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APRIL

Tens of Thousands in New York March Against Iraq War
The marchers at Saturday's rally included Cindy Sheehan; the Rev. Al Sharpton; the actress Susan Sarandon; Roger Toussaint, the presi-
dent of the transit workers' union; and Bill Perkins, a former City Council member who is running for an open seat in the State Senate.
4/30/06

U.S. prepares for 'A Day Without an Immigrant'
Organizers plan massive boycott on Monday to stop business as usual
4/30/06
Hotels And Hookers And Government OH MY!

Prosecutors May Widen Congressional-Bribe Case
Cunningham Is Suspected Of Asking for Prostitutes; Were Others Involved?
FBI Probes Contractor, Ex - Lawmaker Ties
Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case
Investigators Focus on Limo Company
‘As Many as a Half a Dozen’ Members of Congress May Be Involved in Prostitution Scandal
Republicans Involved In Lobbyist Sex Scandal At The Watergate Hotel?
4/30/06
Powell Says He Urged More Troops for Iraq
4/30/06

New oil shock ahead as $100 spike looms
4/30/06
Restoring Integrity To The White House?
Polls Suggest Ethics Issues Could Haunt GOP
4/30/06

Celebrities, activists rally for Darfur
Demonstrators want U.S. action to end genocide
4/30/06
100,000 People Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says
A new estimate exceeded other projections and further clouded the debate over how deeply sectarian conflicts are affecting the nation.
4/30/06
Your Tax Dollars At Work!
U.S. Pays for 150 Iraqi Clinics, and Manages to Build 20
A $243 million program led by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to build 150 health care clinics in Iraq has in some cases produced little more
than empty shells of crumbling concrete and shattered bricks cemented together into uneven walls, two reports by a federal oversight office have found.
4/30/06
U.S. Says It Fears Detainee Abuse in Repatriation
4/30/06
Pig Penned!

Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Drug Addict!
Limbaugh Turns Himself In
Talk show icon, authorities reach deal that will result in prescription drug charge being dropped if he continues treatment for addiction.
Limbaugh Arrested and Charged
Talk show host turns himself in
Limbaugh cuts deal in drug probe
4/29/06
You've Got aTo Be Kidding Me!!!!
Bush Set to Approve Takeover of 9 Military Plants by Dubai
4/29/06
Can You Hear Me Now... The Government Says NO!
U.S. Steps Into Wiretap Suit Against AT&T
The government asked a federal judge here Friday to dismiss a civil liberties lawsuit against the AT&T
Corporation because of a possibility that military and state secrets would otherwise be disclosed.
4/29/06

Al-Zawahiri praises insurgents in video
Al Qaeda No. 2 also tells Pakistanis to oust their president
Qaeda No. 2 Says U.S. Fails in Iraq
4/29/06
You've Got To Be Kidding Me!
Bush approves Dubai takeover of defense plants
President George W. Bush approved Dubai's $1.24 billion takeover of Doncasters, a British
engineering company with U.S. plants that supply the Pentagon, the White House said on Friday.
4/29/06
Bush rejects tax on oil companies' windfall profits
President expects companies to invest in alternative fuels
4/29/06
Abu Ghraib interrogation chief charged with cruelty
The Army on Friday charged the former head of the interrogation center at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
with cruelty and maltreatment, dereliction of duty and other criminal offenses for his alleged involvement
in the abuse of detainees at the notorious prison in 2003 and for interfering with the abuse investigation.
No. 2 Abu Ghraib Interrogation Officer Charged
4/29/06

Rove testifies again in CIA leak case
Bush political adviser appears before grand jury for 5th time
Grand Jury Gets Rove Testimony Over C.I.A. Leak
Rove back in box over belated admission
4/27/06
Um, That's Doesn't Sound Like Progress To Me
Sister of Iraqi Vice President Killed
A sister of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi was killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad Thursday, police said.
4/27/06
No, They Aren't Kidding!

