSPAN - is over site a good use of the congress - , i noticed how many republican callers still believe the democrats are a do nothing congress and the stalemate is congress fault.


Meet ,Mister veto - the 51 percent killer.

If the president threatens to veto a bill the senate needs 60 votes to override the veto and make the bill a law.

So with Few if any republicans willing to go against the president - Bush has vetoed bills even from the previous rubber stamp republican congress - the democrats can not get the 60 votes to make a law and nullify Bushies Veto.

UpDate
Media Matters for America
DeLay's Politico column on "failures" of the Democratic Congress rife with falsehoods

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As Bush all but guarantees troop deaths to 4000

Balloon Juice - sicko
This is how Bush treats the first heroes of 9-11, do you think he will treat our returning soldiers any different

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AGAG on his 3rd try to remember

Shorter Gonzo

1. If i dont stay and fix the problem who will hold little Georgie's hand.
2. As i cant find a way to blame Clinton for my obstruction ill blame the congress instead
3. Yes I signed off on those names, but just cause i signed it does not mean i read it or understand it.

Sadly, No! » How silly can you get?
Read what he Actually said

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Spin Spin Spin

Reuters -

In his research Hayes found that Cheney in 1996 called the vice presidency a "cruddy job," which his political mentor, President Gerald Ford, had hated. But by 2000 Cheney was persuaded to accept when George W. Bush offered the position.

I believe Dick Cheney was given the job of filling the cruddy position of vice president for George Bush - his choice - Dick Cheney - needed some persuading from Bush to accept the position Dick Cheney recommended.

Doh - if my head was not mashed potato's from this stuff already , i think it would explode

Tags: cheney chooses cheney and bush persuades chaney

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Free Market Media my Ass

Or how is FoxNY the best in local or any other kind of news????

The change in point of view and perspective as Fox News --Rupurt Murdoch’s personal opinion media outlet-- went from no wing journalism to WingNut Journalism slowly over the last 6 years, should surprise no one.


onFOXNews - TOWNSEND:
1.…General Odierno’s remarks suggest that they don’t have the capability.

- What the general says is a suggestion

2. I respect that-he’s on the ground, he’s in the best position to make that judgment,

- Hes a OK guy that Odier fellow.....

3. but we’ve seen al Qaeda in Iraq export violence before, like the wedding reception in Amman, Jordan.

The president says its all the same 9-11 al Qaeda

4.So we’ve got to presume they’ve got the capability and the potential to act on it.

We say its so.

Lets see,

Lie about the reason for going to war.

Lie about how Iraq will welcome us with open arms.

Lie about the who you listen to and what they really say.

Lie about having a plan of ANY kind.


Dont trust any news media outlet, get at least 2 sources and verify what they say if you can.
Just sayin

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Bush and The Torturapublicans

LOL

Bush trying to clean up his legacy

Crooks and Liars says Did-bush-just-admit-to-torture


More me
you-cannot-fight-terrorism

more-msm-and-torturapublicans

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1 Death a day is never OK 4

First in Series

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Bad News headlines 07-20-07

My headline
Troops in same or more danger if they do not leave Iraq

What the headline should have been
Will changes endanger troops

What we got-
LEDE _ Bush, Commanders Play Up Positives In War
SUBHEAD _ Senior General Says Change Would Endanger Troops


READ the first 3 paragraphs and the last 3 paragraphs

As most folks only read a RSS feed or the first few graphs it Proves to them the troops danger.

The LAST section of the article by this unidentified reporter says the oppisite of the headline and the president, But its too far down in the article for most people to care.

1 Death A Day is not OK

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MSM Slow Again - Wow - Bush the spyer

have the media just noticed this
FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat


Me in 8-06 quoting me in 1-06
Thursday, August 03, 2006 No Fear part 3

What is the secret, that the digital taps are unknown by our enemies.

This technology has been around for a long time and requires that an ISP open its trunk to the government. Why the secrecy?

A war on TERROR - Bush has been quoted as not caring day to day where Osama is - that will never end due to victory.

A war on TERROR - where you and your friends are now daily labeled terrorists your selves.

