NYTimes: Editorial
The Road Home
Published: July 8, 2007
It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
King George Dick Pardons His Trusted Aide Benedict Arnold
Since the commutation spares Libby even one minute in jail, it has the effect of a pardon, while preserving his right not to testify. The sentence was commuted rather than an outright pardon granted because as long as Libby still fights his guilty verdict in court, he can invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify against Bush and Cheney, because his testimony could be used against him in a court of law.
Expect the full pardon to be issued on January 19, 2009.
Remember, courts of law are just for the little people like you and me.
Thus spake King
WaPo: Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence
Another foolish article in the Washington Post today, ignoring last week's reporting on Dick Cheney, claiming Bush made the decision alone. Like Dick didn't tell him what to do. As Jon Stewart says, if you believe this, YOU DON'T KNOW DICK.
WaPo: A Decision Made Largely Alone
Monday, July 02, 2007
Wild Weather Becoming Common
Those flash floods in the Catskills last week -- in England last week -- in Texas and Oklahoma last week -- in Kansas and Missouri this week -- that's not unusual anymore. That's becoming the norm.
Independent (uk): Wild Weather: dispatches from an ailing planet
Cyclones devastate parts of Pakistan, floods wreak havoc in Texas, wildfires threaten Athens. And this is just the start, reports David Usborne
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Outsourcing Middle Class Jobs
This video is a Pittsburgh law firm's seminar for its clients on how to hire immigrants on green cards -- for jobs Americans would take, at higher wages.
Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast has this to say:
As someone who has watched a spouse go through a number of job searches, plowing through ads with long lists of requirements for completely unrelated skills that no one person can possibly have, it's been clear to me that job recruiting is done with the clear goal of NOT finding qualified American workers, so that H-1Bs can be hired instead.
Youtube: Fake Job Ads defraud Americans to secure green cards for immigrants
Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week.
Baseball Censoring Fans
Page One story in today's San Francisco Chronicle about how baseball is trying to censor fans who come to parks with anti-Barry Bonds signs, concentrating on graphic artist Don Regole.
SFGate.com: STERILIZING THE RECORD
Fans creating signs about Barry Bonds, home runs and steroids are finding their message can be tough to get across
When Don Regole drove 120 miles from his Tucson home to watch his beloved Diamondbacks face the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, he brought along nine banners directed at Barry Bonds.
The messages had a consistent theme: The Giants outfielder had cheated by using steroids, and that was bad for the game. One sign read, "Thou Shalt Not Covet Impure Gains." Another implored, "Stop inflating records," with a syringe injecting and pumping up the letters. A third, resembling a scoreboard, shouted, "... Bonds needs 756 days in jail," a reference to Bonds chasing Hank Aaron's career home-run record of 755.
But Regole never got to display his banners at Chase Field on April 27. When Diamondbacks employees at the entrance to the ballpark asked to view the signs he had stuffed in his backpack, Regole was told the posters weren't acceptable. The reason: They were in poor taste.
A month later, after Regole had written the team to complain, he got a letter from the Diamondbacks. One sentence caught his attention: "As Mr. Bonds approaches the homerun record, we have been asked by Major League Baseball to carefully screen the signs that are brought into the ballpark by our fans."
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While home games at AT&T Park have provided a virtual sanctuary for Bonds, he has felt the wrath of fans on the road. In Boston, he was eviscerated by a chanting crowd that waved paper asterisks and held up signs that read, "Hey Barry! It's Not a Record. You Cheat," and "Call Hank Aaron and Say You're Sorry." In New York, asterisks and signs were ubiquitous, not to mention a steady stream of invective hurled his way. In Milwaukee, with baseball commissioner Bud Selig in attendance, a fan held up a sign that read, "756* Was it Worth it for An *."
At that same game, though, according to USA Today, security confiscated a banner that said, "Milwaukee Loves Hammerin' Hank, Not BALCO Barry."
SFGate.com: STERILIZING THE RECORD; Photo Gallery
Here's my favorite of his anti-Bonds signs:
A fan in Boston makes his own statement:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The best tribute for Bonds is an *
WaPo: Bonds Hammers His 750th Home Run
Catskills Flash Flood: The Aftermath
Middletown Times Herald-Record: Rescuers' tales of courage
Oneonta Daily Star: Emergency center established in Downsville for flood victims
News10Now: Flood devastated community in Catskills (with video)
ExpressTimes (PA): Flash floods in New York create water troubles here
NYSDOTNews: NYSDOT Helps Restore Roads in Flood-Ravaged Region
State Crews Focus on Holiday Brook and Berry Brook Roads in Delaware County
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