SNOW JOB!
Fox anchor named Bush press secretary
Snow replaces McClellan as White House continues makeover
Bush Hires a Loyal Critic as Spokesman
4/27/06
It's That God Damned Freedom On The March Again!
Iranian Leader Warns U.S. Of Reprisal
Khamenei Is Defiant Ahead of U.N. Report
Escalating the threats between Washington and Tehran, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Wednesday that
his country would strike U.S. targets around the world in the event it is attacked over its refusals to curb its nuclear program.
4/27/06

Projected Iraq War Costs Soar
he cost of the war in Iraq will reach $320 billion after the expected passage next month of an emergency spending bill currently before
the Senate, and that total is likely to more than double before the war ends, the Congressional Research Service estimated this week.
So...
GAO Says Government Pesters Wounded Soldiers Over Debts
4/27/06

Rising Gas Prices May Dovetail
With growing public concern over Iraq, pain at the pumps could only add to Republican woes in Nov.
So...
Drivers run out of gas to save money
Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump --
deliberately running dry on the state's freeways and simply waiting for rescue.
4/27/06
Rice Visits Iraq With Rumsfeld to Press Leader
4/26/06
Neil Young: Exclusive 'Impeach the President' Lyrics
Neil Young’s new album, Living with War, is an incendiary, moving, totally American
document of peaceful protest that is going to make a lot of people crazy one way or another.
4/26/06
It's The Al Qaeda Variety Show...

Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Appears in Video
Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, shown here in this undated file photo, appeared in a rare video Tuesday posted on an Islamic Web
site. In it, he said Islamic holy warriors were standing firm in the war, and he accused the United States and the West of waging a "crusader" war
Purported bin Laden tape denounces West's response to Hamas
Message calls for supporters to fight peacekeepers in Sudan
4/25/06
Umm, Yeah That'll Be Productive!

Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Pricing
But...
A Wild Week for Oil, Which Passes $75
4/25/06
Another Break For His Oil Cronies... So Transparent, Do They Even Try To Fool Us Anymore?
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline
4/25/06
Ahhh, That's Nice. Only A Quarter Of A Century Too Late!
Vatican Studying Condoms and AIDS
4/25/06
Bush's approval ratings slide to new low
Poll: Only one-third say he's handling his job well
4/24/06
Great! Now There's A Country That Really Needs To Be Attacked And We Have No Credibility. Thank You Mr. President!
Iran: Nuclear program is 'irreversible'
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Sunday declared that the country's controversial nuclear program is "irreversible."
And...
Iranian Leader Sees No Need for Talks With U.S.
4/24/06
We're Gonna Lose The Mid-Terms...DO SOMETHING!
A Religious Push Against Gay Unions
Organizers of the petition said it was in part an effort to revive the groundswell of opposition to same-sex marriage that helped bring
many conservative voters to the polls in some pivotal states in 2004... Aides to three Republican senators— Bill Frist of Tennessee,
the Republican leader; Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania; and Sam Brownback of Kansas — were also involved, organizers said
4/24/06
Please Explain...
Valerie Plame Is An Undercover C.I.A. officer The U.S. Has Secret Torture Sites And Wiretaps
It's Own Citezens Without A Warrant
GOOD LEAK 0 BAD LEAK
Democrats Suggest Double Standard on Leaks
White House Aides' Actions Are Cited
4/24/06
Cost of Gas Puts Pressure On GOP
4/24/06
Why Do The Troops Hate The Troops?
Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld
4/23/06
See What Happens When You Reveal The Governments Little Lies!
CIA Officer Is Fired for Media Leaks
The Post Was Among Outlets That Gained Classified Data
But...
Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role
Official Says Agency Is Not Asserting She Told of Secret Prisons
4/22/06
I Guess Someone Got The Memo
Iraqis pick new PM nominee in bid to break impasse
Shiite bloc moves to quell opposition from Sunnis, Kurds
4/21/06
"With All My Guys Keeping My Protestors Out One Of Yours Must've Slipped Through"!