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The goal posts have moved Again

What to do if Iraq Government goes on vacation for a month

LA Times
The Bush administration and U.S. military officials predicted Thursday that a key September report would show progress in Iraq, but that it would be November before they could judge the success of the troop buildup.
DOH

ALSO
Crooks and Liars says - Toxic Trailers , FEMA Sucks


Josh is back for TPM
Bush Trumps all - Rogue Presidency


More Malkin Sucks from Trex

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lies and other stories

OMG it gets sicker and sicker.

Judy Miller - My Hero

how can you believe anything they say.

Yay Tony Snoeman

"Victory in Iraq will mark the beginning of the end of the war on terror."

Now if they can just figure out what victory is.

1 death a day is not OK

Via Greenwald -
Finally, Jim Lehrer reported in 2003 on News Hour an exciting find:

The U.S. military has found a second trailer in Iraq that could have been a mobile bio-weapons lab. the commander of the 101st Airborne Division, Major General David Petraeus, confirmed that today.

they have been telling variations of the same lie for 4 years and the media still print it

OH i broke my fingernail.. No war for me

ARGGGGHHHHH

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Senate republicans vote aginst bringing troops home

GOP - never leave Iraq

Out of the first 100 news headlines about this story

Most use the AP headline
Senate scuttles troop withdrawal bill
Note no mention of Who scuttled the bill

Some use this headline for the Same AP story
Democrats Stage All-Night Debate on Iraq

Same story but closer to the truth
GOP - We will defeat the democrats Iraq bill


Yet none of the reports had a headline like mine :P

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More MSM and The Torturapublicans II

OMG - Filibuster Bluster

Filibuster - in case you can not under stand the link or like some MSM heads only read the first part - is a TOOL USED BY THE SENATES MINORITY PARTY/GOP to block a vote.



Below see why media reporters and Producers are stupid.

On ABC/Disneys GMA, Sawyer falsely claimed Reid -vows to filibusterSenate

Democrats plan faux filibuster to pressure Republicans on Iraq

UPDATE 07-8-2007
More about the Backwards Media

Crooks and Liars » Getting filibusters backwards

FROM TPM
Congress Expert: Wingers Wrong, Force-A-Filibuster Plan Not In Trouble | TPMCafe

Talking Points Memo | Filibuster. It Won't Bite

Is it the medias loss of ethics , inability to do proper research or both?

Tags: senate filibuster media lies, msm sucks, filibuster

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Kill the Saudis

Well ...even though al-Qaeda is not in Iran and more then 20 percent of the Anti-US attacks are from Saudi Arabian terrorists, the senate votes to get angry and cry if Bush decides to attack Iran.

Osama is from Saudi Arabia as were most of the 9-11 hijackers, were are the US sanctions on them.

why pick on Iraq or Iran when Saudi Arabia , Afghanistan and Pakistan seem to be the al-Qaeda strong holds.

Why push the false statements that al-Qaeda in Iraq caused 9-11, this weekend when all the experts say they are only a small part of the insurgency and were not even around until AFTER the Bush War games began.

Truth is its the same reason Libbys sentence was commuted - Saudi Arabia is Georges and Daddies friend.

Rules dont matter.
Laws dont matter.
Truth does not count.
Hide the enemy but be loyal to Bush and Big Oil that is OK

The stupid it BURNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Iphone needs a new battery.

Fox5 New Yorks prenews teasers were

• Iphone consumer awareness report!!!
• Go without your data if you buy an iphone.
• Iphone batterys dying.

I was annoyed as my wife says thats not good, the iphones are broken, wonder is this a recall??

No it was just as i thought - a Murdoch anti-apple hit piece disguised as news. Brent larson comes on and gives a full report on the issue - which consists of parroting another hit piece from the Pro-Microsoft lobby at PCWorld magazine.
The only - expert - quote comes from the writer of the PCmag article not a outside verifiable source.
See my previous story link here

A battery is not DEAD at 80% charge hold and 2 years of battery life is not short term replacement.

Its not Fox News - its Ruperts mouth piece
Its not ABC news anymore - its Disney Flavored News

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Iraq Fatigue Lie Fatigue

Damn and they just fall all over it.


The president just admits his office leaked information that caused an entire CIA front organization to be disbanded.
but its over.
lets get past that.

We have war fatigue because of Bushies say so. war fatigue is the GOPS method of giving the base an out for there need to distance them selves from Bush.

I myself have double talk fatigue, having to listen to the same ass backwards stories and the same head nodding reporting over and over.

