Bush, who appeared almost playful, fastened the heavy medal around Muhammad Ali's neck and whispered something in the heavyweight champion's ear. Then, as if to say "bring it on," the president put up his dukes in a mock challenge. Ali, 63, who has Parkinson's disease and moves slowly, looked the president in the eye -- and, finger to head, did the "crazy" twirl for a couple of seconds.

The room of about 200, including Cabinet secretaries, tittered with laughter. Ali, who was then escorted back to his chair, made the twirl again while sitting down. And the president looked visibly taken aback, laughing nervously.

I'm not sure what the hell just happened, but I think W just got "dissed."

At the White House, Prizes for 14 Champs

"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.

So much for that "kind, loving God." You remember... Jesus?

Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath

According to a statement from the two groups, the new Kansas standards are improved, but as currently written, they overemphasize controversy in the theory of evolution and distort the definition of science. NAS and NSTA offered to work with the board to resolve these issues so the state standards could use text from the National Research Council's "National Science Education Standards" and NSTA's "Pathways to Science Standards."

This is not new either. NAS and NSTA refused Kansas their permission in 1999 too.

National-Academies.org | News

"We don't want to sacrifice the real ability to get a full picture of Mike's experiences," he said. "We don't want to sacrifice that ability simply in order to make an image point."

Good riddance. And if you want a full picture of "Mike's Experiences" read his emails and then watch his statements from that first week of September. You don't need "Brownie" to try to cover his own ass.

CNN.com - Former FEMA chief Brown off payroll - Nov 9, 2005

Without providing details, police said Thursday that the number of critical response patrol vehicles was increased, and that special attention was being paid to hotels in midtown and downtown Manhattan.

So IF the losers come wheeling up in their vans packed to the gills with amfo, the first people killed are the first responders? Yep, that's a plan...

New York Police Step Up Patrols of Hotels - Yahoo! News

Congressional Quarterly and FNS both transcribed Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s answer as “That’s accurate.” The White House transcript lists McClellan’s answer as “I don’t think that’s accurate.”

Ummm... White House? What are you trying to pull now?

Think Progress » That’s Not Accurate: White House Alters Transcript of Press Briefing

Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter who was first lionized, then vilified by her own newspaper for her role in the
CIA leak case, has retired from the Times, the paper announced Wednesday.

Good, saves them the trouble of shitcanning her. Now to see if the rest of the Grey Lady can right their listing ship.

Judith Miller Retires From New York Times

The new standards say high school students must understand major evolutionary concepts. But they also declare that basic Darwinian theory — that all life had a common origin and that natural chemical processes created the building blocks of life — has been challenged in recent years by fossil evidence and molecular biology.

Here's part of the problem. The Kansas standards say this (sort of), but I have yet to see the evidence that they are talking about. From what I have seen, the fossil evidence and molecular biology have done nothing of the sort.

Evolution Critics Score Win in Kansas - Yahoo! News

Q Yes, but Cheney has gone to the Senate and asked for an exemption on --

MR. McCLELLAN: No, he has not. Are you claiming he's asked for an exemption on torture? No, that's --

Q He did not ask for that?

MR. McCLELLAN: -- that is inaccurate.

Editor & Publisher is often good for a giggle.

White House Briefing: McClellan Deflects Questions on Torture Exemption A Couple Dozen Times

Ah, black comedy. :)

Pessimism