"Hee..hehe, Sorry dude".
Bush apologizes to Hu for protester
4/21/06
There's Just So Much To Choose From!
Democrats Eager to Exploit Anger Over Gas Prices
Democratic candidates see gasoline as a metaphor for economic anxiety...
4/21/06
Let The Music Do The Talking!
Young's Anti-War Album a Growing Drumbeat
If the snippets Neil Young is posting on his Web site are any indication, his upcoming album, "Living
With War," will be a serious musical broadside against the Bush administration and the Iraq war.
4/20/06

The Worst President in History?
One of America's leading historians assesses George W. Bush
4/20/06
Wow... That Should Solve Everything!

Much ado about nothing...
White House Signals a Shift Into Survival Mode
Chief of staff seeks to revitalize presidency quickly enough to avoid crippling
GOP losses in Nov. that could thrust Bush into instant lame-duck status.
Rove Gives Up Policy Duties to Focus on Vote
White House shake-up touches McClellan, Rove
Press secretary McClellan: 'Change can be helpful'
Bush Names New Budget Chief
More Changes Coming But Rumsfeld Will Stay In Job, President Says
Plenty of Embarrassment to Go Around Today
It speaks volumes about McClellan's relationship with the press that he chose to announce
his departure while the White House press corps was about 30,000 feet over Alabama.
4/19/06
Iraq War Bill Grows With Unforeseen Spending
Senate to Take Up Measure as Military Fights to Keep Materiel Working
4/19/06

Bush: 'I'm the decider' on Rumsfeld
Defense secretary: Changes in military meet resistance
Funny Song Parody
I'M THE DECIDER(Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo)
4/19/06
Court throws out DeLay conspiracy charge
An appeals court Wednesday upheld a judge's ruling throwing out a felony
conspiracy charge against former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
4/19/06
News Organizations Try to Block Subpoenas for Notes in Leak Case
Lawyers for NBC News, The New York Times and Time magazine filed motions in federal court on Tuesday to quash subpoenas for
interview notes, drafts of articles and other records sought by Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff in the C.I.A. leak case.
4/19/06
What A Novel Idea!
Pressure Increases on Iraq's Leaders to Form New Government
President Bush called for an end to the political "vacuum" and the acting speaker of Parliament scheduled a session for Thursday.
Oops...
Iraqi Prime Minister Says Resigning Is 'Out of the Question'
Iraq Leaders Try to End Deadlock as Violence Goes On
4/19/06
It's All Music To My Ears!

Anger at Bush May Hurt GOP At Polls
Turnout Could Favor Democrats
Poll Finds Bush Job Rating at New Low
An Election-Year Blow to the GOP
Pink Is the New Red
As President Bush's Popularity Falls, the Nation's Color Divide Adds a Few Hues
4/17/06

Oil Prices Settle Above $70 a Barrel
4/17/06
Coallition Not So Willing This Time
Blair refuses to back Iran strike
4/17/06
Culture Of Corruption At Work...
Former Republican Gov. of Illinois George Ryan found guilty on all counts
Co-defendant Warner also guilty
Jury finds former Ill. gov. Ryan guilty
Former Gov. George Ryan, who drew international praise when he commuted the sentences of everyone on Illinois' death
row, was convicted of racketeering and fraud Monday in a corruption scandal that ended his political career in 2003.
4/17/06
How Much More Freedom On The March Can We Take?
Tel Aviv attack sparks different Palestinian reactions
Suicide blast kills 9, wounds dozens at restaurant
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 in Tel Aviv
The Palestinian factions Islamic Jihad and the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/17/06
Spreading Christs Love!

Outrage at Funeral Protests Pushes Lawmakers to Act
4/16/06
Jumpin' Jeebus!!!!
Gay families among thousands participating in White House egg roll
Thousands of children braved chilly rain Monday on the South Lawn of the White House, rolling
colored eggs across soggy grass as part of the annual celebration that dates back to the 19th century.
4/16/06
Rummy The Dummy

More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation
Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals
Ex-Iraq Commander Calls for Resignation
4/14/06
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood...