Condy Rice head was on 3 stations at the exact same time answering 3 different questions all exactly the same.

Every time they mention 9-11 or al qeada as reasons to be fighting in Iraq, they are lying.

This is the news as it should be
- Bush Lies Again
Americans grumble and go back to work.

The Administration LIES.


Dont believe that the democrats have done nothing
Believe that the republicans have filibustered them every time.

Dont believe that George has Gods ear or that Laura cares.
Believe that Jesus would not kill little children

Dont believe when Rice or Gates or Chaney say anything.
Believe the sadness of the casualties of conflict

Update more today about Do nothing dems

Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal - Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader
Democratic Caucus's Senate Journal June 27, 2007 Senate Republicans: The "Grand Obstructionist Party" While Senate Democrats are determined to move America in a new direction, Senate Republicans are doing their best to stop change at every turn.

The Next Hurrah: Bad Boy, No Recess
Fitzgerald: Not a Runaway Prosecutor, Explained Simply
The False First Amendment of the Dow Jones and AP » July 13, 2007 Bad Boy, No Recess

Ditch Mitch KY | Ditch Mitch McConnell
» Blog Archive » Iraq Summer launches POWERFUL AD

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Fear mongers and there msm helpers

Arggh

I have a feeling in my gut that Bush and his home land security fear parrot needed to change the topic away from government corruption. I have no proof or facts other then they lied before and use this time of year to out CIA agents.

Where is the news report about my gut feeling?

OH OH Pretty shiny..
Look over here .

UPDATE today
via Scarecrow at FDL
Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog » These People Scare Me

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Yellow Journalism Katie Style

Katie quote

You have to warn me with a word like that.

A word like that? Like what ..you mean English.
How about some knowledge on the the origin of words. Oh right thats not what news is anymore.

At least 2 sources outside of the press release/story giver to verify the information, thats what i learned at the HIGH SCHOOL newspaper. Prove to me its true was my teachers words.

What its really all about in todays MSM is reading what someone else wrote and act like its true ether you know its true or not.

UPDATE
CNN does it too
MichaelMoore.com : SiCKO : 'SiCKO' News : 'SiCKO' Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

What happened to independent fact checking over personal bias.

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Death on steroids

So the surge took 5 and a half months to start up and when according to Bush 2 weeks ago it REALLY began what did we get.

More deaths a day.

Snow is talking Al Qeada - very beginning stages ..... Iraq government have met some benchmark.not a human failure..........Congress is wasting time on oversight.,.,.Clinton did it. DOH

What a bogus and sick administration

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they dont call it MSnbc for nothing 2

Noted from

Daring Fireball: Jackass of the Week: MSNBC's Bob Sullivan

they believe what they read 100% site unseen

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Being BoingBoinged could kill your rep

Below you will find links to blogs that have killed sites they have linked back to.

Being popular can be a good thing if you are ready for it, if not your site will send 404 file not found errors or unable to connect to server errors or worse - NO ACCESS Sites bandwidth exceeded

If you get linked to one of these sites you need a good server, to know and check bandwidth limits for you web account and make sure your site is backed up if you can.

1. Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
2. Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters
3. Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
4. MAKE: Blog
5. Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
6. Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog

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Bushs lying mouth pieces

I luv Froomkin, with Wass and Rich the only 3 real reporters in the whole of US mass media, he always makes me want to read all his 5 pages of story.

Today he put up a quote from Tony Snowman of the Bush empire and i had to post this..

Heres how it goes

Reporter asks question and is given standard Bush Administration reply.

"REPORTER: Tony, why do you . . . in your op-ed today you brought up the Clinton pardons, as well. Do two wrongs make a right? Is that the idea, like if Clinton did wrong . . . .

"SNOW: Well, this is . . . no, this is not a wrong, but I think what is interesting is perhaps it was just because he was on his way out, but while there was a small flurry, there was not much investigation of it."

1. Notice never answer the question directly...
Ummm...
Well its ...
But the....

2a. Reverse the question -
No this is not..
i think your trying to say...
perhaps it was just..

2b. Say Clinton did it too.....WTF

3. Finally finish with useless double talk
while there was a small flurry, there was not much investigation of it.

Perfect word play to bring total confusion. I dare you to try it with any of the Bush Army of mouth pieces.
They all follow this pattern and it makes telling the truth near impossible for them.
Sad..Very Sad

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Whats a SpamBlog

SPAMBLOG

Or just google it for background..........

