Repetition does not transform
a lie into a truth.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The truth
is that Bush just likes to blow things up
-- in Iraq, in the United States and in Congress.
-- U.S. Representative Pete Stark
18 October 2007
Friday
2 November 2007
Deep End
News
Creepy North Coast . . .
Dan Holbrook has been an employee of Potter Valley High School for the last five years ...
The District Attorney's Office is encouraging anyone with information relating to this case to contact DA investigator Christy Conrardy at 463-4523.
Potter Valley High Teacher charged with child molestation
Ukiah Daily Journal
"Check
Megans Website on a weekly basis and know who your neighbors are."
Kirk, who is a married father, is being held on $335,000 bail in the Sonoma County Jail.
Mendocino County
Board of Supervisors . . . .See 6 November Supervisors AgendaConsent Calendar item 8(e) Criminal Justice Committee(Supervisors Delbar and Wattenburger)
Timed Item – 3:00 p.m.:
"Discussion and Possible Action Including Introduction and Waive the Reading
of the Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.31 to Title 9 of the
Mendocino County Code, and in Accordance with SB 420 [link] and Health and Safety
Code Section 11362.77 [link]"
Law & Order:
Sheriff conducts security sweep in Mendocino
Santa Cruz cop impaled on own handcuffs
during struggle with gang memberDrew Carey Defends Medical Marijuana, more
Prez pimps press . . .
Der Decider summons reporters for off-the-record
"preview" -- "the speech he was to give later in the day was getting very little attention. "
More on HR 1955 "thought crime bill" (
See 28 October, below)
"The revival of these witch hunts is not being headed up by Republicans, but by Democrat Representative Jane Harmon of California's 36th District."
John Edwards for President:
Support the Troops. End the War.
sign up: johnedwards.com
Women for Edwards here
Slow Loc@l
. . . link
* 2004 - 2005 --
old but good . . .The DSM and
the Mental Illness of George W. Bush
Poll and notes by Ariadne Unst
George Bush’s mental health must be a consideration in the November elections
Michael Berglin, pravda.ru
Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
Doug Thompson, capitolhillblue
Wednesday
31 October 2007
... conspiracy, mail fraud, witness tampering ... rising star in state Republican politics had been mentioned as a possible candidate for lieutenant governor and even met with then-White House political strategist Karl Rove to discuss his career.
Two cops shot in 12 hours in Philadelphia
Officer shot in head at Dunkin' Donuts CNN
On Tuesday the Iraqi cabinet backed a law revoking immunity granted to private security firms operating in the country issued in 2004 by then US administrator for Iraq, Paul Bremer.
The only "freedom" that Cubans can imagine Bush pursing, Perez Roque added, "would be similar to the one he has taken to Iraq," where war has continued for years.
Since President George W. Bush came to power in January of 2001, this is the first time that the exact amount allocated to the espionage apparatus has been made public.
Bush allocates $44 billon for espionage
Granma
The lax security was not the result of procedural negligence within the U.S. Air Force, but rather the consequence of a deliberate tampering of these procedures.
Tuesday
30 October 2007
UPDATE: NO promotion for former FEMA flack"Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence."
“People
wonder if he’s going to shoot something. Or someone” . . .
Cheney Goes on a Hunting Trip
(Insert a Punch Line Here)
Fernanda Santos, NYT / CNN
Kucinich questions Bush's mental health AP
Caltrans policy calls for the crews to take wildlife roadkill to rendering plants and the remains of cats or dogs to animal shelters for possible notification of the pets' owners.
Slow Loc@l
. . . linkSunday
28 October 2007
After 14 months in a Baghdad district torn by mounting sectarian violence, members of one U.S. unit are tired, bitter and skeptical.
'I Don't Think This Place Is Worth Another Soldier's Life'
Joshua Partlow, washpost
Following a trail that leads from a safe in one of Saddam's palaces to a house near San Diego . . . the authors discover just how little anyone cared about how the money was handled.
"Particularly alarming is that the bill mentions the Internet as a main source for terrorist propaganda. The bill even mentions streams in obvious reference to many of the patriot and pro-constitution Internet radio networks that have been formed. It also mentions that homegrown terrorists span all ages and races indicating that the Congress is stating that everyone is a potential terrorist."
1st District Rep. Mike Thompson: "Yea"
H.R. 1955 (official links: 1, 2):
Violent Radicalization and
Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
California's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, took the issue to the Senate floor last week to urge tougher zoning laws to prevent building in areas likely to burn.