Better off?
Nine US troops killed in Iraq over 4 days; Two-stars demands Rumsfeld resign
Sunni group demands action as body count surges in Iraq
Insurgents Ambush Iraqi Police Convoy
Insurgents let U.S. troops pass by before opening fire, killing nine police officers and wounding 18, with more than 34 unaccounted for.
Baquba mosque bombings kill 4
Fighting displaces tens of thousands of Iraqis
Baghdad: Where no one is safe
The Iraqi capital is seething with confusion.
Car bomb kills at least 26 in Iraqi town
Three U.S. soldiers also die in separate attacks
4/14/06
The Republicans are really reaching now!
Democratic Congressman accused of using staff to baby-sit
That's just weak...
4/14/06
A Government That Cries Wolf Has No Credibility
16 Days?!?
...the State Department is circulating the truthy claim that Iran could produce the enriched uranium it needs for a bomb in just over two weeks.
4/13/06
LIARS & MURDERS!!!!!!

FUCKING TRAILERS! Our troops died for TRAILERS!
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary
4/12/06
LIAR!!!!!!

Robert Scheer: Now Powell Tells Us
On Monday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told me that he and his department’s top
experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that the president followed the
misleading advice of Vice President Dick Cheney and the CIA in making the claim. Now he tells us.
4/12/06
Bush Is Gonna' Blow!!!!

Iran raises stakes in nuclear row
The announcement by Iran that it has for the first time produced enriched uranium is significant in two ways.
Iran Hits Milestone in Nuclear Technology
Iran joins nuclear club
Iran defies UN with nuclear breakthrough
U.S. Stepping Up Plans to Attack Iran, New Yorker Article Says
Is Iran next? The calculus of military strike.
Tehran has raised the stakes, saying it is enriching uranium.
4/11/06
Lying About Lying About Leaking Lies

hehehe... Ain't I a sneaky lil' feller!
Bush acknowledges declassifying intelligence
Critics: White House should explain why information was released
President Bush said Monday that he had declassified intelligence documents in 2003 to help explain his administration's reasons for going to war in Iraq.
Gallup: Most Americans Critical of President in CIA Leak Case
Overall, 63% of Americans believe Bush did something either illegal (21%) or unethical (42%), while 28% say he did nothing wrong.
All the President's Leaks
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Bush's Search for Leakers Leads to His Mirror:
Margaret Carlson
4/11/06
Funniest Damn Thing I've Ever Read... And It's A Real Article!
Condoleezza Rice's anti-Russian stance based on sexual problems
The US Secretary of State released a coarse anti-Russian statement. This is because she is a single woman who has no children
4/11/06
With One Filing, Prosecutor Puts Bush in Spotlight
From the early days of the C.I.A. leak investigation in 2003, the Bush White House has insisted there was no effort to discredit Joseph C. Wilson
IV, the man who emerged as the most damaging critic of the administration's case that Saddam Hussein was seeking to build nuclear weapons.
4/11/06
Par For The Course... Why Am I Not Surprised?
Records: Official convicted of phone jamming called White House
Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular
contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.
4/11/06
Go On... Take Your Time. What's The Rush!
Shiite lawmakers stymied over PM choice
Some still standing behind al-Jaafari's nomination. Shiite politicians failed Tuesday to resolve
the deadlock over the formation of the new Iraqi government after meeting to discuss
the opposition of Sunni and Kurdish parties to the Shiite nominee for prime minister.
Sunnis and Kurds Stand Firm on Opposition to Jaafari as Iraqi Prime Minister
4/11/06
Israeli Cabinet: Sharon rule over
Three months after suffering a massive stroke, the Israeli Cabinet has declared Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon permanently incapacitated, formally ending his premiership.
Israeli Government Declares Sharon Permanently Incapacitated
The Israeli Cabinet declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon permanently
incapacitated on Tuesday, officially ending his five-year tenure.
4/11/06
What A Coinky-Dink!
Summer gas prices on the rise
Average cost for a gallon of regular will be 25 cents higher than last year, U.S. says; strong driving season expected.
4/11/06
Bend Over And Kiss Your Ass Good-bye... Bush Wants The Rapture!
US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran
Report: U.S. has plan to attack Iran
Bush 'planning nuclear Iran strike'
Article in New Yorker says that U.S. government is preparing a massive campaign to neutralize
Iranian nuclear sites. Iranian President Ahmadinejad is compared in the White House to Hitler
The Iran Plans
Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?
Iran says another 'top secret' missile tested
4/8/06
Kicking And Screaming
Paulison nominated to be FEMA chief
Career firefighter took interim role after Brown's resignation
4/8/06
Bush, GOP Sink to New Lows (36%)
"These numbers are scary. We've lost every advantage we've ever had," GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio
said. "The good news is Democrats don't have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one."
4/7/06
More than 70 killed in Baghdad mosque attack
Shrine has ties to Shiite political party; imam is in parliament
4/7/06
Does That Mean Bush Has To Fire Himself?
“If There Is A Leak Out Of My Administration, I Want To Know Who It Is. And
If The Person Has Violated Law, The Person Will Be Taken Care Of”... (9/30/03)
George W. Bush