Ok heres the rub. NO real answers have been given to me about this. And as i just received my second auto response with out any of my questions answered.

Google reply below

Hello,

As part of Blogger's ongoing efforts to combat spam blogs, we have an
automated spam classifying system that determines whether a blog is
potentially spam or not. Because this is automated there will necessarily
be some false positives, though we are continually working on improving
our system to avoid these. Having now been cleared for regular use,
however, your blog will no longer be subject to this classification, and
you should not run into any more problems.

For more information, please see Blogger Help:

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1260

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

Yesterday i checked my blogs spam rating and searched for it in 2 different spamblog search sites it did not rate as spam. I have no more repeat tags or links then any other blogs.

The base used to set a blog a spam is not met by mine at all.

Without the answers to my questions from Google it seems --that if ANYONE decides your blog is spam, Blogger will add you to the spamblog list and let the spambot take care of it. No warning cause your a spam blog.

As google does not notify you if this happens someone being vengeful or angry that day could click the Flag this blog as spam button and force you to pay beat the Gotcha text for a week or 2 until you figure out the issue ( If you can ).

It happened to me.

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My Blog is Spam - LOL - Google hates me

FROM Blogger

Request Received

We have received your request for a review to verify that your blog is not a spam blog. Someone will look over your blog and respond to d..........@gmail.com

Find out more about how Blogger is fighting spam blogs.

YAY Google/Blogger

First forced word verification to an already logged in member checking page layout EVERY time he changes his posts is NOT COOL - Once is enough.
NOT SPAM

Second a nervous condition causes me to shake all the time so i rarely get the verification text type right the first time. I know many with dyslexia an this would also cause a problem for them too.
NOT SPAM

Third - As my blog has near zero traffic and I am hand posting near all my blog entries HOW could I have gotten on the SPAMBLOG list in the first place.
WHY SPAM ???

More to follow i am sure.

Update1 -1:45 est - Been waiting for over an hour to hear anything from google/blogger. Except for the above reply which appeared on a temp web page and vanished,not a peep not even a under-review auto-reply message.
WTF

Update2 Blogger Help
4:03 pm (12 minutes ago)
Hello,

Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so that
it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and
sign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for your
patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team


to Blogger 4:23 pm (0 minutes ago)

Please advise me on the issue that caused my blog to be ID-ed as spam.

Saying you reviewed - verified and cleared does not cut it.

I would like to have the reason for the spam categorization,
what you Reviewed and
what are your standards for verification.

Thanks in advance
Joe D....

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They dont call it MicroSoftNBC for nothing

HEADLINE - Affair with iPhone cools when handset breaks
Sub heading - After four days with phone, trouble in paradise


Yet buried in the middle of the 5th graph is this

Sean said they’d simply swap my phone for another, and after some help from two guys named Chris at the Genius Bar, they took back the broken one and I left with the new iPhone.

Then the last paragraph 18 graphs down from the headline is

As for the iPhone I was given to replace the little hottie, the new one is much cooler to the touch when plugged in and in use, and therefore, so am I.

DOH - SO the big news is if your iphone is broken out of the box apple will give or send you a new one. WOW
How is that Trouble in paradise???
Based on the authors last sentence how is the affair cooled.

This is noxious reporting and corporate editing at its finest.

Just as they do with stories about the democratic presidential candidates - Spin lies and half truths for the first half to 2/3rds of a story , then maybe stick the real truth under that using offhanded english just in case someone has read that far.

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Microsoft at it again - Xbox Red Ring Of Death

reading my game blogs and slash dot i have noticed many more complaints about the D and DOA status of Xbox360s. Heres some link to news on this


Pressure Mounts On Xbox Red Ring Of Death Admission: Details Here - News at SPOnG.com



DailyTech - Console Service Center Refuses to Repair Xbox 360 RROD



Game On Micromart to Microsoft: Take a Hike, Xbox 360

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Secure document watch

Crooks And Liars : Rove, etc.......

Just how close did Karl Rove come to being indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald? Surprisingly close.

The AP reported that several interesting documents related to the Plame leak investigation were unsealed late on Friday, and among the revelations are insights on Fitzgerald targeting Rove.

