The “While We’re At It, Let’s Redefine Something Else” edition.

– you can make the numbers say anything you want….. can the first “hate crime” trial for criticizing Israeli policy be far behind?

Transcript, Courtland Place Hotel Media Centre, Washington DC 090507 0712

Senator Clinton: Good morning. Thanks for coming at such short notice. This all came about quite suddenly, and I’m afraid we didn’t have much time to get this conference ready, so we really appreciate your showing up. Senator McCain, do you want to start?

The US subcontractor underground economy of course.

Five years ago today.

The “What They Say -vs- What They Do” Edition

Send a trackback, or leave a comment, and ponder the simple fact that you can justify anything with the right sort of spin; as balbulican has been known to say on occasion, “a turd wrapped in tinfoil is still just a tinfoil-wrapped turd” — and torture, regardless of how you wrap it up, is still torture.

An article in the aggregator about General Petraeus being appointed to the head of US Central Command, not because of his ability to defend ‘lil Georgie but because of the paragraph that said “It also gives Vice President Dick Cheney greater freedom of action to exploit the option of an air attack against Iran during the administration’s final months.“

When your economy is in the toilet making it hard on tourists is probably the last thing you should be doing.

The White House has scheduled a dinner next week in honor of Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the United States, but one guest will be conspicuously absent from the proceedings: the pope himself.

Subtitled: Once again it is the innocent who suffer

THE toll from fierce fighting in Baghdad’s Sadr City has risen to at least 200 dead and more than 1,000 injured, according to doctors in the besieged suburb.

The “Insurgent Robots Edition”

Ground-crawling US war robots armed with machine guns, deployed to fight in Iraq last year, reportedly turned on their fleshy masters almost at once. The rebellious machine warriors have been retired from combat pending upgrades.

Public approval of President Bush has dipped to a new low in the Associated Press-Ipsos poll, driven by dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy.

Go George Go !!

A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border protection said there is an increased demand on border guards to be very thorough with NAFTA applicants.

“We do have a commitment at the border to protect the American job market,” said Jan Pete of Customs and Border Protection in Blaine, Wash.

Subtitled: If you can build a world and live inside it anything can be true

* Violence Erupts in Eastern Baghdad

* Fighting in Baghdad’s Shiite area, children killed in blast

* Officials foresee no ebb in Iraq violence

* UN warns of humanitarian disaster in Iraq

* Iraqi Widows, Orphans Left Stranded

The “That Joke Was Never Funny” Edition

Send a trackback, post a tip, or leave a comment telling us if you really believe that John Ashcroft’s statement was a slip of the tongue — and/or if you think he’s really sorry for it.