Court documents: Libby testified that Bush OK'd intelligence leak
Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide testified that President Bush authorized the release of parts of a classified
report on Iraq to rebut criticism of the case for the 2003 invasion, federal prosecutors disclosed in documents released Thursday.
Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has testified that President Bush authorized him to disclose the contents
of a highly classified intelligence assessment to the media to defend the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq
Ex-Aide SaysBush OK'd Leak
Libby's Testimony Revealed He Gave Media Iraq Secrets
Cheney's Aide Says President Approved Leak
Bush Authorized Secrets' Release, Libby Testified
Prosecutor Says Disclosures on Iraq Were Aimed at War Critic
4/6/06
Oh That Silly God... Always Testing You Guys!
Fossil Called Missing Link From Sea to Land Animals
Giant Fish Had 'Proto-Limbs'... Fossils Undercut Creationism
Plus, this just in...
Floating Ice May Explain How Jesus Walked on Water, Researchers Say
4/6/06
The Hammer Get's Nailed! (Heehee... I Made A Funny)
Hope you still have your extermination gig
Embattled DeLay Quitting Congress
Indicted Republican Blames 'Liberal Democrats'
Rep. DeLay Won't Seek Reelection
DeLay Will Not Seek Re-election to Congress
Sources: DeLay to leave House re-election race
Former majority leader to announce move Tuesday
4/1/06
Freedom On The March?

Civilians in Iraq Flee Mixed Areas as Killings Rise
Civil War Festers in Remote Pakistan Province
U.S. Troop Fatalities Hit A Low; Iraqi Deaths Soar
(We're Killing Them There So We Don't Have To Kill Them... Umm, That's Not Right Is It?)
Shiite Clerics' Criticism of U.S. Intensifies
American efforts to broker a compromise among Iraq's groups has made some bitter.
Iraq conflict grows ever more confusing
Iraq politician says 1,700 Sunnis killed in unrest
4/1/06
Sleep Well!
Iran says it has test-fired missile
Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military said Friday.
Iran Fires Versatile Missile in a 'Defensive' Test
Iran nuclear plan 'irreversible'
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Tehran's decision to pursue nuclear power is irreversible.
4/1/06
The Blood Is In The Water
Gen. Clark: Bush took U.S. on 'path to nowhere'
Ex-NATO head slams Iraq war, failure to stop nukes, find bin Laden
4/1/06
Dems Prove To Be Cowards
John Dean appears at hearing on whether Bush should be censured
Ex-Nixon counsel urges Senate to act on Feingold resolution
Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo
(C'mon ya' bunch of pussies!)
4/1/06
Oh Connie, Give It Up Already!

Psst, Condi, they know you're full of shit so stop playing already!
Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally'
U.S. secretary of state visits England amid anti-war protests
One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mis-
takes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."
Rice Finds British Muslims Want to Give Her an Earful
4/1/06
U.S. helicopter crashes near Baghdad
A U.S. military helicopter crashed Saturday southwest of Baghdad, the military
said in a statement."The status of the crew is unknown," the brief statement said.
4/1/06
Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty in Lobby Case
Rudy Took Abramoff Favors, Will Aid Probe of Lawmakers
4/1/06
I Wish I Could Say This Article Suprised Me
Insulating Bush
... administration officials realized that it would be much more difficult to shield Bush from criticism for his statements...
4/1/06
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