Firedoglake - Just Do it
Firedoglake weblog » And Now For Some Action…

via Christy - So, you can sit around grousing and moaning until the cows come home, wallowing in your misery and cursing the heavens about George Bush. Or…you can do something about him and his corrupt Grand Ole Imperial Party.

I’ll take fighting back for $1000, Alex

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall July 2, 2007 05:56 PM

Josh says- Now, here's the key to this.

There is a conceivable argument --- a very poor one but a conceivable one --- for pardoning Scooter Libby, presumably on the argument that the entire prosecution was political and thus illegitimate.

But what conceivable argument does the president have for micromanaging the sentence? To decide that the conviction is appropriate, that probation is appropriate, that a substantial fine is appropriate --- just no prison sentence.

Kung Fu Monkey: L33T Justice

The commutation, rather than being some canny half-measure some are calling it, is actually worse than a pardon. The President's saying "Fine, fine, I agree a jury of his peers found him guilty of multiple counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, but I don't think he should be punished for that." He's not even saying that he believes Scooter's innocent. He just doesn't think people like Scooter should have to suffer just because!!

What? What's that from the trolls? "Oh, but no, he'll be punished! He just won't do any jail time! He still has to pay the fine ..."

Daily Kos: Just sayin'

The following is from a report written and released by the Judiciary Committee in 1974 in the aftermath of the Watergate crisis.

In the [Constitutional] convention George Mason argued that the President might use his pardoning power to "pardon crimes which were advised by himself" or, before indictment or conviction, "to stop inquiry and prevent detection." James Madison responded:

[I]f the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds [to] believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty..

Dan Froomkin - Obstruction of Justice, Continued - washingtonpost.com

During the course of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's trial for obstruction of justice and perjury, we learned a lot about his bosses.

Incremental discoveries that didn't garner major headlines nevertheless added to what we know -- and can reasonably surmise -- about Vice President Cheney and President Bush's role in the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity, which was revealed during the course of the administration's defense of its decision to go to war in Iraq

The Gavel » Blog Archive » Chairwoman Slaughter on President Bush’s Decision to Commute

Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter released the following statement in response to President Bush’s commutation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence today:

“The President has claimed Mr. Libby’s sentence was excessive. But the only excessive actions taken were those of the Administration as it sought to exact retribution against a critic. As I learned personally from the testimony of former CIA agents, its actions were unconscionable.

Crooks and Liars » Tony Snow’s Libby Presser: A web of lies

I’m making two video clips because there is so much deceit in everything Snow says that I wanted you to see most of it. What was up with that creepy black background? Was it the cameras or was it staged that way?
Look at this…A new SurveyUSA poll says that America wants Scooter in jail…Repeat after me: Obstruction of Justice!

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This all stems from VPs poor handling of secret information.

The Democrats should be cheering Bush .. we agree with the president that Libby was guilty of covering up for Chaneys office. This is even more reason he should turn over documents to the congressional committee

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MTV News WE smear it First-

The main stream media just repeats its corporate parents positions. No news, just biased one sided dis-information.

-MTVs Kurt Loder  does hit piece on Michael Moore
via Crooksandliars.com


Again using MTV to lie to us.
Shame Viacom Shame

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Oh Dear we need more fear

Vice president runs the country through the hiding of documents.The presidents top aid practicing his hobby of minority voter suppression AND knowingly destroying historical records on a regular basis. Bush with the help of the -Not Patriot Act- and ATT has been going on a wild goose chase through our private conversations in search of terror.

So whats the NEWS for a weekend where reports are of the most US deaths months?


In one REPORT on the London bombing attempts the ugly mouth piece thats andrea mitchell said al qeida over 9 times even though they have not identified the exact terror group.

Failed to mention that Ben Ladin has been on the Afghanistan Pakistan border from the 1990s and car bombs have been a staple of the anti-isreal movement for years

No matter the bogus cry of -fight them there so they dont come here- we have known the bad guys have been and are here.

I feel not safer today then i did last week or last year or before 9-11.

UPDATE
BRITS see the BS too!!!
The Daily Dish -
Staying Calm and Carrying On

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5 dead a day is not ok

5 more soldiers died yesterday as Bush Joked with the Russian minister.

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