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Woman Sees Image of Jesus on Her Iron

This came from Cindy Sheehan's Facebook feed

 

UK Diplomat - US Was "Hellbent" on Iraq Invasion

Nice to see this come out, especially after reading bullshit about the Bush administration "protecting" us, and after we spent our own money to fly to San Francisco to protest this fiasco. It's unlikely justice can be brought to bear following this inquiry, but at least maybe it will help prevent some similar tragedy in the future.  UK diplomat: US was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion - Yahoo! News

Highlights:

Bush had no real interest in attempts to agree on a U.N. resolution to provide explicit backing for the conflict......Serious preparations for the war had begun in early 2002 and took on an unstoppable momentum.......Several nations had hoped to stall the invasion of Iraq to allow U.N. weapons inspectors more time to search for evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction — the key justification for the war. No such weapons were ever found.

Bush's inner circle cared little about what international allies thought and refused to halt plans to invade in March 2003......Blair was unable to persuade Bush, winning only a brief hiatus of two weeks.......In London, an anti-war rally in 2003 drew an estimated 2 million demonstrators — the largest street protest in a generation.

Bush "Mouth" Dano Perrino Sez There Were NO Terror Attacks under Bush Regime

 

Ahem - he took office the January before 9/11/01 - which was arguably a large terror attack. & Perrino isn't the only wingnut saying "Bush kept us safe for 8 years." Liar revisionist history.

BOOKS: Italian Stallions - Sex Lives of Mussolini & Berlusconi

There is a new book out called Italian stallions: The sex lives of Mussolini and Berlusconi which appeared in the Independent. Also published recently was an article in which a call girl says she was threatened after a night with Berlusconi.

Ah Berlusconi, the Clinton of Italy.  & Mussolini was a horndog too.  Both had short, sturdy peasant physiques and were so popular that they got by with alot.  Both were reputed to sleep with 14-20 women in one evening.  Both were inexhaustible even in their '70s.  The author makes connections between sex and power, in Italy (and presumably elsewhere.)  Their passionate "style," as described in the article, sounds similarly macho.

Giant Pearl For Sale - Weighs 5 Pounds and Looks Like a Brain

Five pound, six inch diameter pearl brain goes up for sale

Pearl of Allah/Lao Tzu- Pearl of Lao Tse-Internet Stones.COM

WTF - "2nd Amendment Weekend" in South Carolina

What is Second Amendment Weekend?

I guess it follows "Black Friday" aka "Buy Nothing Day," depending on your perspective. Would it be a time to flaunt guns? Buy more guns & ammo?

It is part of this year's NC state budget even though 2nd Amendment Weekend was part of a state law that was ruled unconstitutional by a higher court.  

Tax-free Weekend draws people for gun sales. It looks like Louisiana has the same thing but in September.

Bachman, Palin to Speak at National Tea Party Convention

It boggles the mind - so much glamour in one place!!

The place will be Nashville, and this will be the first National Tea Party convention. They are to rally their base.

 Bachmann, Palin To Speak At National Tea Party Convention

Tickets to attend the February 4-6 "private event" can be purchased for $549. The steep price tag does not include hotel lodging, which starts at $436.99 for a three-night package. The Washington Independent reported that just 160 of the hotel's 2,881 rooms were still available as of Wednesday morning.

Palin neither confirmed nor denied a 2012 Presidential run with Glenn Beck - "We'll see," she giggled.

2012 - Lou Dobbs? Palin? Huckabee? Romney? or Cheney?

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - New group tries to convince Cheney to run in 2012 « - Blogs from CNN.com

Follow the money.  Hmmm.  "Draft Dick Cheney 2012" - they have a new Web site.  They say "There is only one person in our party with the experience, political courage and unwavering commitment to the values that made our party strong – and that person is Dick Cheney."

At a recent fundraiser, Kay Bailey Hutchison yelled out to the crowd "Cheney 2012!" and some one in the audience quickly responded "We need you, Dick!"  Cheney's response: "Not a chance."

The group plans a Facebook and Twitter network and are building key grassroots chapters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

BOOKS: Homeless on the Home Front

NYRblog - Homeless on the Home Front - The New York Review of Books

At left: a vet finds shelter near the federal Veterans' Affairs center in Washington DC 

Below: a MN vet in his makeshift underground shelter

There are at least 131,000 homeless vets in the US.

No Longer a Soldier, Shinseki Has a New Mission - NYTimes.com

Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now" Stopped at Canadian Border after Appearing at Seatac "Borders" Books

Amy Goodman felt ‘violated’ by Canadian border officials | Raw Story

A supreme irony.  Armed interrogators wanted to make sure she didn't say anything about the 2010 Olympics.  They demanded notes, looked through her friends computer.  (She is an American Journalist associated with "Democracy Now" radio program and website.)  Journalists have been killed in Iraq and the Philippines recently, but harassment by Canada?!

CBC News - British Columbia - U.S. journalist grilled at Canada border crossing

More details emerge from the CBC.  She was questioned for 90 minutes at the Vancouver BC border crossing.  She was ultimately allowed to enter Canada but was to leave the country within 48 hours.  She has opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and told officials she planned to speak about the debate over the US health care reform as well as the wars.  After much questioning, she was asked about the Olympics.  She was coming to Canada to promote her book, "Breaking the Sound Barrier."

Excerpt:

"He made it clear by saying, 'What about the Olympics?' And I said, 'You mean when President Obama went to Copenhagen to push for the Olympics in Chicago?' He said, 'No. I am talking about the Olympics here in 2010.' I said, 'Oh I hadn't thought of that,'" said Goodman.  "He said, 'You're saying you're not talking about the Olympics?' He was clearly incredulous that I wasn't going to be talking about the Olympics. He didn't believe me."

"I am deeply concerned that as a journalist I would be flagged and that the concern – the major concern – was the content of my speech," said Goodman.