Ahmadinejad also ordered his commerce minister to study scrapping all trade contacts with European countries whose newspapers published the caricatures, Iranian media reported.

Well jackass, this is what a free press gets you, something obviously lacking in Iran. It would be nice to find a way to pull the plug on the Iranians, but the problem is, even if we and the Europeans stop buying from them completely, and maybe get the Japanese to do so as well (big maybe that) the Chinese will be happy to pick up that slack.

A bit of a sticky wicket this one...

Widespread Cartoon Protests Under Way - Yahoo! News

Goss complained that leaks to the news media about classified CIA programs — such as reported CIA secret prisons abroad — had damaged his own agency's work.

"I use the words `very severe' intentionally. And I think the evidence will show that," he said.

I realize espionage is an unsavory business, but when you're running secret prisons, well, that's just tough. It's not something that should have even been considered. The fact that it got leaked doesn't surprise me, it just means that someone over there still has a soul. The fact the prisons existed means there is a large group over there that doesn't.

CIA Says Disclosures Damage Work - Yahoo! News

Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.

gee, so he wants us to get 15% of total oil used from somewhere else? Is this because the war which was supposed to pay for itself turned into an utter debacle? We'll remove Saddam, turn Iraq back up to full production and that'll solve the energy problems?

I deliberately avoided watching this because I like my television and wouldn't want it to be injured by showing this imbecile. Frankly, this speech is embarassing. Decrease Gulf oil? Not a problem, there are comments that places like Iran will be well in it's way to dry in 20 years.

Spend money on R&D into alternate energy? Why the hell isn't ExxonMobil doing this? I mean they were over 10 BILLION in the black last quarter. More to the point, his "ideas" for alternate energy (notably the ones on ethanol) are totally bogus. Under the current system it takes roughly a gallon of dead dinosaurs (read oil) to make a gallon of ethanol. He then goes on to talk about wood chips and grass. As any first year science student knows, that doesn't make ethanol, that makes methanol, and methanol and gas don't mix. I guess he missed that in college because he was consuming too much ethanol.

On other topics:
More science teachers and you want them to come from the private sector? Guess what, they're not in education because they're already making more money by not doing it. Who MIGHT you get with this pile of crap? I'm sure the Discovery Institute has a list of people with science degrees who would love to get into a classroom.

Health savings accounts? This helps the Medicare/Medicaid problem how? The people who can afford these aren't the ones who don't have health insurance now and aren't the ones drawing on Medicare/Medicaid. This is not just a straw man, it is one of the worst ideas to come out of a White House just brimming with bad ideas. The poor can't afford these, but will now be blamed for not having them.

On the bright side, he only trotted out 9/11 twice...

President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address

"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