Monthly Archives: October 2005

The Onion on Laura Bush

Posted on 10/28/2005 at 12:34 pm by Bob Cesca

Um. Wow. The Onion. Share

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Exxon turns Katrina into record profits

Posted on 10/28/2005 at 8:47 am by Bob Cesca

We have a winner! The King of the Katrina Profiteers: Exxon. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday posted a quarterly profit of $9.9 billion, its biggest ever and one of the largest in U.S. corporate history, as … Continue reading →

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And the pre-Fitzmas indictments just keep coming

Posted on 10/27/2005 at 7:07 pm by John Christian Plummer

So now we can add Tom Noe to the growing list of power Republicans being indicted, which includes already Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff and will soon, one hopes, include Irvin L. Libby, Karl Rove, and, getting greedy, Stephen Hadley … Continue reading →

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Political Criminals

Posted on 10/27/2005 at 5:51 pm by John Christian Plummer

Murray Waas has yet more on Cheney (and his major-domo, Irvin L. “Scooter” Libby (let’s just start calling him by his first name, Irvin. It’s fun.)) lying and breaking laws at the same time. This time, “the” Dick and Irvin … Continue reading →

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The RepubLIEcan party

Posted on 10/26/2005 at 5:46 pm by John Christian Plummer

It’s getting downright exhausting to keep track of the sheer volume of mendacity spewing forth from the mouths of the GOP power elite and their media shills. Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Hadley, Condi, Frist, Judy, Pinch, Andrea Mitchell, Tim Russert, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Lie-Enstien fesses up (albeit lamely, of course)

Posted on 10/26/2005 at 3:59 pm by John Christian Plummer

From the Tennessean: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist acknowledged yesterday that he could have been “more precise” two years ago when he told the public in a televised interview that he wasn’t sure if he still owned any HCA stock … Continue reading →

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All roads lead to Dick and Rome.

Posted on 10/26/2005 at 3:46 pm by John Christian Plummer

More confirmation from veteran journalist Richard Sale that Heart-Attack Dick is in Fiztgerald’s crosshairs, that the Italian Job is a big piece of the puzzle, and that Fitzgerald is just getting warmed up on Libby and Rove: That Vice President … Continue reading →

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Little George vs. Big George

Posted on 10/26/2005 at 3:26 pm by John Christian Plummer

Jane Hamsher has a great piece over at Huff Post about the House of Atreus-like struggle and meta-patricidal behavior of Little George the Boy Emperor in regards to TraitorGate. Jane makes a pretty compelling case not only that Little George … Continue reading →

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Fitzmas: the gift that keeps on giving

Posted on 10/26/2005 at 2:46 pm by John Christian Plummer

The extremely smart Lawrence O’Donnell has some news at the Huffington Post about the coming indictments and the length of the grand jury: Experienced federal prosecutors are saying today that they expect Fitzgerald to extend the term of the grand … Continue reading →

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Merry Indictment Eve!

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 6:25 pm by Bob Cesca

The Washington Note is reporting that indictments could be handed down Wednesday. Between 1 and 5 separate indictments — leaning towards 5. My wish list: 1. Rove 2. Cheney 3. Scooter 4. Hadley 5. (wildcard) Card or Hughes Full story. … Continue reading →

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Spycraft 101

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 6:04 pm by John Christian Plummer

Laura Rozen has a tremendous piece in the American Prospect that lays out yet more details about the Italian Job via the Italian paper La Repubblica. It’s a real life spy story, but it’s not James Bond, it’s John Le … Continue reading →

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Dr. Lie-enstien Implodes in Washington

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 3:05 pm by John Christian Plummer

Memo to Bill Frist: shut-down the 2008 presidential campaign office. From the lyin’ Leader’s home state paper, the Tennessean: Senate records show Frist had been notified for years that he continued to own HCA stock in his blind trusts, contradicting … Continue reading →

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The Italian Job II: The Dick Is In

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 2:45 pm by John Christian Plummer

An update on the “All roads lead to Dick” post below comes via the most excellent Josh Marshall, in which he appraises us of the explosive news coming out of Italy and its implications about Team Cheney and their involvement … Continue reading →

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Memo to NYT shareholders: sell

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 2:01 pm by John Christian Plummer

Arianna has her usual brilliantly insightful blog today on the continually imploding New York Times and it’s internal mad bomber, Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger. To summarize: Judy Miller is the symptom, Pinch is the disease. Read the whole thing, as you … Continue reading →

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2,000

Posted on 10/25/2005 at 1:46 pm by John Christian Plummer

2,000. Yes, we’ve hit the dreaded marker. 2,000 American lives stolen. Every one of them was someone’s child. Many, many of them were someone’s spouse, someone’s parent. And they are gone. And the reason, as any rational person knows, is … Continue reading →

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